Post Game Chat: Is it rude to say 'GG' as Killer when you have slaughtered the whole team?

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This happened in a match earlier today. I was playing solo queue with (i'm assuming) 3 other random players, and we were obliterated by a Billy. It was so bad that none of the Survivors earned over 10K bloodpoints (and we all de-pipped), while the Killer got around 18K.

In the post game chat, the killer typed 'GG WP'. My response was 'Was it really?' because clearly it wasn't a good game or well played. lol

As a survivor, do you think it's rude when a Killer types out 'GG' when it was a slaughter? As a killer, would you still type of 'GG' when you have dominated? I know that I typically don't post 'GG' in the post game chat if it was a really one-sided trial.

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  • marciamarciamarcia
    marciamarciamarcia Member Posts: 79

    But wouldn't saying GG WP after every match dilute it of its purpose too? To me, it would be like adding an exclamation point (!) after every sentence. It would quickly lose its value/meaning.

  • JimbusCrimbus
    JimbusCrimbus Member Posts: 1,106

    I say GG after every game. If they reject the GG, they get roasted.

  • TAG
    TAG Member Posts: 12,871

    I don't think extending a friendly gesture like that is bound to lose its meaning.

  • Boss
    Boss Member Posts: 13,616
    edited March 2021

    Your definition of gg must've differed from theirs.

    If i get all 4 killed, that's generally good to me.

    Whether that's rude or not also just depends on the person you're saying it to, but i doubt many would agree if they get stomped quickly.

  • WiiFitTrainer
    WiiFitTrainer Member Posts: 788

    I usually don't even say anything unless somebody else says gg to avoid flame. Lots of salty people out there.

  • Moundshroud
    Moundshroud Member Posts: 4,458

    Not at all. I always say GG. However, if you have slaughtered the entire team, it sometimes helps to throw in a specific move or thing they did that you thought was good. I find that takes the edge off a bit.

  • landromat
    landromat Member Posts: 2,193

    yes. That's why you say gg to swf if you slaughtered them

  • ProfGameAndTalk
    ProfGameAndTalk Member Posts: 326

    GG, GGs, GGWP are all respectful ways to give a post-game handshake. I've only taken it poorly when it was from a toxic teabagger flashlight clicker. Don't be a toxic pric% and then say GG, but just because you played well I don't think negates the GGs.

    When Ive been dominated and someone wants to get toxic in post game is when they hit GGEZ, and THAT is rude and looking for salt.

    GGs? No prob, GGEZ? keep that sheiße somewhere else.

  • Rellewd
    Rellewd Member Posts: 195

    I say Good Fun, or bow down if they say mean things haven't used that in while even though mean thing still being said.

  • Yords
    Yords Member Posts: 5,781

    I always say "gg gl on next" or if the game was fun "gg wp gl on next"

    my responses are usually either "gg u2" or "go fricking stub your toe"

  • JimbusCrimbus
    JimbusCrimbus Member Posts: 1,106

    I feel like if they need an edge taken off, it's not my responsibility to do that for them. It's up to them to remember that it's a video game.

  • boostedsurvivormain
    boostedsurvivormain Member Posts: 399

    I'd rather see a "GG" than "LMAO YOU GUYS ARE SO TRASH"

  • DragonMasterDarren
    DragonMasterDarren Member Posts: 2,839

    GGs are the chat equivalent of a respectful handshake, so no, it ain’t rude at all

  • FrenziedRoach
    FrenziedRoach Member Posts: 2,600
    edited March 2021

    I usually say nothing if it was a one-sided slaughter. I know personally that a GG, even said in respect, really stings when I know it wasn't really a good game.

    Frankly, I prefer an honest "OMG, YOU SUCK LOL" to a dishonest "GG". And Saying GG when the game was lopsided is just dishonest.

    Say nothing man.



    As aside, the last dishonest GG a team who slaughtered me tried to be nice, I understood that. But I told them straight up "No, it wasn't a GG. I got my ass handed to me. I need to get better because evidently I suck" and left.

  • Afius
    Afius Member Posts: 563

    Yeah GG is fine GG is a good sportsmanship gesture even if it was a ######### match.

  • HuDawg
    HuDawg Member Posts: 312
    edited March 2021

    GG

    Git

    Gud

    =GG


    Well...

  • FrenziedRoach
    FrenziedRoach Member Posts: 2,600
    edited March 2021

    In fact, let me put it this way

    Saying GG out of habit is ######### meaningless man.

    If I tell you GG win or lose, I really ######### mean it. If I won and said GG, I felt like you made me work for that win. If I GG on a loss, you did something brilliant that turned the tables on me and you have my respect.

    But saying it "just because" Feh... Those are dime a dozen and mean nothing to me.

    Say it because you mean it, not because it's "polite"

  • marciamarciamarcia
    marciamarciamarcia Member Posts: 79

    That definitely applied in the earlier match. lol What would the WP mean?

  • ScornfulEpex
    ScornfulEpex Member Posts: 14

    If you slaughtered the team I would only say gg if they say it first.

    If you say it first...then yeah I'd say its a bit rude.

  • ProfGameAndTalk
    ProfGameAndTalk Member Posts: 326

    Deep breath, dude. In for count of 3, hold for 2, breathe out. It's just a game.

  • Xzan
    Xzan Member Posts: 907

    Calling "gg wp" after an onesided match is just like rubbing the victory into the face of the other side. In that case the loser should call gg first. Otherwise the winner should just say nothing or a simple "gl next" would do the trick, too.

    And from my experience people in most cases only say gg if they win. If they lose it's either insults or silence. There are exceptions, though.

  • Moundshroud
    Moundshroud Member Posts: 4,458

    I just find it helps to personalize that good sportsmanship handshake at the end, so they know I did see something that impressed me. And truth be told, I've always seen something in a match that caught me off guard or was impressive, so I don't have to dig for that or make it up. I've been on the receiving end of a few curb-stompings in my time (I'm sure we all have) and a little courtesy goes a long way. It was just how I was brought up. I don't think you are doing anything wrong in not personalizing it. I merely commented on what I do.

  • Mat_Sella
    Mat_Sella Member Posts: 3,556

    I'd rather say gg than to be one of those f*ckers that berate the survivor/killer for things beyond their control and have nothing to do with the match (sexuality, race, other bigoted bullsh*t)

    If a match truly went that bad on the opposing end I'd probably try to console them and tell them what went wrong in their gameplay interactions with me (which can be perceived as an insult, but at that point that's on them)

  • Mr_K
    Mr_K Member Posts: 9,211

    Survivors have no issue saying gg when they escape.

  • TheWarNung
    TheWarNung Member Posts: 794

    I always give a gg wp or gg<3. It's common courtesy and good sportsmanship in a game where people tend to misread your actions due to the game's asymmetric nature.

    Salty survivors are gonna salt, but you get a lot more positivity when you give some in return. You catch more flies with honey and all that.

    I had a great chat with a team I crushed as trapper the other day. I didn't even feel disingenuous giving them a 'wp', since my Trapper works best against teams that know how to loop optimally.

  • Steel_Eyed
    Steel_Eyed Member Posts: 4,033

    I like the electronic handshake comment from above. I say it no matter the game, then respond to what other players decide to talk about/bring up.

    Sometimes you get negative emotions. Sometimes you thrash a team, then they want a earnest conversation about perk builds out of actual survey-like curiosity.

    I treat each team as a blank slate in each end game chat.

  • VaJaybles
    VaJaybles Member Posts: 659

    Again it depends. Had a killer tunnel me out and personally message me gg, my friends however got the entitled killer msgs (it's the same as entitled survivor msgs) "needed ds lol trash" or "only rank 1 cuz of looping"

  • Moundshroud
    Moundshroud Member Posts: 4,458

    That hasn't been my experience. I give and get GG win or lose at least as often as I get silence, and more than I get Salt these days. The nasty folks stick out in our minds more than the polite, so to really have a good feel of it you literally have to track it as a test. I used to think I got more Salt than anything else, so I put it to the test. I was wrong. :)

  • JFF
    JFF Member Posts: 166

    Not really, you don't have to write it every single time, but what's important, if you really mean it in a respectful manner rather than just saying it only when you win.

  • FrenziedRoach
    FrenziedRoach Member Posts: 2,600

    I am calm. I'm just sick of people doing things out of habit without putting any thought into what they are doing or saying.

    I don't think it's unreasonable to expect that.

    I hate trying to guess what people are thinking. Too many masks and dishonesty out there. I prefer things in the open and literal.

  • MiniPixels
    MiniPixels Member Posts: 536

    I say gg wp after all of my matches win or lose, it's just me saying that everyone played well and I hope they enjoyed the game. If people find it aggravating after a tough game I understand but I think most people are just trying to be polite.

  • Clevite
    Clevite Member Posts: 4,335

    No. It is nice and sportsman like.

    If someone takes it as an insult, they just have a soft ego and are waiting on their participation trophy.

  • Moundshroud
    Moundshroud Member Posts: 4,458
    edited March 2021

    True; I can relate to this. The only thing I can suggest is what works for me:

    1. I always give a GG or GGWP and/or some compliment. I was brought up this way.
    2. I don't try to guess what people are thinking. As cold as it sounds, you are all Bots to me. Thus, I'm giving GG to very smart, less predictable Bots. It is unlikely I will meet many of you in the real world. Thus, you are no more real to me than well a Bot or AI. Does that make sense?
    3. Thinking of you all as Bots while in the game is NOT the same of thinking of you that way here in the Forum. I do make that distinction. Here we are largely nameless, faceless voices quacking in the night that is the internet. Sometimes we get some good conversation, and sometimes not. Here I do see you as people and do my best to interact with you as such.

    So your view of people doing things out of habit is fair, and accurate to a point. However, most of us that do give a GG (and/or personalize it) do genuinely feel it is the right thing to do.

  • MadLordJack
    MadLordJack Member Posts: 8,814

    It's supposed to show that you're a polite and considerate person and a good sport, like lining up after a sports match to shake the other teams hand.

  • Zixology
    Zixology Member Posts: 1,062

    Yes.

    I only say GG when I've killed 2 as killer and I only say it when 2 escaped as Survivor considering that 2 kills the the most balanced a match can be. Anything else just seems insulting to either side.

  • Hex_Llama
    Hex_Llama Member Posts: 1,828

    The GG part, to me, is like shaking hands after you play a sport. If no one was toxic during the match, I think it's actually extra polite for the winner to say GG first, because it puts everyone on an even plane. If the winner was toxic, then it's rude, because they were disrespectful the whole time you were playing and that cancels any attempt to look respectful after.

    The WP part is more complicated. If I played really badly and someone typed GG WP, it would communicate to me that they aren't even paying attention to what they're saying, in which case it's the same as not saying anything.

  • marciamarciamarcia
    marciamarciamarcia Member Posts: 79

    I think your second paragraph seals it for me. I accept people thinking of 'GG' as being an electronic handshake and sign of good sportsmanship. Fair enough. But to add a 'WP' to mean Well Played--especially when by any objective standard that game was not well played--feels dishonest and a little scummy.

  • marciamarciamarcia
    marciamarciamarcia Member Posts: 79

    I think your second paragraph seals it for me. I accept that 'GG' is used as an electronic handshake and is a sign of good sportsmanship. However, the 'WP' when used to mean Well Played--especially when a match by any objective standard was not well played--feels dishonest and a little scummy. I'm cool with 'GG', no need to add extra with a misplaced 'WP'.

  • AsherFrost
    AsherFrost Member Posts: 2,340

    As long as everyone played, nobody hacked or just acted like a troll all game, it's gg wp, win or lose to me.

  • SunaIIanu
    SunaIIanu Member Posts: 825

    That is not true. I won't say GG after a 3 or 4 man escape unless the killers says it first.

  • SunaIIanu
    SunaIIanu Member Posts: 825

    A while ago there was a discussion where someone admitted that they like to send people a gg after they destroyed them as a slugging nurse to trigger them, so even though it was originally meant as a nice thing not everyone is using it this way. But in this case it's probably best to just ignore the person saying it.

  • Mister_xD
    Mister_xD Member Posts: 7,669

    why would it be?

    you just said it was, in your opinion, a good game.

    there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

  • marciamarciamarcia
    marciamarciamarcia Member Posts: 79

    Who said it was a good game? As the OP, I certainly didn't think it was.

  • Marc_go_solo
    Marc_go_solo Member Posts: 5,297

    It's only rude if that person meant it rudely. Otherwise, the receiver can assume whether it's rude or not, yet not actually know what is meant.

    Usually the response a player gives to "GG" says more about whether that player is rude or not, rather than the person saying it.

    Basically, if you get "GG'd", it's better to assume it's positive. Trying to see the malice behind it is just a waste of time and energy, and probably just results in you imposing your feelings on the other.

  • Mister_xD
    Mister_xD Member Posts: 7,669

    the person saying "gg" does.

    just because YOU might not think of it as a "good game", doesnt mean that everyone shares this opinion.

    and given that everyone has a different definition of what a "good game" is, you cant tell others the game was or was not good, as in their eyes this view might differ quite drastically.