I don't consider myself a superstitious person at all. Bring on the black cats and open umbrellas indoors. But when it comes to tournament day, I suddenly become a superstitious OCD freakshow!
If I win the first round, suddenly whatever side of the table I was sitting on becomes my "lucky side" and I HAVE to continue to sit on that side for the rest of the event, rushing to the table to claim it before my opponent does. If I won while using a particular pen, suddenly that's my lucky pen and must continue using only that one, regardless of whether the ink starts to run out. If I have to go to the toilet between rounds and then lose the next round, suddenly I can't allow myself to urinate again for the rest of the event. And so on and so forth until I'm literally sitting there all day on one side of the table with the stylus only held in my left hand but not actually used to touch the screen at all, and my lucky shorts on with nothing in the pockets, and my headphone only in my left ear, with the volume at a lucky level that can't be changed, and I'm only allowed to have two sips of water every second round, and I have a notebook that can't have certain things written in it and a new page must be started every round but not until I'm sitting at the table, etc etc. If I lose a round, I need to identify the culprit and change it, like the potentially unlucky water bottle I may have used! It becomes exhausting and typing it out now I'm just laughing at myself
Am I the only one that does this? And if so, what are your tournament quirks, habits and superstitions?
If I win the first round, suddenly whatever side of the table I was sitting on becomes my "lucky side" and I HAVE to continue to sit on that side for the rest of the event, rushing to the table to claim it before my opponent does. If I won while using a particular pen, suddenly that's my lucky pen and must continue using only that one, regardless of whether the ink starts to run out. If I have to go to the toilet between rounds and then lose the next round, suddenly I can't allow myself to urinate again for the rest of the event. And so on and so forth until I'm literally sitting there all day on one side of the table with the stylus only held in my left hand but not actually used to touch the screen at all, and my lucky shorts on with nothing in the pockets, and my headphone only in my left ear, with the volume at a lucky level that can't be changed, and I'm only allowed to have two sips of water every second round, and I have a notebook that can't have certain things written in it and a new page must be started every round but not until I'm sitting at the table, etc etc. If I lose a round, I need to identify the culprit and change it, like the potentially unlucky water bottle I may have used! It becomes exhausting and typing it out now I'm just laughing at myself

Am I the only one that does this? And if so, what are your tournament quirks, habits and superstitions?