Playing to Lose: How Competitive Tetris Players Approach An Unwinnable Game

Re:Playing to Lose: How Competitive Tetris Players Approach ... by wikwocket on Friday February 08, 2013 @06:24PM (#5190747)

I think this extends to any video game or virtual world you spend a lot of time in. There have been periods in my life when I dreamed about healing party members, and when I catch myself instinctively checking nearby rooftops for snipers.

Either that, or I have officially lost it. (Or both; they are not mutually exclusive...)

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Re:Playing to Lose: How Competitive Tetris Players Approach ... by vadman on Saturday February 09, 2013 @12:20AM (#5191794)

I didn't check the roof for snipers, but I had nightmares of heavy cavalry charging at me in the open field while I was one of the poor underequipped peasants. That's what Total War games can do to you :) BTW - a heavy cavalry charge is very scary, I don't recommend standing in its way.

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