OKAY so you know how people say you should always try to win but then theres a saying that its ok to lose as long as u have fun!! well screw that!!! i dont know about u but losing SUCKS.. like im not a sore loser but like i always feel sick when lose for example >im all playin nba 2k15 with my mate >and im all dunkin and settin picks and then he starts cheesin shooting 3s >and like im up by 2 and lebron just shoots a half court shot >like i dont even care if it was fun im salty as hell bc i lost Spoiler this is my salt face ok im not really like this with pokemon but thats because i know i suck at battling stuff like when im playin sports or something like smash 64 where im actually good or when i bet micaiahs team in fantasy basketbal; like winning is so much fun idek idk if this is like a common mentality or im just an asshole well i decided to ask our fine pokemon battling community what they think about win or have fun when they're POKEBATTLING!~~ SO what you think do you like winning or do u just like having fun BY THE WAY I'M COMPLETELY SERIOUS
A mix of both? When it comes to teambuilding I like to use whatever I want, maybe get a bit creative, it really depends. Lately I've come to focus more on making good teams, but in the past I've been fairly creative and sometimes I'll make teams that are outside the box a little. In general I enjoy things more when I build based on what I feel like using, rather than c/ping standard sets. Even if the team ends up being bog-standard, if I feel like it's something I came up with then that's ok, it's the process that matters. Like the team I've been mucking about with in OU lately is mostly standard, maybe the odd deviation here and there, but there's one set in particular that I feel is a bit odd (could be wrong), but it makes sense to me. But when it comes to actually battling, I really wanna win, and often get really salty when I lose. I mean I try not to be an ass about it and I generally don't think I act like a shithead, but when I'm saying my ggs after a loss, I can be super pissed off irl. Especially when I'm super-stressed this can be an issue, like the past couple weeks have been absolutely mental for me in terms of uni work, and I lost a fair few tourny battles in that time which kinda got to me. Another factor is feeling like I'm being judged- for instance if I'm looking to make a team-based tour, I get agitated about losing really easily. Just anything to do with status is an issue. I don't think it's a healthy attitude to have, and I don't always react this way, but I feel like it's become more of an issue lately. Maybe because I've gone from being a competitive nobody to being a kinda maybe semi-relevant player in rby ou, I feel like I've got more to lose idk. Basically I don't think it's good, and I want to re-adjust my perspective on things so I focus a bit more on having fun.
I like to enjoy myself and I live by that motto. In single player games the enjoyment is rarely beating the game but in the adventure. Dark Souls for example is sold on overcoming adversity or w/e and it delivers on that marvelously but, I still prefer it for the journey rather than the destination. In multiplayer games I'm different though. I do enjoy games but I really feel like I'm getting judged if I lose, I get upset and sad and just avoid the competition completely in the end. Pokémon is somewhat unique for me in that it's the only competitive game I can feel comfortable playing, and even then losing sometimes gets to me. But overall I don't get angry so much as sad. I always play to win because I feel like that's how you get the most fun out of the experience most of the time, in terms of team-building I do try to be a little different most of the time, but almost never completely out there. But sometimes I do just end up going for standard stuff that wins easily (although I'm shit at team-building so it doesn't usually go to plan).
Lol I bet @jinora gets mad after I donk him in CC everyday :^] But seriously, having fun and enjoying the game is way more important to me than winning. I rarely get upset after losing a Pokemon match (unless really important games like Official tour knockout rounds, even then I try to take it sportingly); but even I get a bit annoyed sometimes when I lose games to hax. I just try not to think about it afterwards, and enjoy the next match. But when I play, I do try to win the match since that definitely gives you the best experience you can possibly have. About other competitive multiplayer games, I've been a successful FIFA player in the past and I did get salty a couple of times after losing games. But I think I have matured from that.
Winning and Losing happens in lots of aspects in life (that including video games in this context). But in that specific case is not something I give priority about, I mostly play just to have fun and distract myself from the daily stress that my lifestyle usually offers. Of course I always try to win by instinct, but if I don't manage to win I still feel that I had a lot of fun on the attempt. Whenever I battle someone, regardless if losing or winning, my main objective is to enjoy the match to the fullest (I can't deny that hax and shit sometimes pisses me off but that's "part of the game"). Sometimes when I focus too much on winning, I forget about the rest, including the fun that it may include, so I fuck that up and open my mind to all the possibilities. Situations I enjoy the most are playing with a partner, teamwork is probably one of the things I enjoy the most in video games and shit, and winning is not even a priority in my list, but having fun.
I have fun winning or losing, even if there is slight hax, even moreso against friends. Even if I get haxed, I easily move on. What does make battling unfun in Pokemon is arrogance, whether it be insulting someone in battle after beating them for no reason other than to rub it in, watching a battle and basically just calling sets and/or plays out for being dumb (this makes me feel uneasy :( ), or thinking you're some kind of god and set up an altar for yourself because you just so happen to be good at Pokemon (btw being good at Pokemon doesn't mean you're good at logic). I don't respect people because they're good at Pokemon because that's dumb, but if they're just a good human being, regardless of skill. On something unrelated to Pokemon, in single-player games, I usually don't get too angry, though I mostly play RPGs, soooo. It is slightly annoying to not 100% a game because of little things you missed though. Outside of that I don't play too many online multiplayer games that aren't with friends, it's too scary. I feel as if anyone who is even remotely competent is judging me, and I also get nervous and forget how to do anything and do dumb things and have a high heart-rate and stuff so wheee fun-times. :3
I don't play games professionally, so of course the main goal is to have fun. As an example, my favorite SSBB match ever was one that I lost, but it was awesomely fun. It started as a 4p FFA, then at the end it was me as Kirby and 1 life against a player way more experienced than me with Diddy Kong and 3 lives. I simply thought "Welp, I'm doomed, may as well have some fun in the process". Then I started to play with the cheapest tricks that Kirby has. First while I was thrown out of the stage and the other guy was edge guarding, I swallowed him, spit him below the stage and came back. All the people around us went into an uproar due to seeing the oldest Kirby trick working like that, which of course made the Diddy player come back more determined for revenge. Then I thought "Guess the same trick won't work twice", so I worked into getting him out of stage even if slightly. In the 2nd or 3rd try, with Diddy still with less than 40% damage, I managed to hit him with the downward movement of Kirby's Final Cutter (his B + Up attack). the 2nd oldest/cheapest trick that Kirby has, which led to another instant death and more uproar from people hoping for an epic comeback. Which almost happened after 2 smash balls for each side, but in the end I got hit by one of the explosive peanuts and gg me. But even then, I'm pretty sure I left the match way more satisfied than the guy that won.
yeah, that's probably the reason that i feel so strongly about winning. when i'm playing something that i'm good or at least decent at (i.e. NOT POKEMON), i'm the kind of person that loves competing with others. when i lose though, by salty i don't mean getting all bitchy and pissed at my opponent, but more like beating myself up bc i feel like i could've won. i don't see the point of being a shit after you lose the only time i really get annoyed/pissed at opponents is when they don't really try to compete, if they start making excuses for losing, or stuff like cirno just mentioned
I love competing but I only care about winning the things I'm really dedicated to. Pokemon isn't really one of those things. Of course I'll try my best to win but it's not something I'll be easily upset over. I do understand the frustration that comes with losing in Pokemon though because in these kind of communities, competition is everything and winning usually comes with respect. I do get upset when I lose in something I'm heavily invested in though, like tennis.
I only try to win the wins I'm interested in.Everything else's half-assed playing lol.Like the Ubers metagame that I play half assed. Cirno feels the same :o..Maybe I should just man up on the nervousness lol.Tho Pokemon's the only game where I feel this.Pretty much every exceptional player here is really exceptional in what he/she does,and striving to come up top pretty much never gets boring due to this.
In Pokemon, I dont teambuild to win almost ever. I try to figure out how to get the pokemon I want to use to a state where they can win (See figure Pachirisu @ Worlds, which was very inspiring). Scarf Empoleon, Band Torterra, AV Pachi, and Troll Sigilyph are all some of my personal favorites to use. Hell, I really enjoyed My UU Monoice from this winter, featuring dual walls Avalugg (Physical) and Regice (Specs STAB Blue Flare doesnt OHKO this thing), as well as Snow Cloak Brightpowder Glaceon (huehuehue). I used to get salty after every loss, but I have gotten much better about it recently. League of Legends on the other hand... I am fine with getting legitimately outplayed, but dont enjoy it when teammates AFK or troll or other things like that. I also dont care about losing when me and my friends are intentionally fucking around in normals tho(ex. Lux/Morg/Ryze trio bot w/ AD Bard top) The PO auth play actual sports? The PO auth have actual lives? What is this?????? jk, sorry if that was insulting. Tennis is another thing that I do (not well, however). At this point, I am so used to losing when I play by myself that I just treat it as normal. Even when I'm playing on a team with my school, I don't feel that bad about losing if my team wins. However, I often feel quite bad when I lose because I screwed up, and worse if my team loses because of it. The fun aspect is different here, however. I MUCH prefer to lose close to a player that is better than me than to win against a player that isn't very good. tl;dr I play almost everything just for fun, but I do like winning. I'm fine with losing if the other team is better than me, less so when my team or myself screw up a game we SHOULD have won.
Well me I'm a mixture of both but it truly depends on the game I'm playing. When it comes to Shooting games like Gears of War I get really serious whether I'd be playing the storyline by myself or co-op or online matches. I always have my headset on and I take control cause I don't wanna restart a chapter cause of my teammates mistake or lose a match cause some idiot wants to be Rambo and try to kill everyone solo. I was ranked in the top 100 (#86) player's in Gears of War 3 Capture the Leader mode n_n In the other GOW game's I ranked in the top 1,000 but I'm most proud of ranking (#86) in GOW 3. When it comes to playing in Pokémon Online I'm not that much of a serious battler. I can get serious at times (Especially in 1 v 1 tournaments) but mostly I just battle for fun (Though I won't deny I get satisfaction from beating top OU team's with pokémon that aren't even in the OU tier.) My team consists of pokémon that I liked using in the games Example: Vespiquen, Drapion, Milotic etc etc.
Last NBA game i played was probably NBA 2K12. So one day I was playing against AI, and some puny substitute point guard nails a 3 pointer from the opposing half. I was like wtf, ai is cheating... I am an ex DotA Player. A lot of my friends used to play it. I was on the process of becoming pro just before I quit. Anyway, do you guys know what happens in a 5 a side team match that lasts on average 45 minutes? All hell breaks lose, that's what happens. DotA used to be very not newb-friendly back then, and the skill difference was often huge. So 45 minutes of swearing, making your teammates feel like absolute shit, describing what a dumbass you are, dealing with selfishness from some douchebag who only cares for his own hero all the while reassuring your enemies what you'd do with their mothers is an average Dota match for you. You'd start of in the receiving end and eventually become the flamer yourself. And yet I gotta say, its the most virtual fun I've ever had. In pokemon, I always believe and preach the value of having fun. I'm a very lazy team builder, and unless I have a new idea or want to try out new things, I don't build a team. Hax doesn't bother me, I don't get salty when I lose from utter hax. I know I'm a semi-decent player at best. The thing is though, if I lose because I made a missplay, or wasted a chance; I get really mad. Recently I lost to Icey because I couldn't slip my 10% hp crobat in front of florges. I just straight up logged out after that. So, losing is okay, making a fool out of myself is not.