As harsh as it sounds, the mantra of "I scrim, therefore I go ham" is the esports equivalent of the concept put forth by the French philosopher Rene Descartes "cogito ergo sum" which might be better known to you as "I think therefore I am". It serves as an axiom, a premise or starting point for many important arguments that flow into decisions which ultimately end up faulty because the very initial starting point is problematic and often flat-out wrong.