GG (NOOB)

Yesterday I saw a replay of Human and Orc playing a not very good game on Tranquil Paths. When it was clear that Orc is going to win and that Human doesn't have chance to comeback, Orc wrote a "gg" to his opponent. Not believing what he had just saw, Human opened a fire on his opponent's manners. Who is right, Orc or Human?

Of course, it depends of jury. Today I am going to decide who is the bad guy and I promise that I will not follow my sympathies toward poor Human players who are constantly meeting Orcs on Tranquil Paths. No, I will be fair and my only intention will be to judge by causes which have led to inevitable consequences.

As intro, lets visit the lady of history.

When people started to play PC games online they were exactly what I wrote - people. And they used to behave like people behave on street, in the market, on their job, party, everyday occasions when they are interacting with other people. 

When PC games became big part of their lives they both started to change, where game became the most important hobby, not to say a partial job and human became a player with his characteristics. Both of them shaped eachother, so we are able to recognize people who look like players or gamers on the street and distinguish them from other people the same way we are able to recognize their gameplay in the game to distinguish them from other gamers. 

And that is how the second life was created. Their need to be recognized, to start all over and to be given another chance in very balanced environment, unlike the one they are being unsatisfied with, where their recognition and importance will not depend of the barriers that society created centuries ago like sex, color, pedigree, height, education and so on. Male of female, or both, black or white, rich or poor it doesn't matter. Democracy at its best and equal rights for everyone. Capitalism at its best and the best for the most dominant ones. Or simple, a freaking jungle, where everyone can attack and eat everyone.

Same as in real life, there is a codex that gamers implemented in their everyday communication. In fact, it is pretty much the same as in real life but due to speed of gamers life it is much faster. Lets look over the examples of everyday communication in real life and in virtual life.

Real life

A : Hey mate, how are you doing today?

B : Hey! I've been doing very good, thanks.

Virtual life

A: hi fine?

B : fine thnx

You see that the sense hasn't been lost. Sentence have been cut in order to save the time. Time is very important because there is too much going on at that moment. In our game, at that moment, Undead players are probably deciding if they are going for Ghouls or Fiends and Human players are pulling back their Military Scouts from a Golem that can kill them with his Bolt ability. The focus is on the game, because the game is main source of communication.

Because the communication is the same as it was in Stone age, simple and rough, representing only scheme of our thoughts, it is very important to be precise and to respect the pre-ordered routines. 

Now back to the game. Pre-ordered routine in our game is to say "good game" or just "gg" when you are about to leave the game. Why does the loser and not the winner has to say "gg"? I have to go back on real life everyday routines to explain this matter.

Imagine two mates hanging out together and one of them is about to go home. Here is their conversation.

A: I am glad that we had chance to catch up today and I had really good time but I have to go now.

B: Okay mate, see you next time.

As you can see, the one that is about to leave is announcing his leaving. He is backing off from the situation the same way the king would put a white flag on his castle to show that the war is over and that he surrenders. Now imagine the other scenario of the same situation.

A: I am glad we had chance to catch up today.

B: Cool are you going to leave now?

This is what happens when the pre-ordered routine is not respected. Look how person B is trying to "force" his mate to leave by saying the words that his mate should have said. It looks rude, arrogant and above everything stupid and unfriendly. Totally lacks the respect for the other side which has no option but to leave. 

Not leaving would lead to obvious conflict. And that is what happened in this game. Player B called out "gg" and acted unfriendly, disrespectful and rude toward his opponent, which obviously caused Player A to open a fire on Player's B manners. 

Judging by the cause, Orc is guilty. Now we are going to see why did he call out an early "gg"? There are many potential reasons but I will try to find the best one to explain his behavior.

ORC PLAYER SECOND BEFORE CALLING OUT GG

When I think of players who call out early gg's I think about 3 types of personalities :

1. Frightened newbies who tend to push out their opponents out of the game because they feel that at that special moment they have some sort of advantage in game. Because of their fear what will happen after the moment passes and their opponent comes back from unpleasant situation, they are trying to import verbal communication in game. By importing verbal communication they are hoping their words with substitute their gameplay and their opponents will understand they have nothing to play for anymore. It is like a well spoken treat which means - If you stay, I will do it again, referring to some lucky surround he made or spell he used to kill your hero.
2. Insecure wannabes who recently got better and aim for recognition and respect. The thing is that their opponent who understand the situation is not throwing a cent on their efforts. Feeling that their opponent who is about to lose is not going to call a "gg" and by that, recognize them as good players who deserve respect, insecure wannabes call out "gg" by themselves. This usually happens when they are beating certain opponent for the first time in their life. They can't wait for the game to end so they can upload their replay and show it to everyone like a trophy. 
3. Players who call out early "gg" just to annoy. No matter if they are playing against legit players or cheaters, players who dislike them or the other way around they will call out gg just to piss them off. In most of the time this is pretty funny because it leads to neverending verbal conflict.

Our guilty Orc surely doesn't come from 1st group of personalities. Game was, as I said, pretty much over and there wasn't that special moment in which he could use verbal communication to gain some sort of advantage. 

He surely doesn't come from 3rd group either. These two players might have some ladder history but they don't know eachother that well nor they are that type who call out "gg" just to annoy.

The 2nd group is where he is. He just couldn't wait for the game to end. He needed that trophy and in those moments he became paranoid. 

I bet thousands of thoughts went over his mind. What are the chances of him losing the connection or electricity just before his opponent is about to leave the game. Is there 1% of chance for his opponent to come back? He had seen such things before and he did lose some games because lack of experience and game knowledge. He lost them because he had felt fear in crucial moments where he was about to finish his opponents.

So he cracked. He wrote "gg", and by that he meant :

LEAVE! DIE! ITS OVER! I WIN! YES! ACCEPT MY SUPREMACY! MY ABSOLUTE DOMINANCE! LEAVE THE FREAKING GAME! LEAVE NOW! HAHA! I WON YOU! GG!

Guilty as charge. With no freaking chance for parole. This fella has no respect for his opponents nor pre-ordered routines that were set up long before he jumped on the scene. We are not going to start the freaking history from his arrival. We did just fine, doing just fine before he came. And if he can't control his ass, we are going to ignore him and by ignoring him we will never recognize him the way he wants to be recognized. We will punish him by ignoring his aims and goals. We will punish him by recognizing him as a wannabe who once tried to look cool and strong but ended up being ignored and rejected. Forever.