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Sorathez
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Australia209 Posts
October 04 2020 01:05 GMT
#61
Like other people have said, to me GLHF (hell, ever since I played a guy called Praisethesun, I throw in a \[T]/ as well) and GG are just part of acknowledging your opponent. Same as greeting and shaking hands with an opponent before and after a game of tennis, or like how soccer teams will have all players shake hands with each other at the end of a game.

I don't see why you wouldn't be a good sportsman about the game.
There's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep trying till you run out of cake.
dUTtrOACh
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada2339 Posts
October 04 2020 01:05 GMT
#62
On October 04 2020 09:49 Danglars wrote:
Always GG. That one's on you, not them.

I guess it's kinda an old school 90s gamer mentality, since I don't see this very much shared with people that started gaming in the 2000s.


Arcades did have a way of espousing sportsmanship.
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llllllll
Profile Joined October 2020
1 Post
October 04 2020 02:04 GMT
#63
[image loading]

AlexPKeaton aka pinky29 aka moral posturing ex GM -> proxy 2 rax reaper every game into mech/BC

Solution? Hard counter dat ass and collect ladder points
Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10111 Posts
October 04 2020 03:41 GMT
#64
On October 04 2020 11:04 llllllll wrote:
[image loading]

AlexPKeaton aka pinky29 aka moral posturing ex GM -> proxy 2 rax reaper every game into mech/BC

Solution? Hard counter dat ass and collect ladder points

REKT

"The right to vote is only the oar of the slaveship, I wanna be free." -- бум бум сучка!
SickeL
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
110 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-10-04 04:23:31
October 04 2020 04:23 GMT
#65
I won't gg someone who doesn't say glhf, but that's about it. Sometimes I don't because I'm mad about cheese I guess.
A wise man once said "Oppa Gangnam style."
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
October 04 2020 05:40 GMT
#66
For me, saying gg is just acknowledging that the game happened and is now over. If there's something else I want to say, I'll go ahead and add it on or say it outright (or just insta-leave if I'm feeling salty).
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Luolis
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Finland7100 Posts
October 04 2020 11:58 GMT
#67
Just dont gg anyone unless theyre your friends ;;
pro cheese woman / Its never Sunny in Finland. Perkele / FinnishStarcraftTrivia
ZiZzy
Profile Joined March 2020
Germany7 Posts
October 04 2020 12:31 GMT
#68
How one can be so bothered about such a thing is the actual question here.

Also nice screenshot @llllllll (sick name!)
ejozl
Profile Joined October 2010
Denmark3343 Posts
October 04 2020 13:42 GMT
#69
On October 04 2020 20:58 Luolis wrote:
Just dont gg anyone unless theyre your friends ;;

They could potentially become your friend, if you act nicely.
SC2 Archon needs "Terrible, terrible damage" as one of it's quotes.
Drfilip
Profile Joined March 2013
Sweden590 Posts
October 04 2020 13:46 GMT
#70
As a mid level random player that always (as long as I don't forget) tells my race, GL HF and end games with gg, this thread is quite interesting. The only thing missing is a barcode name.

The poll specified "MID LEVEL" in all caps. So, it is important that the level of play is the middle of the pack, the median. The median is gold/platinum (I am verging on diamond, so that's actually way above median, about 20 percentage points too high). That is a level where monobattlers in 1v1 can have a win rate over 50% because the monobattler is more familiar with their build than their opponent.

I believe that the advantage of anonymity in repeated games won't be significant. The skill of players is too varying between games and situations for the anonymity to matter. My top diamond skills include scouting a 1-base terran, forgetting the scouted information and just macroing up until my main gets destroyed by the terran drop, miss doing any macro whenever something interesting is happening, not multitasking at all (ever) etc.
Barcodes won't help at a way lower level of play.

Having a barcode name won't change the game, so why treat it any different than any other game?
Random Platinum EU
sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
October 04 2020 13:55 GMT
#71
On October 04 2020 22:42 ejozl wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 04 2020 20:58 Luolis wrote:
Just dont gg anyone unless theyre your friends ;;

They could potentially become your friend, if you act nicely.


Even better, if you don't gg your friends you may just get rid of them
"I saw what sneakyfox wrote on TL.net and it made me furious" - PartinG
Dangermousecatdog
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom7084 Posts
October 04 2020 14:13 GMT
#72
I just realised from the screenshot, the OP is the same guy who made that thread about racism and his infantile "I am a 38 year old and have 2 children so I am morally superior" and teh interwebs chat have racism shocker. Yet here he is, being a BM player, with apparently no hint or irony. Writing direct messages to insult other playes, but blocking them from replying back to you. This feels like a guy trying to use TL to wage a public shaming campaign.
AirbladeOrange
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States2573 Posts
October 04 2020 14:14 GMT
#73
I suggest you try not to let things outside of your control bother you. I say gg every single time before I tap out and it helps keep my own ego in check.
neptunusfisk
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
2286 Posts
October 04 2020 14:29 GMT
#74
Whether you should type GG or not is something you'll have your own opinion about and I don't think the nickname of the opponent makes any difference whatsoever
maru G5L pls
dUTtrOACh
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada2339 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-10-04 14:52:11
October 04 2020 14:51 GMT
#75
I just wanted out of a game the other day, went to gg and only typed one g by accident (the horror, I know). Upon realizing there was only one g, I proceeded to whisper GG to my opponent to clarify I wasn't being salty. Mofo wasn't accepting whispers from anybody not on their friends list. FML

EDIT: Hey, same exact number of posts as the person above me. Cool cool cool.
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Sorusaba
Profile Joined October 2017
275 Posts
October 04 2020 15:06 GMT
#76
On October 04 2020 14:40 The_Templar wrote:
For me, saying gg is just acknowledging that the game happened and is now over.


this is exactly it. It's just a staple of the game. What's with people coming up with these weird rules and conditions to something that's existed since starcraft itself? lol
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-10-04 15:50:42
October 04 2020 15:49 GMT
#77
On October 05 2020 00:06 Sorusaba wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 04 2020 14:40 The_Templar wrote:
For me, saying gg is just acknowledging that the game happened and is now over.


this is exactly it. It's just a staple of the game. What's with people coming up with these weird rules and conditions to something that's existed since starcraft itself? lol

I mean, people can do whatever they want, right? My older brother used to say gg both when he was winning and losing, and the game would sometimes last for a while after that. But I wasn't going to tell him that he was saying gg wrong.

On October 04 2020 20:58 Luolis wrote:
Just dont gg anyone unless theyre your friends ;;


Maybe everyone is my friend though >:|
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pinky29
Profile Joined January 2019
57 Posts
October 04 2020 19:08 GMT
#78
Interesting..Templar...so GG to you means more of a conclusion of the game? Not really "Good Game". I guess that could be part of why some people have mixed opinions. I'm more literal I guess, whereas for you it is more of a "The End" caption of a movie.
pinky29
Profile Joined January 2019
57 Posts
October 04 2020 19:21 GMT
#79
On October 04 2020 22:46 Drfilip wrote:
As a mid level random player that always (as long as I don't forget) tells my race, GL HF and end games with gg, this thread is quite interesting. The only thing missing is a barcode name.

The poll specified "MID LEVEL" in all caps. So, it is important that the level of play is the middle of the pack, the median. The median is gold/platinum (I am verging on diamond, so that's actually way above median, about 20 percentage points too high). That is a level where monobattlers in 1v1 can have a win rate over 50% because the monobattler is more familiar with their build than their opponent.

I believe that the advantage of anonymity in repeated games won't be significant. The skill of players is too varying between games and situations for the anonymity to matter. My top diamond skills include scouting a 1-base terran, forgetting the scouted information and just macroing up until my main gets destroyed by the terran drop, miss doing any macro whenever something interesting is happening, not multitasking at all (ever) etc.
Barcodes won't help at a way lower level of play.

Having a barcode name won't change the game, so why treat it any different than any other game?


Your points are all valid; however, I take exception with the last line "Having a barcode won't change the game...". I have to disagree with that last statement mainly because I encounter many of the same players online and recognize their names. In fact, sometimes I hit them so much that I recall "Oh ya, this guy likes to proxy DT" or "I remember this guy...he always cannon rushes." Many people can say the same about me..."this guy likes reapers or always goes proxy". With a barcode the anonymity is there and they can exploit the situation without scouting or performing a hard counter. I change my builds if I know someone knows "my style". The game is not on equal footing when a barcode already knows your style while retaining their anonymity. It also breeds for more BM on their side versus someone with a name.
tigon_ridge
Profile Joined March 2019
482 Posts
October 04 2020 21:26 GMT
#80
GGing is just a silly formality. Supposedly, you have to gg if you lost a game that you honestly felt was a terrible game, which is just not right; you should not be forced to say an opinion you don't believe.

I also think it's really weird that you can leave the game immediately after sending the GG. To me, saying GG is like extending a hand for a handshake, not just an admittance of a loss. I think blizzard should add a new feature: when a player sends GG, the 'quit' function is grayed out for 10 seconds, or until the winner types GG back.

That would do two things: it would give more meaning to GGing out, and also removes the pointless pressure on players to say "good game" even when they don't believe it.
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