My mate Dave was always one for switchin the turntable off and startin afresh, and I had no problems with that, as the tunes I used to leave him weren't quite his style, even though we usually both played at the same night. I, however, used to pick a tune I knew was gonna fit in with Dave's stuff, and just carried on the mix when playin after him, as I'm a great believer in keepin the flow. The only time I've ever started afresh is when playin after a trance dj, hard fast trance at that, and I wanted to really slow it down, so faded out and stuck a CLR locked groove on.

Nothin wrong with either way, as long as the night goes well, everyone leaves happy etc, I don't necessarily think it's an ego thing at all.