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	Note: ''This pattern does not examine intentionally losing a game instances for extra-game reasons such as winning bets, having better positions in tournaments, etc. The eight disqualified players in Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics are example of the losing in order to manipulate which team they would meet in the next round<ref name="Badminton"/>. For a further example of other ways of playing to lose, see the documentary "Playing to Lose" which examines if the Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey team intentionally lost games during the 1983-84 season to get the first pick of players for the next season.''		Note: ''This pattern does not examine intentionally losing a game instances for extra-game reasons such as winning bets, having better positions in tournaments, etc. The eight disqualified players in Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics are example of the losing in order to manipulate which team they would meet in the next round<ref name="Badminton"/>. For a further example of other ways of playing to lose, see the documentary "Playing to Lose" which examines if the Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey team intentionally lost games during the 1983-84 season to get the first pick of players for the next season.''
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		+	Note: ''The design feature described by this pattern is alternatively called 'Playing to Lift' to LARP communities that wish to stress that it can be done to provide others with more interesting experiences.''

	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===

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-''Gameplay directed to making ones character lose while at the same time being enjoyable for players.''
+''Gameplay directed at making one's own character lose to provide enjoyable for oneself.''
 [[Playing to Lose]] may not be considered gaming since one is not trying to have a better game state position than other players. However, there are many other ways of viewing this stance towards a game. First, [[Playing to Lose]] can be seen as an individual goal that players are try to reach. Second, it can be seen as focusing on storytelling or playing rather than gaming. Lastly, players may actually be competing against other players of who is best at [[Playing to Lose]], something which may not be measured by the game state but even so can be judged by the players.

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 [[Playing to Lose]] is typically undertaken by players that wish to engage in a specific type of [[Storytelling]] through [[Roleplaying]] their [[Characters]] so they have a negative [[Character Development]]. Very often the goal is to have [[Spectacular Failure Enjoyment]]. While trying to make ones' [[Characters]] fail with their goals might be seen as the antithesis of [[Roleplaying]], it does in fact not need to be and [[Playing to Lose]] in a good way works together with [[Roleplaying]]. This by players making choices and actions for their [[Characters]] that seem reasonable based on what the [[Characters]] know but at the same time is likely to be bad from what the players' know.
-In the Nordic LARP tradition, [[Playing to Lose]] is seen as [[Cooperation]] in [[Storytelling]]<ref name="Nordic"/>. This since players may besides letting their [[Characters]] have a bad fate sacrifice their comfort during play and may miss some of the gameplay to provide a better drama for other players.
+In the Nordic LARP tradition, [[Playing to Lose]] is seen as [[Cooperation]] in [[Storytelling]]<ref name="Nordic"/>. This since players may besides letting their [[Characters]] have a bad fate sacrifice their comfort during play and may miss some of the gameplay to provide a better drama for other players. The act of [[Playing to Lose]] can also give players [[Social Rewards]] in both that their performances are appreciated and that they are working for the enjoyment of all players rather than to only improve their own gameplay position.
 == Relations ==
 === Can Instantiate ===
 [[Cooperation]],
 [[Spectacular Failure Enjoyment]]

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 [[Category:Patterns created on the Wiki]]
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 ''Gameplay directed to making ones character lose while at the same time being enjoyable for players.''
 [[Playing to Lose]] may not be considered gaming since one is not trying to have a better game state position than other players. However, there are many other ways of viewing this stance towards a game. First, [[Playing to Lose]] can be seen as an individual goal that players are try to reach. Second, it can be seen as focusing on storytelling or playing rather than gaming. Lastly, players may actually be competing against other players of who is best at [[Playing to Lose]], something which may not be measured by the game state but even so can be judged by the players.
-Note: ''This pattern does not examine intentionally loosing a game instances for extra-game reasons such as winning bets, having better positions in tournaments, etc. The eight disqualified players in Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics are example of the losing in order to manipulate which team they would meet in the next round<ref name="Badminton"/>. For a further example of other ways of playing to lose, see the documentary "Playing to Lose" which examines if the Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey team intentionally lost games during the 1983-84 season to get the first pick of players for the next season.''
+Note: ''This pattern does not examine intentionally losing a game instances for extra-game reasons such as winning bets, having better positions in tournaments, etc. The eight disqualified players in Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics are example of the losing in order to manipulate which team they would meet in the next round<ref name="Badminton"/>. For a further example of other ways of playing to lose, see the documentary "Playing to Lose" which examines if the Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey team intentionally lost games during the 1983-84 season to get the first pick of players for the next season.''
 === Examples ===

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 === Can Be Instantiated By ===
-[[Creative Control]],
+[[Creative Control]] together with [[Open Destiny]]
 [[Open Destiny]]
 === Can Be Modulated By ===

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 == Using the pattern ==
-As explained above, the [[Playing to Lose]] does not actually focus on players' success or failure. Instead, it focuses on how [[Characters]] lose and can by this be seen as a way players can decide to take [[Character Development]]. This requires that [[Characters]] have an [[Open Destiny]]. Besides this, designing for [[Playing to Lose]] consists of motivating players to [[Roleplaying|Roleplay]] so their [[Characters]] may diegetically sensible actions but which from a gameplay perspective may lead to bad consequences.
+As explained above, the [[Playing to Lose]] does not actually focus on players' success or failure. Instead, it focuses on how [[Characters]] lose and can by this be seen as a way players can decide to take [[Character Development]]. This requires that players have some level of [[Creative Control]] and that their [[Characters]] have an [[Open Destiny]]. Besides this, designing for [[Playing to Lose]] consists of motivating players to [[Roleplaying|Roleplay]] so their [[Characters]] may diegetically sensible actions but which from a gameplay perspective may lead to bad consequences.
 A risk in not wanting to engage in [[Playing to Lose]] is that ones' [[Characters]] risks dying or otherwise being incapable of affecting gameplay. A way of avoid this problem is to make [[Early Elimination]] impossible; [[Monitor Celestra]] for example did this by having [[Invulnerabilities]] to dying until the last [[Scenes|Scene]].
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 [[Cooperation]],
 [[Spectacular Failure Enjoyment]]
 === Can Modulate ===
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 === Can Be Instantiated By ===
 [[Open Destiny]]