insaniak wrote:
Argive wrote:
Except little timmy will pick cool unique space alienz coz he seen the movie Aliens and it was dope. While little jimmy will pick special marines. They will play games on their moms kitchen table/living room carpet using salt shakers and mugs as terrain. And timmy will never win a game.. how long do you think timmy will stick at the hobby? I know the answer i was timmy..
I think that really depends on Timmy, and what he expects to get out of playing games.
My older brother and I didn't have warhammer, growing up. But we
did play a lot of boardgames. Most commonly Chess, which he always won, and Monopoly, which he always won. We also played a lot of soccer and cricket, which he was always better at. None of that ever discouraged me from continuing to do those things, because
playing the games was the reward. We grew up with a steady diet of board games, and had the idea bored in at a very early age that winning was a bonus, not the goal.
Which was a handy lesson, once I did start playing
40k, since I've lost an awful lot more games than I have won, over the years...
I think there is a strong cultural component to recognize here. In US culture it is very much bored in at an early age that the point of playing is to win. Obviously this varies and is hardly universal, but there is a strong subtext of 'winners matter, losers do not' especially for men.
Understanding that aspect of US culture is critical to a discussion like this. It is also rather useful for understanding Americans in general, from ground level behavior all the way up to our leaders. But I digress.
