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Hi all,
I presume that I am a strange person, but I would like to share about a psychological effect that I often experiment, just to see if other players have the same type of reactions.
It is not only about ASL, but as errors during play are nearly unavoidable (A.2 someone?), the phenomenon occurs about everytime I play my prefered wargame.
When I make an error and my opponent notices it, and that error was in my favour, I tend to feel guilty and I hope that my opponent is not suspecting that I was cheating.
That feeling gets more intense if I make further errors in my favour.
However, when I make an error and my opponent notices it, but that time it was in his favour, I feel some relief : at least I won't be suspected of cheating!
I could even hope that I make some errors in my opponent's favour, to remove any shade of suspicion about my integrity...
I cannot cheat and I would hate to be considered a cheater...
What is strange, is that I never have suspected any of my opponents of having been cheating.
When I point out their errors, I always consider that they are expected occurences, with no link to any intention from my opponents...
So, am I the only person to have that type of inner tensions, when one of my gaming errors has been spotted ?
I presume that I am a strange person, but I would like to share about a psychological effect that I often experiment, just to see if other players have the same type of reactions.
It is not only about ASL, but as errors during play are nearly unavoidable (A.2 someone?), the phenomenon occurs about everytime I play my prefered wargame.
When I make an error and my opponent notices it, and that error was in my favour, I tend to feel guilty and I hope that my opponent is not suspecting that I was cheating.
That feeling gets more intense if I make further errors in my favour.
However, when I make an error and my opponent notices it, but that time it was in his favour, I feel some relief : at least I won't be suspected of cheating!
I could even hope that I make some errors in my opponent's favour, to remove any shade of suspicion about my integrity...
I cannot cheat and I would hate to be considered a cheater...
What is strange, is that I never have suspected any of my opponents of having been cheating.
When I point out their errors, I always consider that they are expected occurences, with no link to any intention from my opponents...
So, am I the only person to have that type of inner tensions, when one of my gaming errors has been spotted ?
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