Are video games STS?

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Especially competitive ones. The goal most of the times is to have more than others, stronger than others, have as much money, be above others in score etc.
It feels as if this is the reality some STS entities would like to live. Controlling others with power and experience, eliminating those who oppose you. And of course being famous and looked upon.

if you have a hierarchy, like many of these leaderboards, there's a strong implication of 'higher worth' and ability.  From there, it's only a sidewise step to notions of superiority ... which automatically includes the notion of 'inferiority'.  One does not always have to draw that conclusion (for oneself), as obviously the Universe and the Creation is filled with individuals of differing abilities and talents, and when we look at any one skill, of course some individuals are going to be more experienced and adept at it.  So it's fine to recognise inherent ability, and that it differs depending on which skillset you look at.  The issue comes about when you attribute something like a 'leaderboard of worth', or in more practical terms, a 'pecking order', or more institutionalised form 'military chain of command', and then the inequality is seen as something to be emphasised, and becomes the basis for social ordering.

My feeling is that many of these competitive shooters definitely play into these feelings of superiority and dominance; and the avenue of 'getting good' is just the means to express such feelings over 'noobs' and other selves.

'Superiority' is something that is also implicity cultivated in our school systems, with comparative testing being done week-in, week-out, instead of focussing on the learning process, and celebrating each new understanding, irregardless of a 'score'.

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side-related quotes on 'superiority'.

18.21 Questioner: Why did they want larger and stronger organisms?

Ra: The ones of Yahweh were attempting to create an understanding of the Law of One by creating mind/body complexes capable of grasping the Law of One. The experiment was a decided failure from the view of the desired distortions due to the fact that rather than assimilating the Law of One, it was a great temptation to consider the so-called social complex or subcomplex as elite or different and better than other-selves, this one of the techniques of service to self.

and:

18.25 Questioner: Can you tell me specifically what allowed the most serious of these inroads to be made by the Orion group?

Ra: I am Ra. This will be the final full question.

Specifically those who are strong, intelligent, etc., have a temptation to feel different from those who are less intelligent and less strong. This is a distorted perception of oneness with other-selves. It allowed the Orion group to form the concept of the holy war, as you may call it. This is a seriously distorted perception. There were many of these wars of a destructive nature.