Duels where people just run the clock?

[Bust-E-Pona]

I've been getting a lot of duels lately where people who are about to lose just sit there and run the clock.

Is this next level salt plays or is there some other reason for these people to waste 3 minutes of my time.

[𝓡𝓮𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓒𝓪𝓽]

Unfortunately, people are extremely childish. Their mindset is "if you're going to beat me, I'm going to punish you by time stalling for as long as humanly possible wasting not only your time but mine as well" in a nutshell.

I guess they're partly hoping you'll get frustrated and surrender to avoid the wait time, which is ridiculous. And only Burn players ever do this to me, it's beyond irritating. Do they not realize that those 3-4 minutes they stall like crybabies they could already be in another match?

The salt is real, and I think there needs to be a punishment for people who do this. Maybe a ranked suspension so these salty t.it suckers are locked out of ranked for a few days :) If you're gonna lose, take that L and move on.

[Taweret]

slow play against stall players can be for them pleasurable, because why else they are playing stall deck in the first place.

[Ave]

its a phone game, some people actually play it on their phone and believe it or not but some do other things at same time or get distracted so its abit slow.

[Cinnamoon_dragon]

Originally posted by Chibi Vampire:

I guess they're partly hoping you'll get frustrated and surrender to avoid the wait time

If this is such a frequent phenomenon, it's just an alarming bell that developers responsible for the balance of the game do not do their job properly

[BLAME! 40K]

Originally posted by Static-ghost:

Originally posted by Chibi Vampire:

I guess they're partly hoping you'll get frustrated and surrender to avoid the wait time

If this is such a frequent phenomenon, it's just an alarming bell that developers responsible for the balance of the game do not do their job properly

And this is an alarming bell that you dont know what you are talking about

[Bust-E-Pona]

Pretty sure response 1 is the reason, thanks for the responses though.

[Xonics]

It's perfectly ok to stratigize on your next move and maybe need 30 seconds to think, "What's the best move I can make"

IT'S COMPLETELY another thing if thte opponent DILIBERATELY stalls you out and want's a disconnection. That in my mind is so uncalled for and is down right DISPICABLE. No one should win this way, NO ONE. I just think it's super disrespectful and should be punishable by, IF they wait 3 minutes, they should be the ones that surrender by Force. Unfortanately, That will never be an admitable case. No one will come out and say, "Yeah, I did that." No, No one will. They'll find an excuse like, "I needed to use the bathroom" Or "I just made dinner, I have to eat."

It's just sad that this has to happen... It really is. And note, I'm NOT Blaming anyone at all. I'm sure everyone has their reasons, but it's just unfair if it is just for stalling for a disconnection win. It truely is.

[Bust-E-Pona]

Originally posted by Xonics:

It's perfectly ok to stratigize on your next move and maybe need 30 seconds to think, "What's the best move I can make"

IT'S COMPLETELY another thing if thte opponent DILIBERATELY stalls you out and want's a disconnection. That in my mind is so uncalled for and is down right DISPICABLE. No one should win this way, NO ONE. I just think it's super disrespectful and should be punishable by, IF they wait 3 minutes, they should be the ones that surrender by Force. Unfortanately, That will never be an admitable case. No one will come out and say, "Yeah, I did that." No, No one will. They'll find an excuse like, "I needed to use the bathroom" Or "I just made dinner, I have to eat."

It's just sad that this has to happen... It really is. And note, I'm NOT Blaming anyone at all. I'm sure everyone has their reasons, but it's just unfair if it is just for stalling for a disconnection win. It truely is.

Every like 5th or so player I have fought online has decided to run the clock to the end. I thought it was a glitch at first; like connection problem, but it keeps happening RIGHT before I win so, it's becoming obvious how salty people are.

[Xonics]

Originally posted by Confused Frog:

Originally posted by Xonics:

It's perfectly ok to stratigize on your next move and maybe need 30 seconds to think, "What's the best move I can make"

IT'S COMPLETELY another thing if thte opponent DILIBERATELY stalls you out and want's a disconnection. That in my mind is so uncalled for and is down right DISPICABLE. No one should win this way, NO ONE. I just think it's super disrespectful and should be punishable by, IF they wait 3 minutes, they should be the ones that surrender by Force. Unfortanately, That will never be an admitable case. No one will come out and say, "Yeah, I did that." No, No one will. They'll find an excuse like, "I needed to use the bathroom" Or "I just made dinner, I have to eat."

It's just sad that this has to happen... It really is. And note, I'm NOT Blaming anyone at all. I'm sure everyone has their reasons, but it's just unfair if it is just for stalling for a disconnection win. It truely is.

Every like 5th or so player I have fought online has decided to run the clock to the end. I thought it was a glitch at first; like connection problem, but it keeps happening RIGHT before I win so, it's becoming obvious how salty people are.

Isn't that just bizarre though? I mean... It's a card game. WHAT PART OF THAT DESERVES TO BE SALTY!?

Answer: No part. Or is that just me? TO me it's all about having fun, enjoying what cards you have and just improve if you don't win. There is no perfect deck on earth, FACT. So just accept the match and be proud to duel with what you have. That's what I do anyway.

[Cinnamoon_dragon]

Originally posted by Confused Frog:

Every like 5th or so player I have fought online has decided to run the clock to the end

What deck do you play?

[Bust-E-Pona]

Originally posted by Static-ghost:

Originally posted by Confused Frog:

Every like 5th or so player I have fought online has decided to run the clock to the end

What deck do you play?

I play a highly modified warrior deck I came up with on my own, the base for it was the Legendary warrior's deck but it's changed so much it barely uses any cards from it anymore.

[Taweret]

maybe they just rage quit and left the game ongoing

[arandompersons]

too bad the salt isn't just in game, its in the discussions, alot of people have been potentially communication banned in these discussions for being just toxic. even i've been a bit toxic but im usually on the firing end of the toxicity so i just fight fire with fire. or attempt to get a mod to look into it.

as the the clocks running out, the best solution i can think of is if there's a 30 second delay of inactivity, the timers speed should double i reckon or half their remaining time to quickly sum up the match. thats probs the only solution the devs can throw in without messing with the core essentials.

[Tim Timsen]

It really sucks that you can't chat while dueling.
While there are trolls like you folks described, some players are "too new" to the game and need to read every single card, and some others get distracted.

I'd also welcome some sort of coaching option, meaning that you teach people how to play which card and so on.
I know, there's the quizzes, a wiki, Steam guides etc., but sometimes being taught by an actual human being just "feels" better.

Heck, I'd ask what's wrong and help my opponent to make the right move if that would help to keep the duel going. I'd even skip my turn if they have crappy cards.
I don't care about winning or losing, I just want to have fun and facepalm myself into oblivion when I play a spell or trap at the wrong moment and have to remove one of my own monsters from the field.

[Woodstock|Blackwell]

Originally posted by Tim Timsen:

It really sucks that you can't chat while dueling.

No, thanks. You'll run into even more toxicity if it's enabled.