What makes for a good match? (saying GG at the end)

[Silica Gel: Do Not Eat]

I just finished playing CTF on the Simba server and it was 5 Vs 3 and 1 of the 3 was a new player. No one would switch.

Not what I would consider a GG

Seems like there a true GG is a rarity now

[Yoda almighty]

first game i played online I didn't say gg, because I didn't know how to send messages :p

now I do, but i can't play online

also, the few times where I have access to high speed, i try and play online, but 9 out of 10 games i join are nothing but bots. it's very irritating.

[AnArKiSt]

Just to be respectful, I press my keybind to say "good game" at the end of every match.

I think a good game is really when the players had fun, because nobody plays unfun games; so fun games are good games.

[Irritant]

GG at the end of games is about sportsmanship, not about how good a match was.

Sheesh, what is society coming to?

[lda17h]

GG at the end of games is about sportsmanship, not about how good a match was.

Sheesh, what is society coming to?

I agree. gg is just courtesy and sportsmanship. No matter how bad the game was BTW: how about this for a balancing mode: If the server sees that the game is very unbalanced, start a countdown [like 20 secs]. If noone balances the teams [only player count wise. you cannot really balance for skill] end the match...

[Mirio]

so if it would be 9v3 and the undersized team got some newbies .. they lose 0-10 .
you say still gg? come on.. wheres the "sportsmanship" here?

Autobalance is not good. for example: 6v6 - 1 team more or less newbies , 1 team 'pros'. if you want to help the newbies you change (so its 7v5 for a sec) but after that you are immediately in the same team again because of autobalance.

lda17h: it should not end the match.. people could abuse it to change the map if they don't like it. but maybe the the game stops and it only continues if its balanced.

[lda17h]

so if it would be 9v3 and the undersized team got some newbies .. they lose 0-10 .
you say still gg? come on.. wheres the "sportsmanship" here?

Autobalance is not good. for example: 6v6 - 1 team more or less newbies , 1 team 'pros'. if you want to help the newbies you change (so its 7v5 for a sec) but after that you are immediately in the same team again because of autobalance.

lda17h: it should not end the match.. people could abuse it to change the map if they don't like it. but maybe the the game stops and it only continues if its balanced.

Of course you are right with the 9v3 example. There the basic sportsmanship is missing frmo the start.. But in highly unbalanced [skillwise, not player count] games, it is still basic courtesy to tell the losing team that it was a good game thereby also acknowledging that you don't look down on them [in any case it's one million times better than "AHAHAHA GAY LOSER TEAM AHAHAHA NADZ NADZ NADZ"].. So what are we talking about again? "gg" pfffft...

[The mysterious Mr. 4m]

Don't put too much weight into the respect/sportsmanship part of "gg". Others don't necessarily know what it is supposed to mean or they will mistake it for irony.

Always take my posts with a grain of gunpowder - your own fault if you eat it!

[liolak]

i say gg when i had fun in a game or when i found the other player(s) played well. if i play a lower skill player, i will say gg at the end to show that i respect that he played it completely without doing lame things, like quiting before the end or complaining that i always jump away when hes about to have me, etc.... If i play a game and i get owned i always say gg just by respect for the skills. if i play a game and i win but the other player did lame things i wont say gg. Basicly i say gg at the end of 99% of the games i play.

[lda17h]

lda17h: it should not end the match.. people could abuse it to change the map if they don't like it. but maybe the the game stops and it only continues if its balanced.

Yeah, or just scramble the players and put them into red and blue evenly.. So people have an additional incentive to change (besides creating a better game), even if it is an altruistic one: to keep everyone else from being changed forcibly..