?Losing?

Foxtrot said:
Losing sucks. Therefore winning sucks.
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Taken out of context or not, this has to be the best quote in the history of time.


On topic though... Losing is totally fine for me, and I honestly have no problem with it. I'd prefer to win, and losing 5 times in a row isn't good either, but hey, I can deal with it.
 
I don't mind losing at all. Since I'm teaching a 3rd grader how to play the game, I'm quite happy when I lose. It means he's learning. And he has beaten me before.

But back when there was a league here, we got stamps for losing anyway. I was just happy to be there and play the game. So losing never bothered me.... Besides, it helps point out weaknesses and flaws in a deck so I'm still grateful to my opponent even if I lose.

But I've seen worse than a loss tantrum. some little fat kid was desperate for a soda and begged anyone and everyone for a dollar to get one. Someone else was holding a dollar and put it in his pocket...but that guy saw him do it and proceeded to chase him throughout the room until he slipped, fell over, and cried for 5 minutes >_<
 
Sigh...a secret Shame.
I USED to be a sore loser...in everything. Literally. Mostly Sport at school, but I think the fact I was bullied for not being good at it may have fueled it. It got so bad I had to see a Psychologist...this was all when I was in Prep-Grade 4, returned for a bit in Grade 6.
I think once I got into Middle School, I quelled right down. Still, I never actually played Competitive TCG, so lets see how I go. I'm not expecting to win as I'm severely under-prepared, but if I win one game, I'll be happy.
 
i don't understand why people cry when they lose at pokemon tcg, its like they are going to die or something. i don't really care if i lose, seeing as ive lost enough times over the many years
 
I'm not the best TCG player and I lose about as much as I win. But yeah, I still only play for fun and I couldn't care less about it. ^^ I value matches for their content, not their outcome. Wow, that sounded like a quote from some dusty Greek dude. >_> I'd better get out of this thread.
 
I can take losing a few games.

However, losing 20 or so games to the same deck and most of the wins being due to coin flips or just downright horrible draws, it just really sucks. I keep trying, though, determined I will break the curse of the bad luck.
 
Its just a game anyway its not like if you lose you'll die now come on now.
 
As a father of a 7 year old who play's and loves the game (the reason I started was to help him learn and now we do it together) I feel it comes down to what the parents do. At the last pre-release my son did not get the best cards for the build a deck and ended up loosing all the games and he was bumed (no tantrum though, but he did want to go home-nothing a bit of good traing couldn't cure though) but it was a good learning experience for him. It helped that I was there and that I also lost most of my games-we had something in common to talk about. In short, the parents play a large role-there is a lot they can do to help a kid through these types of problems. If the same kid is continually having problems the parents should chatted with constructively. 7 is still quite young (1st or 2nd grade) and are still developing a lot of their people skills. If it does get too bad though and is perhaps ruining it for others in his age group it may be time for a time out - and it needs to be enforced or the problem may just get worse. Empty punishments have always ended badly for me as a parent-the kids learn the wrong lesson.

As to loosing - I hate it. I throw a tantrum.... Jokes, but I do hate it - I play to win. Because I play to win I try to learn from the loss-what could I have done better - no deck is unbeatable. I am always reworking/trying new things with mine (though most of the time I am playing a 7 year old...who does beat me-I think his current deck is better than mine). Play to win-and the playing is not just 1 game it is before the game starts, it is going over your cards, practicing, changing, winning, lossing, and doing it all again and again and then winning, winning, winning.
 
Keep in mind that some people are high strung or that they are over thinking it.

I was on the verge of crying once after a loss, but it was highly situational. Caught me an hour or so earlier or later it would have been diffrent.

I understand all these points but we always have to bring in the situation to the attention to (no family, no father/mother, house, school etc.)

^It was brought up, but it needs to be more pronounced
 
I say that the only way to win is to try not too hard to win. Strange philosophy, but it sure works; if you try so hard to create the best deck, you would fail to observe everyone else and correctly apply their strengths. For example, I realize that everyone plays (except for Regi players that is) Claydol in their deck. I was utterly dismayed by this fact since I don't - and can't - have one, let alone two.

Nevertheless, I try to learn how Claydol works and where it goes wrong. This is where my T-Tar deck comes from. It completely drags all Claydol players down without it; the moment they Cosmic, I've got them with a couple of Pluspowers for a surprise OHKO... all because I was allowed to attach one more measly energy to TTar.

If you lose, they you just have to know why you lost. I knew I lost because I was lacking speed since I don't have a Claydol. Take what you've gained and use it.

Then you start winning alot more.
 
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