It was through those cracks that new players clawed hand over bloody hand into the game. And once you were in, the only way to stay in was to throw yourself into the abyss of uncertainty with wild abandon over and over and over again. You had to risk everything every single day. Otherwise, someone willing to do so would topple you in no time at all. Winners didn’t stay winners by staying cooped up in a fortress. They stuck their necks out so far that everyone else thought it was a bluff.
