On what I regard to be a basic lack of knowledge of sportsmanship and manners

@Qveen_Sacrifice

Either first is fine, but winner first is more reasonable.

Thing is, it has ticked me off when people don't say hi and gg. I'm working on getting over it.

I watch 3 + 0 blitz games.

I like timegods comment number ten.
Anyhow, I think if we always say good game, what should I say when it's truly remarkable?

The only time I felt good about my game was the only time I liked my game. That's cool.

But ofc some remarkable games I also forgot to congratulate and only in hindsight I have discovered the depth of some plays

@Subomega You wrote: "I think if we always say good game, what should I say when it's truly remarkable?"

In a case like that, I'll say something along the lines of "Good game. That endgame was an absolute cliff-hanger" (or whatever). It there was something remarkable that I want to comment on, I'll simply make the remark after the introductory "Good game."

@Letgoofmychessego You wrote: "Either first is fine, but winner first is more reasonable."

Why more reasonable? As I think I've stated, I've seen players take offense to a winner saying "Good game," but I've never seen anyone take offense to the loser making the comment. I can pretty much guarantee you that if you say "Good game" every time you win, you'll get some flak for it before long.

Saying good game isn't a judgment- it's sportsmanship.

@Letgoofmychessego I agree with you there. Regardless, others are going to misinterpret it as being self-serving if you say it when you beat the opponent. Your opponent's already going to be in a bad mood from the loss and some of them are going to snap back, "No, it wasn't. You just think it was because you won" or something similar.

Of course you're free to do this (or not do it) any way you like. I'm just telling you what I've seen over nearly five decades of playing chess.

Internet manners ruins chess.

@Letgoofmychessego said: "Saying good game isn't a judgment- it's sportsmanship."
Haha. Strange opinion. But that seems to be some American peculiarity. When I was in an American restaurants, the waitresses kept asking "How are you doing today?" and just were bewildered when I asked them what they need this information for (apart from not being their business.)

Of course, if goog game doesn't mean good game, then probably it should be said always. But what when I want to say: "Good game"?

But it is really strange how someone is absolutely adamant about how rude it is not to say Good Game - but tell me that greeting at the beginning has no meaning. Why can't you just accept that people are different without judging? There are plenty of similar threads like this one on how rudely paople don't say "Good luck" at the beginning ... with answers like "Oh no, wishing good luck means you can't win by your skills.", "No, it is just friendly.", "Patronizing" etcetc.

Sybote has a point

Some fair and some good points, @Sybotes

I stand by my point that gg is sportsmanship (similar to shaking hands or nodding) not a judgment. You can type something further if you want to acknowledge a particularly good game.

But why do you think Lichess put the "Good luck, Have fun, Good game, and You too!" buttons there? These are so we can * acknowledge * there's a fragile human being as an opponent. We can play people from all over the world, but let's not acknowledge them?

Great point, but hard to do:

"Why can't you just accept that people are different without judging?"