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It's only over-confidence if you lose.

Just like it's only cheating if you're caught.

Not that I endorse being over-confident, cheating, or over-confidently cheating.

This is a contest? I thought it was Spanish class.

I posted to you in the hotel thread.

It's the one below your last one I believe.

Unless you posted since without reading the replies.
If you find it, I wouldn't mind if you linked me to it in your reply to this. <3

There's no reason to be overconfident in any hobby. That being said, like most hobbies, there is a degree of skill or ability. The issue has been - in the past - that people erroneously place too much emphasis on winning as a means of validating their perceptions of their own skill. It's equally erroneous, however, to think that there's no skill or talent involved in the equation, although that viewpoint hasn't cropped up all too often.

I think part of it comes from people who have a narrow view of what it means to be competitive, or to take part in a competition. Being competitive isn't about winning, it's about enjoying a challenge, in this case derived by pitting yourself against another person in some form or fashion. People don't enjoy chess because they like moving the pieces around the board, but because they enjoy being challenged by an opponent, be it artificial or human.

And part of that definition of competitiveness is learning to accept a loss, or that things won't always go your way. The most successful competitors also happen to be the people most capable of taking away some sort of lesson or respect from their loss, and who enjoy the challenge of the affair more than the victory.

Thankfully, you don't get much in the ways of people being arrogant or overtly focused on winning these days. Leastways, it's nowhere near as bad as it used to be.

That sure is.. Hungarian.

So can we kick this thing off yet, or do we still need to wait a half an hour?

Sweet well Ill go post my intro post and use it to quote my opponent to grab his attention.