honestly i spent my youth always being the FNG everyone wanted to mess with or pick on . so i got me a lot of practice in and ive found no one way works everytime - thus you must have a lot of options and learn to read people - i have to say ive choked out some near losses -i guess thats my fail...
been a point of contention with me and my buddy for years - i try to always sit with my back to a wall or better yet in a corner (no glass) and an unobstructed view of the entrances . where we differ is he has to also have a means of egress - the only thing we can agree on is we have acquired...