I generally make a comment, its not always GG. Unless I move my stuff into his units tho, or lose a control group right at the end (generally making it the end) i GG if the game gets to more then 2 base each.

Watercrystal

58 Posts

December 23 2011 11:56 GMT

#22

If you play vs me, I wont gg in approx. 90% of the games, because I only say gg, when I think, we had a good game where my opponent won in the end, but did not go for shitty cheese or stuff like that.

Zergneedsfood

United States10671 Posts

December 23 2011 11:57 GMT

#23

I usually say "wp" if I thought we played a good game actually.

To me, saying wp means "I thought I did pretty well, but you just got the better of me".

Vortigan

Denmark306 Posts

December 23 2011 12:57 GMT

#24

On December 23 2011 20:56 Watercrystal wrote:
If you play vs me, I wont gg in approx. 90% of the games, because I only say gg, when I think, we had a good game where my opponent won in the end, but did not go for shitty cheese or stuff like that.

When u think 90% of ur games are cheesy or abusive then I think the problem lies with you. maybe you and Idra can make a show about it?

ComaDose

Canada10357 Posts

December 23 2011 13:59 GMT

#25

it weirded me out when people started writing "gg gl" or w/e at the start of the game.
something in my brain felt like they were surrendering.

but yeah it just means "its over, starcraft is awesome"

templar rage

United States2509 Posts

December 23 2011 14:23 GMT

#26

It means "good game". . . Whatever your personal meaning of "good" is is another matter. I just say "wp" at the end because it's a much more accurate summation of my feelings most of the time. I generally don't think it was a "good game" if I lost because that usually means I played poorly.

reneg

United States859 Posts

December 23 2011 14:34 GMT

#27

On December 23 2011 21:57 Vortigan wrote:

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When u think 90% of ur games are cheesy or abusive then I think the problem lies with you. maybe you and Idra can make a show about it?

I agree with this. I say "gg" every game, as a polite way of saying, 'congrats, you beat me.'

But i feel like a lot of the people who play this game right now are completely convinced that they played perfectly, and the only reason they lost is that marines / banshees/ colossi / mutas / infestors are imba. So they get on some high horse and go, "i don't say 'gg' if it wasn't a gg." Which is ridiculous. People's definition of cheese is becoming a little ridiculous. "Omg, 2 base marine +1/+1 Stim timing attack = super cheese even though he built a 3rd CC behind it and never cut SCVs."

Just don't play as greedily next time, and you won't lose to that.

They also don't seem to understand that people will view their f10+n's as ragequits. I know i assume that someone's raging every single time they just leave, regardless of if they are or not. If you don't want to be viewed as rage-quitting, gg. Otherwise, it'll be assumed that you did.

Chef

10810 Posts

December 23 2011 14:43 GMT

#28

This thread has been made many times over throughout TL history. There are people who are socially inept and just don't get it, and there are people who realise its Brood War's version of a handshake after the game. Well, there's other kinds of people, like those who are BM, or those who have just never used it before, but mainly it's socially inept morons who don't want to say gg because they're upset.

kaisr

Canada715 Posts

December 23 2011 14:55 GMT

#29

On December 23 2011 23:43 Chef wrote:
This thread has been made many times over throughout TL history. There are people who are socially inept and just don't get it, and there are people who realise its Brood War's version of a handshake after the game. Well, there's other kinds of people, like those who are BM, or those who have just never used it before, but mainly it's socially inept morons who don't want to say gg because they're upset.

I'm pretty sure whether someone gged or not after a game in ICCUP and foreign tourneys was not a big deal at all. Its this new wave of sc2 kids who are obsessed over this trivial detail.

Eatme

Switzerland3919 Posts

December 23 2011 15:09 GMT

#30

I always "gg" when I lose. I have done that since I first started to play bw online and is just something you do. If I get badly beaten/owned I add a "wp" since well If they crush me and I played normal I guess they are pretty good and why not give them that pat on the back.

Some of my friends I play teamgames with even thinks I'm joking or BMing when I say "wp" to some awesome unit combo that kicks us before the 7min (blizz time) mark. But I honestly believe that If you cant hold something like that (or timingpushes in 1:1 games) the opponent is so much better than you and deserves a "wp" ontop of the "gg".

pyrogenetix

China5098 Posts

December 23 2011 15:12 GMT

#31

To me gg means "game over, I lose" and then you leave the game. It is a ceremony upheld by all who play brood war and part of the game culture just as much as bowing before entering a dojo or taking off your shoes when going indoors.

Takkara

United States2503 Posts

December 23 2011 15:51 GMT

#32

Like bowing before/after martial arts or handshake lines at the end of many different sports, GG is about mutual respect and competition. It shows your opponent (and yourself) that regardless of the outcome of the match whether it be thoroughly one sided, rage-inducing, super close, glorious, embarrassing, whatever the outcome is, it says to your opponent that you respect the game and you respect the opponent in the spirit of competition regardless of whether or not they deserve that respect.

Tuneful

United States327 Posts

December 23 2011 16:34 GMT

#33

"gg" is just a shorthand way of saying "I concede."

gogogadgetflow

United States2583 Posts

December 23 2011 18:26 GMT

#34

On December 23 2011 20:12 cursor wrote:
I always GG.

I GG WP if I feel like the player was a real cut above me, the kind I would have trouble winning 1 in 10 against.

This exactly, or perhaps I could win 5/10 but in this particular game he had me figured out at every turn.

Blazinghand

United States25562 Posts

December 23 2011 18:30 GMT

#35

Poll: What is a "good" game to you?

A good game for me is a game I win. I type "GG" when I lose not because it was a good game for me (it wasn't), but rather, because it was a good game for my opponent. I am congratulating him for defeating me.