Are video games STS?

[Nicholas]

That being said, I have lost many fights against quite talented players who left me with nothing but feelings of admiration. No hard feelings whatsoever.

Not to mention such games are fertile grounds for catalyst. Not just regarding other-selves but the perceived imperfections of the self as well.

It should not be particularly difficult to love your opponent when you consider that the game would not take place without competing players.. and even easier if you're one of the few who penetrate the veil enough to know that all is one. Doing your best to match wits or brawn with a consenting opponent within a frame of courtesy and sportsmanship can be interpreted as a loving service.

This very much reminds me of when Ra are discussing Franklin D Roosevelt's life patterns, and as this thread has broadened into the study of competition in general, I don't feel it is necessary to create a new one.
I will bold the parts that I wish to elaborate on...

35.1 Questioner:...I was making a list here and the first I thought we might possibly hit the high points on as to the effect of catalyst of the individual’s working life would be the one we know as Franklin D. Roosevelt. Could you say something about that entity?

Ra: I am Ra. It is to be noted that in discussing those who are well-known among your peoples there is the possibility that information may be seen to be specific to one entity whereas in actuality the great design of experience is much the same for each entity. It is with this in mind that we would discuss the experiential forces which offered catalyst to an individual.

It is further to be noted that in the case of those entities lately incarnate upon your plane much distortion may have taken place in regard to misinformation and misinterpretation of an entity’s thoughts or behaviors.

We shall now proceed to, shall we say, speak of the basic parameters of the one known as Franklin. When any entity comes into third-density incarnation, each of its energy centers is potentiated but must be activated by the self using experience.

The one known as Franklin developed very quickly up through red, orange, yellow, and green and began to work in the blue-ray energy center at a tender age, as you would say. This rapid growth was due, firstly, to previous achievements in the activation of these rays; secondly, to the relative comfort and leisure of its early existence; thirdly, due to the strong desire upon the part of the entity to progress. This entity mated with an entity whose blue-ray vibrations were of a strength more than equal to its own thus acquiring catalyst for further growth in that area that was to persist throughout the incarnation.

This entity had some difficulty with continued green-ray activity due to the excessive energy which was put into the activities regarding other-selves in the distortion towards acquiring power. This was to have its toll upon the physical vehicle, as you may call it. The limitation of the non-movement of a portion of the physical vehicle opened once again, for this entity, the opportunity for concentration upon the more, shall we say, universal or idealistic aspects of power; that is, the non-abusive use of power. Thus at the outset of a bellicose action this entity had lost some positive polarity due to excessive use of the orange- and yellow-ray energies at the expense of green- and blue-ray energies, then had regained the polarity due to the catalytic effects of a painful limitation upon the physical complex.

This entity was not of a bellicose nature but rather during the conflict continued to vibrate in green ray working with the blue-ray energies. The entity who was the one known as Franklin’s teacher also functioned greatly during this period as blue-ray activator, not only for its mate but also in a more universal expression. This entity polarized continuously in a positive fashion in the universal sense while, in a less universal sense, developing a pattern of what may be called karma; this karma having to do with inharmonious relationship distortions with the mate/teacher.

So the first, 2 bolded parts infer to me that (the entity known as) FDR already had an STO bias/polarity prior to his incarnation, as FDR. So even a seemingly negative individual (i.e. preparing to nuke the Jananese)
does not give an accurate reflection of their sum vibratory identity.  

Politics is treated as a game by most politicians that are ambitious to effect change, and so just like gaming, or sports, they are seeking to win. That said, to assume that gaming is about "acquiring power" over others is as reliable as trying to judge the polarity of FDR by studying his external behaviours, as Ra have noted in the above quote. Its waaaaaaaay too subjective.

So here is the point I wanted to make with the remainder of the bolded bits. "the opportunity for concentration" on "... the non-abusive use of power", was due to Franklin having the opportunity to do some inner work, that being contemplation. Conversely, spending too much time competing, in the game of politics proved unhelpful in his overall goal to polarise, or as Ra termed it, "...strong desire on the part of the entity to progress".

So what Ra are saying here, so far as I can tell, is that Franklin's opportunity to contemplate on the ideals of human leadership, via his physical handicap, caused him to continue working from his heart centre, with inspiration coming from his wife's throat centre. Thus a non-abusive attitude towards gaming can only be positive in its effects. Such ideas as no cheating or lying in order to win (I come across this catalyst all the time when I play casual football and golf), and not seeing your competitor as the bar in which needs jumping (the very catalyst that has manifest as sporting injuries with regards to my playing football,) but reviewing the ways in which we can improve by using our competitor as a blind spot reflector (similar to viewing negative greetings). But most important to me (which incorporates the above) is an even playing field. This can be expressed simply in the weight categories, or league categories in boxing and sport overall. And perhaps more technically in revealing our own playing cards, before play begins! 

Also, Austin provides us with a great quote from Quo in the mentioned podcast above, here (11 minutes in), and its really worth listening to everything he has to say in this discussion imo. He talks about his own experience with gaming, as well   

Finally, as my own "mate/teacher" put it to me while writing this post. I told her I was busy talking about competition on bring4th, so she said "No it's about having fun and taking part, not winning, that's wrong"
So my partner is referring to the communal aspect of playing games or sport, and that the gain lies in interacting with others rather than trying to beat others. Which is the very motive for me playing golf!