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rararara
Profile Joined March 2021
115 Posts
January 24 2022 17:40 GMT
#1
gg = good game

GG or gg twice = show special appreciation for opponent?

ww = "I played bad" ?

ㅎㅎ = same as above?
True_Spike
Profile Joined July 2004
Poland3424 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-01-24 17:52:47
January 24 2022 17:52 GMT
#2
gg = good game

GG = good game, no special significance

ww = good game also; It's just a result of how koreans type it ( https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/163692-the-ww-mystery )

ㅎㅎ = ha ha
Essbee
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada2371 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-01-24 17:58:19
January 24 2022 17:57 GMT
#3
It's all gg.

ㅎㅎ is also gg, they are all gg. "ㅎ" is g on the keyboard, so when they are not in hangeul mode, it comes out as ㅎ instead. BUT yes, it can mean "ha ha" but in the context of the end of a game of starcraft this is definitely, unpurposely, "gg".

ww because in hangeul the "g" sound would be akin to "ㅈ" hence ㅈㅈ and on the keyboard alphabet mode, that is the letter "w".

Google "korean keyboard" and check the pictures and look at g and w.
rararara
Profile Joined March 2021
115 Posts
January 24 2022 18:10 GMT
#4
thanks!! but r u guys sure?

i see so many games where folks type in hangul first and correct it.
ww seems kinda careless. maybe it's by accident, but seems when frustration kicks in they don't take the time to correct it.
just saw a lot of games with "ww" and "ㅎㅎ" at the end where people just played really bad.

also GG often when other player dominated or did a good move.

dont know if there's a connection.
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10675 Posts
January 24 2022 18:35 GMT
#5
All of these mean exactly the same thing, just gg.

ww = ㅈㅈ which means gg as well.

gg = ㅎㅎ which is just typing gg with KR keyboard on, I wouldn't over think this much.
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Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10166 Posts
January 24 2022 19:50 GMT
#6
On January 25 2022 03:10 rararara wrote:
thanks!! but r u guys sure?

i see so many games where folks type in hangul first and correct it.

They do this if they suspect you are not Korean, IMO. Either to be respectful or because they believe that you may not be able to see hangul.

ww seems kinda careless. maybe it's by accident, but seems when frustration kicks in they don't take the time to correct it.
just saw a lot of games with "ww" and "ㅎㅎ" at the end where people just played really bad.

As explained multiple times, that is the correct letter on the keyboard for "gg" in hangul.

also GG often when other player dominated or did a good move.

dont know if there's a connection.

Strongly doubt that there is a connection; I almost always do GG regardless of win or loss simply because I am used to typing that way. I am confident that it's mostly idiosyncratic. Maybe if they talk shit in caps lock before/afterward, that might explain it in some cases, but I believe that is rare.
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WGT-Baal
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
France3389 Posts
January 24 2022 20:28 GMT
#7
also funny thing before i switched to the english version, on a french keyboard you need caps lock to access the numbers, otherwise instead of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 this is what you get without capslock: &é"'(-è_çà
So for the longest time I typed and saw GG since we were all in caps lock anyway
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Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10166 Posts
January 24 2022 20:49 GMT
#8
On January 25 2022 05:28 WGT-Baal wrote:
also funny thing before i switched to the english version, on a french keyboard you need caps lock to access the numbers, otherwise instead of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 this is what you get without capslock: &é"'(-è_çà
So for the longest time I typed and saw GG since we were all in caps lock anyway

Korean actually has fewer symbols than English has letters, so this is less likely to be the case for Koreans. Just FYI

Another possible explanation is that in TvB games, you need to do shift+enter to send a message to all (as opposed to AC), so in that game mode maybe people just keep holding shift as they send the GG message.
"The right to vote is only the oar of the slaveship, I wanna be free." -- бум бум сучка!
angry_maia
Profile Joined August 2020
314 Posts
January 24 2022 21:19 GMT
#9
and there's me thinking ww = well won
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51473 Posts
January 24 2022 21:22 GMT
#10
zizi yO
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wimpwimpwimp
Profile Joined May 2012
169 Posts
January 25 2022 09:50 GMT
#11
I might be the only one, but I have a weird dislike for foreigners typing "ww" instead of "gg"!

Especially if they are

a) terran
b) play with a lot of apm
c) are trying really hard to achive something with their vultures (but are not)
d) are pretty useless in general
M3t4PhYzX
Profile Joined March 2019
Poland4198 Posts
January 25 2022 10:26 GMT
#12
On January 25 2022 06:22 GTR wrote:
zizi yO

banned from competition for one month!
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prosatan
Profile Joined September 2009
Romania8213 Posts
January 25 2022 11:26 GMT
#13
On January 25 2022 06:22 GTR wrote:
zizi yO

BackHo memories
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rararara
Profile Joined March 2021
115 Posts
January 25 2022 16:36 GMT
#14
On January 25 2022 04:50 Jealous wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 25 2022 03:10 rararara wrote:
thanks!! but r u guys sure?

i see so many games where folks type in hangul first and correct it.

They do this if they suspect you are not Korean, IMO. Either to be respectful or because they believe that you may not be able to see hangul.


I was talking about streamed games from the pros. When they are about to tap out, they often correct the Kor/Eng-switch and type what they want. That's why I was wondering, if it's connected to some "manner rules". I know that at least in Korea and pro-sports in general there are more formal rules of showing respect and appreciation after a match.

Has a Korean player or someone from that scene confirmed yet that there's no difference?
Just asking.
Volka
Profile Joined December 2010
Argentina410 Posts
January 25 2022 16:46 GMT
#15
Not getting too many gg's these days... any type of it is welcome. I usually gg (say 95% of the time) and reserve gg wp when really deserved.
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prosatan
Profile Joined September 2009
Romania8213 Posts
January 25 2022 17:40 GMT
#16
On January 26 2022 01:46 Volka wrote:
Not getting too many gg's these days... any type of it is welcome. I usually gg (say 95% of the time) and reserve gg wp when really deserved.

So do I! Always , always I say gg , even if i am getting chessed
And if opponent says gg and doesn't ALT Q Q in an instant, i say gg back!

Lee JaeDong Fighting! The only church that illuminates is the one that burns.
prosatan
Profile Joined September 2009
Romania8213 Posts
January 25 2022 17:41 GMT
#17
I remember my baby JD didn't say gg back, when he won, in many , many games in Kespa Era haha
Lee JaeDong Fighting! The only church that illuminates is the one that burns.
ImbaTosS
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United Kingdom1689 Posts
January 26 2022 13:02 GMT
#18
I always thought, way back when, that 'ww' was like a more gracious type of thing. As in 'yeah you did some pretty good stuff there, I admire your play, ww'. Guess I was wrong and just layered my own interpretation on something :D
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