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Some people treat [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|children's card games]] like [[Serious Business]]... and sometimes it's even justified, when the game determines world events.
However, the '''Cavalier Competitor''' will insist on playing this game like it's a game, of all things! Rather than rant and rage at losing [[Hit Points]], they'll amiably congratulate their opponent on a clever move. When their opponent [[Trash Talk
In a sense, they're just being a good sportsman about the whole thing, which is especially disconcerting to everyone else who is seriously into it. He just wants to have fun and chides opponents for taking it so seriously... sometimes, even when the fate of the world depends on it. In a setting where the [[Serious Business]] game ''[[Not a Game|does]]'' [[Not a Game|impact world events]], the Cavalier Competitor will be a decidedly [[Smug Snake]] because this person can and ''will'' treat it like a game [[Matter of Life and Death|even if lives hang in the balance]]. The [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]] has nothing on them, their dismissive attitude routinely insults opponents. Alternately, they may realize lives are at risk, but consider the whole thing [[Pride|beneath them]], and play only for the amusement value of playing. Unlike the former, their ego tends to be big enough to gather a solar system and they ''will'' drop the nonchalant act if an opponent starts beating them, possibly even get a breakdown if they lose.
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