Sore Winning

This is something I noticed some time ago, but recently came to light thanks to this video:

As you can see, this was part of a set I played with this guy on XBL. As you can also see, I lost horribly. As you can probably see, it was very laggy. What you can't see: this was one of the few, if not the only, matches I lost in this entire set.

This isn't the first time someone's uploaded just the match where they beat me. Refer to the following:

That last one was from a Dustloop vs. GameFAQS online tourney, where I played against a guy who, prior to that set, I had pretty much bodied every time we played, lol. 

Now this isn't to say that there aren't some noteworthy quirks in these matches that make them worth uploading, but it's oddly suspicious that all of these matches just happen to be one of the few I've lost in their respective sets. It's also evident that in these videos, I'm playing pretty sloppily/greedy (though, if you notice, so are my opponents).

Is it that these people want to prove that they can beat a famous player? Obviously not, since I'm a nobody in the "eff gee see" (and would like to keep it that way). Is it that they want to learn from the mistakes of their playstyle? Perhaps, but only uploading the matches you win isn't going to be productive towards that. So what could the reason be that all of these people just happen to upload the one match where they manage to win?

It's pretty obvious to anyone with experience in this community: ego. To them, playing me is like fighting a boss; like a frustrating, hellaciously difficult boss that they can come within inches of beating at times, but continuously fall short against (think Dark Souls). Once they're able to beat me once or twice, they consider themselves accomplished. Let's of course ignore the fact that in all but the VF vid I'm on the receiving end of bad, even terrible matchups (Johnny vs. Zappa is at least 7-3, and let's not even talk about BBCT).

What makes this all the more amusing to me is that, especially when I play online (for reasons I'll have to explain in the yet-to-be-completed articles on online play), I don't care whether I win or lose. To me, it's all about getting stronger, no matter how many losses it takes to get there (or, in other words, taking losses today for the sake of winning in the future).

If you don't put your ego aside, you're never going to reach your full potential. Sure, you'll improve, and you might even get damn good! But as long as you hold the kind of attitude on display here, you're never going to reach a point where you can look at how far you've come and think: "There's no way I can possibly go further than this".

In conclusion: lol.