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Are You Playing to Play, or Playing to Win?

5 pointsby 0xlogk7 months ago

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0823498723498727 months ago
compare <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Bartle_taxonomy_of_player_types" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Bartle_taxonomy_of_player_type...</a><p>(also, see <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=0HPDAFqN74A" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=0HPDAFqN74A</a> : when challenging the kendō 8 dan exam the former all-Japan champion [at 3 dan] has trouble, because at 3 dan playing to win was sufficient, but for 8 dan it&#x27;s necessary to be a maestro: a scrub who wins)<p>[pedantry: that&#x27;s to first order, what 8 dan aims for is more subtle than that, but it&#x27;ll do for the purposes of TFA]