OT-ing the board, a strategic Brahmastra
There comes a time when one stares into the abyss - an abyss filled with smug opponents, inevitable failure and lingering regret of ever agreeing to play in the first place. And that is precisely the moment when the only reasonable move left is to flip the board. Whether the board be of chess, carrom or life. It's the last bastion of dignity, the Hail Mary of strategy, the nuclear option of childhood - and adulthood, depending on your level of maturity. By OT-ing the board, no one can definitively prove you were losing. Second, it introduces an exciting new element - chaos - which levels the playing field. Third, it forces a philosophical reckoning: if a game has no outcome, did it even happen?
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