(07-09-2011, 02:19 PM)Oldern Wrote: Steve, thank you for the reply (I already made my intrductionary thread in the Wanderers subtopic).There is something called sports and sportsmanship. This is a contest but rather then a conflict or dispute. I believe that games are very beneficiall in many ways. We compete against each others on friendly terms in order to improve. Sometimes its about status, money, fame etc. But thats not so bad either. Sometimes I wish that we could do it in a friendly enviroment but that is not always so. Many times the ego steps in and takes over. Especially in competitions. "Im better then you" "my team is better then you". All kind of claims and boasts that can cause conflict. In poker the measure is "who can make the most money is the best". Keeps it simple. I love sc2 and the sc2 ladder is a good place to learn and practice. But it is perhapps not the best for true competition as people constantly are trying out new things and not playing as they would if it was life/death. It depends on where on the ladder you are.
Your point seems to be very, very spot on: because you KNOW that there is another player on the "recieving" end, you make the connection, and affect it. Now, the question arises for me: with the simple act of loving my opponents, will any ill feelings be negated?
But competitive gaming really resembles to the karma and reincarnation laws: until you have the urge to fight, you fight. Engaging in a competitive game means just the same: until you no longer have the urge, you will particibate in battles, some you will win, some you will lose. Especially nowadays, with proper matchmaking systems always maintaining every player's winrate around 50%, so for every 100 victory, around that amount of lose will occur, "no matter what".
Life would be so incredibly boring without sports and competitions of different sorts.
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