Popularized by the indie game Dwarf Fortress, "losing is fun" refers to the inevitable destruction of your fortress, wether by goblins, elves, kobolds, humans, demons, and more! It really is what keeps many players going, wondering what will destroy their new masterpiece.
Me: Okay, that's another 8 forts lost in the last week. Let's look for a nice, quiet spot to make my new fort. Oh! That'll work! >click<
Game: UNICORN INVASION!!!
Me: AW, COMON! *Sighs*. Losing is Fun, and all that.
Two days later: *Mumbling incoherently into a corner
Game: UNICORN INVASION!!!
Me: AW, COMON! *Sighs*. Losing is Fun, and all that.
Two days later: *Mumbling incoherently into a corner
by Guess_Who_Else May 29, 2011
by daniel jurca December 06, 2007
When a paid cosmetic change or costume actually gives a character a disadvantage in a competitive game.
by Skargust January 08, 2019
To make a social blunder so bad, you drive away your friends, lose a great opportunity, become infamous, or an otherwise unpleasant consequence of a seemingly in consequent action
Person: I thought he would accept me, so I told him I want to create weapons of mass destruction when I grow up. Now, he's disturbed by me.
Person's mind: You lose at life.
Person's mind: You lose at life.
by EmiLogic March 01, 2017
by Damnnnn lad September 16, 2018
by Tige Gentry July 22, 2006