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[spectralthundr]

Mystere, on 06 September 2015 - 04:15 PM, said:

Mr. Clueless Stalker strikes again.

Not really just like seeing your panties in a bunch. It's a fairly easy feat.

[Mystere]

spectralthundr, on 06 September 2015 - 04:17 PM, said:

Not really just like seeing your panties in a bunch. It's a fairly easy feat.

Still Mr. Clueless Stalker. LOL.

[bad arcade kitty]

Spleenslitta, on 06 September 2015 - 10:05 AM, said:

It's like everyone is looking for sarcasm instead of sincerity in every word we say nowadays. It's like another language being spoken even though the words are said the same way.
Had a hide and seek duel with a guy and he went ballistic when i complimented him. He nearly took my both my arms off which contained almost all my weapons.
He laid 3 ambushes that could have finished me if i took the bait. He did a good job whether he likes it or not.

only the result matters
if i almost kill somebody especially if i die in the attempt and you say me 'good job' i may respond pretty violently

[Kjudoon]

Save the gg for when it was a gg for both teams. Aka a close game or something special happenes. Anythin else is condescending. If it was a stomp congratulate your team in private. If you use gg after every game win loss or draw then it has no meaning and is only something extra that causes problems and need not be said.

That is my poor sportsmanship view of it.

[Burktross]

Mystere, on 06 September 2015 - 04:07 PM, said:

Oh, when we get capped, I will say "wp", because that means I myself failed to respond to a cap. I got beat in my own game.

Ditto, Right on the money.

[Kjudoon]

Wp for a cap loss? Thats good. Then again for me.. I would accept a "Dirty pool, old man." in my best Gomez Addams impersonation. It shows respect for being sneaky without being a jerk.

It is far better to present a sincere congrats over an obligation or reflex on par with a rubber mallet to the knee.

[bullyj]

The only time I ever say GG is when my team gets beaten badly. The other team played a good game so I give them the compliment.

[Typhon27]

I only say gg to the Red team when my team loses a well played match.

When we win, I tell my team gj.

Privately.

"When you get in the end zone, act like you have been there before"

- Vince Lombardi (or maybe Bear Bryant, not sure )

[CMDR Sunset Shimmer]

CelticCross, on 06 September 2015 - 06:17 AM, said:

Half the time when my team has stomped the enemy team and I say "gg" out of common courtesy and sportsmanship, I get replies along the lines of "stfu no it wasn't".

I have a personal way I use GG.

If the match is say 6/12 or better, then I will give a GG, but if it's anything below that, I won't say anything. I figure if the team killed at least half of mine, or if mine killed atleast half of the enemy, it was a decent game.

[KraftySOT]

Wintersdark, on 06 September 2015 - 01:07 PM, said:

Oh, give me a break. I'm sure your smarter than that.

Obviously, I'm not saying I want to literally punch him in the face, nor am I advocating actual physical violence.

But the underlying point is this: in grown up society, people do not peak off at random strangers they do not walk up to strangers on the street and scream at them, and if you saw that happening, I'm sure you wouldn't tell the poor person being yelled at/insulted that they ought to "grow a thicker skin". That is simply unacceptable behaviour, and the reality is that people who act like that are eventually ostracised, because nobody wants those people in society.

In real life, you learn not to do those things because there would be consequences. You may get punched, though that's admittedly unlikely because some people have manners, but people just refusing to associate with you or deal with you at all is likely. And in real life, there's no easy way to just start over - those bridges, once burnt, remain burnt.

If its not OK in real life, its not OK online.

Thats simply not true.

In white suburban upper middle class white society...what you say is true. Its not "adult society" and it hasnt been for DECADES.

I have to tone down considerably to be here and not get permanently banned. If we all acted like my friends, family, wife, coworkers, we'd all be playing other games. Smacking each other in the balls, playing pranks, cursing, arguing with strangers, is the norm. Were not rude. Its not like were going down to where you guys hang out and acting like jerks. If we acted this way to people who didnt want it, it would be wrong.

So it makes sense that trying to E-Police someone because of the way they act, is acting some way against someones will too right?

A night playing actual Battletech with friends, involves beer, a bong, copious amounts of cursing and smack talk. Most of which would make George Carlin or Larry Flynt blush. Thats perfectly acceptable. At a rock concert is perfectly acceptable. Because these are events that people who act like that set up for themselves because they dont want to have to deal with people telling them how to behave.

It would be nice if we could just find an acceptable middle ground between punching each other, and putting pickles in your beer.

You guys can be polite. We'll be snarky. We'll both still have a good time shooting mechs ok?

GG close.

[KraftySOT]

And seriously you want to have the inner strength and resolve to not be effected by the whims and fancies of people who piss you off. Every jerk is a chance to practice that skill. Use those opportunities. Youll thank me later.

[Kjudoon]

Actually typhon that great quote is from legend bears running back gayle Sayers

[Kiiyor]

Grisbane, on 06 September 2015 - 06:33 AM, said:

wish this game would start chat banning these people like other games have (any WG game). "gg" and "GGclose" on a landslide win (with one side losing less than half their vehicles) there is considered insult and provocation and can get you chat banned... and i have seen perma- chat bans handed out over it as well.. there were a few RELIC (a well known and powerful clan in WoT) members who still can't use chat to this day because of it. most clans there have a strict "do not communicate to the enemy" rule for good reason. honestly i personally would like to see in match chat restricted to the team you are on only. there is no good reason to speak to the other team inside of a match. anything you would say there is better spoken before or after. during the match, the opposing team is the enemy and they are only worthy of death.

I have to disagree about "GG".

There's a case to be made for vilifying the sniggering elitist "GGCLOSE" mentality, but GG itself is not an insult, nor is it an indication of the state of the score board. It's also not a derogatory comment about the ability of the opposing team.

It's an acknowledgement of the closure of the game and the sportsmanship involved in the conduct game itself. I treat it no differently than shaking hands with the opposite team at the end of any type of sporting event.

[Burktross]

Kiiyor, on 06 September 2015 - 06:30 PM, said:

I have to disagree about "GG".

There's a case to be made for vilifying the sniggering elitist "GGCLOSE" mentality, but GG itself is not an insult, nor is it an indication of the state of the score board. It's also not a derogatory comment about the ability of the opposing team.

It's an acknowledgement of the closure of the game and the sportsmanship involved in the conduct game itself. I treat it no differently than shaking hands with the opposite team at the end of any type of sporting event.

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[Makenzie71]

I only like to see it posted when it's true. When the losing team gets stomped because they all act like roaches when you turn the lights on...well...that's not a good game. That's a bunch of idiots bunched into one unlucky team. When the stomped team put up a good fight, fought well, but still got stomped...it's a good game. Though I hate quoting star trek...it's possible to do everything right and still fail. Sometimes one team just does everything righter than the other.

No I think it's all about sincerity. That's why I hate to see a global "good luck" before the match starts. It's dishonest to wish everyone luck, but really hope at least half of them are unlucky. It's all about really meaning what you say. That's why I start every match with "I hope all of you die."

[KharnZor]

Kiiyor, on 06 September 2015 - 06:30 PM, said:

I have to disagree about "GG".

There's a case to be made for vilifying the sniggering elitist "GGCLOSE" mentality, but GG itself is not an insult, nor is it an indication of the state of the score board. It's also not a derogatory comment about the ability of the opposing team.

It's an acknowledgement of the closure of the game and the sportsmanship involved in the conduct game itself. I treat it no differently than shaking hands with the opposite team at the end of any type of sporting event.

[Typhon27]

Kjudoon, on 06 September 2015 - 06:19 PM, said:

Actually typhon that great quote is from legend bears running back gayle Sayers

Thanks. It appears my Internet may have wronged Mr. Sayers.

[Bishop Steiner]

Typhon27, on 06 September 2015 - 05:37 PM, said:

I only say gg to the Red team when my team loses a well played match.

When we win, I tell my team gj.

Privately.

"When you get in the end zone, act like you have been there before"

- Vince Lombardi (or maybe Bear Bryant, not sure )

When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less.
-Paul Brown

[Nullmancer]

CelticCross, on 06 September 2015 - 06:17 AM, said:

Half the time when my team has stomped the enemy team and I say "gg" out of common courtesy and sportsmanship, I get replies along the lines of "stfu no it wasn't".

It's like some folks on the stomped team WANT the victorious team to say things like "ggclose" or "rekt"...

no one wants that, but people may choose to interpret it that way.

I personally prefer to say nothing at all, GG can be misconstrued easily. I only comment with "Great game guys" or something similar if the game was extraordinarily well fought or fun. I don't feel a need to rub it in people's faces we crushed em, or thank a team that steamrolled mine for the game.

[KraftySOT]

I rarely say anything related to the actual game, in game. When I do its because someone did something exceptionally good, or exceptionally stupid.