How the standard StarCraft greeting became "gl hf" I'll never know. But I'm an artsy fartsy kind of guy. I have to be different. For years, playing go in KGS, I used the greeting "Long days and pleasant nights." It's from a Stephen King book. But once an opponent finally gave the correct response, "May you have twice the number," I knew it was time for something different.
I closed my eyes, and came up with, "May the best man win."
I'm not sure where that one comes from, but I imagine an old 1800s pistol duel. Maybe over a woman.
The other day I used that greeting, and randomly got Zerg again a Protoss opponent. I did my usual build, an economical 7 pool. He scouted and walled off by the time my six lings got to his base. Wp. Which ushered us into a macro middle game. Six bases later, I typed gg. As he bulldozed my army, I watched the gg fade out without a reply. No gg?, I typed.
I don't gg cheesy players, he responded.
Which was fine by me, because I don't click surrender for people who leave me hanging. I look at the gg I'm much the same way as a high five. Sure, you can leave me hanging. But don't expect me to do you any favors. I'll alt tab out and play WoW or take a bio before that. I mean, while a seven pool may be cheese, it's not like the pros are above it. And he won! How is it that StarCraft may be the only game with regular sore winners?
Next time you play StarCraft, I urge you to not take the game personally, and show some respect to your worthy opponent.
PS I got into the HotS beta yesterday! I can't wait to blog all about it.
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