vandalhooch, on 06 May 2016 - 09:02 AM, said:
Did you never play any sort of sport as a kid? At the end of every game you shake the hands of your opponents and tell them good game regardless of what happened during it. It's called sportsmanship.
Point to consider: That happens in REAL LIFE.
This is a video game on the internet, where it is MUCH harder to read a person's intentions and meaning in what they type.
To use the real life comparison, if you just got thrashed in a game of soccer or whatever, and your opponents come up to you and say, with obvious dripping sarcasm, "Good game!" would you be fine with that? Would that be sportsmanlike even though the words "good game" were said? Of course not.
On the internet, it is much harder to read what people mean. Sometimes, the "GG" is obviously sincere. Other times, it is obviously sarcastic and rude. Most of the time, it is hard to tell, and people have different tolerance levels for that type of stuff.
Long story short, you never know how people will interpret what you type over the internet, and even though I remind people of that, I've messed it up myself in the past, too. As for me, I only type "GG" when the game obviously was close just to avoid misunderstanding.
Edited by oldradagast, 06 May 2016 - 10:48 AM.