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Message: <blockquote data-quote="amysrevenge" data-source="post: 4856807" data-attributes="member: 61298">A lot of it for me comes down to the fact that I'm a big wuss.  I don't care for PvP/competitiveness in any setting, really.  I think it is a problem with empathy - in order for me to win, someone else has to lose.  I know how much I hate to lose, and I don't like making someone else feel that (even if they don't feel about it the same way as me).I don't play online games that are really competitive (beyond competing for highest kill count or something innocuous like that).  I played DDO for a few years, and there was no PvP in my life.I get uncomfortable playing even board games and card games if someone is playing who really wants to win (I enjoy these games when the players are all having a good time and generally trying to win and play well, but not when the desire to win goes to that next level).  Hell, I even feel bad competing for research grants (but I have to do that).In the end, I have a very hard time not taking PvP personally when I get involved in it.  Rather than face this and grow as a person, or even to just grin and bear it, I choose to avoid it.</blockquote>