Spanish lessons on a gambling forum?

What is happening when there are thousands more hits on a thread about a Spanish word of the day on a forum about gaming?
Should I go to a Spanish forum to view gambling topics????

There are plenty of gambling topics. Many of us are mathematicians who are happy to contribute to questions. There are also a number of threads about new games and the business of gambling.

My thoughts: many of us on this forum were a bit irritated that the "Top Threads" list, by showing the threads with the highest number of posts rather than the highest quality of information, had become dominated by really stupid threads, because many members kept trying to explain things to a member who just didn't get it. Then, our host had a brilliant (in my opinion) idea for a thread that would be interesting and which could continue to generate posts and views. Now a thread with both interesting subject matter and a rather high quality sits high atop the Top Threads list. The forum is not restricted to gambling topics, so I say, "Well done, Wizard."

Thanks Doc!

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What is happening when there are thousands more hits on a thread about a Spanish word of the day on a forum about gaming?
Should I go to a Spanish forum to view gambling topics????

It's a fun, educational thread and the brilliant minds on this forum need constant stimulation. Your second post after joining today had nothing to do with gambling.

Observar y aprender.

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Observar y aprender.

That's "Observa y aprende," unless you meant to say "To watch and to learn."

Oh, wait. This isn't the Speanish Word of the Day thread. I dont' have to make corrections. Just forget the line above, ok? :)

Quote: Nareed

That's "Observa y aprende," unless you meant to say "To watch and to learn."

Oh, wait. This isn't the Speanish Word of the Day thread. I dont' have to make corrections. Just forget the line above, ok? :)

Thanks, Nareed. I'm trying to take my poor Spanish to the next level and I welcome all corrections.

Do I get partial credit for being close?

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Thanks, Nareed. I'm trying to take my poor Spanish to the next level and I welcome all corrections.

Ok. You're welcome. Although I'm surprised the Wizard keeps posting when I find fault with 101% of what he writes in Spanish. I suspect he may be betting against himself :P

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Do I get partial credit for being close?

If it pleases you. It's not like I'm grading or keeping score. You did get the right verbs.

Quote: Doc

... Now a thread with both interesting subject matter and a rather high quality sits high atop the Top Threads list. The forum is not restricted to gambling topics, so I say, "Well done, Wizard."

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Thanks Doc!

Wizard, I think that now you need to come up with second, third, fourth, etc., threads with similar characteristics that could bump a few others off the Top Threads list.

Recently I posted a photo of the chips currently in my collection, representing 270 casinos. If I had just bothered to start a new thread and post photos of them individually, one or two per day, and if I could get an average of at least 1.25 replies to each post (possibly discussing that casino or posting photos of other chips), that would lead to more than 600 posts on a gambling-related theme and 2nd place on the list.

Unfortunately, I think I'm too lazy to do that, even though photos of single chips would be much easier to examine than the group shot. Instead, I'll just keep reading and enjoying your Spanish-words thread.

Quote: Doc

Recently I posted a photo of the chips currently in my collection, representing 270 casinos. If I had just bothered to start a new thread and post photos of them individually, one or two per day, and if I could get an average of at least 1.25 replies to each post (possibly discussing that casino or posting photos of other chips), that would lead to more than 600 posts on a gambling-related theme and 2nd place on the list.

Remember when Croupier was posting his very long list of Vegas facts? I predicted it would be the longest thread on the board. Too bad no one bet agaisnt me (too bad for the others, of course). But then he never finished it.

We could launch any number of threads that could be long and worthwhile, the trouble is in finding a good topic. if we had a couple more of SF lovers here, I'd suggest a book of the week thread, if only to see whether I could top a long thread with few participants. Off hand, though, I can't think of anything else but gimmicks like a trivia thread.