Here is a little story that happened the other day that kind of makes me look good, and also has a bit of a message, so please indulge me. ;-) I was playing the final match with my Chaos Dwarves in the Box Trophy, and I got scheduled against an Emerging Star coach with Norse. I even had the higher TV. So it was one of those dreadful match-ups that you reeeally expect to win and will be hugely frustrating if you lose.

It starts with a Blitz against and KO on a Bull (Apo used). First 2 turns I lose 2 Blockers and a Hobbo, turn 3 I get only pushes on a crucial Blitz, coming under huge positional pressure. Now, this is the moment where I could have easily lost my... humour. In these moments I always try to think back to the time when I was the Emerging Star and how I hated it when Super Stars or Legends wouldn't lose gracefully. I mean I knew that all things being equal they would beat me, did they think I didn't know that? Yet statistically sometimes even the best coach loses. Why wouldn't they let me enjoy my 5 minutes of fame? (In fairness to my opponent in this particular match, I don't think there was such a huge gap in coaching level.)

So I swallow my frustration and keep my humour, and guess what, my ball carrier survives 5 block dice and two bombs, the Norse start leaving the pitch and I go on to win the match. My opponent and me both had a fun time and good chat, and now I look really gracious, whereas had I lost it earlier I would just look like a dork. So next time you go into one of those dreadful matches that you reeeally expect to win, and it doesn't go well initially, and you're struggling to keep it together, remember: You don't want to look like a dork if you win. ;-)