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Ok. It's 11:46pm. I'm sitting in my office by myself .. I've finally finished my report on a very shady KOSDAQ company which I think would probably be a very bad investment and am waiting for a response from higher up.
But enough about me.
I was reading through the live report and noticed a fair bit of confusion regarding the use of "WW" when tapping (or rather.. typing) out of a game.. and while I realize that most people who frequent this fine website know the reason why some people type "ww" instead of the more popular "gg", I thought I would make an informative post (with pictures!!) to clear up everything once and for all. (Also, I'm trying no to fall asleep while I wait for a response - 3 hours of sleep a day for 2 weeks can make a man sleep in extremely uncomfortable positions)
Anyway.. I present to you.. exhibit A.
![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/6VU4T.jpg) (yes that is my unremarkable piece of crap laptop computer)
First, before we begin, in Korean, phonetically "gg" would be "지지". In other words, the consonant ㅈ and the vowel ㅣ combine to read like "gee". Now, to type that out on a Korean keyboard, one would have to type "w" (circled in red) and "L" (not circled.. but I'm sure you can find out where that is located.. hint far right).
Now, normally, if you wanted to acknowledge defeat in English, you would have the presence of mind to calmly press the Korean/English input switch key (circled in green) and calmly double tap the blue circled key. If you wanted to do so in Korean, you would switch to Korean font and type out "ㅈㅈ" (지지 is 2 twice the effort!)
Now imagine that you are on stage of the GSL facing Starcraft legend 이윤열. I'd probably be too intimidated to think straight, let alone worry about whether or not my keyboard was stuck in Korean or English input modes.
Hence, ladies and gentlemen, the infamous "ww". (This is also why you sometimes see people typing ㅎㅎ as well - it shares the same key as "g" - thanks to deverlight for reminding me to pass along even more amazing information.  )
Ok I realize that was pointlessly long. Have pity on me as I wait another 2 hours for feedback on my report.
Thank you. (On second thought.. maybe this should be a blog or something..mods! please feel free to move this around if it isn't appropriate. I'm just way too tired now  )
[edited for mistakes]
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Makes sense. Just cringe thinking about how people with English standard keyboards are gonna fanboy it, though.
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That makes a lot more sense, I was wondering why there were 3 different variants instead of 2 (gg, ww, and the 2 Korean symbols my keyboard can't type) and know I know.
![[image loading]](http://www.eddieoneverything.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/the_more_you_know2.jpg)
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I think this is a remarkable piece of information. =)
Thanks for that!
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Yep  That's also the reason sometimes you see ㅎㅎinstead of gg
If you try to type gg while typing Korean letters, you get ㅎㅎ
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Thanks, that was really cool to know. I mean the g and w buttons were so far apart it was hard to imagine it was the case of fat fingering.
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Thanks for the info. I bet people are going to start typing WW on american servers........
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On October 26 2010 00:23 deverlight wrote:Yep That's also the reason sometimes you see ㅎㅎinstead of gg If you try to type gg while typing Korean letters, you get ㅎㅎ
Oh yeah. I wanted to mention that as well. Thanks for that.
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It sounds like you're in equity research. You should probably take a nap while you wait for that phone call =).
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I'm curious why some pros like to type "gg yo"
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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.
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On October 26 2010 00:32 KevinIX wrote:
I'm curious why some pros like to type "gg yo"
yo (요 in hangul) is suffix that expresses politeness level, so it is basically a more polite way of saying it. (correct me if i'm wrong)
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On October 26 2010 00:32 KevinIX wrote:
I'm curious why some pros like to type "gg yo"
This will be the topic of my next "Informative Post" TM
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afaik, in japanese "yo" is just to emphasize something.
like "neko ga imasu." - "there is a cat.", "neko ga imasu yo!" - "hey dude wtf, there is a cat, wow!"
i guess that also works in the korean language - so "gg yo" might be the korean-ish counterpart to "gg wp"!?
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I knew about the reasoning for ww but thanks for the detailed explanation It's my first time seeing a korean keyboard layout.
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I laughed so hard when people were saying 'ww' meant 'well won'.
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lol someone on eu typed out ww after a game today. I bet he wasn't even korean.
some other guy on iccup typed ppp before pausing :D
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Sweet post. Thank you, Mr. Investment Banker. I hope you get a chance to catch up on your sleep soon.
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Oh I didn't realize people didn't know about this already. Still a nice informative post for those who were confused ^^
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