Why say GLHF? - Page 2

-Kaiser-

Canada932 Posts

March 18 2013 05:14 GMT

#21

Why do you fucking say hello to someone on the street when they say hello and wave at you? Are you really debating the merit of greeting somebody when you join a game with them?

Cheekything

United Kingdom10 Posts

March 18 2013 09:37 GMT

#22

On March 18 2013 14:14 -Kaiser- wrote:
Why do you fucking say hello to someone on the street when they say hello and wave at you? Are you really debating the merit of greeting somebody when you join a game with them?

Do you do this for everyone you see when you walk down the street?

My point was ask has it lost it's meaning because we do just say it to everyone and if it has what could it be changed to to regain it's meaning.

I'm all for greeting people in games but I don't feel people should flame for it because you don't do it.

Persh

Estonia108 Posts

March 18 2013 21:01 GMT

#23

You can't invent a new one because even if it'd become popular, it would still become the new "glhf". Besides, why not put something like a smiley, for example "hi, gl hf!

" or engage in some small conversation where you ask where he comes from etc.

Tictock

United States6052 Posts

March 18 2013 23:01 GMT

#24

I totally disagree with the premise that because we say something a lot or all the time that it losses meaning. If you personally don't mean it, then don't say it. I always say "gl hf" because I mean it, I almost always say gg (even if I loose to some random cheese) the only times I don't is when I'm too frustrated by my own play to feel like it was a good game.

I work a job that involves a lot of interactions with people in a drive-through and I was once asked by a co-worker why I always say "have a good day" when I don't mean it. I gave them an odd look and calmly told them that I do always mean it, if someone is super rude or w/e to me then I don't say it. Same thing goes for saying 'Good Morning' or 'Hows it going?' The only way these phrases lose meaning is when people say them and they don't mean it, it's not the phrase itself.

In other words personalize and own it, if you wanna come up with something you like better than glhf, do it. There's no reason to worry about what other people think in regards to a greeting like that. If someone rages at you for not saying "glhf" then that's their issue for getting butthurt over nothing.

9-BiT

United States1089 Posts

March 19 2013 01:55 GMT

#25

I think I played you, what league are you in?

nappiiboii

United States27 Posts

March 19 2013 02:26 GMT

#26

glhf
:D
♥
how i say hi to everyone i play with. i usually end up teaching them that holding alt and hitting 3 on num pad makes the ♥ too. its actually really fun to type this really fast and not mess up, idk y

Narcind

Sweden2489 Posts

March 19 2013 10:34 GMT

#27

I typically don't say glhf at the start or a game, or gg at the end, and I don't think that's bad mannered.

It's a few letters that don't mean anything to me, so I don't see the point.

739

Bearded Elder29903 Posts

March 19 2013 13:41 GMT

#28

I never use "gl" but I do "hf" in every game I'm in. Why wishing luck to opponent? No way, we can all have fun but LUCK BELONGS TO ME.

thxbie

Kickboxer

Slovenia1308 Posts

March 19 2013 15:04 GMT

#29

When I play a 1v1 game against a person I don't want him to get lucky as this amounts to my own unluck which I certainly don't wish to have. Unless he is a particularly gracious loser I also don't want him to have fun since that usually means you are stopming someone hardcore. In light of all this I believe GLHF to be a hypocritical and rude gesture.