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Dantheman62 · 04-18-2009, 11:05 PM

Good point Carmen, it is weird how it works. I think ego has something to do with winning, but you could look at that differently too.
I've been involved in thousands of competitions, ok we can call them pool tournaments, LOL, and of course I wanted to win everytime but mainly just to see if my skills were polished enough to beat somebody better than me.

I'm not sure if you would call that ego based or not, but I looked at winning as an accomplishment. I would play 30 or 40 games just to warm up before the tournament.
So I guess I looked at it as accomplishment of my hard work and concentration that I put into it. I don't know if that "good" feeling you get when you win is from ego or not.

What did I get out of it in the end?, just a closet full of trophies and a lot of bar tabs paid for by other people, LOL, and the satisfaction of knowing that all my years of practice and playing thousands of games paid off, at least by making me happy.

04-18-2009, 11:05 PM	#31
Dantheman62 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So. Cal. U.S. Posts: 4,205	Re: The Fallacy of "Healthy" Competition Good point Carmen, it is weird how it works. I think ego has something to do with winning, but you could look at that differently too. I've been involved in thousands of competitions, ok we can call them pool tournaments, LOL, and of course I wanted to win everytime but mainly just to see if my skills were polished enough to beat somebody better than me. I'm not sure if you would call that ego based or not, but I looked at winning as an accomplishment. I would play 30 or 40 games just to warm up before the tournament. So I guess I looked at it as accomplishment of my hard work and concentration that I put into it. I don't know if that "good" feeling you get when you win is from ego or not. What did I get out of it in the end?, just a closet full of trophies and a lot of bar tabs paid for by other people, LOL, and the satisfaction of knowing that all my years of practice and playing thousands of games paid off, at least by making me happy.