Thread:Metlspaz/@comment-27247829-20160519013519/@comment-27247829-20160519021423

Believe it or not, lots of professional tabletop players believe in superstitions. There's this one professional poker player I know that spent his entire day praying in the church a day before a big night. There's also a certain shogi player I know who made a point to eat his childhood food in a title match, believing it grants him luck. I actively seek misfortune before a big mahjong, poker, or chess game, and I once cleaned the mahjong table twice over before making one player forfeit with the score of -56000.

Superstitions are just that, but the power of belief is quite frightening indeed...