ab121705 wrote:
is that when you advance a pawn to the 8th rank and you just leave it as a pawn?
It's when you swarm your Pawns down the board and mug the opponent's Queen.
I could post an example, but it might derail the thread.
gg is arrogance
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blueemu wrote:
ab121705 wrote:
is that when you advance a pawn to the 8th rank and you just leave it as a pawn?
It's when you swarm your Pawns down the board and mug the opponent's Queen.
I could post an example, but it might derail the thread.
whatever you do, please do not derail this thread
Sep 5, 2012
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Here_Is_Plenty wrote:
Ziryab wrote:
That clairifies things. Some folks consider chess a game like Magic. No wonder superficial courtesy appears on a level with real thanks.
Regardless of whether you feel courtesy is superficial, it is due.
"superficial courtesy" describes a kind of courtesy, not all kinds.
Saying thanks is a fine routine courtesy. Gg strikes my as superficial in many cases, heartfelt in others. Some folks, including many who have posted here, are quite adamant in their insistence upon trite and meaningless kindness as the very essence of sportmanship.
The thread is stuck fast on it's rails & only going one-direction.
gg
Wear a t-shirt that saids GG and after the game stand up and point *
*doesn't work over the internet.
Sep 5, 2012
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winerkleiner wrote:
Wear a t-shirt that saids GG and after the game stand up and point *
*doesn't work over the internet.
Only if you want the other person to see it.
I repeat: this thread is not (nor has it ever been) This Thread.
jojofan85 wrote:
jojofan85 -- What is THAT supponsed to MEAN?! Huh?! 
winerkleiner wrote:
Wear a t-shirt that saids GG and after the game stand up and point *
*doesn't work over the internet.
Oh MAN! People can't see me dancing around, yelling "Good Game!!," pointing, and laughing?! 
If you take "gg" as an insult, you clearly have problems.
Sep 6, 2012
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I do not understand the ongoing discussion over this simple phrase. I see "gg" as simply a polite gesture to say "you did well" or "well done" after a game. If you want to interperet it as an act of blatant arrogance, that is your choice, just come to grips with the fact that not everyone feels that way. Some people actually mean "gg" when they say it.
Also think for a second, how can "good game" be an act of arrogance? They are saying you did well. I see leaving without saying "gg" as a bigger sign of arrogance as they might think the loser didn't even try.
jojofan95 I know you transmit that BIG "GG" every time 
Sep 6, 2012
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AndyClifton wrote:
I repeat: this thread is not (nor has it ever been) This Thread.
Nor has it been another thread.
Sep 6, 2012
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rocketbobcat wrote:
I do not understand the ongoing discussion over this simple phrase. I see "gg" as simply a polite gesture to say "you did well" or "well done" after a game. If you want to interperet it as an act of blatant arrogance, that is your choice, just come to grips with the fact that not everyone feels that way. Some people actually mean "gg" when they say it.
Also think for a second, how can "good game" be an act of arrogance? They are saying you did well. I see leaving without saying "gg" as a bigger sign of arrogance as they might think the loser didn't even try.
The term is deployed by those who mean to say, "time to resign, I kicked your behind. Now, I'm bored with you and want to move on to bigger fish." Saying "gg" while a game remains in progress can mean all that and more. This sort of assertion might be taken as arrogance. Of course, this usage is not the most common. Nor is genuine expression of respect after a well-played game the most common usage, although it happens with some frequency.
The most common usage is as a trite, almost meaningless expression of faux-politeness and sportmanship. In the efforts to justify this standard usage, many folks in this thread have collapsed this meaning with the genuine expression of respect, and obscured the simple polite, "thanks for the game." The original poster was concerned about the less common, "resign, beach! Now."
Sep 6, 2012
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#1538
I say gg only after the checkmate and the screen with the ad on it comes up. I understand how saying it before that can be seen as arrogance or a way of telling the other person to resign.
To say 'gg' can be perceived as a-gg-ressive.
Nah, all the cool kids say pwned.
In Chess, it's quite possible to get pwned. Or at least, Pawned.
is that when you advance a pawn to the 8th rank and you just leave it as a pawn?