Make a "Thank You" emote, or ... a good model for emotes is the game 'Super Mario RPG'

Before the emotes get built in, I hope that the dev staff will see this post.

I like the idea of emotes first of all. I think it is a great idea.

I was skeptical about the new honor system, but so far it has been really great. I like how at the end of each match, I am greeted by a screen that gets me to to think positively about my teammates, so I have to decide, "Who was my favourite player this match?", although more precisely, for me it is the actual thought, "Who do I think really acted honorably in that match, and didn't get tilted in a situation where a lot of people would get tilted?"

The new idea of an emote system ... that I also like.

But I think the new emote ideas are too focused on the likeness of the champs, and their personalities.

I think that a simple emote like the 'Thank You!" emote from 'Super Mario RPG' battles would be great. I would love to pop up a little bubble that says, "Thank You!" and if it were even possible, a little fingers up pose from the champ although that is probably getting greedy haha.

I get that Teemo's thumbs up is meant to represent that, but a lot of players hate Teemo. So I think that basing the emotes off of the champs' personalities will make it hit or miss, because if someone hates the champ, they may hate the emote - even if all it means to express is something positive and friendly.

Please watch the video at 1:48 minutes in until 2:07, or just the whole thing if you actually want to because you remember the game fondly.

See? Mario and the Marshmallow Kid (Mallow) are fighting on a team, they both take damage from the firewall, and then the Marshmallow Kid heals Mario. Mario pops up an emote with a happy chime sound: "Thank you!" and he turns around to give a thumbs up.

I think it would be great to have a simple emote like that, something expressing an idea like that. It's simple and everybody understands "Thank You!" in the heat of a battle that went well because one player made it in time, or because of one greatly timed ult, or a great save or whatever.

That stuff happens all the time but goes unthanked, except sometimes to type "thx" in the bottom of the chat, the same place where many players mute and get high blood pressure looking, because it is also where so much toxic sludge lives.

What do you think? 'Super Mario RPG' makes a good model for emotes, right?

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