And you guys have managed to turn someone asking what bg means into an argument… Sigh
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As I said to someone above, how you treat winning and losing says about about your character as a person. Best of luck to you in your endeavors.
When I was in little league as a kid, one game we shook hands but also offered apologies to the other team because the mother of five of their players had died several days before. Yes, we shook hands, but we also understood the context of that handshake and why that game was different.
When you go into a solo-queue game and half of your team is below-average-IQ or simply doesn’t care enough to do anything but feed, or the enemy team is filled with ringers because “whoops! the matchmaker is smoking the good stuff again!” while not on the same level as a family losing an important member, having the fact that there were external factors at play acknowledged is not bad sportsmanship.
You seem very unaware of other people. You do understand that the other team isn’t just made up of bots, yes? And blindly typing “gg” into chat doesn’t magically make a bad experience that turns the entire Overwatch experience into a total waste of time all better.
There is a huge difference between a good game that you lose, and a bad game that you lose.
“bg” is a way to acknowledge that not all games are fair and worth playing, and that you can’t know beforehand if the matchmaker has enough information to do its job properly.
Try having empathy for the other team instead of only thinking about yourself. Empathy is the root of good sportsmanship. Not hollow hand-shakes.
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I am starting to think Thrillho is just using it to be condescending, nobody likes a sore winner.
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I think that this is a good illustration of what I said above. If you win 10-0 or lose 10-0 you still shake the hand. That’s because you have respect for others, the game, and most of all yourself. How you carry yourself is the greatest act of self care, or self harm.
Something to think about.
No, I’m just giving simple truths. To circle back to your remark about adults, there are adults who are adults, and there are also adults who never became adults. Which do you want to be seen as?
Another thing to think about.
He is incredibly condescending and a very poor winner from the sounds of it. He’s one of those people who only took the handshake away from sports as a child and completely missed the fact that sneering and making fun of the other team while you shake nullifies the whole point.
How do you see the sneering?
I’ll answer that for you – you don’t. Someone types “gg” and you interpret it as hostile because you’re mad about losing in a video game. That’s not a them problem. That’s a you problem. Difficult pills to swallow, and all that.
When you type in “gg” after a total roflstomp, claim it “makes everything all better”, and then get mad that the enemy team would dare disagree that the game was anything but “good”.
That’s a sign you missed the entire point.
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I didn’t claim that it makes everything better. I never made such an argument at all. I said it was the sportsman like thing to do. You’re arguing against a point that was never made to defend a position that is indefensible.
The problem is that you’re being a poor sport. You’re mad that you lost, and are projecting that anger onto others. When I lose, I just type “gg” and move on with my day. I do this because it is just a game, and I don’t have to be mad.
I don’t get mad about Overwatch. I don’t get mad when I win. I don’t get mad when I lose. I certainly don’t get mad because you’re mad about “gg”. That’s also something to think about. Your anger over that isn’t hurting me. I will never feel or know that anger. It’s hurting you. I’m off enjoying my next match.
I will never say GG after a game that was one sided. I would rather wait in queue for a balanced game but those don’t happen in OW anymore.
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There is nothing mature or sportsmanlike about blindly parroting something.
I think it is rather immature to not put thought into what you are doing or saying, if I am being honest.
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Incorrect. The problem is that the game was broken to the point I feel cheated.
The problem is NOT the other team. The problem is not my team.
The problem is the game itself. Specifically the match-maker.
And, I will have you know that “bg” is something I generally type into chat when I win as well. When it’s a totally one-sided match and my team wins, “bg” followed by condolences and usually some kind of personalised call-out for good play.
You are so focused on being a good loser, you’ve completely forgotten that it is also a responsibility to be a good winner as well.
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I am sure that I am the problem.
You are, actually. At the very least you’re part of it, judging from your opinions in this thread.
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I’d rather people say BG instead of saying GG, waiting for endorsements, and then opening the toxic floodgates. The latter happens way to often in Overwatch.
Of course. The problem is not your instinct on loss to make value judgements on the other 11 players, or the entire system as a whole, in an effort to find blame. No, the real problem is me for saying “gg” and moving on because it is sportsmanlike and this is just a video game.
There’s something I said earlier about physical adults who never really became adults. One more thing on that list to think about.
Like I said before. You seem to lack awareness and empathy, and totally missed the point of “good sportsmanship” as a child.
The point of “good sportsmanship” is NOT JUST how to gracefully lose. It’s also the understanding that your competition is also human.
“I type ‘gg’ and move on! I’m a good sport!”
No you’re not. You’ve confused a simple hand-shake with good sportsmanship. People like you are why things like auto insurance are mandated by law because without that law all you would offer to the guy you T-Boned is a hardy handshake thinking that would make up for the whole thing.
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If you say so. In that vein, gg, Arandmoor. GG.
This is why it’s so important that the team that lost say “gg” first before offering up your own “gg”.
However, if I offered one up now, I think you would get offended.