0 ways to not get nervous before a tournament

1) Take deep breaths

Bruh

2) Remind yourself of the high-stakes of the game and the consequences of the scenario where you lose. 

4) Get your friend to blackmail you with a serious threat in the scenario that you lose.

geez chillllllllllllll

(i know its a joke)

5) Don't chill. 

8) Decide that chilling is unnecessary and offer all the chill pills you own to your opponent. 

9) Don't listen to @2ke21-0's remarks and chill 

10) wondering why you are in this forum and just randomly start posting chess memes

topic = me  and  me   thinking  why  i  am  here

12) Forget how to count 

13) Disregard comment #12

haha thx

11.) go back in time to fix other people's mistakes *Cough Cough* @2Ke21-0

15) Imagine you are in front of a huge audience if you are shy

16) Disregard Number 15

18) Burn your PC if you saw this

(This whole thread, not the post)

This will not even get 100 posts, let alone 1000