Do you view yourself as an existentialist?
i actually think existentialist is a really good word for me, and i sort of hijacked it several years ago to describe a lot of my techniques. i was aware that it was meant for a certain time period, but it just seemed like the word wasn't being used in my area at the time and it felt perfect to describe what i was going through. actually a friend gave it to me, by accident, when i was describing to him my techniques for multi player smash brothers, and balancing the whole board overall rather than going against individual players. he said it sounded like i was getting 'existential' with the game, and i was aware that neither of us really knew where that word came from, but i really like it so i continued using it for a long time. i don't know if anyone else uses the word in this way, the way i use it is sort of like the 'don't play the pieces, play the board' attitude in chess. and it can applied virtually anywhere in life