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The lesson here is that, even when the stakes are small, human beings are still human beings, with all that that entails.

lisper 3y ago
I was recently on a cruise. There was a daily trivia game on days when we were at sea. It got quite cutthroat, to the point where some passengers had to be reprimanded for abusing the crew. I was so appalled I stopped participating. The prize we were competing for was a baseball cap.
- freedomben 3y ago
  It's crazy to me how competitive some people get, and how they justify their behavior to themselves. There is a parent of a kid in a group with my kids, and they started shouting obscenities at a judge who they disagreed with. I can't imagine behaving that way at all, let alone in front of my children. I don't know how they can expect their
  - michaelcampbell 3y ago
    > I can't imagine behaving that way at all, let alone in front of my children. I don't know how they can expect their Uhoh, they've said too much...
    - freedomben 3y ago
      Ha! :-D Too late to edit now, but I decided against writing that last sentence but apparently I failed at deleting it. I was thinking to say "I don't know how they can expect their children to act decently when they model such indecent behavior" but it felt a little too harsh.
      - michaelcampbell 3y ago
        Could be harsh to some, but I'm right there with you. I can't express the shame and guilt when my first "naughty word" came out in front of my son.
- extraduder_ire 3y ago
  I think this phenomenon is known as "the lesser the juice, the tighter the squeeze". It's also what makes listing something as free-to-take on something like craigslist more of a headache than putting a small price on it.
  - michaelcampbell 3y ago
    This works in reverse, too; want to give something away? Put it on the street with a "Free" sign, and watch it sit for days. Instead, put a "$25" sign on it and its gone within the hour.
    - 0cf8612b2e1e 3y ago
      Bah. Why didn’t I think of this. Last time I moved, I was upset nobody wanted to take my table+chairs set. Would gladly have given someone a chance to “steal” them. They even would have a story to tell.
- wredue 3y ago
  My neighbourhood used to put on an Easter egg hunt for the kids. Parents donate a bunch of chocolate eggs and other volunteers spread them around a large park. Unfortunately this event had to be cancelled because some parent were running around with their kids in their arms to pick up the most eggs, others were shoving 4 year old kids, other yet were watching 3 year olds waddle in their oversized snow suit to an egg excitedly, but would run up and take the egg. I never imagined that it would go that badly. Mind you, we did attempt several years with different rules and communications that parents aren’t to be involved and it didn’t help.
tombert 3y ago
This is why I refuse to play Overcooked or Overcooked 2 ever again. Every time I've played, it ends with me being yelled at because I'm not very good at it, and getting blamed for getting a one star. At one point when a friend suggested it, I passed and said "look dude, I can get paid for someone yelling at me, and have just as much fun." It's a stupid video game, zero stakes, but those games in particular seem to just turn people into assholes.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 3y ago
  I hate that you had a bad experience with it. I love that game. Laughing at each others blunders is what makes it entertaining.
- HanClinto 3y ago
  haha, yeah. It's so weird -- I first played this in the context of coworkers during a week-long hackathon event, and we played Overcooked to blow off steam. It was a ton of fun. Later, I was looking for good multiplayer games to play as a family, and with those fond memories I picked up Overcooked for the Switch. Boy, was that a mistake. My kids normally get along fine, but this brought out every bad tendency they had for bad cooperation and blame. Never again. The kids still vividly remember that and refuse to play that one together ever again.
  - michaelcampbell 3y ago
    This is kind of why I dislike coop games. In competitive games, if I suck, fine, I suck and I get the low score or do badly. In coop, if I suck (and let me assure that in general, I do), I've let down the team and I get the stinkeye at best.
    - tombert 3y ago
      My wife and I played through It Takes Two a couple years ago, and we actually really liked it. The game is actually mandatory coop (there's no single player option), but it's low-stakes. It was fun playing through all the puzzles with her, so much so that we actually played through it again.

lisper 3y ago

I was recently on a cruise. There was a daily trivia game on days when we were at sea. It got quite cutthroat, to the point where some passengers had to be reprimanded for abusing the crew. I was so appalled I stopped participating. The prize we were competing for was a baseball cap.

freedomben 3y ago
It's crazy to me how competitive some people get, and how they justify their behavior to themselves. There is a parent of a kid in a group with my kids, and they started shouting obscenities at a judge who they disagreed with. I can't imagine behaving that way at all, let alone in front of my children. I don't know how they can expect their
- michaelcampbell 3y ago
  > I can't imagine behaving that way at all, let alone in front of my children. I don't know how they can expect their Uhoh, they've said too much...
  - freedomben 3y ago
    Ha! :-D Too late to edit now, but I decided against writing that last sentence but apparently I failed at deleting it. I was thinking to say "I don't know how they can expect their children to act decently when they model such indecent behavior" but it felt a little too harsh.
    - michaelcampbell 3y ago
      Could be harsh to some, but I'm right there with you. I can't express the shame and guilt when my first "naughty word" came out in front of my son.
extraduder_ire 3y ago
I think this phenomenon is known as "the lesser the juice, the tighter the squeeze". It's also what makes listing something as free-to-take on something like craigslist more of a headache than putting a small price on it.
- michaelcampbell 3y ago
  This works in reverse, too; want to give something away? Put it on the street with a "Free" sign, and watch it sit for days. Instead, put a "$25" sign on it and its gone within the hour.
  - 0cf8612b2e1e 3y ago
    Bah. Why didn’t I think of this. Last time I moved, I was upset nobody wanted to take my table+chairs set. Would gladly have given someone a chance to “steal” them. They even would have a story to tell.
wredue 3y ago
My neighbourhood used to put on an Easter egg hunt for the kids. Parents donate a bunch of chocolate eggs and other volunteers spread them around a large park. Unfortunately this event had to be cancelled because some parent were running around with their kids in their arms to pick up the most eggs, others were shoving 4 year old kids, other yet were watching 3 year olds waddle in their oversized snow suit to an egg excitedly, but would run up and take the egg. I never imagined that it would go that badly. Mind you, we did attempt several years with different rules and communications that parents aren’t to be involved and it didn’t help.

tombert 3y ago

This is why I refuse to play Overcooked or Overcooked 2 ever again. Every time I've played, it ends with me being yelled at because I'm not very good at it, and getting blamed for getting a one star. At one point when a friend suggested it, I passed and said "look dude, I can get paid for someone yelling at me, and have just as much fun." It's a stupid video game, zero stakes, but those games in particular seem to just turn people into assholes.

0cf8612b2e1e 3y ago
I hate that you had a bad experience with it. I love that game. Laughing at each others blunders is what makes it entertaining.
HanClinto 3y ago
haha, yeah. It's so weird -- I first played this in the context of coworkers during a week-long hackathon event, and we played Overcooked to blow off steam. It was a ton of fun. Later, I was looking for good multiplayer games to play as a family, and with those fond memories I picked up Overcooked for the Switch. Boy, was that a mistake. My kids normally get along fine, but this brought out every bad tendency they had for bad cooperation and blame. Never again. The kids still vividly remember that and refuse to play that one together ever again.
- michaelcampbell 3y ago
  This is kind of why I dislike coop games. In competitive games, if I suck, fine, I suck and I get the low score or do badly. In coop, if I suck (and let me assure that in general, I do), I've let down the team and I get the stinkeye at best.
  - tombert 3y ago
    My wife and I played through It Takes Two a couple years ago, and we actually really liked it. The game is actually mandatory coop (there's no single player option), but it's low-stakes. It was fun playing through all the puzzles with her, so much so that we actually played through it again.