Rework how spectating displays during matches

[empty imp]

Another UI QoL change that I mentioned in old suggestion channel but forgot to move it also here.

Either rework the annoying "Spectator joined" kind of yellow text distractions that take quarter of the screen to be less distracting, e.g. the could be an eye or similar icon displayed at all times on the side near the base, or allow to disable these notifications.

Why? They're just distracting and annoying, plus they provide 0 value at times. E.g. I'm playing a tournament, by the end of the match 2 accounts of organizers start spectating when you want to be fully focused on faster mana gameplay. And I couldn't care less that they're joining, it's obvious they might.

It could also be further improved if it was an icon and provide actually useful info, like say who's spectating you if you hover the icon. I made a quick PoC image for that

[spare flare]

This would be very welcome. As someone that gets spectated constantly I would love to know who it was for no reason outside of curiosity.

[lavish shore]

Your neighbor will be against such an update)) 🤣

[cedar galleon]

Bringing this back up, this would be great for 2.0 to get added

[spice siren]

Tournament view would be nice too, something that lets you see all hands, but this should probably be kept behind some code for organizers or something

reduces the barrier to host a tournament. Makes the view consistent across organizers

[cedar galleon]

Lets just start simple with this todd

[spice siren]

it is pretty simple, may as well organize all the spectate discussions into one thread

[cedar galleon]

I fully agree tho

[empty imp]

Ye the fact that you need to run 2 MMs for 2 hands isn't great. And it's tough to control it for 2v2 tourneys, if they were also played on the highest level. There could be 2 small buttons and/or some keyboard shortcut to switch between hands of players from each team.

[cedar galleon]

Then you would need that tournament mode, because if you just do it for friendly one v ones its easily abusable by someone spectating and telling you which cards they have lol

[spice siren]

Yeah, that's why I thought it would need to be locked behind something

[empty imp]

if (gamemode == lobby) { run code }...

• perhaps some role they could give to tournament organizers that can use the functionality, for extra security. Or a way to block spectating from everyone, with exceptions like organizer, in your own settings. Whole new mode is never needed.

[rigid remnant]

Bump

[spice siren]

why was i commenting off topic here, cringe