And in 90% cases considered as bragging.
Just say : thanks mercy or good aim wm.
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Still going to say it.
If I get stomped, I’ll say it.
If the game was fair or really competitive I’ll say it.
If I win regardless of the margin I’ll say it.
It’s good sportsmanship.
But if you say ‘gg ez’ even on my team, that I don’t tolerate, because that’s bragging and unsportsmanlike.
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I only use that after a sweaty game.
Coz other members usually shouts “EZ” or something similar to it.
I say GG like 10% of my games. When I do feel the game was close and/or interesting and/or fun.
But I understand why some people say it every game, its like “goodbye” in gamer language. Like “gl hf”.
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It stands for git gud
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Imo, gg is almost never called for, and it is usually used out of spite to insult other players.
I say GG after almost every game whether I win or lose. The only time I don’t is when I’m last second backfill and wasn’t really a part of the game.
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People who say it win or lose are fine. So many ppl only say if when they win tho. My favourite in qp is they win and say gg. See them next game, they are losing and quit, or they stay and lose, and leave the lobby right away. So common.
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I find it distasteful for the winning team to say it. If the losing team initiates, by all means reciprocate. If you win, you should win humbly.
Like Paul Brown said, “ When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less.”
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i can honestly say I’ve never once said it out of spite. begrudgingly in a loss yes.
i dont say anything in ow2 of course
i know you meant it generally though and with the f2p base, you might be right
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It’s just polite, I’m confused entirely by this.
I notice it’s the winners who say GG most of the time, not the losers. I’m willing to bet most of these players say GG in order to rub in the victory, not to be polite.
Because of this trend, I don’t say GG much at all, because it has become impolite, and the exact opposite of what it once meant.
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Not anymore
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Please, turn off the chat
Most people take GG literally or use it seldom. They don’t spam it out the wazoo to diminish its value. That has happened to phrases like “Thank you”. People just spam it at every interaction with people to ‘appear’ pleasant when no one is actually genuinely thankful for someone’s help. A number of people are trying to do the same with GG, but its still not completely caught on. Hence this debate over GG meaning.
Proper manners to me would be you use a phrase as appropriate and mean what you say. Unfortunately, I cannot trust people to mean gg when its used in an inappropriate context such as a 1sided game. To me, its kind of insulting to use good game on a very clearly 1sided match.
I’ll use good game for my own team. I have no need to tell the enemy team anything and incite possible annoyances people have over a 1sided match. Say ‘gg’ in blue text. Then use literally any other conversation piece with the enemy team. Compliment someone on their duel or a particular moment in the game.
Put some real thought behind the statement instead of an instant low effort ‘gg’ in text the moment defeat or victory shows up on the screen.
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Well that’s definitely your choice, but to me saying GG just means ‘good game’.
If I was playing say, NFL, as part of a team and my team won with a shutout of 51 - 0 (like the Rams vs the Raiders in 2014), at the end of that game I would still go over to the other team, shake their hands and say Good Game. Because even though my team absolutely decimated them, it wasn’t because they didn’t try. They played to the best of their ability, they tried to score touchdowns all night long, but my team simply denied them and played the better game.
Likewise if my team lost 52 - 0 like the Seahawks vs the Cardinals in 2012, I would still go over to the other team at the end of the game and shake their hands, because my team tried all night to win and we got denied constantly. None of us gave up. None of us threw in the towel and chucked a wobbly before the end of the game. We put our blood, sweat and tears into that match, but we were simply outplayed.
It would be extremely rude and unprofessional of me, in either setting, to refuse to shake the hands of either team, win or lose. If I won and refused, it would look like I was arrogant and prideful, that they were too far beneath me to warrant a handshake despite their efforts. If I lost and refused, it would look like I was a sore loser.
Saying good game at the end of the match is simply a common courtesy and a sign of good sportsmanship.
Why should winning or losing in a team game like Overwatch suddenly erase basic manners and sportsmanship?
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No it doesnt. It stands for good game
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Ofc it’s the winners, unless it was a close game who would say gg on losing side? (Incoming!!!)
Because it’s a video game and not a real sport.
You play with all kinds of people from normal humans to degenerates. You can’t apply and expect to work what you do/did in normal sports where people are held accountable and they want to have a good time.
Report stacks who do it, easy.
It is literally a competitive game that has an eSports division.
And the only difference between an eSports player and you is the eSports player has more skill in their pinky than you have in your entire body.
It’s a sport, officially recognized, with tournaments. Sportsmanship is the bare minimum to be expected. If you can’t muster up that basic level of respect, play a different game.