Is "gg" after a win bad manners?
I always say the same thing after every game, whether Killer or Survivor, whether it's a close game or not, whether it's me gettjng facecamped at 5 gens or getting teabagged by 4 survivors at the exit gate, I always say "ggs, well played and best of luck in future matches^-^" and no, there isn't some underlying sarcasm, I don't say "jk lol, you suck lmao" I just think it never hurts to be kind but someone told me it's bad manners to say "gg" after a win, what do y'all think?
Edit: Now if we totally stomp the Killer then I wish them better luck next time and give tips if I can, (especially if it's a fellow Wraith) and if I completely obliterate a group of survivors and they haven't done any gens then I at least let the last guy get hatch or if I'm just doing a challenge then I let up after getting what I need and proceed to spin in circles and let the get some bloodpoints. Usually people are surprised when I'm not salty and respond with due kindness, even when they respond with "4k ez lmao, u mad" I shrug it off. People like that feed off your anger so why give them what they want?
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No, although upset people will take nearly any comment wrong. Saying "good game" or just "gg" is just good manners. Don't let the bad sports of the world drag you down with their salty tears. Just be chipper, polite and cheerful.
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I say gg. Always.
If they get mad, I respond with "it's just a prank bro"
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I want to say yes due to how many players have decided to start an argument about the validity of my claim. But then other times they respond the same and we all wish each others "good luck! <3" and go on our merry way. So take some consideration when to use your gg's
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It isn’t bad manners but I don’t say it unless somebody messages me first. I’m on PS4 and can’t be bothered to message people. 🤭
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Depends on the situation. If the game went well and you feel that the other side had fun (or, to be more precise - think that you would have had fun in that situation), a "gg" is completely fine even after winning.
But if I play against some Iri Head Huntress with Ebony and she says "gg" at the end, I will not really be happy about it. At least I know for sure that I will not say "gg" to her.
And if I see that a Killer struggled really hard during a game, I will also not say "gg", if I have the feeling that they did not enjoy the game (because they might think I make fun of them).
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Whenever I have a match and I get stomped hard as killer, when a survivor says GG afterwards, I just take it as a sign of respect. They could have easily taunted and badmouthed to rub it in, but a simple GG, WP goes a long way for me. These are the kinds of people I prefer to play with. I always give them a GG back, and wish them luck in their next match.
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I once had a match where I was left to die on my first hook by my teammates early in the trial and the killer messaged me afterwards to say “gg” so I just replied with “was it really?” 😂
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For myself, I try to be a bit more expansive than just saying GG; I consider that the minimum. I like to say something positive about things I saw the Survivors (or Killer) do at the end. I don't make up compliments, but in the course of a match one can almost always find something done well even when you destroy your opponents.
I used to try to give slight pointers or advice, but that is never taken well so I've given that up.
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No. "gg" might be short for good game, but people shouldn't infer it as you literally saying the match was good, it's more like a handshake or an acknowledgement of the other people in the match. It's like when you say "good morning" and get a reply like "what's so good about it?" It's just a greeting, man, relax.
gg by itself is not rude and should not be taken as such.
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Yeah, thats what I mean. Like, it should be quite obvious that you would not consider it a "gg" at this point.
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Gg does seem like a cocky thing to say after a bad game.
So I usually would text something a bit more than just gg. Something like "Gg. That map is extremely bad for that killer."
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I usually say unlucky, good effort or keep trying if its say a console nurse or a low rank spirit or something.
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I usually write gg after winning but I don't mean it in a bad way. Sometimes if I feel bad for the killer, I like to add something like "gg man, tough map gl in your next ones"
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I always say GG, regardless of how the match goes :)
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It's usually not, but there're outliers...
Being camped/ tunneled... Dying on first hook... First hook Mori
All gens done but seeing no survivors... being looped till it's too late (I have this happen to me when I try something different)
I personally think that if I have to camp/tunnel it wasn't a good game for anyone (so hopefully I don't get hate for it)
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I always say GG, it just seems like good manners to me and that's whether I win or lose as killer or survivor
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Win or lose I always say gg unless I’m playing Survivor and the Killer tunneled/camped/slugged at 5 gens. Then I don’t even wait and move on to the next match.
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unless the other party made the game extremely unfun for me (e.g. camping, hardtunneling, bleeding me out, genrushing, acting toxic, ragequitting (ill still gg the others), etc) i always say "ggs".
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Good practice; if you can't say something nice, say nothing at all. I still say GG even when those things happen to me, but I think your method is the next best thing.
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They might take "ggs, well played and best of luck in future matches^-^" as over-the-top and sarcastic.
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I usually always give a gg, and then have a quick chat about the game. The more positive dialogue there is, the easier it is to forget the negative crap.
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GG is usually polite. Now GG EZ, to me that's rude. Saying EZ feels like your saying "You suck" If the killer/survivors played toxic then I don't say anything at all. I just move onto the next game.
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GG as loser alway's sounds better then as winner. There are a lot of people that only have a GG as long as they have won.
I would love to see something as in GWENT where there is no Chat. Instead you can reward other players by giving a GG. For every GG given you also get a smaller reward for yourself. In DBD the GG giver would get some BP and the receiver would get some shards. This would be nice. No chat needed, neither before nor after a match.
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if i get a "ggwp" after a clear genrush i just roll my eyes..especially with map offerings.. if that's fun for you then whatever, i take it as passive aggressive taunting so yes it's BM
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This sums it up for me as well. Only difference is I never say GG, usually I give a WP instead after a game that I deem was fun for both sides.
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Most of the time a "gg" is only said by the winning side. So in this game at least, it has taken on a different meaning.
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I just get in the habit of saying gg after every game unless one side played really toxic.
If you get mad over "gg" then grow up and stop finding reasons to be triggered over everything.
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Saying gg after a onesided game is toxic.
General rule for me is: Loser says gg first, otherwise you are just telling the other side "Hey, I win, you not, of course good game for me! :)".
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My advice is to purge the word "toxic" from your vocabulary, ignore people who use it, and just practice basic good sportsmanship practices. That would mean saying something nice at the end of the game regardless of who won/lost or who went first.
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My chat is closed most of the time. And if there is nothing nice to say, I say nothing. That's common sense.
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This works too. Although, there is almost always something nice to say, win or lose. We can agree to disagree about that.
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I am viciously competitive in everything I do, sports and games alike. I HATE to lose at anything. That said, I will always throw down a gg, win or lose. Its basic sportsmanship.
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If the loser ggs then the winner can gg back. Winner should never gg first.
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IMO it depends. Huntress with iri hatchets + belt and an ebony saying gg? Well she can screw right off lol
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I dont understand that mindset. It's like a handshake after the match.
Again, why? It's a legal build in the game. Sure its op, but plenty of survivor stuff is op too. I blame bhvr for leaving it in, not the players for using it.
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Two wrongs don't make a right. I don't use OP stuff as survivor so.
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Let me ask you: Why don´t you write it after losing?
IIn this community, its mostly a "haha, i won, you didnt", because it is almost exclusivly used by the winner, and only seldom by the one(s) that lost the game.
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Personally I just view it as a sportsmanship type thing to say no matter what, and it has been that way for almost 20 years of gaming for me at this point. But I am aware not everyone views it this way.
If you want to err on the side of caution just wait for someone else to gg first before you do. If someone somehow says gg and then finds a way to get mad when you do the same in return then I don't even want to know what ascended mental gymnastics they've got going on 😄
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If you just got done bullying the other team, gg is seen as sarcastic 90% of the time. Don't say gg unless it was a close game.
If one side dominated, unusually day, gg and sorry.
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Only to poor losers
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GG is good sportsmanship.
GGEZ is poor sportsmanship and makes you look like a tool.
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depends.. when a killer had a very bad match i mostly just leave the lobby just for the respect.
sometimes you lose and you just dont wanna hear anything and even when the GG is meant to be nice you can easily misunderstand it and think " they say it because they wanna provoke me" etc
its on you but i mostly dont say GG when the killer had a very very bad match.
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Everything about this post is wrong. Perhaps YOU see someone wishing you a GG as sarcasm, but it would be better if you gave people the benefit of the doubt that they are just being good sports. I'm going to give everyone a "good game" at the end no matter how the match went, but I'm not going to apologize for beating them.
Another good follow up is Good Luck and Have Fun in your Next match.
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Be polite. “You can always be nicer.” Even to the sour players.
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I always say gg ( I might throw in a wp if it was a good match on there part) but it always astounds me when the killer/survivor team says you are only saying that cause you won. The only time I wouldn't say it if I lost is if im playing survivor and got out of the game quick and just wanted to get to my next match
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Not really but it depends on the situation, as someone who has a lot of hours in the game i can definitely tell the difference between people who genuinely GG after a game and the ones who do it in a taunting way.
I would say its different on PC and PS4 because PC has an endgame chat so why not doing it? But on console, going your way to message your opponents after a win is weird imo.
I feel like killers do it more, if they got a sweaty win for example, and the survivors still haven't given them salt they will GG them to get a reaction out of them, well in my opinion that's the reason they do it.
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If I am a killer and two people dc at the start and I kill the other two, I am most definitely not saying gg out of good sportsmanship. I will collect my points and go.
That is one scenario where I would never say it because it's like saying "I knew I could win based on your circumstances in losing two players but I am still going to say good game to your face" when it was clearly a bad game for them since the start.
Generally I could care less about gg's but that is one time when people use it that I will never understand. It's like if the killer suddenly was unable to use their power and were forced to M1 only... I wouldn't say gg then either.
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I almost always leave a gg - be it win or lose. In my opinion it´s common decency and rather polite. I appreciate it way more than the usual insults and the demands that I should kill myself.
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That's not my experience at all.
I've received ONE message from a killer in my time playing (granted that's not very long on PS4), which was to ask why I didn't farm. (They never indicated they wanted to!)
On the other hand, I get messages from survivors way more often. Either survivors who are salty, or who want to brag and act like the 14 year olds they are. Sometimes nice messages, too. A thanks for the hatch, or exit gate, or for farming after a DC. Sometimes just a GGWP from people who are good sports. It's a mix, though. I've definitely been tempted to turn off messages because of the salty ones I've been getting more recently, but I also met some really cool people.
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I think that, if you won, and it was a normal game, then it's actually more polite to say GG first. It's interesting to see that other people feel differently.
On the other hand, I think some people try to retroactively make whatever toxic, anti-social thing they just did okay by saying GG at the end, and they count on social pressure to make the other person go along with it. You don't want to look like a bad sport, so you have to forgive everything that happened, no matter how messed up it was. I think there are some cases where, if you have self-respect, you really shouldn't shake hands with someone, or say GG back. But them saying GG to you is not the main problem in that scenario, IMO.
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