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[TyphonCh]

12-1 steam roll is not a 'Good game'. Even on the winning side. Why don't you just give us the middle finger and spit on us?
Don't break your arm trying to pat yourself on the back.

:::pissed off rambling @ 3am trying to run non-meta builds getting wrecked by uber-quirked builds. As per usual.

Edited by Team Chevy86, 02 February 2016 - 02:33 AM.

[NextGame]

yeah, gg'ers are usually from the winning team. keep it to team chat tbh

[Curccu]

But in that case saying GG = giving you middle finger and laughing how bad you played?

[kesmai]

A 12:1 steamroll can be a good game. Especially those 3 minute ones. All that cbills /hour...

[TyphonCh]

Curccu, on 02 February 2016 - 02:42 AM, said:

But in that case saying GG = giving you middle finger and laughing how bad you played?

In same cases, yes. But mostly the mentality of kicking your opponents into the blood and the mud and the beer and calling it a good game. Even leveling a new mech becomes painful

Edited by Team Chevy86, 02 February 2016 - 03:04 AM.

[FlipOver]

Team Chevy86, on 02 February 2016 - 02:31 AM, said:

12-1 steam roll is not a 'Good game'. Even on the winning side. Why don't you just give us the middle finger and spit on us?
Don't break your arm trying to pat yourself on the back.

:::pissed off rambling @ 3am trying to run non-meta builds getting wrecked by uber-quirked builds. As per usual.

Troll mentality.
Don't feed the troll.

Move along people, nothing to see here.

[MeiSooHaityu]

"GG Close" from a winning team on a 12-1 is a bunch of douchebaggery. I think everyone can agree on that one.

Still...
I remember when GG was more of a handshake at the end of a match, and not something a player on a losing team takes offense to or someone in a winning team intends to use as an insult. The good 'ol days of online gaming.

Anyway, I just try to avoid it now with a general chat salute "<o", and I'll "gg" my team. I will send a "gg" in general only if I felt it was a good hard fought match. Still, some don't see a 12-8 or 7-12 as a "gg" even if I do.

Sometimes you can't win unless you say nothing. Sad.

Edited by MeiSooHaityu, 02 February 2016 - 03:14 AM.

[AssaultPig]

if you really want to give the other team a 'handshake' or demonstrate sportsmanship or whatever, you can be fussed to type out an actual message

'gg' is pithy ******** and always has been

[pwnface]

gg

[MeiSooHaityu]

AssaultPig, on 02 February 2016 - 03:37 AM, said:

if you really want to give the other team a 'handshake' or demonstrate sportsmanship or whatever, you can be fussed to type out an actual message

'gg' is pithy ******** and always has been

It's the internet. The internet, modern messaging, and IT in general is practically built on short hand and acronyms. I think short hand is acceptable and not pithy ****. I don't need to write my team a love letter to let them know I respected the fight. A <o will do.

[Appogee]

I've been dropped with derp teams all day, so rest assured I haven't had any opportunity to even be part of this particular problem

Edited by Appogee, 02 February 2016 - 03:50 AM.

[TyphonCh]

FlipOver, on 02 February 2016 - 03:05 AM, said:

Troll mentality.
Don't feed the troll.

Move along people, nothing to see here.

It's not trolling if it's absolutely true. My breaks are becoming longer and more frequent. All it has become is armlock, mass laser alpha, cool off repeat. It gets so boring. I hate it.

[Parnage Winters]

...Huh, so people can be this jaded and distrusting.

It's a virtual handshake at the end of the match. Nothing more, nothing less. If you want to think of it as some condescending retort and insult on how bad you are by all means but don't go ruining civility for the sake of your inability to accept a loss. The mental gymnastics to assume gg is some evil term meant to mock you is disturbing.


I've been on both sides, we all have. Don't be a punk, GG means GG. Don't read more into it then that.

[Nostromodamus]

MeiSooHaityu, on 02 February 2016 - 03:12 AM, said:

I remember when GG was more of a handshake at the end of a match, and not something a player on a losing team takes offense to or someone in a winning team intends to use as an insult. The good 'ol days of online gaming.

Exactly. Unfortunately we now live in an age where people are looking to take offence at anything they can and the "gg" digital handshake has become something that the new generation of gamers seem to take issue with.

I often still say "gg" or "good game" at the end of a game out of a habit formed from 23 years of gaming, both online and tabletop. To me, it's natural and done with a respectful tone, and is seen as a compliment to your opponent and as an expression of thanks to them for an enjoyable game. I still often forget that the kids these days see it as an insult.

[MechWarrior849305]

Team Chevy86, on 02 February 2016 - 02:31 AM, said:

:::pissed off rambling @ 3am trying to run non-meta builds getting wrecked by uber-quirked builds. As per usual.

Who keeps you from playing "uberquirkEZ" ?
...pissed by losing when used trash build, cool story

[Tarogato]

*Mr. L33tponger absolutely crushes Mr. Sealponger in a game of table tennis.*

*Mr. L33tponger offers a handshake to his opponent...*

Mr. Sealponger: "Get your grubby l33tist hand away from me, that wasn't even a fair match, you should be ashamed of yourself!"

[Wolfways]

Team Chevy86, on 02 February 2016 - 04:00 AM, said:

It's not trolling if it's absolutely true. My breaks are becoming longer and more frequent. All it has become is armlock, mass laser alpha, cool off repeat. It gets so boring. I hate it.

Yeah mechlab sucks.
But you can still play what you want, and when you kill metanoobs you can just laugh to yourself "lol noobs"

[Alistair Winter]

Tarogato, on 02 February 2016 - 04:26 AM, said:

*Mr. L33tponger absolutely crushes Mr. Sealponger in a game of table tennis.*
*Mr. L33tponger offers a handshake to his opponent...*
Mr. Sealponger: "Get your grubby l33tist hand away from me, that wasn't even a fair match, you should be ashamed of yourself!"

I imagine a lot of MWO players have never done sports a day in their life. It would certainly help why they have difficulties understanding basic sportsmanship after a match (i.e. actually saying "good game" after a game, even though it wasn't particularly even) or why they have such an allergic reaction to stuff like competition, ranks and public skill rating.

"Wow, so you're a division 1 wrestler and you don't want to compete against division 3 wrestlers? Elitist much? Disgusting."

[Steinar Bergstol]

MeiSooHaityu, on 02 February 2016 - 03:48 AM, said:

It's the internet. The internet, modern messaging, and IT in general is practically built on short hand and acronyms. I think short hand is acceptable and not pithy ****. I don't need to write my team a love letter to let them know I respected the fight. A &lt;o will do.

A loveletter to your team (or the other team) instead of gg? Hmm. Lemme give that a try.

Roses are red.
Violets are blue
Your mech went boom
And so did you

Am I doing it right?

Seriously though, there's a reason I generally just post "Good job everyone" on team chat rather than say anything on Public after a stomp. It does feel like trying to rub their faces in it, which isn't a nice thing to do.

[AssaultPig]

"everyone who disagrees with me is a child"

lol

always a compelling form of argumentation

anyway, my athletic career topped out at city league soccer and some weekend court basketball, but walking up to somebody on a team you just smashed and giving them the 'good game mate, real nice run out there' would have been met with sideways glances at the least. WIn gracefully; both sides know you won big, no need to pretend otherwise or rub their nose in it.