I'm a 1740 in chess (so I suck) but my 2 cents about this:
'So many viable openings' exists at 900-1600 chess ELO mostly. Above that, many people will have specific preparation for games, and with offbeat openings that put you even at a point's disadvantage, many 1700+ chess players can convert it into a win. Unless, of course, you're a 1700 playing Magnus or Hikaru, where you will get bongclouded and still be destroyed. Unorthodox openings can sometimes be effective, such as breaking out of your routine and catching someone else off guard, but this will likely only happen at the very top level where each GM analyses other GM's games in tournaments to calculate playing style. Unorthodox openings often work lower down the chess ladder but make you easily destroyed at higher levels, like for example most showdown salt youtubers' gimmick teams/playstyles. Offbeat openings are not bad, and are good to play with your friends to have fun, but you should never bring it to a tournament like how you probably won't bring Slaking to a tournament in SV.
(in non-SV formats) and other gimmick strats kind of like the Scholars Mate? If you are completely unprepared, you can lose to it but otherwise you are playing at a huge disadvantage (lack of development and typically a 5 v 6, respectively).
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