Tournament Players PROTIP: Platinum Edition

The same reader that provided Tournament Players PROTIP 5(a) has also provided some other useful PROTIPs! He modestly calls them Bronze Rules, but here at Tournament Players PROTIP HQ, we feel they merit a better quality of metal.

1. Do not drink 8 cups of water per game. That is too much fluid.
2. If you feel severe nausea, notice the location of the closest restroom. This is critical if you ate food from Panda Express before the round. [ALWAYS make note of the TWO nearest restrooms! - ed.]
3. Bring a bottle on NSAIDs. This goes double if there are bright lights in the hall. Triple if it is the last round. Depending on how acute pain is, see the next note.
4. Bring Pepto-Bismol.
5. If you are sick, coffee. If that does not work, cough drops and coffee. Repeat until the end of the tournament. [Espresso is probably
6. Sleep is good. Three hours is NOT enough. Try melatonin if you need help at night, and coffee if you are not diurnal. 
7. Bring extra batteries for your clock, even if it is of the longlasting variety. [And bring the instruction manual for your clock, especially if it is a Chronos! - ed.]
8. Bring a coat. This sounds stupid in Florida, but we have our share of Ice Hotels here.
9. Don't take liquid antihistamine meds during the round. The same active ingredient is used in Zzzquil. [Methamphetamines would work in these situations, and are both Erdős and Lemmy approved, but not strictly legal. And by "not strictly legal" we mean you will go to jail, or worse, get fulminate of mercuried by an angry HS chemistry teacher. - ed.]
10. Don't let a teammate of your opponent pick up the clock and reset it if the opponent came late and had time run off.
11. Don't tell your opponent that the time control has not yet been reached. [Or that the time control HAS been reached! - ed.]
12. Most important, be honest to yourself. BCD behavior (Blame others, Complain about cirumstances, and Defend yourself) is the best way to keep yourself from ever improving.

I must be honest that I'm not sure about that last one, but to each their own!