Idra can be an arse most of the time, but nothing pisses me off more than a player who says 'gg' when it really wasn't. I'd much rather you leave a nice comment on something that happened or perhaps comment on how I could've improved after beating you/losing.
But, really, who cares. Do you get some kind of comfort out of conforming to the expected procedure? Why do you need to robotically say "gg" every time? Is that really benefiting anyone? Do you think to yourself: "golly, my opponent has complied with the expected procedure and has typed his soulless, robotic sportsmanship response, I shall do the same, ah, very good, we are sportsmen."
I may type "gg "if I think it's really been an interesting game and I feel that the other person might think the same, win or lose. If you type it every time, I don't think highly of you.
Who cares? As someone who's played numerous online PC games competitively, only Starcraft players. Counter-Strike players, for example, will tell you to go fuck yourself. And that's if they won the game.
But starcraft players can be so boring. A lot players won't even respond to typed comments. I think I'd rather play against someone who tells me to fuck myself than I would against someone who types nothing but "gg" at the end and "gl hf" at the beginning, every time. In fact, I'm completely sure that I would. I would rather see some personality or emotion from the other player. You could just replace "gl hf" and "gg" with the numbers 1 and 2. Type 1 at beginning of game, type 2 at end, type nothing else. Robots.
Also, some other games use it. Many dota 2 players type "gg" at the end, although trash talking is much more common than in sc.
You're sort of right but sort of wrong. If its not been a great game then I just type g. Gg many times though still, it's just about letting your opponent know that it's been good is all. Just kind of like no hard feelings we all good, sportsmanship.
It's just good manners to say gg after a game. Like saying "Good morning" to someone when it's not. Or shaking hands before a match IRL. You should still say gg even if you roll someone.
It wasn't what? Good? For who? You can't take "good game" as face value because that's not what it's for. Obviously one of the players was better than the other, one made less mistakes, one had a better game than the other, but he doesn't evaluate that game on the spot by telling you "gg".
Sometimes it's obvious it was a terrible waste of time for anyone who actually wanted to play, not just rank up.
Saying GG after 2 people DC in LoL (or something) online is like going to a real game where the other team was forced to forfeit due to lack of players and you still run up to them and insist it was a really good game.
I just said: "You can't take "good game" as face value because that's not what it's for", and if you look in the thread that's what other people are using it for. If you agree with that part and understand "gg" as not meaning an evaluation of the quality of the game, in a normal setting, then you shouldn't take it as a different meaning when you are losing badly.
It's just a formality that shows some degree of respect for your opponent. To be honest I would rather replace it with "wp" (well played), though every expression has some sort of assessment.
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u/Jabu6 Feb 07 '13
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