If Blizzard can't keep their forums up, I'll just post here...

Listen up: Speak English Please!

[quote] GG means "good game", and is usually used in an ironic manner. For example, after pwning someone with righteous fury, you may mockingly call "gg" to him. [/quote]

See now to me, that's just sad. Back in the day, 'gg' was a sign of respect. At the end of the game, whether you won or lost, you saluted your opponent by telling them you valued the competition and had a good time. I first started seeing the use of 'gg' degraded in Warcraft 3 -- though it may have happened elsewhere before that, it's the first I saw it. People started saying 'gg' at the beginning of a game to mock the opponent. Now it's done a complete 180 and is a term of DISrespect.

I find that trend a little depressing. I see a culture of disrespect for other players growing ever larger in online games. I know that it's "just a game", but there's a real person on the other side of the screen. Whatever happened to the golden rule?

(Someone stop me before I get completely maudlin...)
- posted by Ken B. @ 12:37 PM