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Ziryab wrote:
BishopCannons wrote:
Saying good game means good sportsmanship, nothing more and nothing less. It's called chess etiquette. Learn it.
I've been teaching chess etiquette since the ninth century. For many hundreds of years, folks said thanks for the game. This whole gg thing came about in the last ten years. It does not have the same meaning as thanks for playing. It is lazy, and it relies upon depriving words of the meaning they once had.
How does assigning an acronym to a phrase deprive it of its meaning?
It's all cuz of the stupid masses! And them being all dumb & stuff!
Aug 23, 2012
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#1268
At the beginning of the game it is polite, unless this is your first game in which case it is confusing.
Aug 24, 2012
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#1269
finemule wrote:
Ziryab wrote:
BishopCannons wrote:
Saying good game means good sportsmanship, nothing more and nothing less. It's called chess etiquette. Learn it.
I've been teaching chess etiquette since the ninth century. For many hundreds of years, folks said thanks for the game. This whole gg thing came about in the last ten years. It does not have the same meaning as thanks for playing. It is lazy, and it relies upon depriving words of the meaning they once had.
How does assigning an acronym to a phrase deprive it of its meaning?
It's the word "good" that once communicated a notion of quality, not the vague abbreviation gg that is pregnant with alternate meanings: gotta go, good grief, great gods, gullible geezer, ...
Thanks for the game does not claim that a blunderfest was good, but shows respect and sportsmanship. Every chess player must learn to say thanks, OR ELSE!
finemule wrote:
Ziryab wrote:
BishopCannons wrote:
Saying good game means good sportsmanship, nothing more and nothing less. It's called chess etiquette. Learn it.
I've been teaching chess etiquette since the ninth century. For many hundreds of years, folks said thanks for the game. This whole gg thing came about in the last ten years. It does not have the same meaning as thanks for playing. It is lazy, and it relies upon depriving words of the meaning they once had.
How does assigning an acronym to a phrase deprive it of its meaning?
It's not so much that, Ziryab is confusing assigning new meaning to the phrase "good game" (turning from a phrase into expression) with depriving meaning from the words "good game".
I assure you that "good game" can still literally mean good game if you'd like them to, so no words have lost their meaning.
English is an evolving language and is rich with expressions and idioms. "How do you do" isn't a literal request for instructions of some kind, it's an expression that means "How are you doing". Pulling someone's leg is commonly understood to mean teasing someone with misinformation and I've never seen anyone get their hackles up (not literally!) about that one either.
The whole thing is excessively pedantic and appears to me to be nothing more than an exercize in attempting to very publicly display one's "superior refinement" in his own esteem.
Ziryab wrote:
finemule wrote:
Ziryab wrote:
BishopCannons wrote:
Saying good game means good sportsmanship, nothing more and nothing less. It's called chess etiquette. Learn it.
I've been teaching chess etiquette since the ninth century. For many hundreds of years, folks said thanks for the game. This whole gg thing came about in the last ten years. It does not have the same meaning as thanks for playing. It is lazy, and it relies upon depriving words of the meaning they once had.
How does assigning an acronym to a phrase deprive it of its meaning?
It's the word "good" that once communicated a notion of quality, not the vague abbreviation gg that is pregnant with alternate meanings: gotta go, good grief, great gods, gullible geezer, ...
Thanks for the game does not claim that a blunderfest was good, but shows respect and sportsmanship. Every chess player must learn to say thanks, OR ELSE!
That's awesome!
Glad you straighten that out. I can see clearly now? The rain is gone?
We hoi polloi love data dumps.
hmm.. Well some useful purpose as we need to be ruling G. G. out on grounds of bad-taste?
Cannot have the ''Game of Kings'' associating itself with that type of glitz.
Additionally the definition (girl) may help to mollify those arguing that the traditional ''gg'' leaves them insufficient-scope for insult as they can be secretly calling all their opponents ''girly-girl'' at the conclusion of a game??
charlielovesnyc wrote:
"gg" is polite at the end of the game. midgame it is rude.
So "gg" is about as versatile as an enema. Thanks for your thought.
Aug 24, 2012
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#1275
Ten years ago, most opponents typed thx. Now gg is more common. I have noted the change as one to lament.
The continuing arrogance of those who think they can offer psychological insights into why I might lament this change tell us much more about themselves than about the subject of the thread.
And the OP, @KillaNinja, gave up on this thread about 2 years ago.
Thx for the legacy, @Killa. GG too.
I like saying gg at the start of a forced mate, I suppose that could be seen as taunting but I think if you get a good combination it's the cherry on top
Who cares?
Ziryab wrote:
Ten years ago, most opponents typed thx. Now gg is more common. I have noted the change as one to lament.
The continuing arrogance of those who think they can offer psychological insights into why I might lament this change tell us much more about themselves than about the subject of the thread.
Your hats were great. Second only to your prose. Thanks, and much appreciated.
Ziryab wrote:
BishopCannons wrote:
Saying good game means good sportsmanship, nothing more and nothing less. It's called chess etiquette. Learn it.
I've been teaching chess etiquette since the ninth century. For many hundreds of years, folks said thanks for the game. This whole gg thing came about in the last ten years. It does not have the same meaning as thanks for playing. It is lazy, and it relies upon depriving words of the meaning they once had.
It comes from online gaming (quake, counterstrike etc) along with pwn and...have you had anybody say WALLHACK to you yet?
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