Although a competition is inherently negative in the sense that there can only be one winner and one loser, this does not mean that both people (in a friendly duel for example) cannot walk away from the event with nothing more than a loss of physical energy. It should be noted however that it would take some highly self-disciplined and self-knowledgeable people to walk away from it without any emotional change, let alone polarity differences. In a friendly mock duel between two people, what would be the benefit of it then? Well...how about for simply the enjoyment of testing one's mastery of a martial art form against another who is able to counter it? It could be a beautiful practice in self-testing of one's form, shared with another more like a dance, rather than a fight to the finish. This is of course just one way of looking at it...and yet...
...competition in a more general sense between humans in any arena, online or in person, would most obviously not be this refined. At best maybe 2 or 3 people in say a 20 vs 20 online fight would understand in any conscious way that they are not emotionally involved in the game, and are playing it simply to enjoy the cooperative elements.
...competition in a more general sense between humans in any arena, online or in person, would most obviously not be this refined. At best maybe 2 or 3 people in say a 20 vs 20 online fight would understand in any conscious way that they are not emotionally involved in the game, and are playing it simply to enjoy the cooperative elements.