--- title: "The game is rigged because I lost" — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «"The game is rigged because I lost"», a lesson of the world course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Max loses a game of FIFA online and throws the controller. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/) / "The game is rigged because I lost" # "The game is rigged because I lost" Lesson 173 of the world course of Mova's primary school: 27 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/0/) — Max loses a game of FIFA online and throws the controller. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/1/) — "This game is RIGGED! - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/2/) — The other team was scripted to win!" His brother, watching: "Rigged? - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/3/) — You let in four goals from corners. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/4/) — The script is called 'defend'." Losing is not proof of cheating. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/5/) — Grown-ups call it a self-serving bias: when we win, it's our skill; when we lose, it's the game, the controller, the lag, the referee, the banker. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/6/) — Lily wins one game and she's "a pro"; she loses five and "the game's broken". - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/7/) — The fix is to test the excuse. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/8/) — Swap controllers: if your brother wins with yours, the controller works. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/9/) — Watch the replay: Finn's "speed boost from nowhere" was Finn crashing into a wall. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/10/) — Count: two penalties in fifty matches is not "always". - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/11/) — Sometimes the excuse doesn't even fit the facts. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/12/) — In chess both players see the whole board, so the computer isn't "seeing your moves" by cheating. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/13/) — Kai blames lag online, but he loses offline too, on the same sofa. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/14/) — The mockery hits the excuse, not the loser: "Your controller works. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/15/) — Your driving's broken." Everyone loses. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/16/) — Saying "fair play, you were better" is the strong move. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/18/) — Taking the credit for wins and blaming the game for losses is called a self-serving bias. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/19/) — In a fair game better players should win more often; that is the point of the game, not cheating. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/20/) — Test an excuse before believing it: swap controllers, watch the replay, count the times. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/21/) — Two times in fifty is a small number; count before you say "always". - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/22/) — Chess has no hidden information: both players can see the whole board; a chess computer wins by calculating many moves ahead. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/23/) — Lag, a delay in an online game, can be real, but if you also lose offline, something else is going on, usually practice. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/24/) — In card games like Uno luck matters a lot, and sometimes one player gets amazing cards. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/25/) — In Monopoly the dice decide where you land; the banker handles the money but cannot choose squares. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/27/) — Winning shows some skill and some luck, and so does losing; be fair to yourself both ways. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/28/) — Words people use: "rigged" means secretly fixed so one side wins, "scripted" means planned in advance, "lag" is a delay in an online game, "fair play" means well done, you were better (UK), "sus" means suspicious, and "girl" or "bro" are just friendly words for a friend. - ← previous: [Loot boxes, streaks and the sunk cost](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost/) - next →: [The YouTuber who is right about everything](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/174-the-youtuber-who-is-right-about-everything/) - ↑ back to [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/)