I take and play any type of game very seriously. Having fun is completely underrated. Most people prefer to win than to have fun these days. What do you think?
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PF Ordo Hereticus
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Generally, I play games for amusement and/or to test out a strategy for that specific game. I like to win and I tend to put a decent effort into winning but the reason I'm playing at all is amusement/testing a strategy.
The exception is if I watch an idiot lord their victories over weaker opponents. Then, I'm playing to dismantle my opponent in slow motion and as sadistically as I can afford to without risking losing the game myself.life itself was a lightsaber in his hands; even in the face of treachery and death and hopes gone cold, he burned like a candle in the darkness. Like a star shining in the black eternity of space.
Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
"But those men who know anything at all about the Light also know that there is a fierceness to its power, like the bare sword of the law, or the white burning of the sun." Suddenly his voice sounded to Will very strong, and very Welsh. "At the very heart, that is. Other things, like humanity, and mercy, and charity, that most good men hold more precious than all else, they do not come first for the Light. Oh, sometimes they are there; often, indeed. But in the very long run the concern of you people is with the absolute good, ahead of all else..."
John Rowlands, The Grey King by Susan Cooper
"You come from the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve", said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth; be content."
Aslan, Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
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Originally posted by MaskedOne View PostGenerally, I play games for amusement and/or to test out a strategy for that specific game. I like to win and I tend to put a decent effort into winning but the reason I'm playing at all is amusement/testing a strategy.
The exception is if I watch an idiot lord their victories over weaker opponents. Then, I'm playing to dismantle my opponent in slow motion and as sadistically as I can afford to without risking losing the game myself.
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Game=Fun,war=win at any cost...so,as I understand it BMH,you play to feel the excitement of war without the nuisance of actually dieing.
I will say,war really is NOT a game,and it truly sucks to lose at war.MAGIC is MAGIC,black OR white or even blood RED
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Originally posted by anunitu View PostGame=Fun,war=win at any cost...so,as I understand it BMH,you play to feel the excitement of war without the nuisance of actually dieing.
I will say,war really is NOT a game,and it truly sucks to lose at war.
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PF Ordo Hereticus
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Originally posted by Bartmanhomer View PostI've to disagree with you. Games wasn't meant for enjoying amusement. It's all about winning and taking things seriously. I'm a type of person who takes games seriously. I just forfeit and ragequit. I take winning seriously.
Your mileage may vary.life itself was a lightsaber in his hands; even in the face of treachery and death and hopes gone cold, he burned like a candle in the darkness. Like a star shining in the black eternity of space.
Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
"But those men who know anything at all about the Light also know that there is a fierceness to its power, like the bare sword of the law, or the white burning of the sun." Suddenly his voice sounded to Will very strong, and very Welsh. "At the very heart, that is. Other things, like humanity, and mercy, and charity, that most good men hold more precious than all else, they do not come first for the Light. Oh, sometimes they are there; often, indeed. But in the very long run the concern of you people is with the absolute good, ahead of all else..."
John Rowlands, The Grey King by Susan Cooper
"You come from the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve", said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth; be content."
Aslan, Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
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I meant to say that I don't forfeit and ragequit to my previous post. If people want to quit and lose like a total loser just to have fun losing well that got some serious problems to give up and lose for fun. I'm like Seto Kaiba a serious Yu-Gi-Oh duelist in the anime. Maskedone no offense but I just don't see how people enjoy winning nor losing just to have when people prefer to do so. In fact I play Yu-Gi-Oh with a few people and they didn't forfeit nor ragequit. And they play like real serious duelist. In fact one person who I play against told me that ragequit is lame.
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Competitive people really bore me. I used to enjoy dinghy sailing but eventually got fed up with it because people were far too serious about winning races. I remember one time this guy was getting really upset with his performance in a race and whingeing on about it, eventually I got fed up with him and said "It's a beautiful day, you have the sun on your skin, the wind in your face, the waves, a wonderful sense of freedom, and yet you're still miserable!"Once a man, like the sea I raged;
Once a woman, like the earth I gave;
And there is in fact more earth than sea.
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Originally posted by Porpoise View PostCompetitive people really bore me. I used to enjoy dinghy sailing but eventually got fed up with it because people were far too serious about winning races. I remember one time this guy was getting really upset with his performance in a race and whingeing on about it, eventually I got fed up with him and said "It's a beautiful day, you have the sun on your skin, the wind in your face, the waves, a wonderful sense of freedom, and yet you're still miserable!"
Personally I prefer games where I compete against my own personal best score. I dabble in chess. Oh, and my partner and I watch Jeopardy! every evening. I really only like games I am good at. Probably not a good way of thinking about things. I don't like competition.
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