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[Ozle]

And you should hear me if I lose in the Yahoo Games Snakes and Ladders room....

[metzgerism]

Yombonski:

21:07 metzgerism: glhf

[won the game on a final turn]

21:14 Yombonski: gay
21:14 metzgerism: g
21:14 Yombonski: faggot

And then he left.

[GigaKnight]

I'm both relatively new and way late to this thread, but a public blacklist is tricky for a number of reasons (relativity, witch hunts, etc...).  A better Isotropic feature is a personal blacklist, v1 of which could be implemented simply as remembering the players you've muted.  Storing this server-side is a non-trivial amount of backend work and has performance implications, though; the poor man's version of this is storing the mute list in your client-side cookies (which some cap on the number of entries in your list).  Given how infrequently this is actually a problem, being able to mute, say, 100 people is probably more than you'll need anytime soon.

[WrathOfGlod]

With regards to the offensive GG, I will only use it if the game is mathematically over. IE with no +buys in his deck and 1 province left and me up by more than 6, if I have >8 coin I will say gg. Also if I have the majority of victory points in the game I feel justified in saying GG.

[kamikazepig]

I really dislike when somebody who is about to beat me says gg before the game officially ends, so I never do it. It doesn't matter to me who says gg first, as long as the game has officially been completed.

[Axxle]

18:32 blueblimp: hi gl hf
18:34 ARTjoMS: lucky
18:35 blueblimp: oh getting the remake on 2x estate?
18:35 blueblimp: yeah that is nice, I hate it when it hits only copper
18:35 ARTjoMS: and buying silver in same turn
18:35 ARTjoMS: chances of that lucky very small
18:36 ARTjoMS: no gg
18:36 blueblimp: lol
18:36 ARTjoMS: pure luck
18:36 ARTjoMS has returned to the lobby.

Hardly someone to avoid.  He was just a little bitter.

[Big Tuna]

I really dislike when somebody who is about to beat me says gg before the game officially ends, so I never do it. It doesn't matter to me who says gg first, as long as the game has officially been completed.

I GG fairly often before the game is over. Though, it had no relation to whether I'm winning or losing. However, if the game is tight I tend to wait till it's over because I don't want push them over the edge to ending the game if I think they are not sure of the status of the game (probably has no effect).

On the otherhand. I played this game last night http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20120327-195911-9b7673b0.html and I GG'd on turn 6 because the game ended at that point even though there was still a little business to take care of.

[Fabian]

"On the otherhand. I played this game last night http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20120327-195911-9b7673b0.html and I GG'd on turn 6 because the game ended at that point even though there was still a little business to take care of."

Tuna,

That's extremely douchy and you should stop doing it right now.

[theory]

It's just so weird, the idea of telling someone GG in the middle of a game.  If I were playing a game of chess in person, I wouldn't just randomly say midway in the game "Thanks for the game, bro."

Although the analogy isn't perfect, because it's much easier to come back in chess from a big disadvantage than in Dominion (i.e., it's easier for the player ahead to blunder in chess).

[ArjanB]

I find it cocky to say it in the middle of a game.

[mnavratil]

If the game is truly over at turn 6; resign FIRST and then say a polite gg.

[chogg]

If the game is truly over at turn 6; resign FIRST and then say a polite gg.

He wasn't saying gg because of losing, but because of winning.  And it's true that he did pretty much have it locked up at that point.

[mnavratil]

Guess that teaches me for not reading the log before posting.

Even if you do have the game pretty much won (which I am not denying), saying "gg" at that point just comes off so arrogant.

[Fabian]

Not saying gg until the game is over > saying gg on the final turn when someone's about to win (this is slightly worse because I do this sometimes and the game doesn't end, which is kinda awkward) >> saying gg in the middle of the game and resigning immediately >>>>>>>>>>>>>>.....>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> saying gg in the middle of the game when losing and not resigning >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> saying gg in the middle of the game when winning (and not resigning).

The last two are huge dick moves, what Tuna did especially so.

[Kirian]

If I gg/resign in the middle of a game, I often will try to indicate why, if it isn't obvious.  Saying gg when ahead, though?  Even on the last turn, that's pretty mean.

I've found it common, however, when someone is about to win, for the losing player to say gg during what will obviously be their last turn.

[RisingJaguar]

Yeah, gging on the last turn isn't such a big deal, or gging and subsequently resigning is fine. 

Although, similar to Fabian, I know I've said gg to someone before (because i thought they'd end on three-piles), didn't and then I came back to win... I now never say gg on expected three piles Also win on three piles if you can, even if it's by one point.

gg-ing in general seems more polite when the loser says it first. 

[kirkbauer]

Even if you do have the game pretty much won (which I am not denying), saying "gg" at that point just comes off so arrogant.

I agree 100%.  In my opinion, when you just bought the 5th Province it is annoying/arrogant, but saying it on turn 6 is just plain wrong.  If I was playing with you I probably would have resigned shortly after that with a "f you"... and avoided playing with you again.

[AdamH]

Hi. I'd like to add my contribution to this thread.

I've played maybe a couple hundred games or so on Isotropic, and last night I had the first instance of anyone being anything less than completely friendly and polite. It wasn't really that bad either. Here's the log.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201203/28/game-20120328-133803-b3775a07.html

The chat log looks like this (I looked down to say gg and saw this)

16:35 Walruswhiskers: well aren't you a fancy fucker
16:38 Walruswhiskers: tactician stacking is so lame, but it is okay, you can still end it all by quitting this game
16:38 Walruswhiskers has returned to the lobby.

I thought if he really thought tactician stacking was so lame, maybe he shouldn't have let me do it -- he let me grab 8 Merchant Ships, which was really the only thing on the board that made my tactician engine viable. He also gave me 20 turns to work with, and never forced me to pick up any Duchies. Oh well...

I realize I played far from optimally here, this was my first time building a double-tactician deck with any success at all, and I realize I did plenty of silly things to get there. The fact that Jack actually helped me is probably not so good. I also figured how to better play the Native Villages halfway through the game. I also bought a potion but never ended up picking up any Vineyards (whoops...)

[mangsky]

gg-ing in general seems more polite when the loser says it first.

yup!

[tko]

18:32 blueblimp: hi gl hf
18:34 ARTjoMS: lucky
18:35 blueblimp: oh getting the remake on 2x estate?
18:35 blueblimp: yeah that is nice, I hate it when it hits only copper
18:35 ARTjoMS: and buying silver in same turn
18:35 ARTjoMS: chances of that lucky very small
18:36 ARTjoMS: no gg
18:36 blueblimp: lol
18:36 ARTjoMS: pure luck
18:36 ARTjoMS has returned to the lobby.

Hardly someone to avoid.  He was just a little bitter.

I second this.  I've been taken to school by ARTjoMS twice and didn't encounter any personality issues. The most recent game I thought I was going to win.  In a game with Jack and Grand Market, I used my 5-buy prior to the 2nd shuffle to trash a few coin with Mint and later Mint'd a Gold on Turn 8.  His 5-buy prior to the 2nd shuffle was a Jester, and on Turn 8 his Jester gained him a Gold.  I'm not calling this play lucky... it was a helpful economy boost that occurred because he had the opportunity - he bought a Jester and I didn't.  I definitely enjoyed that quick and close game.
http://councilroom.com/game?game_id=game-20120316-045201-cefa07d8.html#tko-show-turn-8

[toaster]

gg-ing in general seems more polite when the loser says it first.

yup!

Agreed.  That's one reason I much prefer "thanks for the game".

[Piemaster]

That's exactly the kind of player I do avoid.  If people start insulting me in random ways I consider that quite funny, but I really, really despise the bad loser.

[ARTjoMS]

18:32 blueblimp: hi gl hf
18:34 ARTjoMS: lucky
18:35 blueblimp: oh getting the remake on 2x estate?
18:35 blueblimp: yeah that is nice, I hate it when it hits only copper
18:35 ARTjoMS: and buying silver in same turn
18:35 ARTjoMS: chances of that lucky very small
18:36 ARTjoMS: no gg
18:36 blueblimp: lol
18:36 ARTjoMS: pure luck
18:36 ARTjoMS has returned to the lobby.

Hardly someone to avoid.  He was just a little bitter.

-//-.... is 5.3%. Not that unlikely, really.

What?

If my opponent gets unlucky and i get free win i cooperate with him rather make a hero of myself like you did.

[ARTjoMS]

That's exactly the kind of player I do avoid.  If people start insulting me in random ways I consider that quite funny, but I really, really despise the bad loser.

Apparently some ''good winners'' just can't admit that they got lucky. I suspect it is ego thing: huge ego + stubbornness = can't face truth, so they find it easier to take truth as insult so that their ego doesn't get hurt.

[Geronimoo]

As luck is so clearly a big part of this game, you're going to look like an idiot if you're berating the other guy for his good luck.