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21  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Forget Bitcoin - Memecoins Like Pepe, FLOKI and Bonk Are the Big Gainers Now on: May 19, 2024, 11:09:39 PM
This is the type of thinking that makes people stay broke.  Those coins are useless and will eventually end up at zero.  They aren't meant to be used at all amd eventually something more trendy will come along.  Meanwhile bitcoin will continue to increase in usage and price.  I wouldn't gamble playing the emecoin market you could end up losing everything whereas in bitcoin there is about 0% chance it goes to zero.
22  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: May 19, 2024, 10:40:56 PM
Seems like NY has a few injured players trying to tough it out today. Probably not the best idea in a game 7. I’m guessing Indiana takes the win today but I guess we’ll find out in a couple hours. A shame injuries always play such a big role in the NBA Playoffs.
New York Knicks able to cut it to a single digit deficit but the Pacers have another run in the 3rd as well, so the huge lead still remain and I don't see NYK able to come back in the 4th quarter anymore. OG came played but less than 10 minutes only, while Hart is back but he wasn't contributing much with 10 points only. The biggest problem is Brunson who is shooting poorly, with his current 6/17 shooting, this could only mean that the team will struggle.
Pacers should hold on to close out this series. NY looked like they were gonna comeback at the start of the 2nd half, fortunately for the Pacers they got hot again and took control of the game.

Having to play bench players, starter minutes just couldn't overcome Pacers offense.  Congrats to the Pacers nobody had them pegged for the ecf so good on them.  I just hope the conference finals goes 6 or 7 amd isn't a one side series.  Looking forward to tonight's game.  Have money on wolves but think this is gonna be a close game throughout.
23  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: NBA 2023-2024 betting on: May 19, 2024, 03:37:03 PM
I'm probably going to be going against the grain with this pick but I'm taking okc +4.5.  They might not win but I think sga keeps this close.  With his ability to get to the line so easily I think he drives a ton this game.  Also with the pressure turned up I'm going to take the over 208.5. I think one or 2 of the quarters we will see a flurry of points scored.

Good luck and enjoy the game!

Dallas made this bet closer than it needed to be okc had that win and it slipped out for theor hands.  Still covered and hit the over by a lot.  Today I see the same thing

Knicks -4.5 and hitting that over 208.5. Pacers defense stinks and game 7 people are gonna push this shoukd easily hit.

Gimme wolves +4.5 on the road and over 198.5. Again see this like last night's game wolves might not win but it shoudl be close.  And the over should bang here.  People will push the pace.
24  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: May 19, 2024, 03:33:35 PM
Still an impressive game by SGA, dropping 36 points. The Thunder had 2 more field goals, but the Mavs had more free throws and were ahead by one 3-point shot. They were also beaten in rebounding by a difference of 16. That is very frustrating, losing your chance to go to the WCF by only 1 point. Anyway, I got 1 correct answer in the poll; the only one left is for the Wolves to win.
You have to remember that there's a game 7 if OKC succeeds in that game, so even if they win, it's still not guaranteed that they'll win in game 7. It's more disappointing for Dallas if they are not able to win that game when the opportunities were given to them. They came back from a big deficit and finished it right. I think they are more deserving of that spot.

I have PJ Washington as the hero of the game although Luka had a great performance and Irving played well too.

PJ Washington hero for sure.  Those 3 point shots at the end were daggers.  He misses one of those makes amd its a whole different game.  I know the coach has to try to challenge but any little contact and they can't over turn it.  I would have rather seen them take the foul shots amd save the one timeout so they could advance the ball.  Basically if you lose the challenge you lose the game with the timeout you still get a real good shot with 2.5 seconds left.
25  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈 on: May 19, 2024, 01:45:34 PM
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But yeah I just saw that Netflix partnership yesterday and thankfully have netflix, but it's a bit annonying how much football is starting to be played off basic cable. 
Yeah same with baseball.  It's real annoying that you.have to have multiple subscriptions to watch one team.
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They are definitely trying to milk us to death... but what are we gonna do, not watch football? No way. I'm gonna be renewing this service I used last season that was for a relatively reasonable price: $40 to watch any game, including preseason, playoffs and Super Bowl.

The best part about it is you can rewatch any old game, from any week, whenever you want. They also cut out all the commercials & downtime from those games, so instead of a game taking 3-4 hours, its only ~1.5 hours. Funny enough, the only method of payment they accept is BTC.

If you want to know more about it, shoot me a PM and I'll send you a invite link.

Wait so it's $40 all in for the whole season?  That's insane given cable and the football package.  I never used any of those streaming services for sports but it's looking more and more like the only viable option.  How do those services stay online and not get booted?  Honest question because I've never used them just always paid for cable and the football package straight up.
26  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: May 18, 2024, 10:12:51 PM
I still see Dallas as favourites, a lot of people are not happy with Luka during this playoffs period, but I think he is doing fine (with a 30 point triple double he shut the doubters up) but it is still his team meaning that if he plays well then they will probably win, and all depends on what he will do this game too.

OKC is a good "team", like they have SGA but they have a good team around him, whereas Luka is a star that team is built around, so it all depends on how he plays, sure others help but if Luka doesn't play well, others can't help getting a win because of the strategy they have, if SGA plays badly, they do not emphasize him alone, they can just play with others. That matters a lot, and I think what will happen all depends on how Luka ends up playing tonight for sure.
Dallas Mavericks is no doubt the favorite on this game 7. I agree to what you've said that if Luka don't play well, it's a domino effect to the entire team.

That seems to be where they're getting their strength and how they play well. But good thing for the team that there's Kyrie and he's known and no doubt a star as well.

That's why if the other don't play well, there's still the other one that will catch all of that bad shot to try and make things right.

It's actually only game six and yeah they are favorites pretty much because they are playing at home.  I think these 2 teams match up real well against each other.  If okc can squeeze out a win they likely will be favorites playing at home in the game 7.  I'm hoping to see that.  A 1 game win and in game between these 2 teams would be insane. 
27  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Crypto scam cause to lost $71 million, an unbelievable trick surprise the world on: May 18, 2024, 09:26:56 PM
I mean it's not really a surprise.  Scams like this have been happening since bitcoin has had a value.  Because of the irreversible nature of crypto its ripe for scammers.  This sucks but I always tell people before they start buying crypto that they need to learn how to securely hold and transfer crypto before they dive in.
28  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: NBA 2023-2024 betting on: May 18, 2024, 09:23:27 PM
I'm probably going to be going against the grain with this pick but I'm taking okc +4.5.  They might not win but I think sga keeps this close.  With his ability to get to the line so easily I think he drives a ton this game.  Also with the pressure turned up I'm going to take the over 208.5. I think one or 2 of the quarters we will see a flurry of points scored.

Good luck and enjoy the game!
29  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: May 18, 2024, 09:21:09 PM
Pacers 116 - 103 New York Knicks
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Based on the quarter results of this game, the Pacers and Knicks performed about the same except for the second quarter performance. In this quarter, the Knicks clearly performed weakly because of the low field goal percentage, which most likely was the reason for their loss in this game. Anyway, I think Game 7 will be interesting, and if Brunson turns on the berserk mode, the Knicks can probably win this series.

Brunson always steps up his game, but he cannot carry his team alone. They have already missed some key players, and now it looks like Hart is not even certain if he'll play in Game 7. Slowly, the Knicks are going down as they continue losing players due to injury, but if Hart comes back in Game 7, even without OG, I think they are capable of beating the Pacers, as they did in Game 5.

Yeah it's difficult for Brunson to carry the loads alone, as Pacers still have their cores and with that win from their homecrowd they might be pushing for this one and we never know what will be the fate of NYK, they almost have it but now they back home and will push for the last ride, without a complete core players they will again lean with Brunson's shoulders though we never know if there's someone that will step up and will help him trying to protect their home crowd and who knows they will manage to win the series and finally move forward for the conference finals.

Game 7 is going to be interesting.  If Josh hart can't play up to his potential because of his injury that's probably too much to overcome.  When he was injured and on the court the Pacers looked to attack him.  I think post injury they shot 11-18 when Josh hart was guarding.  As a knicks fan of course I'd like to see them win but don't know if they can overcome 4-5 rotation players not available because of injury.  Just too much.
30  Other / Off-topic / Re: Floyd Mayweather detained in Dubai due to gambling debts? on: May 18, 2024, 09:18:55 PM
It does not matter if this is an old news or not. What is interesting about the is that our celebrities have a gambling problem. Well some are known others are hidden from the public. Or at least for now I know of Micheal Jordan problem I also know of drake's gambling problem. I cannot categorically tell if they are struggling with gambling addiction, however what is clear is that there is a problem they have with gambling.

It's actually very common that these sports stars are gambling addicts.  Most of them are competition junkies so when they leave the sport they played their whole lives they need the action to fulfill that part of their adrenaline rush.  Those are some of the noted ones but most actually are gambling fiends.
31  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: May 16, 2024, 11:16:57 PM
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Cavs did enough for me to lose my -10.5 bet on Celtics last time so I'm going to pick Cavs +15.5 @1.96 this time hehe.
Good luck, the ball is definitely balanced and round and no one will know until the game ends.
All I really care is winning the bet to be honest hehe. The first half is over and the Cavs are still holding on despite the absence of several key players. Garland is expected to carry this team again but Marcus Morris is playing surprisingly well. I'll be happy if they can keep the score close to the Celtics in the second half too.
And that bet was a loss, that's okay.

I am also like that even though I know that these odds would mean nothing when the favored team wins. I'd say that it's still a good match and Cleveland had made it this far again.

Dallas with this win put a feet in the final of conference but still a way to go, is not a easy team to beat Oklahoma, and i dont think they are gonna give up right now.
Props to OKC, they're still breathing. We'd see if the game 6 will be final for them or will take a revenge win.

I'm a knicks fan so I definitely don't want to see a game 7 there but for both series in the west I'm hoping for a seven game series.  Starts tonight with the wolves at home needing a win.  Ant has to have a huge game for them.  Will see what the young kid is made of tonight.  It's amazing he is only 22 and has pretty much taken the NBA over.  Once he gets to 25/26 years old the dude is going to be unstoppable.
32  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: NBA 2023-2024 betting on: May 16, 2024, 11:12:04 PM
Couple games on tonight, I didn't care to bet on last night's and wish I did.

I took both home favorites here tonight.  Boston -15.5. Big spread but it's a closeout game Boston gonna ball hard all 48 minutes I like them in a blowout.  Then okc.  Rooting to see an okc and Timberwolves comf final.  Something way different than we are used to.  Okc by 4.5 points

Lost both and the Celtics by a half a point was a tough gambling loss. Tonight we only have one game on and it shoukd be a great one.  I took the home wolves team -2.5 purely because I want to see a game 7 here.  Small bet but I took a hey over in this game.  205.5 I think with a do or die game these teams will press. 

Good luck and enjoy the game folks.
33  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈 on: May 16, 2024, 09:14:30 PM
Lots of NFL news today:

source: https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1790746480967323823
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The NFL now has games on Netflix, Peacock, Amazon Prime and ESPN+, while Sunday Ticket is on YouTube TV.

Add Netflix to the list of streaming services you need to watch the NFL. I mean this is getting ridiculous, you can't expect regular folk to have all those subscriptions because some you only need for a game or two, it's so inconvenient.  PPV when?


source: https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1790749422663368711
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HBO, NFL Films, Skydance Sports, and the New York Giants are joining forces for HARD KNOCKS: OFFSEASON WITH THE NEW YORK GIANTS, a brand-new iteration of the groundbreaking franchise that will document the NFL offseason for the very first time, announced today.

Interesting. This is not the training camp version of Hard Knocks, kinda looking forward to this tbh.


...the complete 2024 NFL schedule will be released later today, which i guess is what everyone is waiting for.

Oh yeah, I was waiting for the schedule release last night with great intent.  The Sunday Night football game between the Chicago Bears and Houston Texans is what I'm most excited about right now...two young up and coming franchises with a star QB (and a potential start QB in Caleb Williams).

But yeah I just saw that Netflix partnership yesterday and thankfully have netflix, but it's a bit annonying how much football is starting to be played off basic cable. 

Yeah same with baseball.  It's real annoying that you.have to have multiple subscriptions to watch one team.  Even worse is the announcers those apps use.  I know for baseball it's almost unlistenable.  When they play on those channels I have to mute the game but the lag time between radio and TV is too big to listen that way either.    And giants play in Germany.  Not sure if it's a home or away game but having a home hlgame in a another country sucks.
34  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Which Top 30 CoinmarketCap Rankings are Most Undervalued and Why? on: May 15, 2024, 10:36:30 PM
Bitcoin.  Seriously some might think it's too late but people are still early.  It's getting integrated more and more with every new project or business that looks to expand upon it.  The real integration and use will come when the first generation that has never seen a world without crypto grows up.  Crypto will be naturally used and some some frindge project.  That's when price appreciation really happens.
35  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Token - How do I go about it on: May 15, 2024, 10:34:13 PM
I mean Google is your friend.  Ypu have to ask yourself though if you don't know anything about the space what would your token even be good for.  People make meaningless coins and tokens all the time with no meat behind it.  Stick to the investing and using side as I don't think we need any more scam or useless "projects".
36  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Thinking outside The Box as a Gamer. on: May 15, 2024, 10:32:42 PM
Honestly I've always thought crypto was the perfect solution for gaming.  You can make microtramsactions because you don't have insane credit card fees to deal with.  Fractions of pennies even.  I don't know this platform specifically but I always figured one of these projects would figure out how to capitalize.
37  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: NBA 2023-2024 betting on: May 15, 2024, 10:30:11 PM
Couple games on tonight, I didn't care to bet on last night's and wish I did.

I took both home favorites here tonight.  Boston -15.5. Big spread but it's a closeout game Boston gonna ball hard all 48 minutes I like them in a blowout.  Then okc.  Rooting to see an okc and Timberwolves comf final.  Something way different than we are used to.  Okc by 4.5 points
38  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: May 15, 2024, 10:24:53 PM
Brunson doing everything right now with 28 points already in the first half. I wonder if he could keep that intensity up in the second but it looks like he's saving up in the third and he'll do it all over again in the fourth. Pacers are not that far behind and they may outlast the knicks in the final five minutes.

And they did, Brunson carry the team again, but there are some unsung heroes in the Knicks uniform. Donte only had 8 points, Mcbride and then Burks did contribute in this game. But for me the biggest unheralded star is Isaiah Hartenstein, grabbing a big 17 rebounds and some few blocks. And for those who didn't know, Hartenstein is black as his father Florian is black,

https://basketnews.com/news-203932-isaiah-hartenstein-is-black-knicks-players-in-shock-after-such-reveal.html

Denver though is leading the over the Wolves and there is good chance that they might take a 3-2 lead in this series.

First off yeah jalen brunson had himself a game, nobody could stop him they were throwing constant doubles on him and he still was shredding the team.

And yeah Hartenstein was a beast on the boards.  12 offensive rebounds by himself.  Just not sure why you had to add in that his dad is black amd send a link lol I don't know how that's even relevent here
39  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: May 13, 2024, 09:53:14 PM
What a fucking destroy Indiana Pacers jsut do yesterday against New York Kinghts, thw whole match in the lead in a play-off game and in a semifinal of conference is no joke, i dont know if Indiana play really good or if New York was in their worst day.

Anyways in the other game Denver seems to find the path against Minesota and now they have the upper hand it seems.

Both teams seem to find their rhythms to counter their opponent and it's working for both of them and now both Timberwolves and Knicks are in serious trouble once again. they can't afford to give game 5 for their opponent because that's when they get knocked out in the series because of the pressure. they really need a stoppage to lessen their hype and continue to challenge them by exerting all effort to win until the last second of the game. In the next game, I'm sure the Mavs learned a lot from these scenarios and they better not follow those team's footsteps because they're not a good team to handle pressure once caught in a 50/50 situation.

Knicks just sucked and didn't have it game 4.  As they say the playoffs don't begin until home team loses.  Knicks need to take care of business back home.  The loss of OG was a tough one for them.  Starting Precious Achuiwa with no backup for him isn't going to cut it.  Hopefully that hamstring is getting better but I doubt it.
40  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: BCH, accessing them with bitcoin keys? on: May 12, 2024, 08:45:08 PM
I was listening to Mr.  Saylor explain as to why it's important for the founder of bitcoin not to move coins.  It shows that bitcoin was never meant to be something that was built for profit.  However true this is, if coins are moved what are the implications?  And if one person holds coins in bitcoin before 2017 doesn't the same person hold coins in BCH?  Why would Satoshi want to move coins if he could just move BCH?  Asking for a friend.

If the coins were moved it would one prove satoshi is still alive but it wouldn't say anything about its creation.  It's estimated that satoshi holds the keys to about 1 million bitcoin which was mine from inception.  The fear of if they are moved is that 1 million of bitcoin could be dumped tanking the price I think that's the real reason.
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