how important is winning?

I'm thinking that men and women (generally) feel differently about this.

I am an avid Carcassonne player...I love the game....it makes me think, but it is not too hard, I find it relaxing...I just enjoy it. I'm rated in the top 10 of rated players, but my win/lose ratio is not too much better than 50/50. I am not a very agressive player unless I get mad and think my opponent is a total jerk.  I like to win, but I enjoy playing whether I win or lose. After playing a game of this type as often as I do, you get to know the other players. So when I  play against an unfamiliar tag, I often give them the benefit of the doubt, expecially if they appear hesitant and new.  Even when I play frequent opponents, I will block to add difficulty to their progress, but I usually don't block so their pieces are permanently disabled; I'd rather outwith them than cripple them. I guess I'm a wimp. 

I've had (in my opinion) jerks ask me why I bother if I lose so much, tell me I'm terrible, ask me why don't I give it up, I'm obviously not learning anything, etc, etc. For me it is not only about winning.  It is the socialization, it is a passtime; I don't think I've ever won a game of Monopoly in my life, but I still like playing with my kids. I guess what I'm saying is, there is more to playing Carcassonne for me than just winning,,,,and the same goes for most other games I play. I certainly don't win most shooters, but it is still fun, and i'm not going to stop playing!

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I DO NOT have the NSFW box checked!   just saying.....

Book Challenge: Next Chapter

I know you all have been on the edge of your seats awaiting the results of this book challenge thing!...lmoa....anyway, that's the great thing about Blogs....you can write away, and if someone replies and you get a dialogue going, great....if not...at least you got to practice your typing skills. And you guys get to listen to my crap because if I put it on my Librarian Blog, someone I work with might read it and I might get reprimanded......so much for free speech!

OK...the committee met and decided they thought the book was disappointingly tame. Their recommendation: from here on out we will put a disclaimer notice in the student handbook, the school website, and a notice is going out in this month's newsletter advising parents that we have a wide variety of reading materials available to meet the requests adn interests of a wide and diverse population of students, and that it is the parents' duty to discuss with their children what reading materials they find acceptable, and to notify the school if they feel they want to put restrictions on their child's library access.

Now we shall see what happens next...the parents have the right to appeal our decision NOT to pull the book, and we fully expect them to do so (their emails were cc'd to the local newspaper), which means they will be dealing with the county school board....which can be tricky because then publicity happens and people get scared.....hopefully this will all take place after the election (we have local positions up for vote).

Favorite Games That You Hate To Admit To

I was on Game Spot looking at the new releases and noticed that there will be a Ghost Busters game out soon, produced by Harold Ramis, I believe. I thought, "Gee, i certainly haven't heard any convo about this game, but it is it well done it might be kinda cool". Then I slyly looked around to see if my dogs heard me say that. After all they only play FPS's.

That led me to thinking about one of my all-time favorite XBOX games, a really good puzzle game based on a pretty bad movie, Disney's Haunted Mansion. It is kinda embarrassing to admit that is one of my favorite games (I've looked several times to see if they ever converted it to be played on 360....no such luck). In fact I wonder if anyone but me ever played the game! And with all the (hopefully) amazing games soon-to-be-released, I still find myself wondering if that Ghost Busters game will be worth a sh*t. Is it possible ot might be mildly pleasant?

I'd like to know what game you secretly enjoy...even love, but would be embarrassed to admit to your clan. (I promise I won't tell!)

Sure Lock Home Depot Video

I'm new, kinda, around here so this may already have been around but if not this is one of the funniest videos i've seen in a long time.