I hate competitions that end in a tie. To me, ties violate the essence of games designed to determine a winner. Such games are a rich vein that needs to be explored vigorously and thoroughly. In some ways, I think that competition is detrimental to us as a society. It tends to teach youngsters, girls as well as boys these days, that they have to beat someone to feel good about themselves.
Competition often creates artificial hierarchies and undesirable antagonism.
I know that competition has benefits as well, for children, for adults, and for the society. But I have no doubt that, in a more enlightened society, the same benefits could be achieved without competition between individuals or groups of people. We already have sports like this, such as mountain-climbing, in which a team tries to conquer a physical object. We also have games, like those of the role-playing variety, in which cooperation takes the place of competition. The group tries to accomplish a goal, and the game itself is the opponent.