And FYI - the point of my post here is really to get some feedback on how other people handle similar situations and their reasoning for doing so. I honestly think that this may be a leak for me, but everyone just likes to tell me that open pushing is wrong, but they rarely tell me why or give me alternative plays, they just say they 'don't like it'. A few people have given me some feedback, and to those people I say 'thank you'.
-Rizen
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