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12th September 2009, 03:28pm
#1
by pskogli
Afghanistan
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 526

From time to time I play a blitz game or two, why do "evrybody" want to tell me that the game was so good, gg, No it was not a good game, I did a lot of mistakes but you did worse!

Shake hands is polite, to thank your opponent for the game is polite, but to call all your games for good... thats just rubish.

12th September 2009, 03:40pm
#2
by goldendog
beertopia United States
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 9137

gg is just a shorthand way of ending the game with a bit of courtesy and moving on. It doesn't literally mean "our game was good."

12th September 2009, 03:44pm
#3
by rich
United Kingdom
Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 27854

Best move for white. That's easy, go down to a nice restaurant and forget about the game.

22nd December 2009, 05:13am
#4
by Omganesha
Voss Norway
Member Since: Sep 2009
Member Points: 122

Jeg ser at du bryr deg en del om formaliterter. Du må huske at i en internasjonal sammenheng er "høflig tale" og formaliteter nødvendig for å unngå å fornerme personer fra andre kulturer. Dette er årsaken til at i multi kulturele samfunn, som i U.S.A., at der finns mange "høflige fraser" som ikke er brukt i en homogen sammfunn som den Norske. Hadde du avsluttet hver spill med "jeg spillte dårlig men du var helt ræva!", som du vil, er livet ditt kun trygg i Norge der alle er snille! :) Ha en fin dag! Vi alle sammen håper at du får en kamp der du syntes at du spillte bra!Wink

 

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