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<blockquote data-quote="Ourph" data-source="post: 4992881" data-attributes="member: 20239"><p>I think the point of Dash not winning the race is that it can't be about "competition" for him. There is no competition. When you are orders of magnitude better than everyone else the idea that you are actually "competing" is laughable. When I score a goal against my 6yr old cousin in soccer, I don't feel that I've won any sort of victory (and to do so would be patently ridiculous). The goal of playing soccer with him isn't competition, it's <u>play</u>. If I played against him the way I play against other adults, I wouldn't be connecting with him or encouraging his interest in soccer and the whole point of doing that particular activity would be lost.</p><p></p><p>In the same way, running in the race for Dash isn't about competition, it's about <u>participation</u>. It's about interacting with his peers in a way that let's him connect with them. If he ran as fast as he could and won every race by several orders of magnitude he might be victorious, but he wouldn't develop any sort of comraderie with his peers. The lesson his parents are trying to teach him is that it's OK to have superpowers, but it's not OK to use those powers to dominate people who lack those powers (and yes, I mean dominate in both the competitive and the tyranical senses).</p><p></p><p>:edit to add:</p><p></p><p>I think the use of the word "cheating" is inaccurate. Dash isn't cheating by being super. But participating as a super in a race against normals is kind of pointless. It's like playing in a game of D&D where you get to add +100 to every d20 roll and everyone else doesn't. Of course you're going to dominate. But if it's that obvious, what's the point? At some point when you have such a great advantage, participating just becomes a kind of self-aggrandizing power-trip, not healthy competition with the possibility of actually losing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ourph, post: 4992881, member: 20239"] I think the point of Dash not winning the race is that it can't be about "competition" for him. There is no competition. When you are orders of magnitude better than everyone else the idea that you are actually "competing" is laughable. When I score a goal against my 6yr old cousin in soccer, I don't feel that I've won any sort of victory (and to do so would be patently ridiculous). The goal of playing soccer with him isn't competition, it's [u]play[/u]. If I played against him the way I play against other adults, I wouldn't be connecting with him or encouraging his interest in soccer and the whole point of doing that particular activity would be lost. In the same way, running in the race for Dash isn't about competition, it's about [u]participation[/u]. It's about interacting with his peers in a way that let's him connect with them. If he ran as fast as he could and won every race by several orders of magnitude he might be victorious, but he wouldn't develop any sort of comraderie with his peers. The lesson his parents are trying to teach him is that it's OK to have superpowers, but it's not OK to use those powers to dominate people who lack those powers (and yes, I mean dominate in both the competitive and the tyranical senses). :edit to add: I think the use of the word "cheating" is inaccurate. Dash isn't cheating by being super. But participating as a super in a race against normals is kind of pointless. It's like playing in a game of D&D where you get to add +100 to every d20 roll and everyone else doesn't. Of course you're going to dominate. But if it's that obvious, what's the point? At some point when you have such a great advantage, participating just becomes a kind of self-aggrandizing power-trip, not healthy competition with the possibility of actually losing. [/QUOTE]
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