Have you ever "played to lose"?

[lacktheknack]

I play Dwarf Fortress. Full stop.



Other than that, no. I either power-play or just play standard. The only "play to lose" I do is pacifist runs, and even then, only in games that allow for them (Mirror's Edge, Splinter Cell, Deus Ex). If I want a challenge, I'll up the difficulty level.

 

[The Wykydtron]

I once tried the Dunkmaster Yi build on League of Legends before. Got killed by the Rude Dudes after barely defeating the Stone Brothers.

My team were completely shocked. First time jungling ever as well XP

For those who have no idea.

Spoiler

I think my mistake was putting the first point into Alpha Strike instead of his active buff. Also didn't use my Red Sodas, dehydration causes the death of even the most badass of men...

Me playing any AD Carry is just damn suicide. I can't play any of them to save my life, with the possible exception of (sexy new character model!) Ashe

Also in UMVC3 my new Vergil, Jill, Morrigan team is amazing play to lose material... I'll break it down.

1. Do well with Vergil cuz i actually know wtf i'm doing with him

2. Fail at Morrigan keepaway, i'm going to pull off her basic relaunch combo online one day if it kills me.

3. Fail as Jill since she is so freaking technical it hurts XP

It's such a fun team to play though, i have to keep using it

Oh and if anyone has any idea what the shit Capcom were thinking when they came up with Jill's level 3 let me know. It's basically Troll Mode activate.

Now some genius will have a full health combo from that lvl 3 on Youtube... Fucking calling it

 

[Kevlar Eater]

All the time in BF3. No point in trying to fight when when 95% of the games I play on, the team I'm on has been beaten back to their base. I just pull out the MAV and spot things, hoping to keep it in the air long enough to actually spot things.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

There's one game I play where I am actually quite good, but I kept thrashing all the new guys who came into the team. So I deliberately made myself a mech (this is Armored Core V by the way) with all junk parts just to hinder myself.

Didn't help at all. I just have one of my other teammates fight them first now.

 

[BENZOOKA]

On CS:S I often start to just fooling around if I'm on fire skill-wise and/or if I'm clearly the best player on the server. Buying unusual guns like UMP, m249 or use just the weaker pistols. Also trying to get noscope kills and try to get to knife players.

Even when playing normally, I don't try to get all the edge I can get, at all. That's only if the skill-level of other players is high too, if even then.