If someone offers you their hand and you snub them, it’s basically like spitting in their face. Not all post-game situations require a handshake, but if it’s initiated just behave like a civilised fucking person. Wash your hands after if you must.
Personally, this past Christmas was my first time at a real arcade and after every game I lost I’d just give them a brief nod-- a sign of acknowledgment, but nothing intimate or serious.
In casuals, it doesn’t really matter.
In tourney, sometimes I shake the other guys hand before the match and say “good luck” or something. It’s just a friendly gesture.
After the tourney, win or lose, I’ll shake your hand again, because it’s a friendly gesture.
Tourney’s aren’t just about video games. To me, tournies are half about the games, and half about the people. I like to make friends, especially with those in the FG community, so if you refuse to shake hands for really, no reason, you’re only portraying yourself as unfriendly. And of course, you can do fist bump/say GGs, etc. You just have to have some sort of sign of well, a friendly gesture. If you don’t, people will think “wow, that guy is a douchebag” before they even know you. First impressions are important, and if you don’t even try to be friendly, then you’re not gonna make friends.
So you might say “So I don’t want to make friends.” Fine, of course nobody is asking you to, but is it really fun to go to a tournament and have nobody to talk to, and have not a single person there respect you regardless of your skills? Imagine playing a tournament match against a guy who has a lot of friends. His entire crew is cheering him on. You have nobody cheering you on. Is that really fun? I’ve made some of my closest friends in the fighting game community. Yeah, some people are sore losers. I’m a sore loser, too, sometimes. But you still can’t take that away from your opponent in the tourney match. Your opponent wants to win, too. Nobody plays to lose. Not shaking their hands for trying to win is a dick move. So even if that’s not your intention, that’s what it’s seen as. If you get up and just walk away without saying anything or acknowledging your opponent or something, you’re not gonna have people wanting to talk to you or hang out with you. However, if you get up and say “I don’t do handshakes, but good games, bro” and walk away, people won’t hold that against you.
So it doesn’t really matter to other people. It’s really just about how you want to portray yourself.
I always shake hands win or lose. Now, if the other cat doesn’t want to shake my hand that’s cool, too unless he’s trying to be a jerk about it, then maybe it’s time for some real life Street Fighter.
Yup, same here! There are people that are super good technically, but have no intuition or response. There are people that are very good at reading people but can’t capatalize on shit. And IMO, most people fall in-between and have some skills in both areas. Playing these games definitely gives you an insight into how your opponent thinks and their strengths and weaknesses. It’s interesting for sure.
That’s especially why I think it’s nice to give a handshake or GGs or high-five or whatever after a match. You always have two skillsets up against each other and the way that plays out is interesting. Sure, sometimes it’s a tough matchup. Sometimes someone gets lucky. But most of the time, someone just plain gets outplayed. And I’d like to think that the fighting game community is close enough that we can suck it up and say “Hey man, well done!”.
After beating someone i usually give them a hug & a slap in the ass…People love hugs just make sure your dicks dont rub onto each other & the slap in the ass should be without pause during contact…
Also if someone does win in a tournament, i really think we should start doinggroup hugs to the winner…I think this what the fighting community needs…We need to start having more comradely among our community
I will shake my opponents hand even if I have to reach into his pocket to grab it.
Fuck fighting games for a minute, I don’t get the aversion to shaking hands period. You don’t fuckin’ shake hands when you meet someone somewhere? What he fuck is on about actin’ hard and shit, who the fuck are you trying to impress if you don’t shake hands? I can understand being upset, not respect the person, bein’ all in the moment and jumping and shit. But all that aside if you have respect for the other person and respect for yourself why the fuck not. Shake hands after a good game, tell the mother fucker good game. No reason to be a little twat about it all. Seriously, you all got issues if people shaking hands after a video game disturbs you so much.
If a guy won’t shake hands, fuckin’ fist bump, whatever then he’s probably socially fucked up or just a straight up run-of-the-mill asshole. That has nothin’ to do with fightin’ games expect that’s another situation where it’ll happen.
people who don’t shake hands after matches or refuse to shake hands after they are offered are bitches. if you aren’t down with shaking hands at least say good games
I think that ppl who act hard are just socially retarded. Same goes for those who act rude in the name of honesty and claim they are sticking to their principles. Shaking hands is a sign of respect. No matter if it means anything or not, it’s a sign of respect. If I hate my neighbor, I’m not going to tell him he’s an idiot whenever I see him because it creates unecessary tension, and it’s just plain rude. Unless you have a disorder like that guy from the suitcase show, you should be shaking hands or showing some sign of respect like a head nod or saying GG.
But paper covers rock. You’re a tool AND you lose a telegraphed game of rock/paper/scissors?
Shit.
^nah, a proper handshake would look like an attempt for scissors, so rock beats scissors. i win still. now if he went for like a sideway hand shake, i might lose though.
You shake hands with vulcans now?
Regardless of the outcome of the match, shake hands or at least say GGs. It’s courtesy.
Shit man, that throws me off every time. I fist bump, they want a handshake and then it reverses. then I’m like ‘C’MERE MAN’ and I hug them. YES I HUG just like rcaido. EH OH GROUP HUG.
god I’m thinking again
^sexaaaay
LOL at givin somebody a high five. “GG’s, now give me a high five.”
Nothing wrong with a handshake after a match, shows sportsmanship? Dunno I don’t generally do it though unless someone sticks out their hand.
See, jimmy ain’t so bad after all. You just have to play nice. =)
I do wanna face you in SF, though. Gunna chase you all around EVO for a handshake. xD Nah, I’m playin’.
If you don’t at least try and shake in a serious match then you’re a tosser.
im sure come evo i will be forced into hand shakes, and i shall accept my defeat. lol! we can ssf4 mm. im gonna try to take the sf4 series serious without having to drown myself with alcohol first to be able to play it.
edit. im just gonna tell everyone to bump it, like the mcpoiles on its always sunny. lol! “good games. bump it”
