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[Maddermax]

Flyby215, on 18 February 2019 - 10:45 PM, said:

Oh, and gg vs GG on my part is just because I was using voip and lost track of how many times I hit caps lock

eVRY SINGLE TIME>

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Eatit, on 18 February 2019 - 09:51 AM, said:

... what are yours?

wp

[Vellron2005]

Eatit, on 18 February 2019 - 09:51 AM, said:

Today a played in a match where we won 12-4. I was on the winning team and typed in GG at the end of the match. An angry red player told me I was a bad winner and that gg was an insult. When I replied that gg is a polite way to say you gave it your best he said that's what the salute means.

GG = Good Game, commonly used at the end of sporting events by both teams to show respect for the other.

07 = Salute. It's left handed from the viewers perspective but people say its meant from their perspective from behind.

<o = Salute. It's right handed from the viewers perspective.

GG Close = Insult from a winning player in a lopsided win. i.e. 12-1 and a winning player says ggclose at the end of the match. This is an insult or taunt.

Those are my definitions, what are yours?

For me, here's how it is:

GG - Used to say it was a "good game", and that I enjoyed myself, or that the enemy outplayed me. Never use it if the score is less than 12:6 - because then it's an insult.

GGCLOSE - Using it properly, only when the game is actually close, like 12:10, or if the capping score is 750:720, otherwise, it's a toxic insult.

o7 - standard greeting / salute.

TFP - Thank you for playing - Used when you crush the opposition, like less than 12:6, as stimulation for the crushed team to not stop playing, even though they lost horribly. It's a "thank you for the match" polite courtesy.

WP - used when the enemy team has outplayed you or stomped you completely.

Edited by Vellron2005, 19 February 2019 - 12:46 AM.

[Vxheous]

Vellron2005, on 19 February 2019 - 12:42 AM, said:

GGCLOSE - Using it properly, only when the game is actually close, like 12:10, or if the capping score is 750:720, otherwise, it's a toxic insult.

ggclose is only ever an insult, and it's not used even if a game is actually close. Only True LORDS would ever use ggclose, anyone else using it is just a wannabe. I was never a LORD, so I would never use ggclose, it's not my place. However, if EmP Celyth aka LORD CELYTH, or EmP Rickrom aka LORD DICKRAM drops a ggclose on you, then prepare to get rekted

Edited by Vxheous, 19 February 2019 - 03:10 AM.

[Dogstar]

gg from the winners of a stomp implies that you were a good game for them, it's a nasty selfish thing to say and that's putting it politely (which I rarely do)

[Valyknir]

For most games I don't say much unless someone's really going out of their way to be an ***

I start the game with a friendly wave; o/. I'll end the game with "gj guys" in team chat if we won and I'll usually throw out a "gg" if it ends up as a close game, 12-9 or better win or lose.

For the most part I don't pay much attention to all the common greetings or what people say at the end. No need to get worked up before the game gets started or going into the next game.

[Xeno Phalcon]

I'll GG or GJ for my team if they earned it, iv had allchat disabled for as long as I was allowed to - saves me getting bans for telling the other team what I did to their mothers.

[Vellron2005]

Vxheous, on 19 February 2019 - 02:58 AM, said:

ggclose is only ever an insult, and it's not used even if a game is actually close. Only True LORDS would ever use ggclose, anyone else using it is just a wannabe. I was never a LORD, so I would never use ggclose, it's not my place. However, if EmP Celyth aka LORD CELYTH, or EmP Rickrom aka LORD DICKRAM drops a ggclose on you, then prepare to get rekted

That's why I use it when the game IS actually close.. I'm trying to change the negative connotation..

[Mochyn Pupur]

o7 - respect (win or lose)
tyftm - thank you for the match (you went down fighting but had 3 dc's to begin with OR it was a fun match for all)
..!. - you are being condescending and that was in no way shape or form a good match (used for the ignorant say gg when winning by silly numbers (you won, keep your opinions to team talk or not at all)

Due to the mix of cultures, backgrounds and ages, it is always far better to wait and see what the losing side says then either respond to that or not at all. Sarcasm rarely works online and even less so than with certain cultures or populations who struggle to understand what it is about.

[Vxheous]

Vellron2005, on 19 February 2019 - 04:04 AM, said:

That's why I use it when the game IS actually close.. I'm trying to change the negative connotation..

ggclose belongs to the LORDS in this game, you're better off saying something else.

[GoodTry]

I use GG the same way I have in every other multiplayer game -- good game, basically saying I enjoyed playing with you and thank you. I never say it sarcastically.

Since some people seem to get offended, I only usually say it in the team channel unless I'm responding to someone on the other side (or if I forget or hit the wrong button).

Sometimes I'll say GG if I'm on the losing team and the match is lost but not actually over yet (e.g., 1 player left in our team on a conquest match and we have 100 points to their 700 and counting). I view that as kind of conceding that they won and also saying thanks for the game.

If it's a really close game and I had a lot of fun, I'll usually type out great game or well played or try to compliment a specific person who is really playing well.

Edited by GoodTry, 19 February 2019 - 06:20 AM.