I've only ever been BM'ed once on ladder (and that wasn't even good BM) 70% of people I'd say return the Opening "GL" with something (GL, HF, U2 etc) maybe 40% GG as they leave. I can only think of one game I didn't GG and that's because the guy fake GG'ed me as I took out his main (he had 2 hidden expo's) in a tournament no less, asshole.

Nation_

United States111 Posts

February 20 2011 04:59 GMT

#42

Maybe I'm just a little too anti tradition, but I honestly don't say gg unless it was an actual good game. Which on the NA ladder in high level diamond where I am, the games generally just are not that great.

mucker

United States1120 Posts

February 20 2011 04:59 GMT

#43

Just macro up and crush them, not saying anything. Your goal is to destroy all their buildings, aim for that, not 'get them to quit'.

TheRPGAddict

United States1403 Posts

February 20 2011 05:02 GMT

#44

On February 20 2011 12:56 stevarius wrote:

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" the SC community on a whole is quite well mannered"

Wishful thinking, but I get ragequits more than I get gg's.

This trend has spanned over all leagues I've played in.

Compared to many other communities such as in the shooter genre or team based arena games like HoN, this community is that of saints.

Pollution

Australia11 Posts

February 20 2011 05:04 GMT

#45

Although I do consider it good mannered to gg at a reasonable time, you cannot expect other gamers to do so. There will always be people who play sc2 for a different reason, and expecting their idea of a fun game to match yours just wont happen.

To throw an example, i know a terran player who will always do whatever he can to stay in the game. Even though anyone watching could say he has no chance, he plays for fun and dosent care whether he wins or loses. So naturally you can expect his CC to float away to an island when his base is being overrun. He would also be fairly unfamiliar with gg as a being good mannered. Dosent make him an ass, he is just having fun playing a game.

And in response to the offensive GG. You better believe that i will try and drag it out longer. Just my way of giving the finger so someone i consider arrogant.

Turgid

United States1623 Posts

February 20 2011 05:10 GMT

#46

Yeah there's definitely nothing you can do. I usually just BM by spelling LOL in pylons and making a mothership and stuff. Generally if a player does this I will never, ever kill off their buildings unless I really want to move on to the next game for some reason.

I got time. I'll read a book if someone isn't GGing.

djcube

United States985 Posts

February 20 2011 05:13 GMT

#47

Well the people who usually play those types of large team games are the casual types who don't really know about competitive gaming or "gaming etiquette," right?

A lot of them probably don't know they're being bm.

rozero1234

United States35 Posts

February 20 2011 05:15 GMT

#48

If your opponent decides to lift off to an island, just have fun with it man. The most fun i ever have in games is building mass spore crawlers to surround the island and just lol all game long.

MuteZephyr

Lithuania448 Posts

February 20 2011 05:17 GMT

#49

I only start to push them to GG when it is incredibly clear that they have lost, I really don't want to be BM. For example I had a game where I was on 4 base and he was on the island with 2 SCVs and a CC. I told him that he being somewhat bad mannered (as nicely as I could), and he actually said "oh, sorry" and left. Made me feel fuzzy that not everybody is an obnoxious 12yr old.

Though the above happens very rarely TBH.

EDIT: I agree with many others before. Most team players don't even know they're being BM by not leaving, especially gold and below-ish.

divito

Canada1213 Posts

February 20 2011 05:19 GMT

#50

I hardly ever say "gg" whether during a win or a loss. If someone says "glhf" or "gg" in a win or a loss, I usually reciprocate, but I don't initiate it. If I know I've lost and leave without saying "gg" doesn't mean I'm rage-quitting, they could have easily played well, but it's just something I don't do.

KingAce

United States471 Posts

February 20 2011 05:21 GMT

#51

I have never understood why people expect politeness in starcraft. Yea the pros have to GG, but expecting it from a random human being on the internet? You must live in lala land. People are emotional if someone doesn't GG and they act like pricks about losing, it should be expected.

Comeh

United States18918 Posts

February 20 2011 05:23 GMT

#52

On February 20 2011 14:21 KingAce wrote:
I have never understood why people expect politeness in starcraft. Yea the pros have to GG, but expecting it from a random human being on the internet? You must live in lala land. People are emotional if someone doesn't GG and they act like pricks about losing, it should be expected.

98% of scbw games ended with gg's from my experience. It's not asking for too much really.

Yoshi Kirishima

United States10331 Posts

February 20 2011 05:27 GMT

#53

Best way is just to say something cute/funny like,

"aw, no gg? ;("

Which is like the opposite of "EFF YOU NOOB GG TO ME NOW!"

Which you will probably agree is one of the worst ways to get a gg.

And yeah a lot of newbies don't know gg, remember. Remember that this is SC2 nor SC1; there are a lot of newbies (good thing! sc2 can grow bigger) and they don't know gg or don't know how important it is.

Zooper31

United States5710 Posts

February 20 2011 05:27 GMT

#54

On February 20 2011 13:09 DM20 wrote:
I don't GG a lot of the time out of sheer laziness.

This or I just plain forget. It's not that I'm raging and being BM I just leave the game once I realized I've lost and continue on with games.

I always say the usual, GL HF in the beginning and will reply with a GG if they say it first though.

BuddhaMonk

781 Posts

February 20 2011 05:30 GMT

#55

The only polite way is to destroy all their buildings and end the game. If you're really so far ahead, yet can't end the game quickly, are you really that far ahead?

woofwoof

Canada63 Posts

February 20 2011 05:34 GMT

#56

Some of you ladies get so caught up in all this GG business no one really cares that much get over yourselves.

GreenFaction

United States82 Posts

February 20 2011 05:36 GMT

#57

I think Yoshi is the most right, followed by mucker. Besides making light of the situation in the hopes of comfortably alleviating someone's ignorance (which is to assume the best about your opponent), the only polite thing to do is calmly destroy every last one of their buildings. That is, after all, the point of the game. And it does not ever take that much time, if you are really as ahead as we are assuming in this scenario.

Playguuu

United States926 Posts

February 20 2011 05:40 GMT

#58

One more reason to hate terrans. In a legit base race it's fine to put buildings down where you can to avoid losing, but lifting off just to prolong a game is really stupid. I wonder how many games a terran can play and get better if they didn't just lift off the moment they're going to lose with no army. I hate having to tech to air just to kill those people because they can't learn how to take a loss. There's like 1 in 1000 games maybe you have a chance of winning if you lift off to an island or something. I think those get rarer the higher you go in ladder. A bad habit from lower leagues that terrans need to just get over.

sup3rchan

Canada127 Posts

February 20 2011 05:45 GMT

#59

Well if its 4v1 but the terran refuses to leave, you can just leave. When your teammates win the game, you get the win anyways, so you can save time by just leaving and queuing another game. Only works if you're playing random though, not team.

OriginalBeast

United States709 Posts

February 20 2011 05:53 GMT

#60

Well, you can make then gg by making sure your staying on top of your macro while hunting for them in shark mode.