• Wren@lemmy.today
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    18 days ago

    Depends on the thing. Growing up it was standard in my house to lie and cheat our way through boardgames, you only lost if you got caught.

    Our yearly Christmas settlers of catan game is downright cutthroat.

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  • Okokimup@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    I prefer board games where the players all work together to achieve an objective. When playing games where only one player can win, I don’t care if I win or lose, as long as I had fun. That sounds cliche, but what I mean is: did I have a game where I felt like I had lots of good options to work with and got to use my resources well? Fun, even if I lost. Did I have a game where I felt stymied at every turn even if I ended up with the most points? Not fun.

    I’m glad I proofread before posting because I had a typo “I don’t care if I win or lose, as long as I had gun” which would have changed my intention, but been funny.

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    18 days ago

    I’m a little competitive, just over silly things like mini golf though

  • velma@sh.itjust.works
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    18 days ago

    I am not competitive at all! Even when I played violin, I always preferred playing in quartets and groups. I hated competing for first violin spots.

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      18 days ago

      Lady wtf lol I played violin too. I swear we are long lost twins 🤣 Did you play field hockey as well?

      I was the same, I was always second violin and very happy about that. I hated the snobbishness of the first chairs, it was very much not for me.

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        18 days ago

        Hahahaha that’s wild! I wasn’t very fond of physical activities, so I think it’s safe to say we weren’t separated at birth. But damn it’s getting close!!

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          18 days ago

          lol ok good, I’d hate to have a long lost twin. Just shows cool people are all around us 😁

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    18 days ago

    I wouldnt say I am competitive but I do enjoy competing still, especially team based stuff. But i can also get frustrated if im continually failing something, but thats more about me and dragging someone else down than beating an opponent

  • Nora (She/Her)@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    I am incredibly competitive, and funny enough I get it from my mom. I remember really having to learn how to control myself growing up, crying at mini golf because I’m 8 and sucked lol.

    The rest of our family has banned us from competing against each other after she spiked the Wii remote into the ground from playing Mario Kart against me.

    We try and do more cooperative activities now a days lol.

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    16 days ago

    I don’t care if I lose but I really enjoy competing with others. I can never find people who aren’t sore losers/winners though.

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    18 days ago

    The only time I get remotely competitive is when playing EDH. Even then, I don’t necessarily have to win to have fun, I’m ok with 2nd place, but I’ll fight to get there. Other than that, I’m not really competitive at all.

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    17 days ago

    Not overly competitive, but I have high standards. I don’t really care what other people are out there doing, but I think I should be doing a freakishly great job at whatever it is I’m doing.

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    16 days ago

    I enjoy a challenge, the chance to try out a strategy, to collaborate and work things out. But if things get super competitive I loose interest

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    14 days ago

    I can get intensely competitive in certain games, but I tend to be pretty relaxed and uncompetitive otherwise. A video game shows a scoreboard at the end and I enjoy that game? I’ll be putting what feels like countless hours into it, grinding, learning and figuring out what it takes to claim one of the top spots.

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    13 days ago

    Depends on the situation. Around friends and family I’ve very competitive. I grew up playing competitive sports. But if it’s something I don’t care about (my job trying to foster a competitive spirit for team building) I try to not participate.

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    16 days ago

    Not at all really. I don’t really care about winning things but I really hate losing and I don’t find competitive experiences to be very fun.