I do understand his point. There are just as many examples of people being so overwhelmed by the new strategy that they don't know how to respond to it and lose. And then learn how to deal with it in later matches. Also, downvoting me for disagreeing is a dick move.
I would say it’s a weakness but I think it’s shared by most players. A ‘weird’ go strategy isn’t going to involve new kinds of pieces on the board or someone developing a win condition at a place on the board you can’t see.
You can lose a Starcraft game easily if someone is doing something novel and you don’t happen to scout the right place on the board soon enough.
