<<Winning means less to those who win all the time. " --Shawn Pickrell>> OK, it's only coming from me this time, so hold your horses and your ire, and save it for me: I saw this and I was a little taken a back by it, because this seems to run counter to everything I have ever read and more importantly, ever experienced. When you win, winning means more because you know both sides of the equation. Teams that win the Stanley Cup talk about wanting to get back there because it's the greatest feeling in their lives. Having been lucky enough to have been on a team that appeared in three straight CBI National Finals (and by the way, can't we just agree that formats are like soda brands, if you don't like the taste, don't buy the brand. It obviously makes someone happy, so let's just stop raining on the collective parades of whomever.) I have known both winning and losing and I know that last year I wanted to win more than ever, not for the recognition, but for the simple fact of the matter that winning always feels better than losing. HOWEVER, that said, losing needs to be kept in perspective. No one dies if you lose. No one is voted off the team if you lose, you hopefully had a good time playing and if you didn't, then you need to examine why you didn't have a good time and see if there is something you can do to correct things that prevented you from having a good time. It's just a game, it means a lot to many of us, but in the end, it's just a game. I don't know if I'm making any sense, but seeing the tracer bullets of a format war flying, I had to try and make the valiant last diplomatic stands, or so I hope. Hoping that reasonable men will prevail. CDB
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