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[Sjorpha]

Usually write "gg" as a kind of handshake routine, it shouldn't be regarded as an insult because I think most people write it the same way. It's not meant ironically just because the match was a stomp, it's just a closing gesture.

"gg close" on the other hand when written after a stomp, yeah that's an insult IMO. You should only write that when you actually mean the game was legitimately close. I personally prefer "well played".

In CW after an extreme pugstomp I write "thanks for the game" rather than "gg", because those matches are just too lopsided and I don't want to risk sounding insulting.

At the end of the day this is the internet and offense is taken, not given. You can try to lead by example and establish a nice gaming culture but don't go around letting things touch you because there is no actual end to it, ever.

But I have no respect for people being insulting and then excusing themselves that the offended party is "sensitive" or a "carebear". They shouldn't let it get to them but you shouldn't go around being a douchebag either, two wrongs don't make a right. The only people to respect are the ones simultaneously keeping cool and being nice.

Edited by Sjorpha, 02 February 2016 - 10:40 AM.

[Cementi]

Guessing you did not play team sports as a kid. At the end of every game you lined up shook hands with your opponent and said "good game". Maybe added something more if someone really put out a great effort. You did this regardless of the score win or lose.

That is what people are doing when they say gg. I say gg virtually every match win or lose. I would like to think that the majority of people who say gg are doing just that.

Pitching a fit because someone rolls you and says gg puts you in the same poor sportsmanship category as the guy who rolls someone and says gg close.

[Crockdaddy]

To all the sore losers ever (including on my own team at times) ...


GG

[Sandpit]

Another example of someone getting their feelings offended because another person who was taught from about 5 years old and played competitive sports for the next 13 years to say "Good Game" regardless of outcome becuase it's called good sportsmanship.

The ones who are displaying poor sportsmanship are the ones complaining about their sensitivities being "offended" at the gesture, plain and simple.

I'm so sorry that some of you can't lose as gracefully as you win.

[Lugh]

Sandpit, on 02 February 2016 - 11:00 AM, said:

Another example of someone getting their feelings offended because another person who was taught from about 5 years old and played competitive sports for the next 13 years to say "Good Game" regardless of outcome becuase it's called good sportsmanship.

The ones who are displaying poor sportsmanship are the ones complaining about their sensitivities being "offended" at the gesture, plain and simple.

I'm so sorry that some of you can't lose as gracefully as you win.

Participation trophy losers. Whatever. They need to learn to accept with grace when they get owned, and work to improve.

Almond Brown, on 02 February 2016 - 08:34 AM, said:

People still have "All Chat" on in Pug? Really! Wow... lol

the laughs you can enjoy watching the ragers rage are quite entertaining.

[Almond Brown]

xTrident, on 02 February 2016 - 09:42 AM, said:

Apologies, you're right. With everyone talking about the difference between "GG" and "GG Close" somewhere along the way I was thinking the OP mentioned it was GG Close that was stated.

Yah, the Threads title would not indicate that at all... LOL! It is really about the "Clothes" we were all wearing at the time I guess.

[Almond Brown]

Lugh, on 02 February 2016 - 11:04 AM, said:

Participation trophy losers. Whatever. They need to learn to accept with grace when they get owned, and work to improve.

the laughs you can enjoy watching the ragers rage are quite entertaining.

Plenty enough "Ragers" with "ALL Chat" turned OFF for my liking thanks.

[wanderer]

Seriously, stop "GG"ing bad teams.

Unless you really mean "Git Gud", in which case I encourage you to use the full term. Even better, say "Get Good". Proper wording is important.

When the other side can't kill one of yours for four of theirs? The only "good" they were was target practice, perhaps just enough spark to make your game exciting as you executed each one without mercy. Praise a good -player- on their team if anything, but that 12-3, 12-2, 12-1, 12-0 was not a good team. They were bad. The smart ones should feel bad. The unaware ones should be told.

Patting bad players on the head is only saying that hey, it was Someone Else's Fault, and if they try really hard with that flamer/MG Arrow build, they'll get triple digit damage next time. Praising bad play only encourages it. Call a spade a spade, or stop spewing out trite compliments to the seals you just clubbed. If you can't choke out "Wow, that was awful." around your politically correct "sportsmanship" conditioning, then kindly say nothing at all.

Because you'll be seeing them on your team later, blithely explaining why their AC/2 Raven is best light 'Mech as they die inside the first 30 seconds of contact. You, the GG'er help them stay bad and continue to plague your own matchmaker. You don't have to be insulting about it. Be honest. If the team you played sucked? Say so.

[Coolant]

Parnage, on 02 February 2016 - 04:04 AM, said:

...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.

Perhaps the person that quoted this grew up in a monestery or was home schooled or has never left the house, because in the world there is something called sarcasm and it is meant to turn ordinary words or phrases into verbal daggers meant to inflict non-physical harm. If u have never experienced sarcasm u prolly are not from planet Earth.

[Crockdaddy]

gg is nothing more than a simple post game handshake. It wasn't until internet whining babies came around that somehow GG turned into a full insult. If you can't handle a simple post game handshake then shame on you.

[sycocys]

"gg"
"ah well, gg"
gg, fun match thanks"
"gg, thanks for hanging in there" - in the case of a CW rotflstomp, usually followed by a compliment of something they did well or advice to try next time.

You'll be getting one of these every match until such a time comes as PGI bans me for thanking players for dropping into a match.

[adamts01]

I'll say GG if it was actually a good game. I've competed in some sort of sport my whole life, and there are plenty of times I didn't think "good game" was appropriate.

[Bilbo]

adamts01, on 02 February 2016 - 02:01 PM, said:

I'll say GG if it was actually a good game. I've competed in some sort of sport my whole life, and there are plenty of times I didn't think "good game" was appropriate.

And this is the disconnect here. If you competed, "good game" is always appropriate whether you won or lost.

[WarHippy]

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.

You seem to be confused by what gg means after a slaughter. (gg = get good) Still a low blow I will grant you, but at least it isn't dripping with sarcasm like saying good game would be under those circumstances.

[AssaultPig]

Bilbo, on 02 February 2016 - 02:04 PM, said:

And this is the disconnect here. If you competed, "good game" is always appropriate whether you won or lost.

it's funny to me that the people who're all about playing sports/competing/whatever and into complaining about 'the kids today' appear to have topped out a t-ball or peewee soccer or something

playing with actual adults there's lots of times that everybody doesn't shake hands at the end of a game; not because of any malicious intent but because you're in a hurry to hit the shower and go home and make dinner or whatever, or because you're clearing the court for the next five. Sometimes you just walk off and go your separate ways.

[Lyoto Machida]

I take it some of you never played sports like baseball? Win or lose, no matter how big the deficit was...the game always ended like this:



Of course, when you get to the majors, it gets a bit more serious:

[Queen of England]

If your feelings are hurt by a post-game handshake, turn off "all chat". That's why its there.

[Jon Gotham]

Bilbo, on 02 February 2016 - 02:04 PM, said:

And this is the disconnect here. If you competed, "good game" is always appropriate whether you won or lost.

In your opinion.
I "gg" ONLY if it is actually a good game. If we roflstomp the other team, it isn't appropriate.

[Accused]

If you have the brain cells to figure out what "gg" stands for then you have the brain cells to figure out it's a sportsmanlike handshake.

[Suko]

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.

I made almost an identical post to this about 3 years ago and it was amazing how hard some of those guys were trying to pass it off as "good sportsmanship". Referencing little league and the time honored post-game high five.

I still think it's just stupid. When my team stomps the other, I usually say "I'm sorry", "Thanks for the match, even if it was a stomp" or better yet, I say nothing at all and leave them to deal with it in whatever way they want.

Like the OP, if I see "gg" after a stomp, I think of only two things;
1) Some sarcastic arse being an jerk
2) Ignorant dumbarse is socially oblivious by telling the team he just rolled "gg".

Edit: Nevermind. It looks like the little league guys are still here. Absolutely ridiculous. If you really, TRULY want to show good sportsmanship, spend more than .5 seconds and say something more sincere than "gg". No matter how much you want to argue that "gg" is a sign of sportsmanship, it only screams lazy when you just kicked the other guys to the ground. Try saying something like I did above next time. It sounds more sincere than something so lazy as "gg".

Edited by Suko, 02 February 2016 - 04:28 PM.