Throughout my life competition hasn’t played a very big role in everyday moments. I haven’t really felt the motivation one feels when faced against an opponent or rival, but I’ve seen the effects it has on other people. They seem to radiate an energy of anticipation. You can almost see the fire in their eyes. It does a person wonders. I’ve only felt this to an extent when I’m playing games with my sister.

Competition is defined as an event or contest in which people compete, it isn’t defined as good or bad. People seem to think that it needs a label, but I disagree. Things  aren’t as black and white as that, there are both good and bad qualities to everything. Competition brings out a determination in people that we wouldn’t get to see otherwise. It motivates people into action and they often times enjoy the thrill of going up against someone on equal ground as them.

On the other hand, competition can also bring out the worst in people. Those who can’t see past their own desire to win often times stoop to unsavory tactics to get what they want. Cheating, lying, and stealing. People stoop to all these in the per suit of success, and sometimes they get away with it. I’ve seen it so many times in the people around me and in some of my favorite shows. One such show is an Anime called ‘No Game No Life’. In the series, everything is decided by games, even disputes over territories are settled by games. The reason this can happen is because they take an oath to fallow the Ten Pledges, which puts a strain on the leaders of counties and races alike. Some of these leaders resort to cheating and trickery to win, but that’s because they’ll loose everything if they fail. Some people feel like loosing means that everything they’ve worked for will be lost, like in the Anime, and unfortunately that’s sometimes the case.

Either way, whether or not competition is good or bad depends on the person.