My experience with GG is unique. I lost the game to a Russian (stronger than me) player and messaged " Thanks for playing, a GG" and invited him for friendship. In return my invitation for friendship was refused and return came a message in Russian laungage. I did not understand the message and is still wondering what was that.
This is kind of off the thread, but where can I go to ask questions about chess etiquette? I want to discuss winning on time and whether its appropriate to promote pawns if you are ahead in material already...
Start your own thread right here under General Chess Discussion and I'm sure there are also several (maybe dozens) of similiar threads already here. BTW as far as promoting pawns go there's no hard and fast rule here: It all depends on each position and whether you can mate faster with what you already have or not. Some players will promote every pawn they have if a stubborn opponent refuses to resign in a hopelessly lost position, but I prefer to get the game over with ASAP.
OK. I will probably do that. Just seemed like "piling on" to push the pawn, though it would probably be the safest and fastest for me, at my skill level. Thanks!
You pompous blowhards who type gg at the end of games only demonstrates your arrogance or ego. Don't even think of resigning or it would only prove the previous statement.
In fact, the only way to win is not to play. Lets just play a friendly game of global-thermonuclear war.
I think some take it too seriously. Saying gg after a match, regardless of the outcome, is just a show of good sportsmanship. If they are too demoralized to accept it as a simple pleasantry then that would be their problem, not mine.
Would you be so rude as to refuse a handshake in an otb game, after all, its just a hollow gesture-doesnt actually mean anything. Right?
GG is much more appropriate before the game...
True. Just a couple of letters, what harm could they be ?
They simply imply that you are too lazy to type two single-syllable words.
However good or bad, the English language clearly deserves better than that.
Tell that to the USA, the CIA, the SPCA, the FBI, the KBG, and the UN ;-) I am certain Greece has some of their own figures.
As I said, I type gg, but I also type good fight if the match is exciting, whether a win or not. If it is that interesting, I continue to type.
Laziness would be better constituted as saying nothing at all, since "gg" takes more effort than saying nothing. That may seem unfair, but consider that your opponent took the time to acknowledge his game with you by spending 5 extra seconds typing gg and clicking Enter.
I guess lol is out of the question too? Funny - I know plently of intelligent people that use shorthand acronyms.
BTW, didn't they use to teach shorthand as a class to the intelligent? I believe it was used for many years in court systems to help deal with writing under pressure. Sure, "lol" isn't typically written due to time pressure, but to chalk it up to laziness is a really biased opinion that is devoid of fact.
My experience with GG is unique. I lost the game to a Russian (stronger than me) player and messaged " Thanks for playing, a GG" and invited him for friendship. In return my invitation for friendship was refused and return came a message in Russian laungage. I did not understand the message and is still wondering what was that.
Use Google translator - that is a tool for the unlazy (wink at pfren from us lazy birds!)
JMSMR712 has perfectly put it. I fully agree with him.
At my local coffeeshop, there's a guy who says thank you at every opportunity.
Get grindin'?
Gratuitously Gregarious.
Standard form when someone says "GG" after you've lost is to tell them to piss off.
This is kind of off the thread, but where can I go to ask questions about chess etiquette? I want to discuss winning on time and whether its appropriate to promote pawns if you are ahead in material already...
Start your own thread right here under General Chess Discussion and I'm sure there are also several (maybe dozens) of similiar threads already here. BTW as far as promoting pawns go there's no hard and fast rule here: It all depends on each position and whether you can mate faster with what you already have or not. Some players will promote every pawn they have if a stubborn opponent refuses to resign in a hopelessly lost position, but I prefer to get the game over with ASAP.