gg is arrogance

Actually, that should be "dc"...

Abbreviations are a sign of lazyness, someone writing a word and quitting part way through.

I think the only way to truely come to an answer to this question is to ask what fu from an American means or the meaning of strategical position.

It means "follow up".  As in, "after I check your king, I FU with a knight move".

"Abbreviations are a sign of laziness, someone righting a word and quitting part way through."  quite right lazy ,does it matter if having beaten someone they post "gg" they lost so if they think it was a good game when you actually destroyed them its only them deluding themselves and if it was a hard fought victory which you won by the skin of your teeth ,then there nothing wrong with the "GG" comment.If you lost and they post "GG" that's kind of a compliment to your play.

Well I am not sure about abbreviations being lazy.  I play other games - yes, unbelievable, there are games other than chess!  "gg" for me is not only a standard internet abbreviation (sorry abb*), it is fairly affectionate.  My online background is maybe influencing that - I play games on "Magic Online" and they have a pull down menu for "Good Game." which has always seemed to me rather smug compared to typing "gg" yourself or the obvious "thanks for the game".  I fully understand that the ethic of the thread was not whether gg or good game was appropriate or preferable but rather that it was arrogant to say it at all.  My main view would be that regardless of whether you think it is lazy, arrogant or overly familiar - it is a normal and routine observance across gaming sites.  On the other site I mentioned people RAGE when people wont say gg back to them or get superior because you have lost and are too angry to say it back.  You are not compelled to say anything on any site but please take it as usually meant - inoffensively.  If someone really has something annoying to say or condescending they will follow up with something else.  A simple gg back in response will satisfy the courteous and annoy those intending to offend.

TFTGBITFBTYSSMTINHTTEWYTACMTAM

Thanks for the game, but its to $&%*ing bad that you sucked so much that I never had to think, even when you threw a crappy mate threat at me.

Why did you have to explain?  Surely the acronym was obvious.

That's Welsh, right?

Wrong.  You meant "WDYHTESTAWO."

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll

Quite the mouthful.

I think you all are speaking a polysynthetic language.

Hey, wasn't Polly Synthetic in a New Wave band?

LOL. IIDNSIOSOWCTIWTG.

I think it's polyunsaturated.

That sounds like a Bob Seger song!

Fixed.

arroGGance ?