Tom keeps killing me... for not looking at him?

[Karma]

So, I'm on the hour that has Tim, Tom, and Caleb. Whenever Tom does his sort of leafy appearace, he kills me no matter how quickly I look down. I don't even see him form, just see the leafy stuff. you can see what I'm talking about here: https://youtu.be/M5LO7_Z3C1A?t=7m15s am I doing something wrong?

[TheModster]

Tom is pretty tricky. Sometimes it takes some trial and error to get used to dodging him right. And other times it's down to just plain luck! You didn't do anything wrong because it is that easy to accidentally bump into him or see one of his copies or be at the wrong place at the wrong time!

In some of his other manifestations you can risk looking at him briefly, but when he sprouts from the ground like that it's reaaallly touchy. You have to stop immediately and look down/up until he leaves, which usually doesn't take long.

After he leaves, make sure to resume moving to outpace Caleb. That's the one annoying thing about 3 AM, as you have to juggle staying still for Tom and moving constantly for Caleb. Believe me, it's possible but it takes practice.

[ottermeal]

Sometimes instead of avoiding looking at Tom, you actually have to move away from him and look away from him, too. It's really risky, because you don't know when you have to run, or when you have to stay still.

I'm pretty sure on the manifestation when he makes all of the growls and you hear the crunching noises, you need to look down and stay still. You'll figure it out, don't worry! Took me 3 tries to figure out what I had to do when he kept killing me!

[Nexusshark]

I hate it when he does that and the game certainly doesn't tell me what to do. Of course when I have Tim or Caleb on my ass at the time I'm pretty much doomed, because the strategy I have to use against one kid counteracts the other. Tom is easily the most annoying thing in the entire game because of this one move.