As requested by mortal888

I do enjoy winning, but a total crushing victory makes me feel embarrassed. If I can win by a cat's whisker then I am very happy, the anticipation mixed with fear is a great rush

I like to see my boyz put to da test, but if they don't bring it home, they aint coming either! ;P

Its of course fun every now and then to crush your opponent (especially if its a friend) but I just love those close games were it all comes down to an exhilarating last turn.

My tactical side says CRUSHING. My friendly side loves a tied game were everything has gone well for both sides and really no one can gain an advantage.

So I voted tie

I always play to lose or to draw. That's the correct way - the casual gamer's way. The only people who want to win are Tournament Gamers, and all Tournament Gamers are closet KKK terrorists (as we all know).

So no, I play to draw and/or lose (hopefully both!).

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I like to win, and I make no bones about it. If I'm really thrashing someone it's usually not too fun for either of us so I went for a "Solid Win" vote.

I actually prefer a loss to a draw, so I even when I could conceivably pull a draw I usually go for a longshot victory. Go big or go home!

I have found that my narrowest victories are both the most fun and suspenseful. I have the most fun when I have no idea who's winning until the last moment.

H.B.M.C. wrote:I always play to lose or to draw. That's the correct way - the casual gamer's way. The only people who want to win are Tournament Gamers, and all Tournament Gamers are closet KKK terrorists (as we all know).

So no, I play to draw and/or lose (hopefully both!).

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I'm never quite satisfied with just a loss,I feel much better if ,after I have been soundly defeated,my opponent then smashes all my minis with a large hammer and sets my car on fire.

Call me selfish, but I always prefer to completely destroy my opponents

Heh. Finally someone brave enough to vote for Option 1.

As I'm one of the few casual gamers who isn't full of self-righteous gak, I chose a solid win, though slight wins are also fun.

Since most of the people I play are either new to the game and/or relatively inexperienced, I don't bring 'ard lists.

Im not going to vote because there isnt an other/multiple choices... I dont have a preference to an outcome, as long as the game is fun I am happy, like today I got massacred but it was one of the best games ever because fanatics are freakign hilarious... however when I lose to daemons its not only not funny but rather depressing... Not to say I dont like to win, hell, everyone likes to win... So I jsut wont vote

I love a tied game where we both pushed each other so hard the neither of us got anything more than death. One of the greatest feelings for me is looking at a table that once had two full armies of minis and now there are only a few scraggling pieces left limping around the table.

I like it to be close. I don't like losing and I know I can get rubbish when my units are getting absolutely hammered.

It is much more fun if you are trading blows than if you or the person you are playing against are just romping all over the place.

Plus I only tend to play against my brother so it is much nicer if we both get to feel like we did well.

Close, last-minute victories are the best. Especially if it's the result of a clever finishing move, not a lucky roll.

Ties, especially if it is a battle with no survivors!

I like ties in annihilation or in general, but a tied objective match can sometimes mean 5-7 tunrs of a stand off. I hate those ones.

I always play to lose or to draw. That's the correct way - the casual gamer's way. The only people who want to win are Tournament Gamers, and all Tournament Gamers are closet KKK terrorists (as we all know).

So no, I play to draw and/or lose (hopefully both!).

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Hahahaha!

I only like to obliterate my opponent if they are an ass, or if they are someone I have a rivalry with.

If it is a game of kick the baby where the other guy just stood no chance, that really isn't fun and is pretty much a waste of time.

So I voted solid win, as that usually means it was a game, but I still came out way ahead!

I only like to obliterate certain armies, CSM:Khorne, DA and BA are my favorite. But only when it's my tatics and engineering of a good list that is responsible for this. I'll offer mulligans to my opponents if the dice gods are being too evil. Anyone who employs canned chedder or spam lists they found online are fun targets as well, I tell myself that I'm keeping the game interesting for them. I catch myself enjoying 'teaching people a leason' so to speak; I kind of wish this wasn't part of my personality but evidently I am one of those guys.

So since my greatest satisfation comes from the moments I listed; I will vote Option 1. Even though I hate myself for it just a little bit afterwards.

A Cinematiatic ending to a game. (sorry about spelling :*( )

if i loose then i know my tactics are flawed, the bigger the lose the more i need to hit the drawing board.
you live you learn, you die you never forget.

Slght wins are probably the most fun, yet I prefer a solid win. This is mainly because I use fantasy orcs a lot and animosity can wreak a plan.

Victory is always satisfying, but I find that victory by slight margins means that you're playing someone on your "level" if that makes sense.

Mine is slight win, i like the exilleration (have i spelt that right?) of a very close match where everything comes to down to one combat, round of shooting or even one dice roll!

Even if i lose in this way it's awesome!

I like to feel that I've earned my victory, the game has to be challenging to be fun for me. When I win a game with half my boyz gone, It's a satisfying victory, so I chose solid win. I feel this way every time I win with my daemon hunters period.

I don't particularly mind, but I try and refrain from losing. If I get a solid victory though, I may cheer and have a celebration after shoving it in my opponent's face(but I don't win much, so it's nice to have victory occasionally). So I voted Solid Win.

I really don't care because I have fun either way.

A like a win that was really worked for... It's even more if i do win due to the fact i'm the only Tau empire player at my LFGS while everyone else is either on a tyranid power trip or a imperial nutter ;p

Even if i lose (i have a 90% loss rate so far) i still am the winner. I learn what works and what doesn't every game, and i always learn what makes my enemy tick (New nids are a prime example. That tervigon is a evil thing if it doesn't botch the spawn rolls)

In most games I prefer a close game that I barely squeak a win out of.

Even in a tournament I feel bad when I completely smash my opponent into the ground, but thems the breaks when it comes to competitive play.

I like a close game, and obviously it is more fun to win. But I can enjoy a really close game that I lose, too.

I had a recent game (Old Tyranids vs. Space Wolves) that I won only because the game went on the extra 2 turns. If it had ended after 5, I would have lost, but the extra turns let me squeak out a win by tabling him.

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I enjoy all games really. I have as much fun losing or barely winning as I do smashing heads. It just depends on the opponent and how well we get along whether I have fun or not

My favourite outcome is when every bug on the board has been fried, crushed, vaporized or otherwise exterminated, permanently!

I like it when I win that its by a landslide

I prefer a slight win, although that said I certainly don't mind losing, it just means my opponent was better on the day.

I would have voted for "it doesn't matter". I would just be happy I actually got to play. Also as long as I have a good time ie. enjoy the company, and learn something along the way, I am fine with losing.

I like ties. Generally those games are fun and hard-fought.

I voted for a slight win, because I'm not self-decieved enough to say that I don't want to win but as long as my opponent isn't a complete clod, we probably both had a good time in a game with that result.

However, I'd probably lean towards "don't care" as I'm not going to turn down an crushing victory or a solid win if the dice go my way, and a loss or complete annihilation is still going to be fun if my opponent is a good sport about it.

I like to win. I'm not going to lie.
Crushing victories, however, are not fun. I like solid wins every now and then or very close games.

Close victories generally mean I've been put through my paces, which is fun.

Close victories, Ties and Losses are my usual results.

My preferred result is to have a fun, engaging and pleasant game with a mature opponent whether I win, lose or draw.

My least preferred result is to get into rules arguments, play a mechanical opponent who cares for nothing but rolling the dice and winning, or have my opponent sulk when he/she loses or gloat when they win.

In short, it's not the end result that's the most important thing to me. It's how we get to the end. If I win, great! If I don't, well I still had fun (hopefully).

I like slight win best, it feels like both players tried their best, and I just managed to win.

I can usually never win yet despite my best efforts (new to 40K) but I can usually put up a good fight and at least tie, so at least if I don't lose I'm happy

I for one think that the funniest way to go is a humiliating defeat. Like having half your skavens be destroyed by a rampaging Warp Lightning Cannon, hitting the Bell at the end of the line, blowing it up and having your remaining army run off the board due to seven consequetive failed leadership tests ON THE FIRST ROUND! (true story ^^)

If I played to win I would play Space Marines or something, but I play Orks and Skaven because it's effing HILARIOUS!

For my own sense of pride I like a solid win, with the few units lost sacrificed for a reason. Now, it doesn't always go that way, but those games are my favorite. On the flip side I lost 90 percent of my guys in my last game to my dad (who I've been teaching to play for the last 4 months using two of my armies) who only suffered 2 deaths. It was his first win and he had a great time, such a great time that he sent me out with a hand full of cash and told me the buy him his own army. So, maybe a loss here and there isn't such a bad thing.

Winning by the skin of your teeth is so much more exciting for both sides cause you got the ohh!! factor working and it gets you going all excited

I voted Solid Win, although a good game is a good game no matter the outcome.

I voted Solid Win because:
1) No one really likes to lose
2) A Close game may be fun and interesting, but I'd much rather try a last minute ballsy move and fail then go for the "sure thing" Tie.
3) Slight wins could have just as easily gone the other way if the Dice Gods weren't on your side.
4) No one likes to beat up on someone who didnt have a chance (aka Heavy Win).

In the end, a Solid Victory means you have defeated a worthy opponent due to your own skill and not due to the whims of lady luck.

Solid Win, because
A) I don't like to lose
B) All my friends always say "You're going down" despite always looking (as seen in my victory record)
C) They always mock me IF for some reason I lose

It's not fun to win because
A) They start to whine about luck
B) They become not-likeable people to communicate with

I think there is an amazing feeling in having a battle that is so close you are sweating bullets...It really shows you what your boyz are made of!

You left off my answer.
Who cares? If I win, I win, If I lose, I lose. I play for fun.

Narrow victories are by far the best.

Losing is OK to learn from, but you can learn from winning too!

Crushing Victories are always sour in my mouth, I feel bad for ruining someone else's game.

Draws annoy me, there is no such thing as a draw imo (VPs imo, and if VPs are even some how, decide with a dice roll!).

A narrow victory gives me the feeling of a game well played, especially against a good opponent, or using a bad list, or having terrible luck, or even making a crushing mistake at some point, those are by far the most satisfying games.

As a casual gamer, I went for solid win; you can still achieve as much in a friendly game and I was asked my favorite outcome. I do love suspense in the game, but at the end of the day I love to see my boys do well.

That said, every loss is a lesson. It's good to learn from a defeat because it means I'll play better next time.

I love the slight win. Where the battle is going back and fourth and you manage to pull out a win in the last seconds.

I have to say I prefer slight wins by far. There is no greater feeling than being challenged by your opponent the whole game. I regularly play against people who are better than i am, and after a few losses I can start pulling out a win. I cannot stand pounding my opponent into the dirt there is no satisfaction in that what so ever. An earned victory is the best victory!

I chose solid win. When you chose the right strategy and implemented it flawlessly, it feels good to know you won on your own merit.

I don't like a smashing as it usually meant you won by luck or otherwise and neither you nor your opponent probably had fun.

Second to a solid win, I like to lose even after I try hard. I like to pinpoint every mistake I made and the strengths of my opponent. I learn the most this way.

The only reason I voted solid win instead of slight win is because there is always an excuse, one dice roll, one rule interpretation, one wrinkle that the loss can be attributed to that just taints the whole thing. Solid win means no questions...

While I do not deny smashing an opponent in the head and kicking them off the table means I did a great job, I really like close games, as since you invested the time to play for 2-3 hours, might as well enjoy it.

I play the game for fun, not to win, but the last turn wins are always the most exciting. I think if there was an option like: last turn win or lose. I would vote for that because an exciting finish is always the most fun in my books.

Win lose draw doesnt matter to me. I just like the challenge and the fun, especially when my shokk attack gun nukes a landraider, or my gretchin blow a squad of termies to hell. If I gets stomped, there is always next game. Only thing I cant stand is the "sore winner type" who wants to console you with their arrogance after a game. I usually dont play them again, or if I do I bring my hammer

Don't get me wrong I like to win, but at the end of the day as long as the Boyz got stuck in quickly and had a good fight I'm happy with any outcome.

Solid win (you took a few licks but came out on top). I don't enjoy encounters which are too narrowly decided, as it often feels dissapointing to know that something as slight as an Armour Save or Glancing Hit could have changed things completely. Nor do I enjoy entirely Smashing my Opponent - like I could! - because it's really not enjoyable; often, both Players will know the outcome. I enjoy being on top though, so I've chosen a Solid Win, which is somewhere in between the above two.

I like winning but i feel bad for the other person is i just destroy them.

You want to try your best to win, and you want them to be a real challenge. Coming out just on top shows it was a challenge and you can congratulate your opponent for being the hardest you have faced in awhile.

I really like giving someone a good thumping, massacre type win. However, I never play that way due to wanting my opponent to have fun as well. Solid wins are great as well. I think overall though that my opinion is skewed in that I have more draws than wins so getting a nice win in is incredibly rare for me.

A solid win is my favourite, or a good old fashioned slugging match

I think one of the options should be "Well, I got to play so I'm happy."

Where's the option that you don't care if you win or lose as long as you have a good laugh or twelve with yer mates over a good game and a few cold ones whilst enjoying some excellent metal?

I like close battles, it means that I'm facing a great opponent. Or that I suck. Either way, I'm having a hell of a time. I couldn't care less about crushing an opponent's army, there's no fun to be had if the battle is a foregone conclusion.

Close games are always the most fun, in my opinion. I always enjoy 500pts matches against my mate's eldar, and we nearly always draw with hardly any models left each. Then again, a close win is better than a draw!

Smashing 'em to a pulp is embarrassing, and losing can range from utter balls to just as enjoyable as a win, depending on your opponent, their seriousness and their sense of humour!

It's not much fun to stomp somebody, although theres some good lols to be had
I like when i just barely win, as it usually means i was facing a superior player / list and still triumphed (or cheesed the objectives! lol!)

I like anything from a neat win to a tie. Ties are probably more preferable, as I usually forget about objectives and concentrate on killing my opponent (not literally... yet ¬.¬). Contesting a late objective is usually what I go for.

In annihilation matches, a tie for me usually signifies slaughter. Lots of casualties = me happy.

...and people wonder why I chose Khorne as my favourite Chaos God...

I went with "slight win". I love it when you think you've lost and you've nearly given up all hope, only to have a sudden stroke of genius and you pull victory from the jaws of defeat.

I prefer to tie actually. I guess I just like being completly even matched. that and tying is always the outcome people least suspect.

Im not a overly competative person, but how could you not want to smash your opponent in the worst way. I dont want to suffer any casualties and just completely obliterate the opposition. Im the kinda guy that likes my footbal team winning 38-0 and they are going for it on 4th and goal with 1:08 left in game!

I'm constantly being thrashed, so having an over running wave is sometimes fun... but most of the time i prefer closer games (solid-slight)

When I do play its really more of a social thing. I don't really care if I win or lose (though its usually the later I'd have to admit), as long as I have a fun time doing it and can get a bit of banter in with my opponent. Seeing as I play a themed army and spend more time on modelling than learning tactics, its usually the case where I end up getting my ass handed to me-Sanguinery Guard can go feth themselves-, but seeing as I play a force that's fluff pretty much makes them a bunch of neo-facsist pigs, I'm not too bothered. =P

I chose Solid Win. I love the games where my boyz kill everything they aim their shootas at, but it's not fun if you completely annihilate your enemy without losing a single wound anywhere. With that said, if one of my units begin to really take a beating, I will go the extra mile to see them get wiped out. It's probably slightly OCD-ish, but I just can't stand to see mob of three or four boyz running around trying to do something. I'd rather they just die in that case.

I have to say Heavy win.
Satisfying when you DESTROY everything on the opposing team without taking much damage.

Though I've only had two solid wins, really.

I'm glad to see slight wins are preferred.

In a tournament setting, a massacre is pretty much required to get anywhere. I really hope that people don't go out intending to dominate their casual games. I feel slightly disgusted when I rolled people. It's no fun for you and more importantly, it's no fun for your opponent.

BishopGore wrote:I do enjoy winning, but a total crushing victory makes me feel embarrassed. If I can win by a cat's whisker then I am very happy, the anticipation mixed with fear is a great rush

yeah...i agree with you...i feel the only way to appreciate a win is to bare win...a close game is an excellent game

I preffer a solid win, that way I feel sure I won because I were the "better" player that game without feeling like I crushed a weaker army or won because of luck.

I like when I win a nice solid victory.

"When" I win.

Right now I just settle with killing Calgar before his crushes half my army.

Smashing an opponent down is always fun but a well strategized tight game that is a challenge to win always comes out on top for me!

crush the enemy

I want to win but I don't want to absolutely flog my opponent because it may demoralise him/her. But usually I am on the receiving end

Solid win coz you beat them but they wont be too unhappy about not hurting any of you

Total Massacre

I like to win by the skin of my teeth. I only play friendly games anyway, and in my opinion, the closer the game, the more I learn from it.

There needs to be an option for "I don't care if I win or lose so long as it was a fun battle"

I like a close game, but it usually doesn't go so well for me.

T_T Why do I suck at strategy games?

I prefer "Slight Win," because that means the opponent put up a fight, so, while not as much a "learning" experience, per se, than a total defeat, it still gives you a decent amount of knowledge as to what you can do to get a solid win or total domination next time. Also, a slight win would mean that you were playing a worthy opponent, making the probability of you having some of a lot of fun very likely.

ZacktheChaosChild wrote:I really don't care because I have fun either way.

This.I have played a few games recently where much laughter was heard around my flgcs as moments of comedy unfolded during the game.

Voted Slight Victory. In these games, I feel its just more exciting to have it all come down to the wire. I think its more rewarding knowing you had to work hard for your win.

Monster Rain wrote:II actually prefer a loss to a draw, so I even when I could conceivably pull a draw I usually go for a longshot victory. Go big or go home!

QFT

I chose solid win, but I really don't care. I just want to have a helluva time.



Doesn't mean I dont like winning now and then

To quote miniwargaming " it doesnt matter who wins or loses , i t just matters how much you kill" and frankly the closer the game the more carnage IE more fun

I love games that come down to those last turns and those final rolls. Both opponents watching eachothers rolls carefully, whose favor is the lady in today. At this moment, who holds the future and who remains in the past. That bit is why i like playing, having to 'earn' a win. Feeling, that was worth the hours spent playing.
If I look at a field and see I've dominated, I lose interest in the game and start playing crappy lists until I feel my opponent has a better hold of their army. If I look at the board and see I've been completely dominated, I remind myself Spacemarines are stupid and SpaceWolves were not made with any playtesting versus an ork army.

Let me rephrase something slightly. I love a close game, unless my opponent is a Space Wolf player, then I hope I kill his psykers on the first turn and my boyz smash his stupid termies with bad armor saves on his part and his drop pods fall into the warp. All hs vehicles fail dangerous terrain checks and my Nob Bikers ride through his other troops like lava through a forest. F*n SpaceWolves.

Slight Win.

A close win always feels better.

I like a tight game where I come from behind.

That sounded somewht lewd now that I think about it.

I love winning. Heavy Win. But I don't mind losing, and I do feel like I learn something with each loss.

Valhallan42nd wrote:I like a tight game where I come from behind.

That sounded somewht lewd now that I think about it.

Favourite game is always a close one. If it gets to the point where the entire match comes down to just a single moment (or a few close calls) then the result isn't so important.

The best games are the knock down, drag out fights that i barely pull out a win. most recently was at GameX in LA. I had two minor victories that came on the last roll of the last turn of the games. Awesome.

Slight wins, simply because they are the ones i get most often

Slight win is easily the best ( lucky dice!) .

Slightly win because both gamers have fun in friendly games.
In tournaments, I want to smash the enemies.

I require nothing less than dealing my enemies a crushing defeat - the more humiliating for them the better! I mean - if you don't wanna win and win good then why bother?

(The reason I like this outcome is 'cos it happens so rarely!)

In tournaments, complete annhilation and nothing short of it. Anytime money is involved the kid gloves come off.

For every day/week play, I like close fights.

Cause for 1. I've been on both sides of the coin, It doesn't feel good getting your perverbal teeth kicked in, and not scratching your opponent, so obviously they aren't going to like it either and you can tell it when you have only 2 or 3 models down and thier army is wiped away.

2. I've found the difference between awesome armies and cake walks is a.) IRL finances, and b.) experience.
Little 15 year old Timmy with his 10 dollar a week allowance is almost always going to get thrashed by the 40 year old/100K bank roll guy who's been playing since Rogue Trader days. Just facts of life.

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Came here to say that.

Though its better in the full version:

What is best in life? (in Arnolds voice) To crush your enemies...to see them driven before you...and to hear the lamentations of their women.

An inch or a mile, winning is winning. Its the only true answer. Why?...because it doesnt happen every time, so when it does it should be enjoyed.

I love those games where both armies and players are on the same level. At one point it looks like he wins, then it looks like I win and finally I scrape through cause I had that tactically brilliant idea.

Slight win...both players had fun and the game came down to the last couple of turns. Blowing someone out is only a tournament thing and even then you have to be a good sport about it. I just feel wrong if I wiped out my opponent and he didn't get to even do anything because of the waxing he took.

Last game i played I won with the last Terminator in my Deathwing army holding an objective. Every other troop choose was either falling back or destroyed and no one was close enough to contest. It was a space hulk battle and every army got pretty mauled.

I love a good back and forth aggressive battle that ends in a draw. my buddy and I had a knock down drag out fight on a table, and it was epic gaming time.

we had to have a bro hug afterwards. awesome fight. we were both just stoked about a good match up.

NO HOMO

Utter crushing defeat taking no casualties. I get extremely angered if the opponent rolls any higher than a 4 for anything in the entire game.
The sake of my e-peen is too great for anyone else's happiness.
although it is fun when someone laughs during the game

A slight victory really gives you the satisfaction of being the better tactician, especially when you're outnumbered.

I always strive for option 1 - to win with a flawless tactical performance. However when I have crushed my opponent (especially when my Tau went up against Space marines in their paper mache training armour) the victory was so unbelieveably hollow it reminded me that perfection should never be achieved.

Slight victories are the best, where your opponent has really pushed you all the way.

A close game.

A game that is not hard-fought and won (ie, a walk-over) is somehow not as satisfying as one you have to work for.
I'm not that keen on gimmes.

Slaughtering the opponent,but barely.Like rolling just what I needed and no more.i.e.,if I 4+ for everything,I get 4 for every thing.

While I enjoy a crushing victory as much as the next fellow, the best and most interesting games I play are when I go up against one of the Ork players in my league, and 9 times out of 10 it ends in a total draw - both sides having completely annihilated each other to the last man. I love it when two armies hit each other and explode.

I wasn't actually sure which to choose on this one. I really don't care too much about winning or losing, as long as each of us had a good time and felt like we were able to compete. I know I've had MTG games where either myself or my opponent simply couldn't do anything. One of us couldn't get the resources we needed to get the ball rolling and got smashed. Those games are never fun for either player involved.

Jon

While I don't play often, I still like to win with confidence but hey.... bottom of the ninth 2 outs and the slugger is at bat to win the game and homers.... to win like that I just want jump, cheer and spill beer ... everyone who watches baseball knows what I mean.

thb i'm not very good at the game so i'm always happy when I win. There is only one person I like to total smashing win over b/c he always beats me. ( I finally won my first game against him about 2 weeks ago)

Voted solid win - makes me feel better at achieving said victory

50% of people prefer a slight win? I sense modesty.

I have to admit, as fun as pouring battle cannon shells onto an enemy army and wiping them off the table, those hard fought, street by street, building by building games are just great. even if it ends with you losing your entire force to hold onto your last objective with bolter and chain sword, its just so intense that both you and your opponent are happy.

Slight win! Everyone loves an amazingly close game, but everyone loves winning too!

Can't beat a game where one single really crappy fella nabs that objective for the win

Surely the only important gaming outcome is "Fun"?

I must say that some of the most enjoyable games I've ever played have been either ties or a close loss for me.
Losing heavily is obviously no fun, but neither is tabling you opponent on turn 2.

I dont mind if i win or lose, but thoses games won or lost by a hairs breath are the best oones, as their more fun, and fun is what i'm after, not winning.

I love doing the tabling, but only if I take some heavy punishment and have some JAMMY AS FETH rolls in the process.

Like there was this one game were a Shruikan cannon and catapult wounded my CVindicare. Rolling 2 4+ saves and fail;ing 2, therefore removing me, but I roll 2 6+ FNPs! In the same game Draigo eats the entuire firepower of a 1500pts Eldar army and takes 1 wound from Perils while using Psychic Commune. AND, in the same game, Eldrad tries to Fortune a Guardian squad in 2 consecutive turns, and rolls Perils for BOTH!

I enjoy a good crushing victory once in a while, but only because I'm playing someone I dislike. If I'm playing a noob, I'd rather lose, give em some xp and a good morale boost

Slight win as I like 'close run things'

I voted solid win, but only because it's the median line. Ties are fruitless, and no one likes to lose.
A crushing victory is good every now and then, especially if it is due to better strategy as opposed to crappy dice rolls by the other player. Now a loss where you genuinely do learn something is okay, but a loss where you literally do everything you possibly can do right, and still fight to the last man in turn 6/7 is pretty awesome. From a fluff perspective it's like "yeah the forces of chaos were defeated, but at what cost?" kind of thing. It can be demoralizing for an opponent to realize they threw everything they had at you last time, and barely won, and now have to try and repeat it.
In the end despite any outcome, if the players aren't jerks it doesn't matter.

I don't care how the game ends. I just want to brutalize my enemy's army.

I like to crush my friends, sometimes. Most often, I prefer a tough and interesting game!

Slight wins are often the best to be honest, normally means both players have had a good game (or both had a bad game) so is more enjoyable all round.