Is Losing FUN?!?!

DeltaSigStan · #1 06-15-2005, 02:25 PM

So, my house seems to think it's OK to lose.....BAD

Example: Since we don't have many guys, our athletics teams pretty much suck. Yet, KNOWING that we're going to lose, the guys still go out there, and of course, will lose 56-0 in football or 75-25 in basketball.

Their reaction?

"Whatever about the score guys....the point is we had fun and represented as a house, right?"

WHAT THE MOTHER FUCK? WE LOST, AND WE GOT OUR ASSES KICKED! HOW IS THAT FUN? YEAH, WE REPRESENTED DELTA SIG, AS A BUNCH OF LOSERS!

It's not just intramurals or games, I'm talking ANY type of competition. Like, if we got 5 guys from rush whereas everyone else got at least 20, they say "We got five quality guys, it doesn't matter". I mean, yeah, I can get apathy, but how can you tell me it's fun to get your ass kicked?

I guess it's because I've never been able to hold up a trophy, but you're going to convince me that losing is fun.....

KSigkid · #2 06-15-2005, 02:43 PM

I feel the same way - I'm extremely competitive in everything. Even all the way back to Little League, through high school sports and into college intramurals, I've always hated losing.

I understand exactly where you're coming from with that.

pixell · #3 06-15-2005, 09:14 PM

At least they're showing up to play. I can see how it'd be frustrating always losing, but I agree with your brothers at least they represent and had fun. Are intramurals really competitive at your school? I'm not really competitive, so maybe I just don't understand the problem.

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Originally posted by DeltaSigStan
So, my house seems to think it's OK to lose.....BAD

Example: Since we don't have many guys, our athletics teams pretty much suck. Yet, KNOWING that we're going to lose, the guys still go out there, and of course, will lose 56-0 in football or 75-25 in basketball.

Their reaction?

"Whatever about the score guys....the point is we had fun and represented as a house, right?"

WHAT THE MOTHER FUCK? WE LOST, AND WE GOT OUR ASSES KICKED! HOW IS THAT FUN? YEAH, WE REPRESENTED DELTA SIG, AS A BUNCH OF LOSERS!

It's not just intramurals or games, I'm talking ANY type of competition. Like, if we got 5 guys from rush whereas everyone else got at least 20, they say "We got five quality guys, it doesn't matter". I mean, yeah, I can get apathy, but how can you tell me it's fun to get your ass kicked?

I guess it's because I've never been able to hold up a trophy, but you're going to convince me that losing is fun.....

cashmoney · #4 06-15-2005, 09:16 PM

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Originally posted by DeltaSigStan
So, my house seems to think it's OK to lose.....BAD

Example: Since we don't have many guys, our athletics teams pretty much suck. Yet, KNOWING that we're going to lose, the guys still go out there, and of course, will lose 56-0 in football or 75-25 in basketball.

Their reaction?

"Whatever about the score guys....the point is we had fun and represented as a house, right?"

WHAT THE MOTHER FUCK? WE LOST, AND WE GOT OUR ASSES KICKED! HOW IS THAT FUN? YEAH, WE REPRESENTED DELTA SIG, AS A BUNCH OF LOSERS!

It's not just intramurals or games, I'm talking ANY type of competition. Like, if we got 5 guys from rush whereas everyone else got at least 20, they say "We got five quality guys, it doesn't matter". I mean, yeah, I can get apathy, but how can you tell me it's fun to get your ass kicked?

I guess it's because I've never been able to hold up a trophy, but you're going to convince me that losing is fun.....

Thats what you get for not rushing Pike.

BobbyTheDon · #5 06-15-2005, 09:28 PM

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Originally posted by cashmoney
Thats what you get for not rushing Pike.

they don't even have Pike at his school.

cashmoney · #6 06-15-2005, 09:37 PM

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Originally posted by BobbyTheDon
they don't even have Pike at his school.

You oughtta rep Pike and beat his ass in basketball. I'mma start callin you Ballin'Bobby.

DeltaSigStan · #7 06-15-2005, 11:17 PM

Ummm.....Pike's NEVER, EVER coming back to SDSU.

Not that I would care either way, but the way they got kicked out back in 86, from old archives I've read and from talking to GL, it'll be a cold day in hell before Case lets them back here.

Back to the original topic. It's not that they're REALLY competitive, but it sucks when every other house, on any given day, has a chance except us.

Yeah, it's our fault, but my point is I don't see where the brotherhood and fun is when you're losing that bad.

cashmoney · #8 06-16-2005, 07:25 AM

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Originally posted by DeltaSigStan
Ummm.....Pike's NEVER, EVER coming back to SDSU.

Not that I would care either way, but the way they got kicked out back in 86, from old archives I've read and from talking to GL, it'll be a cold day in hell before Case lets them back here.

I guess the guys from that chapter were keepin it real.

Lady Pi Phi · #9 06-16-2005, 07:34 AM

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Originally posted by DeltaSigStan
Ummm.....Pike's NEVER, EVER coming back to SDSU.

Not that I would care either way, but the way they got kicked out back in 86, from old archives I've read and from talking to GL, it'll be a cold day in hell before Case lets them back here.

Back to the original topic. It's not that they're REALLY competitive, but it sucks when every other house, on any given day, has a chance except us.

Yeah, it's our fault, but my point is I don't see where the brotherhood and fun is when you're losing that bad.

I understand losing is not fun. i've been on losing teams before and it's sucked, but the teams i was playing on were for FUN. At the end of the day, it didn't matter who won or lost but that everyone had fun and did their best. I know I sound like an afterschool special, but if the guys are trying their best and having fun, I don't see what the problem is.

Now, if you're losing and can't compete with other groups on your campus because your members just don't care and aren't trying, that's a different story and it should be addressed.

Optimist Prime · #10 06-16-2005, 09:10 AM

yell at them at the next meeting

tell them to stop sucking ass

then recruit athletes

PhoenixAzul · #11 06-16-2005, 09:21 AM

Ok, so The scoring for our greek week was really screwed up this year. They decided that EACH Olympic event was worth 5 for 1st, 3 for 2nd and 1 for 3rd. What the IFC and Panhel social chairs (either did or didn't) realize was that if you could win all the athletic events, you could WIN GREEK WEEK WITHOUT SHOWING UP TO ANYTHING ELSE!.

So my group, the smallest on campus and the one who never wins ANYTHING, kicked ass this year. We got 2nd for our Tshirts, 2nd in Harmony night, 2nd in Banner, 1st in Lip Synch, then we managed to get 3rd in Volleyball, 3rd in Soccer, and 1st in tug o war.

My points of contention- 1) We were ALWAYS paired in the SAME bracket as the largest sorority on campus, every. single. time. There were three houses that we never even got to play!

2) If you went to the consolation round, then you automatically got 3rd, with no chance to play for 2nd.

3) We were supposed to play a consolation round for dodgeball, but the IFC Social chair told us we were done and to go home, SO WE DID! Grrrr

So at the end of the day...a fraternity that had poured a POUND OF SUGAR and gotten almost entirely NAKED on stage at lip synch WON GREEK WEEK, even though they hadn't won anything else. The rule of only having 3 varsity athletes in any event at any one time had to be suspended for them, because they were ALL varsity athletes.

the sorority that won was the one we KEPT ON PLAYING over and over and over again, and losing to because we don't have athletes. Incidentally, one of the girls had heard one of them say after we won lip synch, "We could be in first too, if people felt sorry for us." GRRRRRRRRRRR

But during flag football (and following our recruitment chair getting nailed in the eye with the football by my big!), we decided to say, "eff this" because we weren't going to win, even if we got 1st place. So we decided to do a kickline instead of kicking off, and do some of our inside jokes and singing Margaritaville at the top of our lungs instead of actually playing. Perhaps a little snarky, but we were covered in mud and having a damn good time.

If they had kept the scoring like it had been for every greek week up to this one, we would have won. Instead, we got 2nd, and you know what, no one should ever feel sorry for us.

So I propose that next year our shirts say, "Tau Delta: Don't feel sorry for us, we're having fun while you're just bitter."

SigmaChiGuy · #12 06-16-2005, 10:19 AM

If you are the guy reppin' Pike, I'm glad I didn't go them. From the things I have read that you wrote, I pretty much determine you're an idiot.

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Originally posted by cashmoney
Thats what you get for not rushing Pike.

PM_Mama00 · #13 06-16-2005, 12:59 PM

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Originally posted by DeltaSigStan

Yeah, it's our fault, but my point is I don't see where the brotherhood and fun is when you're losing that bad.

Where's the brotherhood if you're so worried about winning rather than having fun?

DeltaSigStan · #14 06-16-2005, 01:07 PM

How's it fun when you're losing that bad?

The whole point of the thread.....

If it were 5-4, and we barely lost, and we did the best we could, there's some brotherhood to find from that.

But when you can't do anything right on the field, there's fingerpointing and such, there isn't. And to lose that bad, that type of victim cycle behavior is inevitable.

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Originally posted by PM_Mama00
Where's the brotherhood if you're so worried about winning rather than having fun?

Lady Pi Phi · #15 06-16-2005, 02:19 PM

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Originally posted by DeltaSigStan
How's it fun when you're losing that bad?

The whole point of the thread.....

If it were 5-4, and we barely lost, and we did the best we could, there's some brotherhood to find from that.

But when you can't do anything right on the field, there's fingerpointing and such, there isn't. And to lose that bad, that type of victim cycle behavior is inevitable.

Well Stan, the way I see it is that you have 3 options.

1) stop competing all together. You guys are obviously having no fun, so why bother?

2) get your guys together and find out what everyone is good at. There must be something that you guys can do as a chapter together that you can compete in.

3) Change the way you do recruitment. Start recruiting guys that are athletes, or whatever. But be careful, don't just recruit athletes, etc. for the sake of recruiting them. Make sure they will be productive additions to your chapter in all aspects.