Why care about winning?

After we lost a game this weekend, I said, “That was a great game.”

My CO asked, “Yeah but, what was the objective?”

"Well," I said, “To have fun.”

Many of my favorite games have been ones where my team lost. When you first start out, racking up kills and winning objectives is stellar. But the more you play the less you want to just win, and the more you want to earn winning. It’s way more fun to plan something and see it come to fruition, then just get lucky.

Many new players want respect. But respect isn’t something anyone can give you and it isn’t earned. Respect starts and ends with you. Anything else is hollow and trivial. Once you can truly be happy with what you did and not need compliments from others, or the classification as a winner, that is when you truly have respect. Self-respect. When you have self-respect, losing will only effect you in the way of self-improvement, and others not recognizing your skill won't bother you anymore.

I’ve had a few splendid moments in airsoft. Most of them others didn’t get to see and weren’t recognized, but that shouldn’t be a bummer (remember my number 1 pet peeve, nothing should ever get you down?). While winning and being seen as a winner does feel pretty awesome, knowing you did better then you thought you could will always feel the best. So yeah, care about winning, but only if you earned it. And don’t care if others saw you, either.

“What you think of yourself is much more important than what others think of you.”

Honor, skill, maintenance.

ThatGirl