gg is arrogance

 But I'm still posting my "gg" good game handshake after every game

As will I; I think it's just good sportsmanship.

"gg" is respectful sportsmanship.

When two strangers play, saying "gg" is respectful, but usually only if the losing player says it first and the winning player says it second.  Over the years that's how it has been with all games.  Having a big advantage during a game and telling your opponent "gg" before the game is even over is disrespectful because it basically implies "you lost, resign now please".   Even when you win a game and he resigns, saying "gg" before your opponent does is disrespectful to some people.  A healthy middle road is to wait for your opponent to say it first, and if he doesn't say it, then don't say it either.

Imagine you get forked and lose your queen, immediately after that while the game is in progress your opponent says "gg".  That's disrespectful.  But if you resign and then say "gg" and he replies "gg" back, it's much more appropriate.

No, another solution is for people to stop micro-analyzing everything to death and not worry about trying to figure out whether they've been insulted.

It's not micro analysis, it's the way it has been.  That's been the proper conduct for Starcraft for atleast a decade now for example, and in tournaments if you were winning and said "gg" before your opponent did you could get disqualified.  This isn't some random rule, it's years of unspoken sportsmanship in online gaming.

Exactly

If I play a game and am winning, then out of the blue hang my Q or something and lose , then my opponent says " gg "  I will see it more as "rubbing salt into the wound " myself. I think the comment is not appropriate in such situations coming from the winner. Noone likes to lose so for the winner to say "gg" will often be seen as rubbing salt into the wound, especially if it was NOT a good game. In otb chess I usually shake hands with my opponent at the beginning and end of the game, regardless of the result. Sometimes when I lose ( online ) and the game wasnt good my winning opponent will say  :  < handshake >  and this never bothers me and seems more appropriate somehow.  Perhaps it seems more appropriate to me because this is typically how my otb games end ?  

Like I said, lots of people worrying and microanalyzing.

I am certainly not worried nor worrying, not sure if I am microanalyzing or not , jury still out on that one... 

It's none of that.  Imagine if during an OTB game Carlsen smugly reached out his hand to Nakamura right after Nakamura lost a piece.  It's bad sportsmanship.  Same thing in online gaming, you wait for the loser to concede.  In OTB it's when the loser offers his hand, you offer your hand.  The online equivalent is waiting for the loser to say "gg" before the winner says it. Good sportsmanship.

I say "gg" when I lose, unless I played like a complete imbecile, and then it doesn't seem appropriate.   If somebody says "gg" after I win, I usually say "thx" if they got clobbered, and only reply "gg" if it actually was a good game.  

I would encourage those who say nothing after a defeat, to try the "gg" niceity,  or occasionally throw in a "v. nice"  after receiving a mortal blow;  they might find their defeats hurt a little less. 

You're mixing two different scenarios.  I'm talking about gg delivered after a game is completed, not while it's still ongoing.  Anyone who complains about that is just a sore loser looking for something to bitch about.  Simple as that.

How can you be a sore loser by saying "gg" before your opponent does when you won?  Is that sore winning?  The winner simply waits for the loser to offer his digital handshake aka "gg" "good game" "wp" whatever before offering it back.  It's not a one sided thing.

?????  What the heck are you talking about?  The "sore loser" is the person complaining (i.e., the loser) that the winner said "gg".

It doesn't matter what side of the fence you're on is what I mean.  The whole confusion on the matter is because "gg" has been abused so much over the years, both intentionally and unintentionally.  Intentionally by veteran gamers using it to offend other veteran gamers (ie before a match is over, or something like "gg no re") and unintentionally by those who didn't realize there was even an unwritten rule in the first place.   It's actually a pretty big subject, and it's always tested because not everyone stays the same age or learns it at the same time.

http://www.couchathletics.com/content/sportsmanship-and-gg

http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=203769

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=235294

http://www.bloodlinechampions.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=7787&start=60

etc etc etc.  It's not just sore losers who are complaining.

Depending on how the game was lost the loser may have a legitimate gripe when the winner says "gg" . What if it wasnt a good game but a horrible game ? Online when I win,  I dont say anything unless my opponent does. 

Exactly.

Anyway Cystem_Phailure, I'm just trying to explain my experiences with online gaming (since '96) and there's always a general rule of thumb among the more hardcore type in every gaming community that's quite similar, they might be a little different in some but it's almost universally agreed that saying "gg" before the game is over when being said first by the winning side is disrespectful.  When the game is over, it's more subjective but it's still there.  And like I said, it's taken real seriously in some tournaments.  Here, check this out

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Gamer_Etiquette

"It is common to tell your opponent "glhf" (good luck, have fun) before or as the game starts and a game is conceded by typing "gg" (good game) or one of its variants, as a compliment of the opponent's good play. The player will then immediately leave the game. This is obligatory in professional matches in Korea and is also mandatory in some foreign tournaments. The winning player will type "gg" back as a sign of mutual respect."

Wow.  Clearly overanalyzing is a more appropriate term than microanalyzing.  It's still people looking for any explanation they can to convince themselves they've been insulted.  Not surprisingly, such people "find" insults aimed at themselves all the time.  They deserve whatever irritation they get from their own misinterpretations.

Haha maybe

Some people just arent very serious chess players and they will never " get it ". Its useless arguing with them as it is with a box of hammers.