winning is boring*
Aug. 1st, 2013 11:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
healingmirthI think that I am fairly competitive. I enjoy doing things well, and on occasion I specifically enjoy doing things better than other people do them. (I also enjoy teaching people to do things, and encouraging people to get better.)
I like playing volleyball. I enjoy the process of passing, setting, hitting, blocking, and doing it again. You know what's not fun? Watching someone on my team serve aces. Or watching someone on your team serve aces. Over and over again. 15-2 is not fun for me, and it's not fun for at least ten of the twelve people on the court. Every time the ball hits the ground we have to stop play, get set, and start over again before any passing, setting, or hitting happens.
I seriously can't be the only person who feels this way, but I'm perpetually baffled by the people who would rather spend ninety seconds arguing about whether someone's arm grazed the net or whether the ball caught the edge of the line rather than serve it again so that we could, you know, play volleyball.
*watching you miss your serve over and over again, also boring.
I like playing volleyball. I enjoy the process of passing, setting, hitting, blocking, and doing it again. You know what's not fun? Watching someone on my team serve aces. Or watching someone on your team serve aces. Over and over again. 15-2 is not fun for me, and it's not fun for at least ten of the twelve people on the court. Every time the ball hits the ground we have to stop play, get set, and start over again before any passing, setting, or hitting happens.
I seriously can't be the only person who feels this way, but I'm perpetually baffled by the people who would rather spend ninety seconds arguing about whether someone's arm grazed the net or whether the ball caught the edge of the line rather than serve it again so that we could, you know, play volleyball.
*watching you miss your serve over and over again, also boring.
