Session 5: Weekend of 4-25-07
Game: A few turns of Europe Engulfed
Players: Robin and I
Result: None yet

My Competitiveness: 7
My enjoyment (based on my attitude): 8
Others' enjoyment (based on my attitude): 8 (1?)
Overall Self-Grade: D-

Well, here I had a significant breakdown. Robin moved some units through a neutral territory to get behind me, where I had assumed that was impossible. Basically, if I had sent 1 unit down there, which would have been trivial, I could have prevented it, but I didn't really look at the situation closely and it ended up causing huge problems for me. I was pretty pissy about it, complaining bitterly that I didn't realize he could do that. I slowly got my bearings and clarified that it was kosher, I just didn't see it, and eventually appologized outright, but it still was not the ideal reaction.

Its a long, complicated, involved game, and watching a stupid mistake cost you all that investment in time and effort is no fun, but I undeniably reacted badly, and need to learn from this. Ideally, I won't care, but thats a long way off for situations like this. Instead, I need to be upset if I need to be, but keep it to myself, and get back on track as quickly as possible.

Otherwise, it was our most enjoyable session, for both of us I think. I talked myself into playing a little more recklessly, and it was a very dynamic series of moves.