I will if they offer, but tbh it's a weird and arbitrary custom. May as well judge your opponents based on astrology for all the meaning it really has.

Yes I offer a handshake every game, it breaks the ice and is a kind gesture.

Before game: handshake and "Good luck."

After game: handshake and "Good game."

Every game.

Every time.

We've kept this custom since the time two decades ago when we started playing Warhammer Fantasy Battle.

It is about the respect to your opponent and enjoying the game.

A friendly handshake means that both sides realize this is just a game, not something to get worked up about.

I'm not a handshaker. I'm not against it, just haven't had to do it a lot so it slips my mind. Been gaming at big conventions for a very long time and XWing is the only game I see it done so regularly. I do try to remember a handshake though and always accept when offered.

I always handshake. I love playing X-Wing, and i want my player to know that i love playing X-Wing. I want to extend to them the courtesy and respect that would be expected at any competitive event. I smile, reach out my hand, give a firm handshake, and tell my opponent "Good luck, have fun!" every time before a game. After a game is over, i give another handshake and say "Good game!" no matter what.

It's the same with any other competitive event i attend, regardless of the game. Super Smash Bros./Rivals of Aether? Good Luck, Fistbump before every match, Fist bump after the set is over. If it was an excellent set, i'm good friends with my opponent, or it was a Top 8 set, i Handshake instead.

Sportsmanship starts with you.

Count me into the handshake and "Good Luck" camp as well.

I like to give the middle finger ?? before-hand to try to get under his skin. Then after the game I pretend they don't exist win or lose.

(I actually shake hands when I introduce myself before hand and then shake hands after with a GG! No matter what.)

Always a handshake just before we set dials and always a handshake and a "Good game!" at the end. It's transparently insincere to wish my opponent "Good luck!" @ the beginning of the game so I say "Let's have some fun!" instead.

Mmm never done at my initiative. It seems so formal...

I prefer put all the game into an informal way, be friends, talks freely. Of course if my opponent offer it, I'll do too

always when introducing myself, and the moment victory or defeat is declared.

When we time our games at home we use the handshake to signify a start time for the timer.

I like to handshake at the start and in the end, the end one is a great time to say good game, and maybe even comment on the highlights of the game.

I surprisingly like to handshake despite being a little OCD about having clean hands. I think there are good courteous things that make this game have a good community. I also believe that a wide berth of not reading into any missed protocols helps keep the community good.

I handshake after a game regardless of whether I won/lost or if it was fun match... but honestly I'd like to get out of the habit since I play at a beloved LGS where I have lost count of how many times I've watched a Magic player or other gamer pee or blast out a deuce and not wash their hands.

I like to think my disposition/humor/smile is a good open indicator that it was a good game and that no direct hand contact is necessary.

I tend to be a bit obsessive about germ avoidance which I realize is an irrational fear given that we sometimes handle of peoples' ships, breathe the same air, etc...

I shake hands and offer a "Good game" and a "Thanks for the match" or "Thanks for playing" afterwards. If someone offers a handshake and a "Good luck" before the game, I would shake hands and return the sentiment, but I can't say I've seen too many shaking of hands before the start around here and it isn't something I'm used to. If I show up early enough to mingle though, I will have usually shaken hands and introduced myself to people I don't know who are also mingling.

I usually handshake at the end, whether win or lose, because in the end, good game is good game.

I always give a nice firm shoulder message. The tilt is real.

usually at the end of the match.

handshake is like the GG

I have my opponent cut the my damage deck as the GLHF

4 hours ago, enigmahfc said:

I always bring a dozen red roses and present a single rose to my opponent shyly at the beginning of each match.

Oh jeez, laughed way too hard out loud at this one!! The "shyly" really got me good.

4 hours ago, enigmahfc said:

I always bring a dozen red roses and present a single rose to my opponent shyly at the beginning of each match.

The correct way to do it is to throw the rose down in front of them as you slowly descend from the ceiling.

I dare you to try to hug your opponent before each match. Keep a straight face and keep track of how many actually allow it and how many shy away.

Handshake after setup before he first maneuver when time is called. Handshake if I lose. If I win it's up to the other player.

No matter what what, at the beginning it's an introduction of name and if it's a big tournament, where are you from. At the end, it's always good game/ thank you. Even if they're a jerk.

I shake after every trip to the bathroom match. Though when I win I have a smirk, and it probably looks terrible like a gloat or something, but I am just genuinely happy about the result and I feel bad. So I am thinking maybe I should just bow out of courtesy to avoid eye contact and not looking like a jerk.

5 hours ago, enigmahfc said:

I always bring a dozen red roses and present a single rose to my opponent shyly at the beginning of each match.

I think ill try that, just to see the reactions :-)