There is an episode of Seinfeld where George—a lifelong screw up—decides to do the opposite of his natural instincts and impulses at every turn. He has a great day, lands his job at the Yankees, etc.
I was a superb Onslaught drafter, but there was probably a reason my buddy Scott had a dim confidence in my game play. So I decided to draft normally but pull a George and do the opposite of everything I was inclined to in game.
The result was a Day 2 with a terrible Sealed deck and 3-0 / 6-0 in my first draft. I needed 2-1 for Top 8.
The “Even Steven” part is that at that point I was so full of myself I forgot to do the opposite of what I wanted to do and made about three important mistakes… Exactly enough to land myself one point out of Top 8 at Grand Prix Boston (Kibler won).
The late (or at least severely delayed) Bergholt Stuttley Johnson was generally recognized as the worst inventor in the
world, yet in a very specialized sense. Merely bad inventors made things that failed to operate. He wasn’t among these small fry. Any fool could make something that did absolutely nothing when you pressed the button. He scorned such fumble-fingered amateurs. Everything he built worked. It just didn’t do what it said on the box. If you wanted a small ground-to-air missile, you asked Johnson to design an ornamental fountain.
Unless you’re a fictional character. Or possibly Mike “Bad Player” Flores:
I thought your first link would be Bloody Stupid Johnson.