EPTStarcraft and Poker - Page 2
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HowitZer
United States1610 Posts
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aBnarf
Bangladesh314 Posts
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Casper...
Liberia4948 Posts
his post in 1/10th the words a) starcraft and poker are gaming b) gaming is ok c) gambling is bad d) poker is gambling e) underage gambling is bad f) tl.net shouldn't promote gambling (audience age) g) poker requires no skill h) blah blah | ||
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Casper...
Liberia4948 Posts
fuckit. most of the people here are grown folks. meat needs funds to run the site. and kids shouldn't gamble. still valid input tho | ||
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KH1031
United States862 Posts
-_- suppose the odd of you winning in a game is roughly 49% (The odd of casino winning would be, by default, 51%) Doesn't really sound that badly ripped for a game in casino. But...let's see... Say you played 10 games. Now the chance of you winning overall would be roughly 47.5% Say you want to try your luck further, and played 100 more games. Now the chance of you winning on that 100 games would be around 42% Okay, if you are truly hardcore, now you played 1000 more games after that. The chance of you winning is now diminished to a little more than 26% Basically, if you are feeling lucky, the very first hand will tell you if it is true or not (In this case, the odds of winning is 49% in the first hand). As the first hand you play you WILL have the best chance of winning some money. And if you DO happen to win on the first bet, mark my word here: GG NO RE Go buy yourself dinner or something...get the heck out of there. Don't be tempted to try out your luck again. You got lucky once, now the more you play, the more odds are AGAINST you (These odds are compounded as well). Bottom line, games in casino are legal rip-offs For the most part...I don't see casinos go bankrupt...they only get bigger and prettier. As a conclusion, The Bible tells us NOT TO BE GREEDY for a reason. On the contrary of the popular belief...God knows how to do math too... *If there is a question or problem with how I come up with those percentages, please PM me* | ||
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aBnarf
Bangladesh314 Posts
btw us playing poker is benefitial to everyone in this forum because there are no pop ups lol | ||
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Izenra
Canada679 Posts
poker required skillz in my opinion. its like bw actually! -always make scv and rally em to min and click as they come out -try to guess what your opponent will do according to what he has -Retreat if you got nothing, come back when you know you will kill the other - be CONSISTENT in order to have a good rec :D edit: to the second post before me, true gambling is idiot. That why smart player play poker. | ||
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ProudCappi
United States366 Posts
On December 22 2004 21:22 Physician wrote: Again it is not about whose fault it is. It is about influence, setting examples and doing the right thing. It is about putting a stop the insidiuos online gaming industry interest in our gamer community, not just Tl.net. It is about improving our community. Online gambling will not improve anyone here, so why foster it in any way? What is your definition of improve? How does BW "improve" any of us here? | ||
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Physician
United States4146 Posts
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Zorglub1
Denmark532 Posts
I have one question for the poker freaks out there: If there are nine guys at a table playing poker, all nine guys knows the same things about poker i.e. pot odds and so on (poker is not rocket science). If this is the case please tell me how can anything else than the luck of the cards determine who will win? And if this is the case, the only one who will win in the long term is the house because of the rake. (im talking online poker here, but the same thing would be true in real games if every one has the same stone face and reading abilties as the others) | ||
GTR
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Legionnaire
Australia4514 Posts
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After)Eight(
Germany502 Posts
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Physician
United States4146 Posts
So true  And hours and hours of fun. That is why we play it, it is a game for most of us. For some they even made it into a job, and as long as they enjoy it I admire them. Thats what games are about ~ enjoying life through play. I was also very careful in my phrasing.. gambling will not ruin everyones life, because very few will become compulsive gamblers.. but a few will and that is my point, fostering it is not good. We are all potential heroine addicts if exposed, but you have to be exposed to it first - and there is a lot of young people prone to influence here. | ||
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FeelTheMoment
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ProudCappi
United States366 Posts
Also, BW could be considered as bad as gambling. We put so much time into it, and 99% get nothing out excecpt fun. Why not trash BW? Because you are losing time and not money? Time is potential money. | ||
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Legionnaire
Australia4514 Posts
I dont really ahve any problems with them advertising it, its all about self control. If you dont have enough of it then you are going to do some bad things in life, better to get it over now when you dont have as much to lose and learn your lesson then to fuck up later. If noone had self control everyone would be going around raping girls, killing ppl and doing moronicly stupid things just because they can. Its a personality flaw that is going to be exploited anyway for those with week self control. Its like when you are a kid, and your dad gives you your first taste of beer and you hate it, it leaves a good impression on you for ages, of course you will go with friends and start drinking when you grow up but it still... damn it i had an awesome point with this but i forgot... fucghadfogihadfg okay i sat here for 3 mins thinking, and i THINK it was something about gradually being introduced to something you are more likely to have more understanding about it and to be ab le to control yourself better. Just think of TL as providing this introductory course into monetary issues for teenagers. Free of charge! hmm my original idea was better though.. damn it. | ||
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yeehaw
San Marino888 Posts
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Waxangel
United States33553 Posts
On December 22 2004 23:19 Casper... wrote: and to that i say fuckit. most of the people here are grown folks. meat needs funds to run the site. and kids shouldn't gamble. still valid input tho well toptalent hosts the site, I dunno what meat is doing with the money  | ||
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Legionnaire
Australia4514 Posts
Which is far more interesting Ahhh wax, that makes sense, obviously meat is one of those weak minded fools and needs our money to keep his poker addiction going!!! okay thats it, i'm changing sides we must save meat, if that means to stop everyone else playing poker then so be it! | ||
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