Has the WoW crowd taken over now?

[Krotoan]

Yes, I know all that. I didn't say "gg is a WoW thing", I was suggesting that the recent rise of people saying it here relates to WoW people coming to FFXIV.

I would say it's more that lots of people have started playing this game and the gamer community is pretty used to using GG after matches.

I wouldn't specifically relate it to WoW since it neither originated nor popularized there. I.E. I don't think this is a "because wow players" thing.

[Fawkes]

Folks have been saying gg for years before the WoW exodus though. I don't think there's *any* relation at all.

People use that as a common courtesy since... forever? Starcraft 1 will be my first memory of it I think.

In FFXIV it has always been far more common to use auto-translate. Not out of politeness for people who speak other languages or anything, it's because it's about as fast and convenient as typing gg, since you just type the first couple letters and then hit tab.

I would say it's more that lots of people have started playing this game and the gamer community is pretty used to using GG after matches.

I wouldn't specifically relate it to WoW since it neither originated nor popularized there. I.E. I don't think this is a "because wow players" thing.

I suppose. I'm only attributing it to WoW because that's what everyone has been attributing FFXIV's rise in popularity in the past several months to. Blizzard bad, Asmongold good, etc.

[Coletergeist]

In FFXIV it has always been far more common to use auto-translate. Not out of politeness for people who speak other languages or anything, it's because it's about as fast and convenient as typing gg, since you just type the first couple letters and then hit tab.

That's interesting, I've experienced the opposite. I hardly see folks using auto translate unless it's people joking in NN using it. Perhaps difference in the world/data center you're in? Not sure. But seeing auto translate being used more often than 'gg'? Not that I've personally seen. 'GG' is something I see in almost all parties I'm in.