Scoreboard

It is an unfortunate fact that you and I will spend a large part of our lives arguing. Whether we argue with our enemies, our friends, or even our spouses, we will argue. More than half the time it will be about something no one cares about. No where is this more apparent than on the internet. On the games you play, people will argue about the usage of then or than. People will argue about the best way to execute the 5th point in the same strategy. But why do we purposefully subject ourselves to such useless arguments? Recently I've realized that it is due to a unique attribute of games. At the end of the game, after all the disagreements and all of the arguing, you get to figure out who was right. Because no matter who was more stupid or more "noob", when you see your name at the top of the scoreboard, you know that you were right all along.