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[Asym]

Oh, good God...... Grow up. Use mute. Who cares what anyone says.....it's a freaking game and a pretty silly one at that.....

HAVE FUN...............(if that is possible given where we are in the lifespan of this game.....)

[Brain Cancer]

ramp4ge, on 25 February 2018 - 08:00 PM, said:

So we're not allowed to trash talk in a competitive game?

To the victor go the spoils. And one of those spoils is the right to trash talk. If trashtalk is limited to "GG" even if it clearly wasn't really a good game, that's about the least trashy trashtalk I've ever seen in a competitive video game.

Say it right.

When you're saying GG, say "Git gud". Be honest.

I'm fond of "Sorry for the stomp" when it's a total massacre of people who should never have been allowed near the same game, or even the game next to the one they shouldn't have been in. Games where if the opponent had a 200 damage game, they outdid the rest of the other 11.

At those points, I know it probably wasn't the other side having a bad day. It was the matchmaker straining, then pooping out a team that was made mostly for the purpose of the other team slaughtering them because it couldn't find anyone better than standard engine MG-and-small lasers with LRM 5's habitual Atlas player to stick on the second team.

I honestly think the MM makes one 12-man at a time, rather than building up two teams in tandem. This means one side is given the scraps far too often in this day and age, and that lends to the often imbalanced matchups.

[Scythe Kagato]

GG

[The6thMessenger]

Escef, on 25 February 2018 - 09:27 PM, said:

I'm also up way past my bedtime. I just think the snowflake BS is rather hypocritical. It's people getting oversensitive and accusing others of being oversensitive to either cover their self-perceived weakness or project a false image of strength. It's juvenile.

The real problem is that it's the out-right entitlement and over-inflated view of self, that they don't want to acknowledge their own faults and grow as people, even get better. Don't get me wrong, there could be projections, sure -- but it's not like hyper-sensitive whiny people doesn't exist.

[Escef]

The6thMessenger, on 25 February 2018 - 10:04 PM, said:

The real problem is that it's the out-right entitlement and over-inflated view of self, that they don't want to acknowledge their own faults and grow as people, even get better. Don't get me wrong, there could be projections, sure -- but it's not like hyper-sensitive whiny people doesn't exist.

IMX, the hyper-sensitive whiners are the ones that use snowflake as an insult.

[Kin3ticX]

i see you missed the ggclose days



now just gg tilts people?

[Sebaztien Hawke]

FupDup, on 25 February 2018 - 02:46 PM, said:

On this topic, I've been doing a little non-scientific study of how people use GG at the end of matches. Note that I only count GGs in public chat because I can only read team chat for my own team (can't account for enemy chat GGs so I don't count either team's). If I did count teamchat GGs then the numbers would be massively skewed towards winner GGs.
My results from MWO and Overwatch so far:

MWO:
Winner GGs: 835
Loser GGs: 336
Ratio: 2.485



Overwatch:
Winner GGs: 647
Loser GGs: 227
Ratio: 2.85

So basically, people are more than twice as likely to say GG if they win than if they lose. This basically shows that the little theory of "it's a handshake dude" isn't actually playing out in reality. People seem to only want to "shake hands" when they win.

The losing team’s members have probably gone back to the menu screen and aren’t around at the end to type GG as often as those of the winning side...?

[The6thMessenger]

Escef, on 25 February 2018 - 10:14 PM, said:

IMX, the hyper-sensitive whiners are the ones that use snowflake as an insult.

I agree.

We are however, are just describing them.

[Escef]

The6thMessenger, on 25 February 2018 - 10:35 PM, said:

I agree.

We are however, are just describing them.

Meh. I could go off on this tangent for hours if I wanted. Mostly because I'd go out further on 2 or 3 other tangents in the process. Probably blow the CoC to hell and back while I was at it. But I don't see much point to it right now. Besides, I have a livestream to do in the morning, and it's rapidly approaching 2 AM... I need to put aside the time destroying black hole that is the internet and get some sleep.

Have a good night, all.

[sceii]

Wish a good hunt every game.
Say gg after every game.
What's the problem?

[James Argent]

TheArisen, on 25 February 2018 - 02:30 PM, said:

Most ppl typing GG aren't really thinking about it.

Then it isn't at all possible that they're being sincere, which was the OP's point.

[w4ldO]

GG on a good game
BG on a bad game

either side

if its a 12-1 stomp from my team, where we more or less win by accident, i will gladly write BG in chat

[Vellron2005]

Here's how I do it:

1) GG if the match was "good", and the score is 12:6 or closer..

2) TFP (Thank you for playing) if it was a one-sided stomp with me winning (like 12:5 or less)

3) GGCLOSE if the match was really close, like 12:10 or 12:2 but the stomped side almost won on caps..

4) WP if I got stomped but want to congratulate the enemy team

Despite these good manners, I regularly see gg'ing on stomps from both sides.. Like I lose 2:12, and the enemy team throws us 3-4 gg's.. I don't find it salty.. I see it like this - they are not being salty and congratulating me on being stomped, they are saying they literally had a good game, and are congratulating their team.

Things I consider salty and toxic:

1) After you stomped me, saying something like "more LRMs next time please"

2) After doing poorly in a match, saying "crap team", "useless team" and such..

3) After a stomp, saying "ggclose"

4) After loosing a match, any sort of rant involving insults and general toxicity like "we had too many lrm boats" or "you people suck", or "we lost cose of X player is terribad" and such..

Also, any sort of toxicity and insult slinging during the match, as well as someone explaining to me in-depth just how much my LRM Supernova should be rocking ATMs is a sure way to get to my block list.

[Mcgral18]

sceii, on 25 February 2018 - 11:02 PM, said:

What's the problem?

Insufficient sodium content

[sycocys]

This is a good example of why people shouldn't be allowed to use any form of social media (including game chat and forums) until they have a driver's license, signed up for selective service, and personally started funding a retirement account.

If you are still living in a child's mindset where innocuous things like "gg" offend you you aren't of a mature enough mindset to participate with the rest of the world yet.

[SpectreHD]

I say GG to my own team in team chat.

I say thanks for the match to the losing team.

I only say GG to the other team if the other team says it first.

If I want to show my sportsmanship, I make sure that it is the message that gets across when I type in Chat. Because I can't shake their hands and say good match like in real life.

Edited by SpectreHD, 26 February 2018 - 12:45 AM.

[Beaching Betty]

K... GG

[Mystere]

Yeonne Greene, on 25 February 2018 - 02:29 PM, said:

It's the legacy of House of Lords, still haunting the community.

I just say "thanks for the match" if it was a stomp in my favor. "GG" is for the actual good games.

Their signature was "ggclose" and not "gg".

Sigmar Sich, on 25 February 2018 - 02:44 PM, said:

If you really like the game, you type "good game lads", "tight fight" or something like that.
"gg" in All chat is just a spit on enemy team, don't mistake it for anything else. I totally disapprove this.

Please do not assume your toxic interpretation is the same as everyone. Many see it for what it is -- a handshake at the end of a drop.

FupDup, on 25 February 2018 - 02:46 PM, said:

So basically, people are more than twice as likely to say GG if they win than if they lose. This basically shows that the little theory of "it's a handshake dude" isn't actually playing out in reality. People seem to only want to "shake hands" when they win.

Well, I am one of those who does both. So

FupDup, on 25 February 2018 - 02:49 PM, said:

Under that logic, you could say that literally any form of communication (even the most extreme of insults) is subjective and purely the fault of the recipient.

Communication is a two-way street. The sender bears just as much responsibility as the receiver, if not more.

When I say "*()&@#$^*()@#DH@#*(@*@H!!!!!", that is clearly an insult. On the other hand, "gg" is not.

FupDup, on 25 February 2018 - 04:24 PM, said:

The large difference between the winner and loser counts isn't significant?

It could be interpreted as meaning there are many sore losers playing MWO.

[An Innocent Urbie]

well I don't say GG when it was a stomp

I always say, "Better skills next time lads", I don't say luck because I don't believe in luck

[Escef]

sycocys, on 26 February 2018 - 12:42 AM, said:

This is a good example of why people shouldn't be allowed to use any form of social media (including game chat and forums) until they have a driver's license, signed up for selective service, and personally started funding a retirement account.

If you are still living in a child's mindset where innocuous things like "gg" offend you you aren't of a mature enough mindset to participate with the rest of the world yet.

Heh, sadly, none of those things are benchmarks for leaving that mindset behind. There are a lot of guys in this game in their 30s, 40s, and 50s that have not matured past middle school. Just the way that it is.