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¿Question #1649?
Aelf: Ever lost a game on purpose, just to please your opponent? (Wives excepted)

dselljr: Often, for my daughter.
etchasketch2001: Yes
Dreadnought13: How else could you explain any losses?
pwilz: If by pleasing my opponent, you mean I just wanted to misery to end, and I don't care if he felt all smug about how awesome he was, then yes.
Vinnie37: Yes
kathleenryan: yes, of course. :)
Hexebomba: Yes. When I try to get ppl more into games, and ofc to gf.
Woelf: Only against small children, and then only very rarely.
TunaSled: Of course, I have children.
jegan22280: No. I am a merciless competitor. I did however throw a game of Pandemic once to piss a player off.
Spirit of 70: No.
arkibet: yes - but I tried not to lose by too much.
Harkonnen13: Since little sisters aren't excepted, yes.
xsoul: Yes, when teaching non gamer friends to play something like settlers, I alwasy make sure I don't win the first game or two.
tonguepaste: No
Randy Cox: Sure. Kids need to win.
gmcash: no
Jogador1: or to confuse them (if they are expecting competition)
MotUfan: Not that I recall.
JohnnyRyce: Yes, but only with little kids
Grungydan: Yes.
mentis: Children, dude. Got to get them to like games so they will play the heavy ones in a few years.
DHEK: No. That would be disrespecting your opponent, in some cases, I would think.
rootbeer: Yeah, I was playing with my 10-year-old brother. His first game of Nexus Ops. I made it a close one, though.
aleo09: no WAY!!
Beyak: no
cluegirl: NO MAN,...I WILL KICK YOUR ASS!
diehard4life: yep, married for 11 years, you figure it out.
leslauber: Lost, no. Played less aggressively, yes.
ZiggyZambo: No, if wives are excepted.
ellephai: I can't think of a time when I've purposely thrown a game, though there have been times--chiefly with kids and when teaching them how to play--that I haven't played at full force.
mcross: Yes
HScottBuck: Yes... oh, no wives... No
bigbadsteve: does getting bored of a game and giving up to get it over with count?
dmomo: Perhaps.
ashleesaunt: only with kids and only occassionally - they need to learn how to lose too.
Avatar_69: Yes, unless my children are an exception too :-)
mlanza: No, but I have dropped the "intensity" level.
Nekura: Yes
brainrob: No (since wives are excepted!)
gr8lookinguy: um no, lose toomuch pride
gsilva: No.
jellospike: no
Kazin: Girlfriends excluded? If they are, then no. If not, then yes.
stray_flux: maybe, but it feels like I'm being obvious and insulting
Teriyaki Donuts: Sometimes it's better to lose a game to get another to like it.
confuse_a_cat: I have. It's sometimes an important meta-game strategy.
chad56s: Not to please them, necessarily, but maybe to avoid discouraging them.
Cyren: yes (lol to my husband and my kids-- or does that fit under the same catagory as ^)
POvidiusNaso: Yes.
ZombyDawg: No, that's cheating. I'm not against handicapping or giving your opponent some kind of play-balance. I never let my kid win when she was little and now she plays for blood.
B_J_S: no
consolewa: Once or twice, and it is never worth it.
EDS Teioh: yes...ASL
GrandpaDave: No
Lord_Prussian: Not that I can think of
The Unbeliever: 42
Ludocrazy: No
CharlieWonka: Yes
sourwyrm: i don't think so
Ravsitar: Yep.
scriptorum: No, but I've made less than ideal moves when I'm ahead, to keep things friendly.
PiggDogg: No.
AWildEep: Yes
davidme: No
hobbes_inc: yes, mostly so they will want to play agian
mandj2001: yep
ThatFalafelGirl: probably, but i don't remember for sure.
Bearcat89: Oui.
skrutsch: Not that I recall.
dakarp: no
snoozefest: no
Mike A: With kids.
fehrmeister: No
melissa: I'm a wife and will answer anyway. No. (although I do have a horrible habit of throwing games in the middle because I'm trying to make sure everyone is enjoying themself)
Quest22: Yes
Nomadik: Yes
heli: n
ValJor: When I play a newbie, I always play below my regular strength
Asmoridin: Yeah, I lost Warhammer 40K to my brother, just so he'd get a win. Apparently Space Marines are 'hard' to use. Who knew?
thoia: no.
stephensj23: Yes. I was playing chess for the 10th time with a guy who thought he was smarter than me. I couldn't take another game, so I lost on the theory he only wanted to win. I was right.
BobDodgerBlue: Yes, (Kids)
DJinSD: yes
puffinge: no, but I may have done it to be done and play with someone else.
rivo: yes, if kids are included :-)
solove: Not in a proper gaming session
wtrollkin2000: Well sort of. I've switched to a strategy that I want to try, but that is not likely to be the best one.
Ebonwoulfe: Never!
AlorielLelyn: Not for anyone other than my significant other... And I find it obnoxiously sexist that you assumed only men would do this..."wives excepted" :P
isbert: never! although with young kids, sometimes I don't give it my all, to try to give them a better shot at winning.
sdownin: Yes, when trying to teach my 9-year old cousin to play Pente.
sumo: Losing comes easily enough without trying harder.
Dave: No
2amp: no
Debate: Never quite been able to deliberately lose, although I have been known to back off on occasion which might have the same effect.
chaddyboy_2000: Yes.
CDRodeffer: No
tragicpoet: No
skelebone: I've done less than ideal when playing with new players, but never purposefully thrown a game.
gnomehome: Not exactly lose on purpose, but going easy on someone who was developing a bad temper.
djlg: Yes. (Particularly when breaking in newbies.)
jttm: Yes
CortexBomb: No
Blackwind: no
Spielfreak: no