Remove Most / All Emotes
Emotes are abused the vast majority of the time. Legitimate players will say "Hello!" at the beginning of a game and "Good Game" at the end but during gameplay, it's almost exclusively "Your Go" which is exclusively used by players to be jerks. Nobody needs to be reminded that it is their go.
I've had players say "Your Go" on repeat - literally once a second - for my entire turn and I don't even take that long. Every time someone does this, it annoys me to the point where I don't want to play anymore. If someone can tell me when "Your Go" serves a purpose or provides value, I'd be interested.
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[Deleted User] commented
Agreed.
I only ever see "Good Game" to brag about winning.
"Oops" is used to brag about playing some card that's of the "huge swing in their favor" kind, whether it shuts me down or just cements their lead. Sometimes after that first "Oops" they'll keep saying "Oops" after every big card they play or when attacking.
Meanwhile "Your Go" is spammed just if they want to be an ***. They'll either be spamming it during the entirety of my turns all game or wait until I have a turn that takes more that 5 seconds before spamming.
The only other text one I ever see is "Hello" and that's not used often.Meanwhile the stickers are almost not used at all. Off the top of my head I can only remember ever really seeing three of them.
The laughing beholder is seen when they either play some giant combo that generally means they win or spammed all game when they use a deck that's just gonna counter everything I try to play.
Tefari gets used when they play a Tefari Planeswalker, counter my spell, or rarely when they cast a spell for an extra turn.
Very rarely will I see the annoyed mind flayer, either between spams of "Your Go" or when I play a big card.Emotes are really only used to be toxic in this game.
And no, telling us to "just mute them" is not okay. Because by doing that you're saying that it is okay to be a toxic sack of **** and it is NOT. Is it okay to brag about shutting down your opponent or winning? No. Is it okay to whine your opponent's taking too long as soon as it's their turn? No. If it's not okay when playing in person, then it's not okay online either.
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[Deleted User] commented
You do have to option to mute the player, which shuts down all the phrases and emotes. Just click on their avatar, then the mute button should appear.