Clash Royale is a real time strategy game from Supercell released in 2016, where players collect cards, build decks and battle in short arena matches. Emotes became a core part of its culture, letting players react mid match with faces, animations and short sounds instead of typing. The yawning emote is used to signal boredom, sleepiness or that an opponent is playing too slowly. Outside the game it spread through clips, streams and short form edits as a quick reaction for dull moments, long waits and one sided battles that feel predictable from the start.