Is it just me or does anyone else out there feel the often used platitude of "Good Luck" practically everyone says to their opponent before the start of match seem excessively trite and facetious? I try to never utter this false encouragement but sometimes get some odd looks when I don't respond in like manner. Do you feel that this could be part of the ingrained 'gentleman' practices noted in another current thread or simply mindless drivel ?
"Good Luck"??????
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I say it but I don't mean it...
It's a gentleman thing...
I don't want them to have "Good Luck"...
I don't want them to "Shoot Well"...
I don't want them to enjoy "Good Rolls"...
So, in order to avoid having a F**K You blank look on my face during a simple handshake I say "Good Luck" to get it over with so we can start playing...
It's a gentleman thing...
I don't want them to have "Good Luck"...
I don't want them to "Shoot Well"...
I don't want them to enjoy "Good Rolls"...
So, in order to avoid having a F**K You blank look on my face during a simple handshake I say "Good Luck" to get it over with so we can start playing...
I've said a lot of different things to my opponents over the years, but 'Good Luck' seems to be what I've said most often.
"Play well" is what I usually try to say, If I am going to be defeated I don't want luck to have much to do with the defeat. I'd rather see my opponent play his best game and the match goes Hill-Hill and end on a Break and RUN...
"Play well" is what I usually try to say, If I am going to be defeated I don't want luck to have much to do with the defeat. I'd rather see my opponent play his best game and the match goes Hill-Hill and end on a Break and RUN...
I stopped saying good luck along time ago, I do say play well. When ever I'm playing League (yuck) or even a team tourny against people I know, if they tell one of my teamates "Good Luck" or if my teamate says it, I always say "he doesn't mean it" usually a slightly embarrassed smile will over shadow there face. And when ever my opponent should have been out and doesn't and I win, I usually say "thanks for the opportunity. Usually It stops them from calling me a lucky f&*ker.
I like when Bartrum says "good luck to me"
It's so much more honest because really that's what your thinking.
It's so much more honest because really that's what your thinking.
If you analyze the underpinnings of the "Good Luck" wish, of course you'll see some things that are contrary to what you, the player, wants to happen. *Of course* you want the good luck, good rolls, and good everything to come YOUR way, and not your opponents.
But if wishing "good luck" to your opponent bothers you, then you might already be setting yourself up for defeat, because you are already thinking that you're "wishing something away" that you yourself want. Instead, who's to say you're not wishing "good luck" to your opponent, "because he/she is gonna need it to play you?!?" Why not look at it that way? Why must you focus on the negative aspect of "good luck" and not the positive?
And if you still can't get past it, why not use something else?
How about:
1. "Play well!"
2. "Let's have a good match!"
3. "Let's have some fun!"
Or how about the sneaky killer:
4. "I would normally wish you good luck, but I'm the one needing it to play you!"
(This one is very sneaky! You're falsely flattering your opponent, and he/she will be caught off guard when you come out of the gate with your cannons blazing.)
Use some psychology, but don't be disrespectful, sarcastic, or otherwise cheap.
Hope this is helpful,
-Sean
But if wishing "good luck" to your opponent bothers you, then you might already be setting yourself up for defeat, because you are already thinking that you're "wishing something away" that you yourself want. Instead, who's to say you're not wishing "good luck" to your opponent, "because he/she is gonna need it to play you?!?" Why not look at it that way? Why must you focus on the negative aspect of "good luck" and not the positive?
And if you still can't get past it, why not use something else?
How about:
1. "Play well!"
2. "Let's have a good match!"
3. "Let's have some fun!"
Or how about the sneaky killer:
4. "I would normally wish you good luck, but I'm the one needing it to play you!"
(This one is very sneaky! You're falsely flattering your opponent, and he/she will be caught off guard when you come out of the gate with your cannons blazing.)
Use some psychology, but don't be disrespectful, sarcastic, or otherwise cheap.
Hope this is helpful,
-Sean
I'm always up for good competition..........that said it depends on the attitude of my opponent.
Depending on my mood and how i think of you its possible to get a range of retorts from
-same to you ( someone like Joey A gets these)
- GET BENT NIT! (someone like those on my ignore list gets that bag:wink
lol,
-Grey Ghost-
Depending on my mood and how i think of you its possible to get a range of retorts from
-same to you ( someone like Joey A gets these)
- GET BENT NIT! (someone like those on my ignore list gets that bag:wink
lol,
-Grey Ghost-
It's simply class and good sportsmanship.
Pretty much my sentiments on the subject. FWIW, I'd rather be beaten by "good shooting" than by "good luck". An opponent getting more than their fair share of good luck just p*sses me off!!! But....I can fade it when it does happen (and it DOES).
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What he said!!! And there is no such thing as luck unless the table is defective. For every action there is a reaction. Players generally make their own luck, good or bad by the way they shoot.
What he said!!! And there is no such thing as luck unless the table is defective. For every action there is a reaction. Players generally make their own luck, good or bad by the way they shoot.
When someone says "You got this" or "Good luck" to me, it just makes me more conscious and overthink things, then I'm more prone to mess up. Like in that video with Earl in it where the crowd cheers him on and he tells them "Shut up, I don't need your encouragement!"
I give them a simple nod and handshake with a smirk for sportsmanship.
I give them a simple nod and handshake with a smirk for sportsmanship.
Excellent thread, and an excellent post by this guy...I say it but I don't mean it...
Like when I go into a convenience store and the clerk says "Hi, how are you doing?" I say, "Good, thanks, how about you?" I don't really care how that person is doing on any given day, but my self-ingrained sense of Southern hospitality requires that I pretend to give a shit.
Same thing when I say "good luck" to someone that I'm preparing to destroy...I don't mean it, but I will pretend to be a nice guy for courtesy's sake. It's not hard, and it doesn't cost anything to be nice, so why not?
Good luck.
In Norway we shake hands and say "good match" before we play, (translated it is similar to your "let's play well") and after the match we shake hands and says "thanks" no matter if you win or lose.
When I've been playing international events I always wish good luck, and sometimes add "you'll need it"
When I've been playing international events I always wish good luck, and sometimes add "you'll need it"
I normally say "all the best" to my opponent. Nothing against saying good luck at all, other than that it is too friendly a term. I say good luck to my fiancee and future mum in law lol, I can't say the same to a peer.
I don't believe in being nasty, but I can't be nice like my personality tells me to be, so "all the best" makes me feel neutral, and happy that I've not acted a like a complete moron.
All the best can mean all sorts too. "All the best of luck?" Yeah right, GTFO I want you to lose
I don't believe in being nasty, but I can't be nice like my personality tells me to be, so "all the best" makes me feel neutral, and happy that I've not acted a like a complete moron.
All the best can mean all sorts too. "All the best of luck?" Yeah right, GTFO I want you to lose