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LadyButterfly she/her piefed.blahaj.zone LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone
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Okokimup lemmy.world Okokimup@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-24
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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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Arcanepotato crazypeople.online Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online
Joined: 2025-05-24
#3 · Quote Reply

Not even remotely!

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Wren lemmy.today Wren@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-11-04
#4 · Quote Reply

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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Zizzy piefed.blahaj.zone Zizzy@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-06-09
#5 · Quote Reply

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

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Oxysis/Oxy lemmy.blahaj.zone oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-04-06
#6 · Quote Reply

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

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velma sh.itjust.works velma@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-05-07
#7 · Quote Reply

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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dkppunk piefed.social dkppunk@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-11-19
#8 · Quote Reply

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.

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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dkppunk piefed.social dkppunk@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-11-19
#9 · Quote Reply

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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velma sh.itjust.works velma@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-05-07
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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.

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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Nora (She/Her) lemmy.dbzer0.com Nora@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-01-22
#11 · Quote Reply

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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dkppunk piefed.social dkppunk@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-11-19
#12 · Quote Reply

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!!

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

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sunbrrnslapper lemmy.world sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-10
#13 · Quote Reply

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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LunaA lemmy.blahaj.zone LunaA@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2026-01-21
#14 · (edited) Quote Reply

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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gingersaffronapricat lemmy.world gingersaffronapricat@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-08-20
#15 · Quote Reply

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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Rawrosaurus lemmy.dbzer0.com Rawrosaurus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-03-26
#16 · Quote Reply

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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93maddie94 lemmy.zip 93maddie94@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-07
#17 · Quote Reply

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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