Hi there, first post, sorry if its bad.
I played against a player in a ranked game who abused the timeout mechanic by fully waiting the entire turn timer each turn despite completing their turn. I know they were not afk because the red highlight kept showing and it was consistent on every turn.
They are abusing this mechanic because those playing may not be able to spend over 30 mins for a single game, therefor allowing this … despicable… person to climb the ranks for basically free
i really hope that Blizzard can do something to stop this, maybe warn/kick a player if they timeout too many times. or maybe just punish this individual. either/or would be nice otherwise whats to stop people just wasting peoples time like this?
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Naming & shaming is against the forum rules, you know.
Very sorry, I seemed to have missed that in the rules. I have removed the players name.
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i had an opponent who didn’t even used a single card, i think he was afk because when my turn ended the timer instantly started (that rope) i recorded the whole fight because i like to watch back games i played and won (but this was just funny)
i haven’t uploaded it.
If the rope start first each turn they’re probably afk. If they do it themself each turn its on purpose and its not their buy Yours time that are waisting.
Indeed if it was up to me there would have been an automated end turn 5-7 seconds after the ‘end turn’ button turns green (‘auto end’ 5-7 seconds after no more option left)
As I said, I know they werent afk, they kept doing an action to reset the rope timer.
And I was not going to allow them the satisfaction of winning when using such despicable tactics
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Its now 2022 and ppl are still doing it ALL the time…
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If I’m at risk of losing I start to rope. 100% serious and I love doing it LOLOLOLOLOL.
I have written about this subject many times but there is no hope. It can be a reward or punishment system, they don’t do anything about it. There has been a lot of this type of player lately.
I’ve responded to this subject may times as well. The simple fact of the matter is, the game gives players a time limit per turn. That time limit is there to be used however that player sees fit. They are not breaking any rules, they are intentionally trying to frustrate you…and it clearly works on you all too. It’s no different that when a football team is winning 1-0 and they take the ball into the corner. Yes it’s to waste tame, but it’s also to frustrate their opponent. And frustrated opponents make mistakes. Opponents who make mistakes are more likely to lose.
The simple answer is to learn patience and deal with it. Rope them back, make a bit of fun out of it, they might not like getting roped back and stop. Take time to plan your next moves. Take in some scenery. Do something to relieve/take your mind off the frustration, because there is nothing you can do about it and it will never change and players will never get punished for it. End of story
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It can be a punishment or reward system. Those who deliberately spend time in football matches are given a card penalty.The player waits until the end of the match with 2 cards in his hand. No one can waste anyone’s time. The fact that nothing is done about this shows the sensitivity of the company. The results are already out there.
Keep it up, it makes a lot of sense.
Yes, if they are illegally wasting time when the ball is out of play. But that’s not the same thing, they aren’t ending their turn and finding a way to stop play continuing, they are legally using the time allocated to them within the rules of the game.
But again, this issue still comes down to the players who can’t deal with their opponent actively trying to frustrate them. Learn patience and it becomes a non-issue and they are then wasting their own time as well as yours because it has no effect on you.
In fact, the whole thing is actually a life lesson tbh. So many people now-a-days live their lives at 100 miles an hour. Everything has to be now, now, now!!! As such, patience is become a lost art more and more and a lot of people could do with learning some.
Patience is one thing, respect is another. The situation here is deliberate disrespect. Time is precious.It’s not all punishment. A reward can also be placed. If too many people complain about it, something can be done about it.Pointless delays in a card game are not life lessons.
No, your perception of it is that it’s disrespectful. That’s not the case, the opponent is purposefully trying to frustrate you. It’s a tactic, pure and simple and it’s not against the rules. In competitions of every kind, all over the world, competitors use tactics to put off, distract and frustrate their opponents. It’s been happening for hundreds of years in combat, in sports, in games, in all sorts of other types of competitions. Now, all of a sudden, it’s unacceptable because someone’s doing it to you in a card game and you don’t like it? Get over yourself.
Fact is, it’s been an acceptable tactic since the game began. It won’t now suddenly be made punishable 12 years later because a handful of players don’t have the patience to ignore it.
Also, you’re line about time being precious would be more poignant if you weren’t using it in relation to a game that means nothing in the grand scheme of time. If your time is that precious you should use it for things that are far more productive than playing games
I use my time for much more productive things. Do not worry. It’s hilarious if such a tactic has existed since the game started. If the majority criticizes this, necessary action should be taken. They have already ignored the majority and lost millions of players.
Respect is important in all games. Wearing people down by deliberately slow playing is just ridiculous. He should try to wear it down with his intelligence. A player who is obviously defeated in the middle of the game must leave the game. It is disrespectful to wait until the end of the game with 2 cards. That’s it.
PS: Nowadays, people are busy working or busy with other jobs. After all, they are tired. They want to play HS to have some fun. They encounter such players. How long can he endure? If 3-4 such players come back to back, the game becomes unbearable. I am writing again. It’s not all punishment. There may also be a reward.
I’m not saying you don’t I’m just pointing out the ridiculousness of using a line like “time is precious” when talking about playing a game. If time was that precious, it wouldn’t be wasted playing games.
Again with “respect”, you really need to get off that argument because it has nothing to do with respect. As I said, you only perceive it as disrespectful because you don’t like it. The opponent isn’t doing it to actively insult or hurt you in any way. It’s done to cause you to make mistakes through frustration. I have played sports at very high levels and I’ve actively done things, within the rules of the game, to frustrate and put off my opponents. I didn’t mean I didn’t respect them, in fact I did it more to the players I had the most respect for because they were the ones I needed every edge against to beat. So disrespect has nothing to do with it. It’s simply tactics.
How do you know for certain they are defeated? I’ve had many games where my opponent has thought they’ve won, taunted me over and over (which IS disrespectful), only for them to end up losing. On a couple of occasions this has been down to them misplaying on their next turn, possibly through being rash and overconfident, and that’s cost them the win. Nothing is over till it’s over.
At the end of the day, as I KEEP saying, players are entitled to do whatever they want, within the rules of the game, to try and earn victory…because that’s why people play competitive ladder matches right? To win, to climb that ladder as high as you can? And if you are playing in those competitive matches, as long as you are not breaking the rules, anything that contributes to getting that win is perfectly acceptable.
It will never become a punishable thing. You need to accept that and learn to deal with it. It won’t, simply because is does nothing that actually affects the game itself in any way at all. It doesn’t make their turns better, it doesn’t actively make your cards worse, it doesn’t break the game in any way. The only thing it can possible do is frustrate you, and the only person that can let that happen is you. The sooner you learn to cope with it so that it doesn’t affect you, the sooner it won’t matter any more
Just roped this playa on turn 8 coz I knew he was gonna win. felt good man.
You are my favorite troll in these forums keep it up 
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Lol, I’m actually not trying to troll anyone. I’m trying to educate people do deal with things in a mature way, not act like petulant children just because someone does something they don’t like.
But I appreciate the compliment nonetheless 
Hmmmmm w8 i was refering to MightyBeast , think clicked reply to him, With you i liked your post cause i agree with you ppl complaining on roping are wrong, It can happen that you play your turn and still think , sometimes you only had 1 thing to do then consider options i do it many times, also i use to think b4 play so yeah , they have to deal with that , maybe some ppl rope out of spite or want to get more xp, or frustrate you, i dont care i still think my turn, but having a report or punish rule just for that would affect the good players more rather than some few rotten tomatoes