Besides video games, what other games do you play?

Used to play Warhammer 40K as Black Templars and the early versions of the Mechwarrior miniatures by WizKids.

Now mainly playing Football (Soccer in US) during the weekends.
 
Sander said:
Dopemine Cleric said:
lol.

Sounds like Sander wants to challenge me.
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No, I mean you can't actually be good at gambling.

You cannot actually be good at picking horse race (or general sports) winners without doing a lot of research. More likely, you've just been lucky throughout your gambling and you're translating that to being good at it. Obviously that makes it a really good idea to not touch gambling again.

And needless to say, it is impossible to be profitable in casino house-games (hence not including poker, which you can be profitable at because you're playing against other people, not the casino).
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I did do research into the horses breeding before placing bets, and some of the preliminary races I sorted through the horses and jockeys. Usually the smallest horse with the strongest back legs and the most focused jockey wins every time, regardless of statistics in other races.

Also, cards is all about guessing probability and making calculated moves. Standard feints by calling on specific turns and assessing the opponents intentions.

And Blackjack is just having fun with the random assortment of cards left in the deck as you go on into it.

So you can have a the ability to have a high win ratio by thinking your way through it.
 
Dopemine Cleric said:
I did do research into the horses breeding before placing bets, and some of the preliminary races I sorted through the horses and jockeys. Usually the smallest horse with the strongest back legs and the most focused jockey wins every time, regardless of statistics in other races.
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Good for you. Just don't get overconfident, because as I said, it almost always more likely that you're getting lucky than that you're beating the house longterm.

Dopemine Cleric said:
Also, cards is all about guessing probability and making calculated moves. Standard feints by calling on specific turns and assessing the opponents intentions.
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Poker is an exception because it is played against other players who can make mistakes. This is not true for basically any other form of gambling.

Dopemine Cleric said:
And Blackjack is just having fun with the random assortment of cards left in the deck as you go on into it.
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You cannot win at blackjack in modern casino's. Impossible.

Dopemine Cleric said:
So you can have a the ability to have a high win ratio by thinking your way through it.
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And this leads to profit only in very specific instances: when you bet against other players (not the house), when you do a lot of research into sports(including horse races) betting or when you cheat. In all cases the most important key to long-term success is money management.
 
Hmm, maybe I'll get back to it some more since the idea is floating around.

Thanks for the tips. I just try to avoid gambling all together.

And it is possible to profit on the house in Blackjack, but cashing them out isn't. Casino Blackjack is designed to be in the house's favor, how they hell else are they going to profit?
 
Dopemine Cleric said:
Hmm, maybe I'll get back to it some more since the idea is floating around.

Thanks for the tips. I just try to avoid gambling all together.

And it is possible to profit on the house in Blackjack, but cashing them out isn't. Casino Blackjack is designed to be in the house's favor, how they hell else are they going to profit?
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I have no idea what distinction you're making.
Yes, obviously it's possible to get lucky for a bit and make a profit. But that doesn't mean you're playing profitably, and the latter is the only sensible thing to be talking about when discussing gambling.
Simply put: the house always wins, and hence you always lose in the long term.
 
Well, been playing alot of Warhammer Fantasy lately, mostly as Ogre Kingdoms. Otherwise, it is mostly P&P RPG's although that has been scaled down alot recently due to work, college and whatever.
 
I regularly play quite alot of games, my friends and myself are all currently unemployed wich leaves us with loads of time on our hands.

We play P&P RPG's; Vampire: The Requiem, Warhammer 40K; Dark Heresy/Rogue Trader, Neotech and Drakar och Demoner Trudvang.

We also play things like Talisman and Bang!.

Otherwise I stay the fuck away from games involving money.

We've got 3 people that handles the "Dungeon Mastering" and 3 regular players ontop of that.

I've never really liked Warhammer, but Dark Heresy is a lovely game.
 
competitive games: Chess, Stratego, Scrabble, Battleship
party boardgames: Cranium, Uno, Jenga, Catchphrase, Mad Gab
physical games: wrestling, soccer, softball, american football, frisbee, Nerf dart guns (one shot kill)
 
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