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July 12th, 2019 at 7:08:27 PM permalink
It's like an ant you stepped on as a child, just enough to allow the ant to still stir not enough to smash kill it entirely.

But what does this loathsome barely there insect-like activity amount to?

1) Posts (not so much threads) by old-time members stating that there is no way to beat the casino short of BJ card counting or schemes to drain casino player cards of free play and promotions, low level schemes they call "AP."

2) Posts (and occasional threads) on how new members must be former banned members.

3) Did I mention (1) already? Well then, two only so far....

3) RANTS

4) Off-topic threads such as about how to lose weight or what did you eat today that have nothing to do with gambling.

That covers about 90% of the content here these days.

Occasionally you get a real world review of a casino or casino gambling trip, but if any review or story claims any sort of win, the "four legs good, two legs bad" crowd steps in quickly with (1), which is again, that there is no way to beat the casino short of BJ card counting or schemes to drain casino player cards of free play and promotions, low level schemes they call "AP."
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July 12th, 2019 at 7:17:27 PM permalink
Quote: MDawg

It's like an ant you stepped on as a child, just enough to allow the ant to still stir not enough to smash kill it entirely.

But what does this loathsome barely there insect-like activity amount to?

1) Posts (not so much threads) by old-time members stating that there is no way to beat the casino short of BJ card counting or schemes to drain casino player cards of free play and promotions, low level schemes they call "AP."

2) Posts (and occasional threads) on how new members must be former banned members.

3) Did I mention (1) already? Well then, two only so far....

3) RANTS

4) Off-topic threads such as about how to lose weight or what did you eat today that have nothing to do with gambling.

That covers about 90% of the content here these days.

Occasionally you get a real world review of a casino or casino gambling trip, but if any review or story claims any sort of win, the "four legs good, two legs bad" crowd steps in quickly with (1), which is again, that there is no way to beat the casino short of BJ card counting or schemes to drain casino player cards of free play and promotions, low level schemes they call "AP."



You forgot
5) Formerly banned members coming back under different socks with more drivel to add to the fodder.
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July 12th, 2019 at 7:31:53 PM permalink
This is fun
6) Members claiming they have put billions through the casino betting 2-15k a hand. (Nobody believes this FYI)
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July 12th, 2019 at 7:43:16 PM permalink
Quote: MDawg

It's like an ant you stepped on as a child, just enough to allow the ant to still stir not enough to smash kill it entirely.




I used to rescue ants that had fallen into the swimming pool. Perhaps you should look for something more interesting to read if you're bored.

By the way, I'm quite sure there are several members here who actually walk the walk, they just keep their mouths shut. Do you expect them to broadcast their secrets, for free?

Wake me up when you post something more interesting.
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July 12th, 2019 at 7:50:10 PM permalink
Quote: PokerGrinder

This is fun
6) Members claiming they have put billions through the casino betting 2-15k a hand. (Nobody believes this FYI)



Not saying I believe it, but the numbers aren't as daunting as you might think. $1B handle is 333 5 hour sessions at 60 hands/hour and $10k/hand.
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July 12th, 2019 at 7:52:27 PM permalink
I also wish there was more gambling related content. The forum sometimes doesn't have interesting content

I am not sure what your definition of "low-level AP" is. What works works.

If AP moves must net millions to be big-level well see what happens with that. Most likely the casino will take you to civil court ala Phil Ivey

Big AP move.

But if he is forced to give it back or denied his winnings better to stick with the "low-level AP"

Now if you think high-level AP is complicated Oceans 11 stuff (but legal) something the average AP couldn't think of I remember coming up with this really complicated motion picture process for the labs back in my Hollywood days.

I thought I was hot crap about to change the wheel

The lab techs said my new process would work. And it would save customers money. But it was too damn complicated and confusing to operate.

Sometimes simple "low-level" is preferred. Keeping it simple means keeping it successful in many instances
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July 12th, 2019 at 7:57:13 PM permalink
Not dead. 150+ members log on daily. Probably hundreds more lurk. Plenty of new posts and threads on a daily basis. They just no longer are about gambling and how to improve players chances or Las Vegas as it once was. The forum is now sort of a clubhouse, for a group of Wizard's friends, the "in clique" to make fun or each other and make elementary school "pee pee" and sexual comments. The most excitement here involves baiting people to say things that can get then suspended and then bringing it to the moderators attention and then cheering when the member is suspended. Odd, immature kind of stuff.

Michael Shackleford is respected and highly thought of in gaming and non-gaming circles. He is one of the go-to people the media calls on for a gambling story. So it seems odd that he has allowed the forum to go this route. After all, it is his name still associated with the forum, not the casino bonus group that owns it.
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July 12th, 2019 at 7:58:06 PM permalink
Quote: PokerGrinder

This is fun
6) Members claiming they have put billions through the casino betting 2-15k a hand. (Nobody believes this FYI)


You should go back to the thread on how to lose weight, or what you ate today. As I said before, the fact that you don't believe it tells me that you've never played much in your life, because a handle over a B isn't even such a big thing.

And if I wanted to make up a story I think I could come up with a better one than "I used to play average 3000 a hand stopped for about a decade now play about 300 a hand."
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July 12th, 2019 at 8:03:43 PM permalink
Quote: MDawg



And if I wanted to make up a story I think I could come up with a better one than "I used to play average 3000 a hand stopped for about a decade now play about 300 a hand."



I thought this was some massive reverse martingale you hit on.

Start out with 3000 a hand and in a decade work your way down to 300 a hand
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July 12th, 2019 at 8:05:00 PM permalink
That's actually a good post, I like the humor.
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July 12th, 2019 at 8:05:28 PM permalink
Quote: darkoz

I also wish there was more gambling related content. The forum sometimes doesn't have interesting content



You're pretty interesting.
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July 12th, 2019 at 8:05:51 PM permalink
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Not saying I believe it, but the numbers aren't as daunting as you might think. $1B handle is 333 5 hour sessions at 60 hands/hour and $10k/hand.


Easy peasy, no trouble whatsoever.

Mdawg all your posts are braggadocious. You answer peoples thread questions and it always ends up about how big you used to play. I swear you get off to your own stories or something.
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July 12th, 2019 at 8:23:10 PM permalink
Finally, a truth! Of course I like retelling my past. Who doesn't, if it was interesting? But I don't mention the numbers as the main event, mostly as relevant background to the story. Which actually, I haven't really posted many complete stories here at all.
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July 12th, 2019 at 8:36:00 PM permalink
How many times have we been though this stuff with guys like this? Fake photos, screen shots, fake stories, fake personalities we have seen it all. I/we know who to believe and who not to believe, our record stands for itself. If I happen to Be wrong 1 out of 79 I'm good with that number. If one comes up with enough proof to convince me otherwise Ill will admit I'm wrong and apologize. In my experience people of a certain caliber dont really care all that much either way.
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July 12th, 2019 at 8:39:18 PM permalink
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July 12th, 2019 at 8:39:55 PM permalink
I read some posts and got disinterested. Not dead yet, because I'm here and you're here. Waste of time discussing the reasons why there might be less to talk about. Maybe the site should have things about online gambling casinos they advertise about.
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July 12th, 2019 at 8:47:06 PM permalink
It is pretty dead I think though. I've now been here about a year, I don't think I could imagine sticking with it for years if it remains at the level it is at today.

And far as truth or not truth, what would prove it? A pic of huge stacks of money with a handwritten MDAWG Post-It next to the stacks? A pic of $50K in chips pulled out at the casino with a handwritten MDAWG Post-It next to the chips? A pic of stacks of paid $10K markers with a handwritten MDAWG Post-It next to the markers? What would any of those prove? Not that I won. And would I really want an internet forum to get to know me that well?

I read that thread here about the lion tamer guy, SiegfriedRoy and his million dollar win. I mentioned at the end of the thread some numbers from a few of my past trips, and how what he posted might be true. Apparently the Wiz logged into his Player Account and saw the million win and still you guys didn't believe him. So why would any intelligent person bother to prove anything to an internet forum, especially to this crowd?

But getting back to what PokerGrinder said, that's about it, spot on. It's fun to relate one's past. If one's past was fun.
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July 12th, 2019 at 8:56:08 PM permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuInkEF_dQg
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July 12th, 2019 at 9:19:47 PM permalink
Quote: onenickelmiracle

I read some posts and got disinterested. Not dead yet, because I'm here and you're here. Waste of time discussing the reasons why there might be less to talk about. Maybe the site should have things about online gambling casinos they advertise about.




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July 12th, 2019 at 9:24:42 PM permalink
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1:45 Bye Felicia
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July 12th, 2019 at 9:45:22 PM permalink
Quote: MDawg

It is pretty dead I think though. I've now been here about a year, I don't think I could imagine sticking with it for years if it remains at the level it is at today.

And far as truth or not truth, what would prove it? A pic of huge stacks of money with a handwritten MDAWG Post-It next to the stacks? A pic of $50K in chips pulled out at the casino with a handwritten MDAWG Post-It next to the chips? A pic of stacks of paid $10K markers with a handwritten MDAWG Post-It next to the markers? What would any of those prove? Not that I won. And would I really want an internet forum to get to know me that well?

I read that thread here about the lion tamer guy, SiegfriedRoy and his million dollar win. I mentioned at the end of the thread some numbers from a few of my past trips, and how what he posted might be true. Apparently the Wiz logged into his Player Account and saw the million win and still you guys didn't believe him. So why would any intelligent person bother to prove anything to an internet forum, especially to this crowd?

But getting back to what PokerGrinder said, that's about it, spot on. It's fun to relate one's past. If one's past was fun.

Did you ever do a follow up on that situation? If not, I think you should. That might be a bad example to prove your case.
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July 12th, 2019 at 10:09:18 PM permalink
Quote: MDawg

It is pretty dead I think though. I've now been here about a year, I don't think I could imagine sticking with it for years if it remains at the level it is at today.

" oh ya, well I didnt want to be here anyways."

Not getting all the accolades and attention you seek. And no one's buying it eh?


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July 13th, 2019 at 7:55:04 AM permalink
I never understand why people start a thread like this. You're not the first, of course. But you're not even trying to be productive; you're just insulting those who are here.

Participating is voluntary. So is not participating. If you're bored, move on.
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July 13th, 2019 at 9:22:16 AM permalink
It’s like at my parents store, my mom gets so irritated when people come up and tell her that the prices are too high. If they are too high then go away, if the forum isn’t interesting enough for you, go away. I can guarantee nobody will miss you Mdawg.
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July 13th, 2019 at 9:51:04 AM permalink
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I never understand why people start a thread like this

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July 13th, 2019 at 10:06:45 AM permalink
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It’s like at my parents store, my mom gets so irritated when people come up and tell her that the prices are too high. If they are too high then go away, if the forum isn’t interesting enough for you, go away. I can guarantee nobody will miss you Mdawg.



Now you are just being mean.
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July 13th, 2019 at 10:46:10 AM permalink
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Now you are just being mean.



Statisticians can't help it.

They always looking for the mean
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July 13th, 2019 at 10:52:53 AM permalink
I’m being mean? He made a thread to tell everyone he thinks the forum is crap! How rude is that to Mike, the owners or us members who enjoy this forum?
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July 13th, 2019 at 11:40:48 AM permalink
I enjoy MDawg’s posts, and would miss them if he dropped out. Rather than complaining about the lack of content, I challenge him to make it what he wants it to be by adding valuable content. Start a conversation on a topic that interests you.
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July 13th, 2019 at 12:07:56 PM permalink
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Not saying I believe it, but the numbers aren't as daunting as you might think. $1B handle is 333 5 hour sessions at 60 hands/hour and $10k/hand.



With an expected value of negative a few million dollars. But he really won a fraction of a percent on that billion dollar handle without doing anything to change the house advantage. Explain how that is believable?
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July 13th, 2019 at 12:11:44 PM permalink
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1) Posts (not so much threads) by old-time members stating that there is no way to beat the casino short of BJ card counting or schemes to drain casino player cards of free play and promotions, low level schemes they call "AP."



Most people here believe that any casino game with a player advantage is a great way to beat the casinos. Many of us also realize there are lots of different ways to do this that are constantly coming and going. Blackjack is simply one of the oldest and probably the most well documented.

Quote: MDawg

2) Posts (and occasional threads) on how new members must be former banned members.



This is generally only true when the new members are former banned members
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July 13th, 2019 at 1:03:58 PM permalink
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With an expected value of negative a few million dollars. But he really won a fraction of a percent on that billion dollar handle without doing anything to change the house advantage. Explain how that is believable?




He informed us in an earlier thread what strategies led him to overcome the house edge, pressing his bet on hot streaks and walking away when he’s ahead
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July 13th, 2019 at 1:04:11 PM permalink
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This is generally only true when the new members are former banned members



Nothing like unity

We should all "banned" together.
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July 13th, 2019 at 1:25:27 PM permalink
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With an expected value of negative a few million dollars. But he really won a fraction of a percent on that billion dollar handle without doing anything to change the house advantage. Explain how that is believable?



there are hundreds of people all over different internet sites claiming they beat negative expectation games with progressions, bet selection techniques or intuition

it gets really, really tiring to read these stories - only the most naive believe them - although it is possible some won great amounts due to luck and mistakenly believe they have special skills
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July 13th, 2019 at 1:29:13 PM permalink
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He informed us in an earlier thread what strategies led him to overcome the house edge, pressing his bet on hot streaks and walking away when he’s ahead


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July 13th, 2019 at 2:28:56 PM permalink
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With an expected value of negative a few million dollars. But he really won a fraction of a percent on that billion dollar handle without doing anything to change the house advantage. Explain how that is believable?



Variance?

How many hands at an average of $3k before you must see negative overall EV?
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July 13th, 2019 at 2:42:03 PM permalink
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Variance?

How many hands at an average of $3k before you must see negative overall EV?



One. Assuming there is a positive house advantage. Would be awesome if MD could explain how he is able to turn the house advantage into a player advantage. But doubtful he would ever contribute something of quality like that
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July 13th, 2019 at 4:47:27 PM permalink
Quote: Ayecarumba

Variance?

How many hands at an average of $3k before you must see negative overall EV?

Badly worded question.
The EV is the Expected Value. It is negative from the first hand.

The ‘’must’’ term seems to imply the poster is looking for a certainty (understand ‘high probability’ for the mathematically educated) of losing. That probability is independent from the size of wager. The number of hands needed is proportional to the ratio EV/SD.

MDawg claims $2B handle in $50K hands. That is about 40,000 hands. Even playing a very low edge game (say 0.5% without AP) and very high standard deviation (say 3), you have a Z of 200*0.005/3 = .33. The prob is quite high (~37%) of having a positive result in the end.
So we can imagine he did do well, and suffered from the delusion that luck was in fact skill.


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July 13th, 2019 at 7:26:32 PM permalink
Thank you. It should have read, “ How many hands before you must see the effects of negative EV? Certainly, variance allows some players to experience wins in the “short” term, but eventually, the house edge will assert itself. The question is, how many hands will it take?

If there’s better than a 1 in 3 chance that after cycling $2B, a player at a low house edge game would still have a positive bankroll, then maybe MDAWG deserves an apology from the “Not Possible” crowd.
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July 13th, 2019 at 8:31:51 PM permalink
Guess I need 4 x 25 hand bankroll sessions per 10,000 hands of blackjack, or is that per 2500 hands?
100 x 100 = 10,000
25 x 25 = 625 x 4 = 2500
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July 13th, 2019 at 8:38:53 PM permalink
Intrinsically, the statement that - there is no way to beat the casino short of BJ card counting or schemes to drain casino player cards of free play and promotions, low level schemes they call "AP" - is flawless. How may one argue with it?

Actually, if you want to get brutally honest, even the first half of the above isn't an absolute because jump your bet around enough while winning at BJ, or be suspected of counting cards at BJ whether winning or losing, and you'll get the boot. Been there, been booted.

But there is a big difference between saying that something is impossible versus improbable. The posters here that I have recently chosen to ignore jump right in with the "impossible" chant, and that's what gets threadbare.
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July 13th, 2019 at 10:42:11 PM permalink
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Intrinsically, the statement that - there is no way to beat the casino short of BJ card counting or schemes to drain casino player cards of free play and promotions, low level schemes they call "AP" - is flawless. How may one argue with it?

Actually, if you want to get brutally honest, even the first half of the above isn't an absolute because jump your bet around enough while winning at BJ, or be suspected of counting cards at BJ whether winning or losing, and you'll get the boot. Been there, been booted.

But there is a big difference between saying that something is impossible versus improbable. The posters here that I have recently chosen to ignore jump right in with the "impossible" chant, and that's what gets threadbare.



But why the disdain for AP?

Why call it low-level? I suppose if you are referring to stakes its low-level.

The casinos treat low-level AP's like the plans to the death star were stolen. Its a super high serious priority.
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July 13th, 2019 at 11:41:20 PM permalink
Well, in that card counting when combined with jumping the bet seems easier for them to detect than the AP scheme, low level or not, the AP scheme might be more of a sure thing, so I'm not actually putting it down even though the adjectives might seem to imply that.
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July 14th, 2019 at 12:30:18 AM permalink
How is it that you won again? I don’t remember the thread(s) tbh. What was your strategy or angle
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July 14th, 2019 at 12:32:43 AM permalink
Care to venture a guess as to why the casinos dont worry all that much about baccarat system players and they roll out the red carpet for them?
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July 14th, 2019 at 12:43:15 AM permalink
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How is it that you won again? I don’t remember the thread(s) tbh. What was your strategy or angle



Much of the credit for his winnings comes from playing at big tables where players all play well and know not to take the dealers bust card.
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July 14th, 2019 at 9:35:58 AM permalink
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MDawg claims $2B handle in $50K hands. That is about 40,000 hands. Even playing a very low edge game (say 0.5% without AP) and very high standard deviation (say 3), you have a Z of 200*0.005/3 = .33. The prob is quite high (~37%) of having a positive result in the end.
So we can imagine he did do well, and suffered from the delusion that luck was in fact skill.



Great stuff. Thanks. With 40,000 hands there is a two-to-one chance he is down. But to get the the "billions" in handle required a lot more than 40,000 hands. More like +400,000 based on the other stuff he's written
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July 14th, 2019 at 10:24:08 AM permalink
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Great stuff. Thanks. With 40,000 hands there is a two-to-one chance he is down. But to get the the "billions" in handle required a lot more than 40,000 hands. More like +400,000 based on the other stuff he's written

the odds that any of this is true is in the billions to 1.

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July 14th, 2019 at 11:02:57 AM permalink
This group that I ignore (don't bother posting anything related to me, I won't respond unless I happen to read your post by accident) whom I call the "four legs good, two legs bad crowd," and really it's just a few maybe four or so posters here, are making a mostly psychological response to the content here. You gotta understand that these are five dollars players or non-players, for whom anyone who has anything as in any measure of success at anything inculcates a jealousy and envy response. That is why they are against DarkO for example, not because they think he couldn't be doing what he is doing, but because he's doing more than they are, staying at home broke. Does it make someone less important because he has less than another? No, not intrinsically.

But with these guys their response to others is based on some disappointments setbacks they must have sustained in their lives, such that now, they lash out at anyone who claims to be doing more than they achieved. You may positively feel the seething resentment in their posts. Not healthy. You'll also notice them taking turns getting forum suspended. The "four legs good, two legs bad crowd" are an envious lot. It's sad actually, and as long as people like that are given any stock, this forum will remain in the doldrums. I'd advise you all to put them on Ignore the way I have. When was the last time any one of them contributed any interesting content?
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July 14th, 2019 at 11:48:59 AM permalink
Quote: MDawg

This group that I ignore (don't bother posting anything related to me, I won't respond unless I happen to read your post by accident) whom I call the "four legs good, two legs bad crowd," and really it's just a few maybe four or so posters here, are making a mostly psychological response to the content here. You gotta understand that these are five dollars players or non-players, for whom anyone who has anything as in any measure of success at anything inculcates a jealousy and envy response. That is why they are against DarkO for example, not because they think he couldn't be doing what he is doing, but because he's doing more than they are, staying at home broke. Does it make someone less important because he has less than another? No, not intrinsically.

But with these guys their response to others is based on some disappointments setbacks they must have sustained in their lives, such that now, they lash out at anyone who claims to be doing more than they achieved. You may positively feel the seething resentment in their posts. Not healthy. You'll also notice them taking turns getting forum suspended. The "four legs good, two legs bad crowd" are an envious lot. It's sad actually, and as long as people like that are given any stock, this forum will remain in the doldrums. I'd advise you all to put them on Ignore the way I have. When was the last time any one of them contributed any interesting content?


The sad part is you don't even know why people don't like darkoz.
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