arena messaging

[bucky1andonly]

When building/modifying your arena deck, you can enter up to 5 messages that the AI randomly says throughout the match.  Think of them as taunts.   The first message could happen after say first 3 seconds of the game.  You could send a message like -- QUIT NOW, IT'S A FIRE STALL, MUAHAHAHAHA -- even if it wasn't a fire stall.

Anything inappropriate can be handled like the cheaters and people with inappropriate names are handled.

[NikaZaslavsky]

Saying something that makes the player think it's a deck they can't beat will make the player quit. It would be bad if everyone stopped playing arena after seeing lots of decks with a message saying it's a deck they can't beat. Eventually, they will think that arena is only made up of "OP" decks, since they don't have a chance to see what they really are after they quit. If the person can't build a counter, they'll just stop playing. So no, I don't like this.

[Xenocidius]

Taunting players would not be good for the Arena; farming the Arena is infuriating enough already, and this could very well make some new players quit the game.

[Picheleiro]

"Elements is good. I mean, if you dont have friends"

"How many hours do you spend here, loser?"

"You nerd, youll never get a pussy."

"League of leguends rocks more and its free too"

"Please thumbs up, I love you and you know it."

[bucky1andonly]

If a player quits because of something someone says, they have personal problems to begin with.
And even if a message says they are playing a certain deck, that doesn't mean people will quit that match, only extremely stupid people would quit.
Actually, only stupid people in both cases would quit.

@picheleiro
Those are some examples of taunts that could get the arena police after you (they exist too).

[NikaZaslavsky]

If a player quits because of something someone says, they have personal problems to begin with.
And even if a message says they are playing a certain deck, that doesn't mean people will quit that match, only extremely stupid people would quit.
Actually, only stupid people in both cases would quit.

Stupid, huh. Any new players would quit if they see taunts like that, even if they're not stupid. If players quit because of something a person says, that person has problems. Who would want to scare away newer players?

I feel like I'm talking to a dead fish.

[bucky1andonly]

Why would people quit from an automated message?  They wouldn't.  Unless they are stupid, that's the point.  If an automated message scares people away, which it really wouldn't, then they are blatantly stupid.  It's not a hard concept.  Smart people would see it just as a taunt to maybe distract, stupid people would take it seriously.  Even a little kid would most likely ignore it.

[Jocko]

Besides any other reasons people have (i don't like this suggestion) it would be almost impossible to implement.
5 messages x 140 characters x 2000 players = 1400000 = too much server space required.

[bucky1andonly]

text takes up minimal space, and it wouldn't have to be 5 messages, or even 140 characters.  Even though 1400000 characters is roughly 1.5 Mb, which is very small.  So if even 1 Gb was set aside for this, there would be massive amounts of space left.

[furballdn]

Sounds interesting. Adds more humor and creativity in the arena. Currently, the only thing really "funny" about the arena is the usernames of some people in it.

[SnoWeb]

I like the idea. However:
- it would drastically increase the workload of the arena mods.
- it should be filtered (as the chat was for a time).

I suppose it is just a matter of coding.