Hypercompetitive

Value
Very Common, Total: 25 Points
Description
Similar to a person who is Competitive, a character with this Complication tends to put his best effort into any contest he is in, regardless of the nature of the contest and regardless of whether or not he actually has any chance of winning. (For the purposes of this Complication, the word "contest" is defined as any situation in which two or more parties are striving for a goal which cannot be shared, be it food, mating rights, a promotion at work, a cash prize, a trophy for "most tin cans collected", or whatever). This is different from Cannot Turn Down a Challenge in that it is always possible for the character to refuse to enter the contest in the first place. Once he has entered it, however, he does his best to win
However, a Hypercompetitive character suffers from a neurosis under which the character is willing to do absolutely anything to "win" regardless of cost or the immorality of their actions as a means of maintaining their own sense of self-worth. Such characters turn every activity into a competition, and feel personally threatened if they find themselves losing. A Hypercompetitive person generally believes that "winning isn't everything, it's the only thing" and that "if you didn't win, you lost".
This complication is sometimes called the Win or Die Mentality. This Psychological Complication is not recommended for Player Characters.
See Also
Ambitious, Cannot Turn Down a Challenge, Cold and Calculating, Competitive, The Ends Justify the Means, Narcissism, Manipulative, Sees Other People as Pawns
Category:Complications
Category:Psychological Complications
Category:Psychological Complications G - H
Category:Compulsions
Category:Competitiveness Complications
Category:Complications Not Recommended for Player Characters