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LV_426
Poland432 Posts
On December 08 2013 07:03 dirtydurb82 wrote: From a God to a railbird. Of course, we are all happy BoxeR has a job and is in a community he wants to be in. railbird? railbird =/= grinder | ||
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Sorkoas
549 Posts
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HunterX11
United States1048 Posts
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epok
United States117 Posts
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Pittski
United States50 Posts
It just leaves a bad taste. Makes gaming feel like its being looked at as Child's play. | ||
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MrTortoise
1388 Posts
If you are in top 0.00001% you make money, same as pro gaming in computer games. Difference is, you get really paid. poker still exists, pokerstars kinda swallowed it all though. There are still a few people on there that seem to be on all the time and never seem to make a profit at micro and low stakes - like for years. I feel for sc legends that get to the end of their career look at the sc2 scene and realise that the big bucks have gone or are going. Poker actually makes sense, i wish them all the best. Its a shame black friday and full tilt have destroyed the credability of the poker world. Its still going strong, its just tougher than ever. If poker is not gaming what the hell is? Its just a shame that tiny stakes online poker bears little or no relation to live poker - much like tiny skill online games bear little or no relation to high skill. | ||
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HunterX11
United States1048 Posts
On December 10 2013 02:25 epok wrote: posts like these made me wish for-money online poker still existed. why was it banned anyways? Cut into casino poker revenues. It's probably coming back within a few years though, once NV NJ DE et al. pave the way. | ||
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Cassalina
United States65 Posts
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ottosec
505 Posts
Starcraft and Poker are more similar than people think. The mindset and decision making process are almost the same on both games. | ||
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Highways
Australia6105 Posts
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ANGELIAS1234
United States46 Posts
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cz
United States3249 Posts
He's not going to be a 40hr a week grinder or something, he's basically just the new face of some poker site. That's it. It's like being the face on the Wheaties box - you don't have to eat Wheaties every meal, you just have to do a commercial once every few months. | ||
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cz
United States3249 Posts
On December 08 2013 13:31 ROOTFayth wrote: I never retired from poker, I was just really lazy and sat on my money during 2011 and 2012 (had 2 children during that time) aaaand wasted a lot of time playing SC2 on and off, started playing poker seriously again at the end of 2012 How are the games now compared to 2010-11? | ||
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Doominator10
United States515 Posts
We will miss you <3 | ||
Liquid`Jinro
Sweden33719 Posts
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thezanursic
5497 Posts
On December 06 2013 12:39 radscorpion9 wrote: I find this connection between Brood War and poker fascinating. I can't imagine it'll be easy for him, but possibly it will be more likely to achieve something than continuing to make it 'work' with SC2 Fixed that for you. Don't actually remember any notable SC2 pros going poker where as Elky made millions and a myriad of other BW pros went on to be very successful. | ||
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1a2a3aPro
Canada227 Posts
The games continually get harder. I am a semi-professional player, but I make my money playing live. Online is just too tough now-a-days. There is no influx of new fish, the old ones go broke or get bored, and the regulars keep getting better and better. It's gone all the way down to 25NL, which is now much tougher. I think this trend will continue if Black Friday isn't lifted, maybe even then. | ||
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Karakadin
United States5 Posts
edit: and yea the people saying poker is too tough now are just lol, yes the game has progressed but there is still room for like a HUGE # of people to make 200k+, and the top subset of those to make 500k+ consistently in almost every game form. Yea back in the day you could only have 1/2 a brain and print money, but assuming your smart and work hard it's not that hard even now | ||
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vol_
Australia1608 Posts
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therabit
795 Posts
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