I mean it's like when you shake hands with the other team after a baseball game. Yeah it's kinda meaningless but the act of doing it is valuable anyway.
I write gg for every match. Regardless of outcome. Also good to point out good behavior / plays to keep everyone's spirits up. In games with all chat, I also commend the other team's players for good plays (with a dash of healthy banter).
Fair call. I usually go with ggs or ggwp for sincere and plain gg for just acknowledgement. I wouldn't personally read someone saying gg as definitely salt, and I'd probably just gg back or ignore it?
Most certainly the case. In rts games the social convention is that "gg" concedes the game while leaving the game without saying "gg" is considered rude and implies some level of saltiness.
Could be. I only really play Dead by Daylight now which has text chat in the post game. I'd say 50% of lobbies are silent, 30% are polite (gg/glng), 15% are good vibes (ggwp, discuss builds/strat) and 5% are dogshit (trash talk/whining). Even at one game in twenty it's enough to sour it for me.
I can't imagine putting myself through text/voice comms with randos in games like you describe. I played Apex for a bit and I went full text/voice mute. Not worth the angst.
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I mean it's like when you shake hands with the other team after a baseball game. Yeah it's kinda meaningless but the act of doing it is valuable anyway.
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I write gg for every match. Regardless of outcome. Also good to point out good behavior / plays to keep everyone's spirits up. In games with all chat, I also commend the other team's players for good plays (with a dash of healthy banter).
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That is totally fair. I try to make it obvious that I'm being genuine but you never know how it will be taken
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Fair call. I usually go with ggs or ggwp for sincere and plain gg for just acknowledgement. I wouldn't personally read someone saying gg as definitely salt, and I'd probably just gg back or ignore it?
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Most certainly the case. In rts games the social convention is that "gg" concedes the game while leaving the game without saying "gg" is considered rude and implies some level of saltiness.
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Could be. I only really play Dead by Daylight now which has text chat in the post game. I'd say 50% of lobbies are silent, 30% are polite (gg/glng), 15% are good vibes (ggwp, discuss builds/strat) and 5% are dogshit (trash talk/whining). Even at one game in twenty it's enough to sour it for me.
I can't imagine putting myself through text/voice comms with randos in games like you describe. I played Apex for a bit and I went full text/voice mute. Not worth the angst.