The Open Tournaments for Triple Triad are quite fun but one thing that always sticks out to me is how soulless they feel. Even when you're playing against actual people it still feels like you're playing against NPCs because you're both just standing motionless, robotically staring off into the distance. To be honest it feels even more robotic than NPCs because the NPCs use emotes after each match.

I understand why the devs may not want to allow chat and all emotes due to salty people when they lose, but perhaps a compromise could be made in the form of a pre-determined set of emotes? You could have a little row of inoffensive emote buttons at the bottom of the screen which you can select from before and after the match, such as /bow, /cheer, /stagger, and so on. I think this would add a much needed human element to the tournament.

Thanks for reading!