These forums have been archived and are now read-only.

The new forums are live and can be found at https://forums.eveonline.com/

EVE General Discussion

 
  • Topic is locked indefinitely.
 

Saying GF rude?
Author
Previous Topic Next Topic
Rache Bartmoss
The Perfect Harvesting Experience
#81 - 2012-11-13 10:13:30 UTC
I thought GF meant girlfriend... Oops
Danny John-Peter
The Congregation
RAPID HEAVY ROPERS
#82 - 2012-11-13 10:17:56 UTC
Some people find the game to be, a game, and have a laugh, a few days ago we were sat on a gate, in RRBS and an XLASB raven jumps in, realising immediatlely that 6 Abaddongs would spell his end, he simply typed before decloaking "GF :)"

We laughed, had a little chat in local, and some fun.

GF :3
Terrorfrodo
Interbus Universal
#83 - 2012-11-13 11:02:43 UTC
It is the loser who has to say "gf" first. The winners should not say it first. If they do, it usually appears like smacktalk (unless the fight was obviously really awesome for both sides).

I myself am accustomed to w-space where it is uncommon to say anything in local, so I usually forget to type "gf" in local even when I was fighting in k-space.

.
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#84 - 2012-11-13 11:05:33 UTC
Gangname Style wrote:
Seen it plenty of times.

Solo pilot warps or jumps into a bubble in 0.0 and is blabbed 20v1.

Some scrub in the blab says "GF" in local. What good fight?

Is the person trying to be rude or are they terrible at the game and think that it was actually a GF?


Maybe they are just being polite (and perhaps a little ironic)

"Just remember later that I warned against any change to jump ranges or fatigue. You earned whats coming."

Grath Telkin, 11.10.2016
Inquisitor Kitchner
The Executives
#85 - 2012-11-13 11:06:29 UTC
To OP: gfgf m8m8 o7o7o7

Whenever I'm leading a fleet of people and we gank someone I always tell them to put GF in local. After all, we all want to follow the correct Honourable Rules of EVE PvP don't we?

"If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared." - Niccolo Machiavelli
Esha Ditrix
#86 - 2012-11-13 12:02:08 UTC
seriusly....
5 pages about GF in local ?
0000007777777

Its not an exploit, if the game lets you do it...
Anslo
Scope Works
#87 - 2012-11-13 13:33:44 UTC
Expending Doom wrote:
I always considered it intentionally rude to say GF if you just ganked someone.

People on voice will be like "GF noob lol" after he's raped.


Not empty quoting.

[center]-_For the Proveldtariat_/-[/center]
Mallak Azaria
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#88 - 2012-11-13 14:44:00 UTC
Expending Doom wrote:
I always considered it intentionally rude to say GF if you just ganked someone.


Too many people get angry about their spaceship being blown up in a multiplayer spaceship game.

This post was lovingly crafted by a member of the Goonwaffe Posting Cabal, proud member of the popular gay hookup site somethingawful.com, Spelling Bee, Grammar Gestapo & #1 Official Gevlon Goblin Fanclub member.
blake fallout
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#89 - 2012-11-13 15:21:22 UTC
I somehow Dont think All GF is good Fight.

Linkin park
De'Veldrin
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#90 - 2012-11-13 15:46:46 UTC  |  Edited by: De'Veldrin
Arduemont wrote:
Good fight, is just something you say. It's a simple courtesy you extend another pilot even if the odds were against them.

I would probably consider it rude or sarcastic if you said it to someone in a hauler, but if the other person is looking for a fight or trying to fight back then its just common courtesy. It's like saying, you fought, and that's what counts.


By extension, popping a cyno ship in anything short of an active invasion by enemy capitals is also not a good fight. You've just killed a ship that can't move, can't shoot, and can't tank. Good job - you may now advance one level and attempt to shoot noob ships in rookie systems.

Otherwise, it's simply courtesy to the losers of the fight. I try and always offer a gf in local when I win (or lose) a fight, regardless of the odds. The fact that the opposition actually took the field and tried to fight (or escape) makes my time fun, which is why I play the game in the first place.

De'Veldrin's Corollary (to Malcanis' Law): Any idea that seeks to limit the ability of a large nullsec bloc to do something in the name of allowing more small groups into sov null will inevitably make it that much harder for small groups to enter sov null.
Gibbo5771
AQUILA INC
Verge of Collapse
#91 - 2012-11-13 16:17:49 UTC
I get this a lot.

I especially love it when you kill several of them before going down and they instasmack you as if they had just accomplished something amazing.

but I generally say GF regardless of the outcome, if I get ganked or if i get utterly demolished. Its just nice to get a fight either way.
Ix Aideron
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#92 - 2012-11-14 14:21:36 UTC
I always say GF, it means either either of the below, depending on if I won or lost:

1. Good Fight.

2. Get F*(&ed
Adeleda Adoudel
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#93 - 2012-11-15 00:27:23 UTC
I say GF anyway. Regardless what side of the blob I'm on. Its just polite. :)
Sunglasses At Midnight
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#94 - 2012-11-15 00:43:07 UTC
I would point out that it would be easier to say "GF" if it was indeed a "good fight".

You find someone (or several someones, if you're feeling confident) and attack them in low/ null? That's a good fight, win or lose, and while one of you is warping out in their pod, saying "GF" is a nice way of letting someone know that they were a worthy enemy.

Someone gets blobbed on a gatecamp with no chance of survival? No, that's really not a good fight. However, I will point out, one person typing "GF" into local is one less person trying to shoot your pod after your ship goes up in smoke.
Gangname Style
Doomheim
#95 - 2012-11-16 16:59:24 UTC  |  Edited by: Gangname Style
Terrorfrodo wrote:
It is the loser who has to say "gf" first. The winners should not say it first. If they do, it usually appears like smacktalk (unless the fight was obviously really awesome for both sides).

I myself am accustomed to w-space where it is uncommon to say anything in local, so I usually forget to type "gf" in local even when I was fighting in k-space.


Makes sense. ^^^
Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#96 - 2012-11-16 17:24:54 UTC
Just assume they are trying to be polite, unless it is iimmediately followed with derisive smack talk. It will significantly lower your nerd rage levels. Smile

View the latest EVE Online developments and other game related news and gameplay by visiting Ranger 1 Presents: Virtual Realms.
Coreola
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#97 - 2012-11-16 18:00:30 UTC
If you don't want to die alone, then don't fly alone. And don't expect to roll unchallenged into red systems just because you're solo.

Jump, jump, jump.
Korsiri
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#98 - 2012-11-16 19:43:32 UTC
Anything can be considered rude....

If you think they were rude, come back with friends...

That's what great about eve, if someone annoys you that much you can kill them...

But really, caring about what they say?

Not worth the time.
Tarn Kugisa
Kugisa Dynamics
#99 - 2012-11-16 23:54:56 UTC
I don't get in many fights, but if it's a even-sided fight and both parties had a good time from it, then I'd say GF.
Being ganked or blobbed is not a GF. Its aforementioned ganking or blobbing and not cool if its 20 dessies vs a frig.

Be polite. Be efficient. Have a plan to troll everyone you meet - KuroVolt
Jerick Ludhowe
Internet Tuff Guys
#100 - 2012-11-17 00:04:13 UTC
Tippia wrote:
Nah. It's just what you say after a fight if you have any manners.
It's like shaking hands with the other team after the match.


Manners in eve? PshhhhBlink

Only time you'll see me post "GF" in local is if it's actually a good fight (call me old fashioned). If i roll some scrub that had no chance, there is no chance of a "GF" as it was not a GF.