Messaging "gg" or not ?

Hello.

I am the type of guy who likes to congratulate the opponent if the battle was tough, or if a move seemed brilliant, regardless of the outcome of the match.

So after a match (any kind of match), I often write a "gg" in the messages section, win or lose

Are there some unsaid rules for that ?
Are you supposed to write "gg" only if you win ? Is it meant to be some sort of "OK I won but you did your best" ?

I ask because i sometimes have strange replies to my congratulating the oponent when i lose : things like "ja ja…", "whatever"…

I know most players here are not very talkative, but I just don't understand some reactions.

Errr… sorry but you didn't sort anything. You don't even try to answer my question in fact…

I only message gg if I won or if it was a tough battle I lost

No rules for that

I always say gg after my games regardless of the result, unless my opponent did something unsportsmanlike. I'd assume there's no rule against it.

If you're polite and nice to other people, and they're rude to you, that doesn't say anything about you. Their rudeness is about their state of mind.

You shouldn't worry about things you can't control. I say GG as a matter of course.

I say gg but in my experience it's far less common for people to say it back nowadays than say 2 years ago. Most people just want cheap wins, they don't want to find out why they lost or chat about the game, it's a shame.

Gg 🌹

if u know u will win or lose in the next couple moves say gg 

Goodgod, another gg thread. 🤦‍♂️

its a good comment when I get Stalemated with my King against several pieces   

just don't gg your opponent if he made dozens of blunders

I would use gg to congratulate the opponent if s/he won or if I won and felt it was a really good game. I usually won’t use it if I won unless they say it to me first, otherwise I don’t want the other person to assume I’m rubbing it in.

better not...

I love the nailbiting games that swing back and forth.  If one person just gets creamed, it's unbalanced.

i pretty much never say gg unless I was already talking to the person before, or if they find a really nice move i will say nice sac.

I've thought about this too...I will frequently send GG. But, sometimes I don't because I don't want to be insulting, if my opponent blundered badly or got destroyed. It's kind of almost an insult to say GG when they really made some bad decisions and miscalculations in a losing game. So it's well intentioned, but maybe not appropriate. I make myself send it sometimes when I've badly miscalculated and got destroyed and am angry and frustrated that I lost by blundering a piece or made a couple bad decisions costing me the game. I swallow my pride and send the congratulations.

I wonder if this is a formal protocol or courtesy OTB, like a fist bump GG, win or lose. I also tend to fight all games to the end, no matter what. Unless it's obvious my opponent is sharp and on their game, and it's an obviously lost position. Then I will resign. I learn by fighting to the end and pick up an occasional win, draw or stalemate. When my opponent's a jerk, I always fight to the end and then if losing resign 1 move before checkmate.

I've also noticed a few players like to send insults. The opponent would like to chat will go on during the game. When I hit it, it's an emoji applauding themselves or insults like a bomb with a fuse lit, mean emoji face, etc. I don't respond to it. They then will continue to send emojis during the game, which is a distraction to ignore. Maybe don't hit that button until game over. I give each opponent a thumbs up or down click for sportsmanship, with frequent GG. I don't know if the thumb up or down click means anything.