I will continue to say GG regardless of the match's length, 'fairness' or anything, because it's a show of good sportsmanship and common decency, much like shaking hands after a game.

No matter how ragey you are, those two simple letters can make a lot of things smoothed over.

"Good sirs, I must address you on this issue of a lost comrade! The pain in my heart is equivalent to the burning decay of smothered ember-remains of an arson. Perhaps the outcome of this match would have been victory in your favor had we had meet under different circumstances; tested our respective mettle on a more level playing field. For all of this, my triumph feels empty and my compassion goes out to you, friends. We have defeated your once-mighty citidel. Thus, the match shall end presently. Adieu."

Yeah. I'm sticking with GG.

Last night I never got chance to say GG.

Just as my citadel was about to get pounded, my screen froze. I could hear what was going on, but no response from anything else. After a couple of minutes it went to the end screen which said I had lost. At that point it froze again and I had to ctl-alt-del to get out...

So, who ever you were, GG...

I do too.  A disappointing feature is you can't tell once someone has left and you're now just talking to yourself.

If a player other than you has no ping, then yes, it's an AI. I always check the scoreboard at the beginning of a game to see if anyone's an AI.

That's a nafty comparison, considering that both players are personally complementing one another whilst shaking hands, which does require less of an ego and good sportsmanship indeed.

Entering a single letter twice to your opponent however doesn't really have the same kind of impact, especially after a scenario like the one mentioned in OP.

Someone sounds bitter, lol

The fact that this is a horrible example aside... You really wouldn't? What does the other team have to do with the ref's bad calls / crowd's bad attitude? That's just rude.

It does when the vast majority of quiters, flamers and griefers refuse to type those two letters at the end of a game unless they won, and even then they type 'GG nUBZ!1!'. I'll continue to type 'GG' at the end of a game.

I always say 'Sorry man, you did your best' or somethign like that. And when someone leaves I offer to quit and rematch.

I'm guessing what he means is that GG has moved past it's literal acronym - it now is a digital representitive of good sportsman ship. I both agree and disagree - I've seen GG thrown at the losing side with such classic examples as 'GG F**ktards'. I use GG, meaning Good Game, because I enjoy playing with other people, even if I lose. If I'm farmed over and over because of a team mate's inexperience or Rage Quit, I'll still say 'GG' because I still had fun - I'll have played the game to the best of my ability and even if I knew I was going to lose, I'd make the other side work for it. Some people only have fun when they win - these are the people who don't understand 'GG'.