Casual/Comptetative Poll

[gunpowder saint]

so our group has about 8 people, 1 is super competitive, 2 are semi-enjoys a good competition, I'm so-so, and then everyone else is casual lol

so what are you?

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Edited October 31, 2010 by gunpowder saint

[Sandwich]

I really wish I had the schedule to play competitively with you guys. :/

[gunpowder saint]

I really wish I had the schedule to play competitively with you guys. :/

it's "How" you play, not how often lol

[Iamwyrd]

I play to have fun. If I lose oh well, I can only get better. I never play to crush my opponents soul, but a win is a win. Right? And a loss is a loss?

[Rathnard]

On the whole I play with the intention of winning the game, but my crew and scheme selection are geared toward trying new things and having some fun. Besides, what's the point in taking the same 'optimised' crew and selecting hold out/body guard for every game? I'd learn nothing as a gamer, I wouldn't be challenging myself and I wouldn't be taking advantage of the nice, big collection of awesome models I have.

[Jonas Albrecht]

I'm weird. I have less fun when I am trying to play competitively. Attaining victory is a job.

To that effect, I prefer to play for the experience. I have a lot of fun with the story aspect of the game, and with writing up the game battle reports. Teaching others to play is also pretty rewarding.

I still plan to enter tournaments, and play competitively in them, but I'll be going into them with a very different mindset. I wont be "playing Malifaux" then.

[the imp]

I'd like to play a little more competitively, but this is my first wargame (after 15 years of collecting and intending to play), I'm still learning the rules (I've had four games), and I've only convinced two other people to buy figures so far; so I really can't.

[Chucklemonkey]

I play to have fun.

In fact for a while I didn't realise how often I lost as I still found the games so fun. That is until my most regular opponent pointed out my record.

[Poko]

I like winning, but a defeat after hard-fought battle, or a memorable one at least, is fine too. I strongly dislike defeats that hinged on one trick or some critical fumble of mine. I'd say I'm semi-casual though, as I sometimes make decisions based on rule of cool rather than cold calculation

[Ace of Apes]

Competitive.

I don't always play lists that I think are optimized, but I simply enjoy competition - like, I often start drinking contests, make walks to the station a race and believe trash talk is a natural part of each and every game so much I'll probably even do it when playing Parcheesi with my kids, if I'll ever have any.

[Vlad the Mad]

As somebody said,

"The objective is to win, the point is to have fun."

Puts me in the semi-casual group I guess. Mostly casual and semi-casual players around me so far.

[nightgaunt98c]

I went for semi-casual. I play to win, but I try to make sure it's a fun game.

[oozeboss]

There's not too much difference between Casual & Semi-casual imo, so I could have voted for either. As I could for Tournament Player, as I love to meet other enthusiasts & see other people's Visions Splendid.

I used to be a highly competitive tournament player, but there really is something inexorably sad about an adult staking their entire sense of self worth on the outcomes of games of pretty miniatures & the vagaries of chance. With chess being the only wargame where pure talent actually wins out, I'm happy to say that I'm well past that sort of neediness now.

[Zethal]

I don't think you understand what competitive means. Some of the games I've had the most fun playing are when I lose. Competitive players enjoy playing to the best of their ability and seek constant improvement, and there is no better way to notice an area to improve on then when you lose.

Sure they are people that are very poor losers but being a poor loser != a competitive player.

[osoi]

I play to win (ideally) but of primary concern is to have fun (both for me and my opponent) and in such a character filled game its almost impossible not to have fun.

I enjoy having to think around situations and playing tactically also

[poulpox]

1. fun, the master rule!

2. good challenge

3. winning is always a bonus!

[KirigakurenoHaku]

I am certainly enjoying the Malifaux tournament scene as it is now. It is such a small game that everybody you see playing are people that you're going to be seeing again and again. It's all very close-knit and fun, win or lose.

[tadaka]

To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the EDITED FOR CONTENT