What's the deal with all the emote hate?

They're not detrimental to the game at all. This is because you can turn them off. I see a lot of people saying that emotes are useless, but that's just wrong. If emotes are introduced later down the line as rewards for Battlegrounds, it gives summoners motivation to push harder. If you get rinsed in a bgs match, expect to get dunked on with an emote. And if you don't want to see them, just turn them off. I turn them off sometimes, just because I'm salty.

The point is, the hate they're getting isn't really deserved.

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Pikolu

Rule #1
People do not like change and will actively resist change.

DrZola

Rule #1
People do not like change and will actively resist change.

Rule #2
When there are a lot of things that need changing, changing things that don’t need changing can make people angry.

Dr. Zola

Colinwhitworth69

Rule #3: Some people respond to a change/addition they do not like by setting their hair on fire, rather than simply offering constructive feedback.

Emotes are a perfect example. If you don't like emotes, you can mute the other player. And you could ask Kabam to make it a global setting so that you never see them. Or to redesign how they look. Or whatever.

Instead you have people freaking out about how much they hate these stupid things that Kabam is forcing them to use while not fixing bugs and buffing the wrong champs and other irrelevant points. Emotes have ruined their life and they demand action. Kabam sucks. Yadda yadda yadda...

Which is a silly, immature way to deal with change. But that's where we're at.

Colinwhitworth69

Rule #1
People do not like change and will actively resist change.

As someone who has trained change management courses in the corporate world, this is partly incorrect. There are always some early adopters of change and some resisters, but most people are in the middle when it comes to embracing change. The adopters and resisters can influence them to move in either direction.

It is not as black and white as you portray.

Darth_Stewie

I don't like that I have my emotes muted but I keep getting my opponents emotes responses.

Bug??????...nah, couldn't be

Fryday

Well there already a big discussion in this thread, with some quite clear constructive feedbacks.

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2246532#Comment_2246532

But the main TDLR is, Kabam just need to add an option to turn Emotes off from the main setting, so players that doesn't want it don't have to mute in every matches.

mostlyharmlessn

Let's see....

Maybe the hate isn't the emotes... but that things like Input issues, lag, bugged champs, bugged nodes, ect., are still a big issue in the game.... but Kabam thought that instead of adding resources to address those, they would spend the money adding resources on adding emotes....

the money they spent having a team design and implement the emotes, could have been spent with say having a team of testers....

GroundedWisdom

I like them. They're cute.

Coppin

The instant loss bugg is happening more this season than the previous... I'm pretty sure its not related but I'm gonna blame it on the emotes 🤣

Coppin

I like them. They're cute.

I muted them and i still see them ...

Deacon

it would be nice to know what each emote is supposed to represent .. i have no idea what is what even if i wanted to use them .. in which situation would a Gwenpool be appropriate or Hela? i can't really tell from their looks what they're supposed to mean.

Draconic_12

Rule #5

People love to complain about everything even when they receive compensation

Marvelfan30

Rule #5

People love to complain about everything even when they receive compensation

There was only 3 rules.....

Marvelfan30

Give me a hulk going rageful then I'll be happy with the emotes bc that is how I feel most bgs matches when I get hit with a bug

Chobbly

I guess for some people it's a nice interactive thing, but for others is an unnecessary distraction. The fact that there are, not to be unfair, important issues in the game that need dev resources more may have something to do with this as well.

I think a global emotes setting would be the best solution. I'm not particularly keen myself but if some people like emotes and want them, then as long as I've got a way to turn them off I don't care.

AMS94

From what I've observed, most people are completely indifferent about emotes
However IMO players would be lot more appreciative of the move if the game at large would be offering a smooth & satisfactory player experience

There are a LOT of small tweaks that players have been asking for years
Ignoring all of that while putting valuable time & resources (which Kabam always claims to be a bottleneck for them) in something that absolutely nobody wanted & isn't actually relevant in enhancing the player experience is bound to ruffle some feathers

Very often we see the excuse of "not having enough time & resources" being thrown around to justify inactions.....not only for major things but also for minor improvements

A lot of players are already discontent with the whole Relics situation......This emotes thing, though much more insignificant, still appears to be another step in the same direction

People aren't hating on "emotes", they are hating on Kabam's "priorities"

firemoon712

Everyone has their own opinions.
I can see for both sides.
Personally, I'm upset there's no dabbing Goldpool emote.
That emote would've been S tier along with "Master of Puppets" from Fortnite (big metalhead btw) and "You are Number One" from DB Legends.

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Spiderclaws

Promotes a toxic culture. Simple as that.

Tylermcbain

Like emojis; for children and the unintelligent

Bulmkt

Kabam…pls allow players to permanently turn them off. Tks

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Rohit_316

If they really wanted to add something to BGs , i would have preferred the one they have in incursions... example - good match , Bad rng draft erc etc ...that would have been cool .

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ChiliDog

I fall into rule #2. Not sure angry is right word, but annoyed.

Input issues. Matchmaking is horrible. Hmmm...let's slap some lipstick on this pig.