Doesn't it hurt ...

[Li Kao]

For me it's "If I don't do something, the game will become boring.". And that generally does not depend on score

[Violence]

I don't really count all that much in my games, you can get pretty decently far without counting, as long as you have decent positional judgment. Comparative evaluation is awesome.

[Kirby]

Yes - it hurts to lose. I can't really relate to those that say, "it doesn't hurt if I played a good game". Well, I never play a good game. I always have mistakes. I can only play "good" (well) relative to my opponent. And when I lose, I have not played well in relation to my opponent.

[entropi]

I am working on a psyhological system for feeling good when I win but not feeling bad when I lose. The general design of the system is almost finished but it still needs to be fine-tuned and tested in tournaments.

Unfortunately, it cannot be used when I am on diet (which is about 300 days per year). This is because it involves chocolate and/or coke at some stage. Nevertheless the progress is promising.

[mic]

This is because it involves chocolate and/or coke at some stage.

Sounds like a normal day-to-day diet for me

Michael

[Redbeard]

I kill kittens when I lose.