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Where\when gl hf came from?

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JonIrenicus
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
Italy602 Posts
November 24 2012 12:11 GMT
#1
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RouaF
Profile Joined October 2010
France4121 Posts
November 24 2012 12:14 GMT
#2
I'm quite sure it started on Starcraft. Never saw it on other games before that. Back in the days everyone would say gl hf during the start countdown. Not quite sure how it started tho ...
zdfgucker
Profile Joined August 2011
China594 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-24 12:27:54
November 24 2012 12:25 GMT
#3
Warcraft 2 at the very least.

On a side note, I find it amusing people often think SC was "the shit". WC2 and AoE2 were extremely good as well.
fLDm
Equity213
Profile Joined July 2011
Canada873 Posts
November 24 2012 12:40 GMT
#4
I thought it came from online poker. You would say it before heads up play.
ChinaLifeXXL
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States365 Posts
November 24 2012 12:42 GMT
#5
it came from pong. I would lean over and say it to my brother before we went to war
If you can do it; you should do it every time.
elKaDor
Profile Joined April 2009
Sweden376 Posts
November 24 2012 12:42 GMT
#6
SC actually was the shit, but thats 95% thx to Korea, otherwise it would be even with wc2 and AoE
TigerKarl
Profile Joined November 2010
1757 Posts
November 24 2012 12:42 GMT
#7
On November 24 2012 21:25 zdfgucker wrote:
Warcraft 2 at the very least.

On a side note, I find it amusing people often think SC was "the shit". WC2 and AoE2 were extremely good as well.

Well, AoE2 was surely a cool game, but some major design flaws made it impossible to take off as a well-rounded and spectator friendly e-sports.
GolemMadness
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada11044 Posts
November 24 2012 12:44 GMT
#8
On November 24 2012 21:25 zdfgucker wrote:
Warcraft 2 at the very least.

On a side note, I find it amusing people often think SC was "the shit". WC2 and AoE2 were extremely good as well.


You find it amusing that people think a game is good when you acknowledge that it's good...?
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bgx
Profile Joined August 2010
Poland6595 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-24 12:46:13
November 24 2012 12:44 GMT
#9
counter strike uses it aswell, and its hard to pick what was first CS or BW.

Aswell as BW, CS introduced infamous Battle reports after matches since like year 2k. They grew together, one was mainly Europe/America one for Asia. Both were the biggest pre moba/sc2(current times) esports.
Stork[gm]
Arco
Profile Joined September 2009
United States2090 Posts
November 24 2012 12:46 GMT
#10
Not sure if GL/HF/GG came from War2, but I know that QQ did. Alt Q > Quit Menu > Q > Quit.
nymfaw
Profile Joined November 2010
Norway430 Posts
November 24 2012 12:49 GMT
#11
Neither.. It came from other sports, like football/whatever, and nerds shortened it.
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bluQ
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Germany1724 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-24 12:56:55
November 24 2012 12:51 GMT
#12
On November 24 2012 21:44 GolemMadness wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 24 2012 21:25 zdfgucker wrote:
Warcraft 2 at the very least.

On a side note, I find it amusing people often think SC was "the shit". WC2 and AoE2 were extremely good as well.


You find it amusing that people think a game is good when you acknowledge that it's good...?

No he is just saying that SC1 vanilla was pretty bad. And BW was good but not the be all end all.
AoE2 was a very good RTS as well as wc2. Often SC and especially the newer SC2 fans take it for granted that BW was "the shit".

And the gl hf I would guess was just one of the many acrnomys the internet brought up.
Halflife, Q3 and Unreal (Tournament) are all as old as SC1 just that those games were from the get-go pretty good for competitive play.
edit: fyi, wc2 was releases in '95.
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superjoppe
Profile Joined December 2004
Sweden3685 Posts
November 24 2012 12:52 GMT
#13
On November 24 2012 21:49 nymfaw wrote:
Neither.. It came from other sports, like football/whatever, and nerds shortened it.

Why do you even bother to post? Obviously OP asks about "gl hf", not some random handshake.
FeyFey
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany10114 Posts
November 24 2012 12:54 GMT
#14
mmm I atleast used it in Warcraft2 before Sc1 existed, not sure where it comes from though. But It is probably really old, as gamers are lazy when it comes to typing and they love to make everything as short as possible. Picked it up from chat though.
DownMaxX
Profile Joined August 2008
Canada1311 Posts
November 24 2012 12:54 GMT
#15
I always 'gl hf'd in wc2 days, it's been around since at least mid-90s...
parasite
bgx
Profile Joined August 2010
Poland6595 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-24 12:56:50
November 24 2012 12:56 GMT
#16
We are going down guys, soon we will arrive at Doom times.
Stork[gm]
PiQLiQ
Profile Joined January 2011
Sweden702 Posts
November 24 2012 13:04 GMT
#17
It's just a old way of showing manner on the internet! I have even seen it many many many years ago.
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Littlemuff
Profile Joined August 2011
United Kingdom301 Posts
November 24 2012 13:26 GMT
#18
One of the oldest mysteries of online gaming. Sure our kids will be talking about this for years to come.
Latringuden
Profile Joined September 2011
Sweden79 Posts
November 24 2012 13:30 GMT
#19
On November 24 2012 21:56 bgx wrote:
We are going down guys, soon we will arrive at Doom times.


And that's probably where it started tbh =)

My first encounter with the phrase was in Quake and that would be in 1996. No idea where it started though.
AbideWithMe
Profile Joined October 2012
207 Posts
November 24 2012 13:46 GMT
#20
They used to gl hf before sea battles in Second World War I heard.
""I abused a child today" -Stephano" - nmetasch
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