Messing with emotes was unnecessary.
I get why they'd get rid of the "Sorry" emote. I've had too many games where my opponent has spammed "Sorry" until they started roping, and then pulling their lethal combo out. (And yes, I sit through that--I'm not going to auto-concede just because you're acting like you've got lethal. Show me the cards to prove it.)"Sorry" should be used when you're commiserating with your opponent about how they just got screwed by the RNG, but it seems like it was far more commonly abused by trollers to boast about how awesome their cards were. I won't be sorry to see it go.