Navi will surely be giving T1 a hard time. Noone is playing so good and swedenstrong is just surprising me with a lot of his pos 4 rotations that I'm starting to like him on this LCQ. If they can keep the pace going, there's no way that they'll drop to the lower bracket as the event progresses.


Liquid's bracket may not be as stacked as bracket A but you can see on how they play that they are composed and seems like they got everything figured out. There are times that they are doing some questionable moves (I'm looking at you, mICKE) diving in deep but most of the time they just know how to take objectives and remain focused. Other teams are very explosive but very unstable too, just like T1 during the first day of LCQ. Liquid has a high chance of qualifying, and it may even be Secret and Liquid in the end. Polaris is a 50/50 team still. Discipline is what this SEA team is lacking especially in team fights. They know how to clash but they still don't know when they would do it.

There are obvious exceptions to this rule of course. Reputable casinos that sprang from this very forum always have staff or representatives that still answers to questions up to this day whenever they have the time. They still engage with the community and gather feedbacks whenever possible. These same casino guys can also be found on their respective chatboxes on their platforms, so there will always be a way to contact them. And they will answer too, based on my experience.

Definitely.

I've been playing with PrimeDice for a long time now and Stunna has been amazing and active all throughout the years, addressing lots of concerns himself and directing the said platform to success. Now with Stake, he's even more active and even more engaging with a lot of us members in here. Some successful casinos and exchanges were spawned from this very forum over the years, although obviously not every platform made it up to now.


Why would there be a conflict of interest? If they reviewed previous casinos, does that mean that they shouldn't have the right to create their own? As long as they are not tarnishing other crypto casinos' name, it's fine by me.

The last few moments of game 1 shows what T1 can do if every single one of them is aware of what's happening and they have proper communication on what they want to do. Also, if Kuku is not experimenting on heroes and he's sticking with his guns, he can outfarm anyone and dominate the game in a very convincing fashion. Well Topson seems like he's enjoying a midlaner that dominates early then falls off as a utility/initiator in the late game and that also helps. 3 games in a row with Primal Beast, this dude doesn't really get bored that fast too.

The change in unemployment rate would take a few months or even a year before we can feel the effects. In the case of the US government, you guys might not even feel it at all These new workers need to get some salary first then spend that salary before they can affect the economy. And if they are to make that purchase as soon as the payday hits, guess what, it's just a drop in the ocean and the US economy might not even feel the contribution at all.

These reports regarding unemployment and whatnot is hyped by the government without looking at it the way most workers see it. We need jobs, but jobs that pay an actual livable wage to help us live comfortably. If that would be the case, people will be spending more, contributing more, but meh.

I only bet on one event, Secret vs Tempest, and only on game 1 because I'm not entirely sure how Tempest really plays, but I do know that Secret is going to trash them in one game at least. The rest I don't really care much at all. I mean, just look at T1 against Liquid. They looked like toys in the hands of Liquid even though they are expected to go toe-to-toe against the team. Perhaps I'll place my bet once the LCQ goes halfway through the run. This removes the bad apples and inconsistent teams so betting should be a breeze once we get the format to a BO3.

This is where most people think that they're getting value off of unknown gambling platforms with lots of bonuses thinking that they hit a gold mine, when in fact they are the actual victims. If what the platform offers is too far from what a lot of respected casinos are offering, it's either the owner of the casino is doing charity or it's a scam. There's no in between, because if you build your brand focused on promotions and lots of giveaways, people will only recognize you as a brand that is big on promotions/free stuff and nothing else.

The fourth pattern happens rarely. Not a lot of people can convert a huge loss to a great win. Most of the time, they are just breaking even and not even enjoying the fruits of their labor; they just exerted a lot of effort just to go back to square 1. This is why I don't gamble for achievements nor profits; I gamble just to kill time and enjoy. I am obviously losing money in the long run although I already offset it with what I earn and save + the amount that I use to gamble every week ($20, never over that). The first pattern is a trap that people should avoid. Of course, we're high on our emotions and we'll be thinking that we are in for a treat, but over time, the house wins against us and we'll easily lose our first win.

A very convincing start for Team Secret. Game 2 is bit of rough for them during the laning phase, and Tempest was convincingly dominating given how cancer their heroes are (Sniper, Undying, Weaver lol). The thing that Tempest didn't capitalize on was their snowballing potential from minute 15 leading to the first rosh. Well, that's what happens anyway if you use Undying as a support in this meta: you can't use his true potential of fronting and making enemies weak by the second all the while dishing out huge damage consistently with zombies and decay.

On Na'Vi vs nouns, it's the same old story. Costabile posing lots of problems with the team's ability to take fights. They should really replace this man and get someone capable in having that carry role.

That's the grim reality of sporting events though. Not a lot of stars are recognized nowadays because of their technical skills or great potential, but because they are appealing to the viewers and have that certain charisma which everyone kinda just likes. Nothing wrong with that, though if we are watching sporting events, why isn't our main concern be laid on sports?

IMO these events shouldn't be bet on if what they want to flaunt is their presence and not their skills.

I wonder who your bets are in today's last match qualifiers? I only have some pub info on T1 and nouns, and I think not all of them ran scrims against each other so we're going in to this qualifiers somewhat blind.

The only teams I have full confidence on as of this moment is VP and Secret. The rest, I'm not sure whether they can perform or not. Secret is a heavy favorite, and they are posting good results even before their loss. Might as well stick to that while they're still around and get some $$$.

Well if they aren't collecting any personal information then I'm down with this. However usually these types of projects collect any information that they can and just front a token that is not really valuable, and probably has a very mundane use case that will prove to be not its strong point when the time comes. If the token is shit and if the reward isn't great, why bother participating? But it's actually a great idea, just not my cup of tea perhaps.

Losing to a gambling game does not equate to the casino being a scam. This is why provably-fair casinos are always the go-to for a lot of gamblers nowadays because you can easily find out whether these platforms are not cheating you in any way. The only way I know that the casino is a scam is if they refuse to pay up other people's winnings, or they refuse to award promotions rightfully to their players. In the case of bitsler, you just lost to them for $2000, but that doesn't tell us anything because it's the same tale to almost every one of us who's gambling: we lost x amount of money most of the time.

I'd keep my funds on me all the time, thank you. It's better this way than to let some other entity hold my funds for me and charge a fee that I wouldn't have gotten in the first place if I did not employ their services. It's also way easier to keep track of your fund too this way since you don't have to jump from one platform to another just to check.

People be using crypto and still pushing the idea of banks. Pretty weird.

Education isn't a failure IMO, the system is. Imagine majoring in Science but you have to take 4 freaking history classes that may be a huge reason why you wouldn't be able to move to the next course? That's straight up scam. Plus, you there is always that prerequisite that isn't entirely related to your major that will eat a lot of your time. If they drop some of the things that you don't need and focus on the things that will help you get a job, just imagine how many learned individuals we may have produced by now that are experts on their field.

But I guess the point of the education system is to make kids learn just enough and not too much, because this society doesn't want to produce individuals that are smarter than those seated in the office to prove a point. This is why it's still better to enter a trade school because you're guaranteed to learn a lot on your chosen trade than your traditional universities out there.

Well if ever they seized that money then that's fine. The man cannot be trusted with money, and that money he made from scheming and luring people in to LUNA should be given back to those he 'scammed' one way or another. I do not feel pity that he lost that much on exchanges. He probably got a lot of other accounts or wallets wherein he hid his money too, so that should have not been his entire stash.

Would be interested if they managed to somewhat get a lot more from him. This guy surely has a lot more money than this, that's for sure.

I don't understand as well. If the industry doesn't pay well enough, shouldn't there be lobbyists that will help the plight of the workers that are "underpaid" and needs to receive tips to compensate? I understand there is nothing mandatory about it, but the fact that this culture is so spread far and wide in the United States makes a foreign visitor feel bad and ashamed that he/she will be forced to tip even if it's out of the budget. Then again, perhaps it's a form of a personal and direct acknowledgment on a job well done for the server, the driver, or whomever that did something for you, and I'm okay with that. But there are some exceptions though. There are restaurants there in the US that make it seem like tips are mandatory and doesn't directly give the tips to those who actually did the service for their customers. That's just straight up hustling the workers and being greedy for the restaurant's operations managers part, and I guess that's what ticks people off in the tipping culture there in the US.

They haven't really laid anything concrete in the last two years. Their exit from F1 doesn't feel like anything at all, because they are still in the sidelines helping the development of Red Bull's engine actively while not establishing their presence in the F1 scene. Hopefully with the change in leadership in Honda, they can start re-establishing the HRC and be more involved in a lot of aspects in the race. I guess they only called it quits in 2020 because this is the height of the pandemic, and it will make the image of Honda look bad since they laid off a lot of workers in their main lines whilst keeping the rather "side hobby" of the company active, and that speaks volumes to workers that were removed from their jobs.

You pretty much summed up a lot of the young ones today. Most fresh grads I worked with are either too lazy to take menial tasks, or too proud to have a degree that they immediately believe what they learned in the 4 corners of the school. Buidling a career isn't an overnight grind. It takes lots of menial tasks and countless hours of listening and learning. The young lads think that when their seniors ask them to do some labors they think they are being pushed around and not being valued for their 'education.' We teach discipline and respect because that is what will get you far in your career.

Another thing is extreme consumerism. I don't understand why a lot of young people want to buy the famous brands and the expensive things. Clothes do not define social status, nor jewelries or gadgets. This is why a lot of them are broke, and often blame the system for not being 'fair'

Since when is life fair anyway?

That $2000 will immediately be snatched by one of the bots in the exchange.

A lot of these trading bots are always on the lookout for someone accidentally making mistakes on their sell order. These buys happen so fast that one it goes live on the platform it's almost always certain that it gets sold too. Ever wonder why there are some flash crashes on one exchange but it is not found elsewhere? This is what usually happens, though it's not common due to a lot of traders relying mostly on bots nowadays but it still happens sometimes.