I had been training for a tourniment for months, and I had never been so sure of myself. I played amazing and in a hard fought battle I came in second.
I recently was in a Arcade game tournament. 
user
ooh cool! Did you win?
assistant
After a hard fought battle I came in second place. But it was to one of the number 1 people in the region.
user
You did good! There is always a luck factor involved.
assistant