Your assumption that anyone that doesn't care about losing isn't trying to win is false. Since winning or losing in the MA has no meaning , in a real sense, why on earth should anyone care? Frankly, anyone seriously concerned with the outcome of a totally virtual 'fight' probably SHOULD spending his time watching TV. 
This game has no meaning in a real sense? It could be argued that any competitive game or sport has real meaning. Winning any particular game obviously doesn't matter, but what it teaches you about individual and team effort does, as does what it teaches you about socially accepted behavior following the win or loss. Games and sports also develop physical and/or mental accuity. (Some more than others, and the effects aren't always positive). The list could go on. In that sense, games and sports do have meaning. And it's a much deeper meaning than what meets the eye.
Why do people play/participate in games and sports at all? Why do people (and animals) compete? If you think it's just for fun, you need to re-think things. We often allow the entertainment value to conceal the real reasons and values in question. If you want to argue that it's just for entertainment, consider this- WHY are games and sports entertaining? And why are they entertaining for spectators as well as participants?
Life is a competition. Games and sports simulate facets of real life. How you apply yourself in a simulation is a representation of how you perform in real life.
My intent has
never been to discredit the
methods employed by Guppy/Corky, Mensa, or the others. Their methods aren't much different from mine. Read between the lines and you'll see I'm actually supporting them, which makes some of the responses frankly hilarious. My intent was to show the vocabulary used to
describe their methods was incorrect. Guppy (and others) stated he
enjoys the challenge of disadvantaged fights, whether he wins or loses. I never for a moment doubted that. He enjoys
trying to come out ahead (get a few kills). Trying to prevail isn't "not caring". If he truly "didn't care" he wouldn't be "trying". He's also implied (as have others) that he doesn't care for the styles of others whom he see's as "not trying". That is implied when complaints are registered against those who "won't try to beat me" and choose to run away instead, or otherwise avoid fighting (avoid the attempt to "win"). Corky says more or less "Come on! Put forth some effort, take some risk! Follow my example!". Which is different from "I don't care". Corky
does care, which is what (IMO) makes him worth fighting. And he wants his opponents to care as well, maybe not about whether they win or lose, but about putting forth their best effort. We need more Corkys in the game, whether they prefer to fight on the deck or in the clouds. He's putting forth an effort to beat his opponent rather than avoid the fight. Saying he "doesn't care" would be mis-representing the truth. I've seen him fight, and he's putting forth far too much effort to "not care".
So NoBaddy, I'm not disagreeing with you when you say "Frankly, anyone seriously concerned with the
outcome of a totally virtual 'fight'..."
You're right they
shouldn't care about the "outcome", but rather the
effort put forth that lead to that outcome. You'll never put forth your best effort if you "don't care". And if someone "doesn't care", they'll never put forth enough effort to be much of an opponent.
MtnMan
