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Warpath
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada1242 Posts
October 25 2010 15:47 GMT
#21
On October 26 2010 00:32 KevinIX wrote:
I'm curious why some pros like to type "gg yo"


I always liked to think they were just being ballers using english slang
GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
October 25 2010 15:48 GMT
#22
Quick question, is that a Lenovo laptop?
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
Keype
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden455 Posts
October 25 2010 15:51 GMT
#23
I didn't know what people meant by "WW" so thanks ! Informative post!
Tornado Terran Fighting!
rastaban
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States2294 Posts
October 25 2010 15:55 GMT
#24
On October 26 2010 00:47 Warpath wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 26 2010 00:32 KevinIX wrote:
I'm curious why some pros like to type "gg yo"


I always liked to think they were just being ballers using english slang


lol, regardless of the real definition I will always hold this to be the case in my heart.
Tyler: "...damn it, that's StarCraft. Opening doors is what we do. Being the first to find food is the greatest pleasure a player can have!"
Caphe
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Vietnam10817 Posts
October 25 2010 15:56 GMT
#25
Upon seeing the title of the thread, I was thinking "wtf, people make thread about this?" But after I saw a very well written OP that useful for some people didnt know about this I am all happy.
btw, its not hard to figure out by yourself if you played on Bnet often. Koreans type it all the time from BW to War3...
Terran
gogogadgetflow
Profile Joined March 2010
United States2583 Posts
October 25 2010 16:00 GMT
#26
it looks like trying to type gg with the input wrong would result in "wlwl" (WLWL) so im still confused...
Neroin
Profile Joined March 2009
Germany173 Posts
October 25 2010 16:00 GMT
#27
Haha, I kinda knew what it was all about but thanks for the complete explanation!

On October 26 2010 00:33 Ancestral wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 26 2010 00:32 KevinIX wrote:
I'm curious why some pros like to type "gg yo"

-yo is a verb ending used to indicate politeness in Korean.


I knew it was a polite way to gg but it's actually a Korean verb? I always thought it's because they're young and cool! :D
bonedriven
Profile Joined August 2010
258 Posts
October 25 2010 16:02 GMT
#28
My laptop was bought in Korea when I studied there. So I can see clearly what ww and
"ㅎㅎ" mean. I knew it would be confusing to others though.
Hence,"Like a Virgin."
Clearout
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway1060 Posts
October 25 2010 16:05 GMT
#29
I learned something new, thank you
really?
cocosoft
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden1068 Posts
October 25 2010 16:07 GMT
#30
I see.
Good to know!
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
fabiano
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Brazil4644 Posts
October 25 2010 16:07 GMT
#31
Doesnt ㅎㅎ can also stand for laughing in korean?

Like:

Fabiano: gg
SlayerSBoxer: ㅎㅎ

Literally Translating:

Fabiano: good game
SlayerSBoxer: haha you suck
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FlamingTurd
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1059 Posts
October 25 2010 16:09 GMT
#32
lol that was freakin histerical that u actually wrote that out.. awesome!
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silentreality
Profile Joined March 2008
Korea (South)222 Posts
October 25 2010 16:09 GMT
#33
On October 26 2010 01:00 gogogadgetflow wrote:
it looks like trying to type gg with the input wrong would result in "wlwl" (WLWL) so im still confused...


You are absolutely correct. To have it sound like you would pronounce "gg" in Korean you would have to spell out "지지" or "wlwl". However, pretty much everybody just types ㅈㅈ for short because it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize what it means.
Veclada
Profile Joined September 2010
742 Posts
October 25 2010 16:10 GMT
#34
Finally
asdfg
scott desu
Profile Joined April 2010
United States34 Posts
October 25 2010 16:12 GMT
#35
Thanks for this post. I kept seeing 'ww' in tournaments and would always wonder why.
('x.x)G-(._.Q)
silentreality
Profile Joined March 2008
Korea (South)222 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-25 16:16:55
October 25 2010 16:14 GMT
#36
On October 26 2010 01:07 fabiano wrote:
Doesnt ㅎㅎ can also stand for laughing in korean?

Like:

Fabiano: gg
SlayerSBoxer: ㅎㅎ

Literally Translating:

Fabiano: good game
SlayerSBoxer: haha you suck


Yes that is correct. "ㅎ" would probably be closest to "H" in terms of pronunciation when paired with a vowel. 흐흐 하하 etc. Basically sounds like how one would laugh. If you text something funny to anybody in Korea, they would most likely respond with a ㅎㅎ (as in haha, funny).

In your example however, boxer would most likely be trying to say GG back, except you, or myself, or anybody else for that matter, is not worthy of having boxer make the extra effort to hit his Korean/English input key. (Green circle in the picture of the original post).

[edited for mistakes once again, wow I'm tired]
Uhh Negative
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1090 Posts
October 25 2010 16:14 GMT
#37
So that's how they can type english and korean. Thanks!
eNtitY~
Profile Joined January 2007
United States1293 Posts
October 25 2010 16:16 GMT
#38
Tasteless/Artosis said in one of the GSL casts it means Well Won.
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Weavel
Profile Joined January 2010
Finland9224 Posts
October 25 2010 16:17 GMT
#39
On October 26 2010 00:39 frequency wrote:
I laughed so hard when people were saying 'ww' meant 'well won'.
Same here!
Life/Seed//Mvp/NaNiwa fighting! ZeNEX forever!
silentreality
Profile Joined March 2008
Korea (South)222 Posts
October 25 2010 16:18 GMT
#40
On October 26 2010 01:16 eNtitY~ wrote:
Tasteless/Artosis said in one of the GSL casts it means Well Won.


While I've been away from the scene for a long time, and watch all my SC2 in Korean.. and thus don't know too much about Tasteless/Artosis. The fact that I recognize the names means they've been around the SC scene for a long long time.. and most likely know the real reason for the ww. I would bet that they were just fooling around.
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