I type gg at the end of a match even if I get stomped.
With one exception, which is when I backfill into a game that loses before I get out of spawn. In those games I don’t say gg because I never actually got to play the game.
No point in wondering unless you have access to the chat logs of all those players and meticulously comb through them each night lol
After all, it turns out were all imperfect and capable of forgetting our sportsman like gestures every now and again.
Of course, the internet doesn’t allow anything less than perfection 
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I don’t use the text chat at all, and play on console.
When they bring commendations into stadium I’ll give kudos.
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My Sistah Spice used to type GLHF and people kept telling her to kill herself, so, I guess she just naturally did not feel like doing it anymore. But surprisingly losers do not actually say much after a loss.
I digress, back in my day, it was being polite. I am trying to just adjust for the snowflakes of today. In Overwatch, I usually just keep it to team chat if we won regardless of context. In Mahvel, I am just so thrilled that I do match chat. I do genuinely believe the matches are good in that game. It blurs the line. In Overwatch, I fully understand the game was trash for them. In Mahvel, I am just not sure. Maybe they are having as much fun as I am having, win or lose? How could I know?
Eh, I do type GG pretty much every game unless I forgot. It ain’t that deep. I am not usually even one to leave. I stay for the end game ceremony. 
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Some players take “gg” one of 2 ways.
Good Game
or
Get Good
Probably why so many people report people for saying GG cuz there is 50/50 chance of someone being nice or being low key toxic or they are just being petty and reporting cuz they mad.
I dont say anything after a match is done. I leave and just Q for my next game
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I don’t play ranked (so neither competitive nor stadium), but win or lose, I nearly always congratulate the opposing team after a game AND I stay for the highlight, unless I played against them for the third time and would like to have some variety in the match making, which can be abysmal from time to time, or unless the enemy team or my own (random) team has been making toxic remarks.
“Good Game” and “Good Luck, Have Fun” can be interpreted in various ways. Sarcastic (in case of GLHF) or genuine (in the case of most people on my friends list and myself). In any case, just switch off the match chat to avoid such comments.
If it’s a stomp and you suspect foul play, just report - when someone thinks I cheated and they accuse me in public chat, I also tell them to just report me then and have Blizzard judge it. The option exists for a reason (of course I hadn’t, but if they don’t want to watch the replay to verify, well, the only option to do something about it is to report and wait).
I do report people for toxic behaviour in chat. Young people play this game too and I would love to encourage people to play this game rather than discourage them, so being genuinely friendly goes a long way (just not with everyone).
For example I was practicing Wrecking Ball in QuickPlay and there was this guy on opposing team unhappy about it because “I am so bad and it is too easy for them”. Well while I understand why people switch, I was actually practicing against my hard counters, win or lose. It wasn’t even someone from my own team complaining, but from opposing team, playing one such hard counter. They should really complain about poor match making, not me making poor choices from their perspective. Best way for me to gain better survivability on my favourite hero is to practice against hard counters, so I did and my team didn’t mind (I always ask).
I guess what I am trying to say here is: there are countless people on this game who will rage against something or interpret something differently than it was intended. I can only speak for myself when I say whenever I type GG or GGS or whatnot I genuinely mean it in a sportsmanship kind of way.
To avoid flaming comments in public game chat by the opposing team for whom it was not a gg by a long shot in some cases, instead of GG I sometimes say “I’m sorry for this match making, thank you for not leaving” or something along those lines. It really depends. Generally speaking however, I think most people who say GG do so because it is either customary / traditional or when they’re trying to be polite and respectful or if it was a close game, because they actually mean it in a literal sense.
I wish one could assume the best of intentions rather than the worst. Have a great one <3
Because you don’t know what the game looked like.
It could have been very close for all games. It doesn’t mean it was a stomp.
People are very unusual when it comes to saying GG when they won.
Not true. I get stomped frequently and I say GG most of the time. Sometimes when I’m in a hurry, i.e. offline activity such as real life or when my group leader queues us quickly into the next, I don’t get the chance, but under most normal circumstances I do say gg even when I am the one being stomped… Exception: enemy team is saying stuff like “ez” etc.
Stadium is a mode that can be HEAVILY swayed in the favor of the opposing team even when you are 3-0.
Gg isn’t a bad thing to say at all for this interaction…
Yes, exactly this. In the end it is up to ourselves how we interpret what is being said and if it is lacking some context, it is not always easy to do so.
Isn’t this line of deductive reasoning a little presumptuous? Please don’t accuse people simply because they voice their concerns/frustrations. Whether they are warranted or not is a separate issue as this whole thread seems to address.
If you start making assumptions, you’ll be no better than them 
Yes, or close fights between certain heroes or just fun encounters or fun fights. Like Widow versus Widow, or besting counters or just some funny, odd or atypical situations… there can be many reasons.
Had a match where me and another Widow were going 1v1… Sure we were talking crap to each other but in all good fun. They didnt take it seriously neither did I. Of course someone on their team took it seriously but both of us were laughing, complimenting on head shots, also talking crap all in good fun.
But I also know that not every person in game will be this way. So most of the times I just dont say anything and just Q for my next game
No ones going to say it isnt tilting to hear GG after being dogwalked, but stop being an actual literal toddler and just go next. Anyone who GENUINELY wants to argue that GG is toxic disgusts me. Go sit in the corner and let the adults talk if youre going to let something so incredibly basic reduce you to a hate post on a forum
If youre going to cry then cry about something actually worth crying about.
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Mute game chat and just type in team chat, problem solved
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write gg after a stomp and you can be sure to be reported
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Bruh… “GG” is just your standard vacuous online mp speech. Just look at how many people are telling you that they type gg like drones no matter how a game went. Saying gg is entirely meaningless.
GG op lmao.
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I’ve typed “gg” immediately at the end of every match, win or lose, stomp or nailbiter, and I’ve never seen any sort of warning or ban for language. Thankfully, most people recognize that it’s a sportsmanlike gesture and not some braggadocious message to fragile egos.
Save the reports for “ez” or “zzz” if you’re going to be so delicate in a PvP game. I’ll continue to avoid endorsing them.
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I don’t care if someone types gg after every match, or never. I don’t care if it wa stomp or not. It makes a no difference to me.
It’s just the letter g repeated.
It can’t hurt you.
And if you leave matches fast enough? You can run from them for a while (if they are that scary)
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Complaining about gg again
Yikes
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