Help an argument end

[Doom12321]

A friend and I are having an argument as to whether the term "QQ" is common throughout gamers over the internet, or indeed anyone of nerdy origins.

To bring this argument to a halt, as neither of us are gaining headway, I request something very simple.

After reading this, simply reply to the post with either a "yes" or a "no" in relation to whether you know what the term means or not.

This is not a competition for viewers, I quite frankly do not care whether you do know the term or not as a marker of whether you are cool, hip or fly, so don't lie.

You may add comments after your answer to assist either side of the argument if you wish.

[Teh Caek]

Yes..

[frankvdg]

No
_

just looked it up and had no idea. But apparently it also has multiple meanings.

[tukai]

No...

[Flurgorg]

Yes..

[the_grul]

Yes..

[sad_ism]

No (I thought its only use was Tencent QQ).

[SaladNinja]

no

char

[Flurgorg]

I saw it used quite a lot when I played CoD 4. Maybe its use is more specific to different gaming communities?

[stillwater78]

Well, I assume it's two eyes crying, meaning that you're accusing someone of being a crybaby. So, if it's that, then I'd say it's only somewhat common, at least as far as I've seen - since I barely know what it is.

[Excygy]

maybe :p

[ernest.]

that's not what it is stillwater

i hate when people type that

EDIT: i meant when people type QQ, not when they explain what it is lol

[Masterclown]

No.

that's not what it is stillwater

i hate when people type that

I thought it was about crying eyes as well, so I looked it up. Words (or in this case, MEMEs) change meaning over the years, and QQ is no different. Heck, I quite dislike the term "pre-order" because it is quite literally IMPOSSIBLE to order something BEFORE you order it. But it is was it is.

[spacebug]

Yes

I looked it up a while ago. The first time I heard of it personally was the TF2 achievement "BarbeQueQ". I am led to believe it's a very popular term among WOWers. It's supposed to have come from one of the early Warcraft games originally, as you'd press Q twice to quit.

[Mordwyrhta]

I've never met a gamer who didn't know what QQ meant, or at least what its common use is at this point.

[Aetius]

I only know of it from these forums. But before then i didn't. I never use it though.

[ASecondOpinion]

Yes. I know what it means in terms of gaming... If that makes sense?

At least, I think I know which "definition" you're thinking of.

[Anlashok]

no. had heard it before but never used it and never seen it used much.

[MADDOGGE]

Don't think it's that popular as I haven't seen it used often and only noticed it maybe 6 months back.

[l4nd0fc0nfu510n]

It's supposed to have come from one of the early Warcraft games originally, as you'd press Q twice to quit.

This. When someone tells you to "QQ", it basically means "Quit the game, you're bad."

[TheRevanchist]

Yes. More pewpew, less QQ

[wakeless0]

Yes..

[Rkade]

Well, I assume it's two eyes crying, meaning that you're accusing someone of being a crybaby.


I thought it was about crying eyes as well, so I looked it up.

Lol, I thought/think it's about crying eyes as well. So do my friends. We all use it for that meaning...

[hello moto]

First time I heard it was on Bad Company 2 (many months ago), I asked my friend is QQ like a new things now? He goes nah, it's old. So I guess I'm out dated. And yes, I know what QQ means.

[bluz74]

I thought it was short for "Quit QQing".

[Alkpaz2]

QQ? I thought it was GG.

[Flurgorg]

I don't see 'crying eyes' in QQ at all. Looks more like balloons...

QQ now means party time!

[bluz74]

If I say "Double Q", does that have the same meaning?

You kids and your new fangled abbreviating way of speaking language.

[notavirus.exe]

Yes.

It is the most hated thing I see.

[bluz74]

It is the most hated thing I see.

QFT. :D

[Rasga]

Yes I certainly do, but I didn't until a month ago, then a friend explaned it to me.

[DarthSatoris]

Yes.

QQ has its origin in early blizzard games. Hold alt down and tap the Q key twice and you exit the game immediately (kind of like Valve games' F10 key). Since then it has been associated with two crying eyes, insulting people for crying too much online.

[JinkoMK]

Contrary to popular belief, QQ is not a set of crying eyes. It actually originated with the advent of Warcraft II. On battlenet, you could press ALT+Q+Q to immediately exit the match and program. Thus the term "QQ" was to tell people to just quit because they are unskilled. The term later developed and lost it's origin and is usually mistaken as crying eyes.

I always thought it was crying eyes.

So in a way, No.

[kippyUK]

quebec quebec.

no.

[JupiterSWarrior]

Yes. I know what it means.

[AlecJ32]

I'm going to go ahead and say no.

[Mudkipz]

Yes. Less QQ more pewpew.

[Rechar]

Ah, you young gamers, think everything was originated yesterday (or from blizzard!).

QQ is actually an old MUD (multi-user dungeon) command which terminated your connection to the game, been around since the early 80's. They would have stripped down the "quit" to "q" for speeds sake (when you're game is all typing, you want to streamline) but its next to "w" which is used as a direction...so would often result in lots of mis♥♥♥♥s ending in a disconnect, hence they started to use "QQ" instead.

The guys at blizzard were probably geeks who played MUD's...and incorporated that into their early games. :)

[Agret]

qq means crying eyes if someone says qq to you it means you suck and should cry and quit the game, "qq noob"

[stillmatic07]

qq means crying eyes if someone says qq to you it means you suck and should cry and quit the game, "qq noob"

It actually means they should quit, or ragequit.

NO.

I didn't know until just now what it meant, when I looked it up.

[Jinoruizraged]

yes, Less QQ more Pew pew.

It's an acknowledgement there is too much complaining going on.

[nevann]

You're all wrong. QQ means switching to your previous weapon and back again.

[stillmatic07]

You're all wrong. QQ means switching to your previous weapon and back again.

So true lol. PRIMARY PEW PEW CLICK, SECONDARY PEW PEW, PRIMARY RELOAD.

[bdmason]

No.

But then again, I don't play multi-player games where this kind of stuff spreads between gamers. I play with myself.

[FyreNL]

QQ - as in cry moar/stop discussing? Yes. Otherwise, no.


No.

But then again, I don't play multi-player games where this kind of stuff spreads between gamers. I play with myself.

That's so wrong.

[hahaokayman]

It's the quintessential version of pew pew ..kew kew (Q)

[Larry1212]

QQ can mean a few things. CTRL(Or was it ALT?) + Q + Q was the shortkey in WarCraft III to quickly exit the game(Or trick newbs into using it so they leave the game).

Generally QQ is, to the TF2 crowd, "Cry Some Moar".

Yes. :)

[rotNdude]

No. Is it quite quaint?

[ernest.]

quit qrying

[Mordwyrhta]

I think it's safe to say that the general definition revolves around players crying or quitting out of frustration.

[real4xor]

Just blindly believe the experts: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=QQ
:D

[bluz74]

Actually, the definition depends on which "Q" comes first.

[bdmason]

That's so wrong.

How did I leave myself so wide open????? :o:o:o:o

[ypertatos]

Yes.

QQ has its origin in early blizzard games. Hold alt down and tap the Q key twice and you exit the game immediately (kind of like Valve games' F10 key). Since then it has been associated with two crying eyes, insulting people for crying too much online.

This.

In blizzard games the command to exit was Alt+Q+Q. Like pressing Alt+F4 to exit a windows application.

Consider a starcraft / warcraft multiplayer game. In the final push against the enemy base, the winning player would mock his opponent by saying "QQ".

It is a term of saying "resign", "Have some courtesy and quit, admitting your loss" or "lol pwn3d n00bzor".

Over the course of years leavers would comment before leaving "I think the zerg need to be nerfed", "U use haxxxxx" or "haxxor ♥♥♥♥♥♥".

The winner would respond with the infamous "QQ more", which got to mean from "quit again incompetant adversary" to "cry more" due the resemblance of the double "Q" as eyes crying and the fact that the leavers were , in fact, crying.

[Antikythera]

Yes.

QQ more.

[The-Night-Fox]

No (5char)

[spacebug]

People in TF2 say "QQ some more" quite a bit, so I'd say the crying eyes meaning is quite popular.

[stillwater78]

I've never met a gamer who didn't know what QQ meant, or at least what its common use is at this point.Hi, I'm stillwater78. Pleased to meet you.

[Tannekr]

Of course.

[real4xor]

Hi, I'm stillwater78. Pleased to meet you.

^^ I second that motion.
Ofcourse I could google it all up... but it doesn`t have a useful meaning anyway.

[lucid enigma]

I will help end your argument in the style of a stressed parent:

STOP BLOODY ARGUING! :mad:

As for QQ. No. I kinda read it as 'Que? Que?' and imagined a small Spanish waiter being chased around by a mad Englishman hotelier!

[Agret]

It actually means they should quit, or ragequit.

NO.

I didn't know until just now what it meant, when I looked it up.

yeah cry cause u suck rage quit lol

[marie pavie]

I will help end your argument in the style of a stressed parent:

STOP BLOODY ARGUING! :mad:
Lol. Yeah before I was thinking 'I don't care, it's kids talk'. Tons of stuff here on the forums has no bearing whatsoever in my day to day life. I do convince some people that gaming can be way cool though.

[Muckknuckle]

Yes.

5char

[smallhero1]

Yes...

[Larry1212]

Just blindly believe the experts: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=QQ
:D

Quality Quickie...?

♥[/color]♥♥♥♥']1. A quality quickie.
We have both just been so busy, but my boyfriend came over for a QQ