for me the coolest thing about playing online is being matched with people more or less my ranking, what makes the game more challenging
in real life is a bit harder for me to find people who play chess often and are good at it.
ELO/MMR matchmaking is one of the coolest features in any online game. If both sides are honest, then a competitive game is obtained that is interesting to both sides. It's funny that even here there are fans of cheating - they deliberately drain the rating in order to dominate weak players later. And many sites are banned for this (for example, Lichess, as far as I know). |
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Yes, gamblers should take full responsibility just like shopaholics, alcoholics and other people with addictions. If we start dividing this responsibility between those who advertise (of their product which, when used in reasonable quantities, does no harm) with people who consume it uncontrollably and face unpleasant consequences, we will harm all parties.
Still, gamblers have to be held accountable because it is their risk of becoming addicted. But sadly, not many can realize this and are drawn even deeper into gambling. I think this is a shared responsibility between gamblers, advertisers and casinos but I don't know, it seems that casinos and advertisers keep going without thinking about the fate of gamblers who are addicted to gambling. How can this be done from a practical point of view? For example, you are a casino and an adult player comes to you and plays. What do you need to do to fulfill what you propose? I see some ideas but they are directly against the rights of the player and are an invasion of privacy, etc. I think it's easy to say "you have to be good and think about others" but in practice these ideas are either unrealizable or turn into something terrible (totalitarianism). |
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It would seem that cockfighting is really just a big thing in the Philippines these days (though I’m assuming there are other western nations also allowing for this to be going on). Those of you who live in the Philippines here, why not try and fighting back? Start protesting, educating fellow countrymen on this sickening and barbaric torture these animals are being put through? I can’t believe whether this gambling “game” is still even being considered by anyone.
Again, as always, if you support this..FUCK YOU!
Wow. This sounds pretty rough. I agree that there are quite a lot of rudimentary barbarian customs in any society, but this is part of our culture and history. Tell me, only cockfights infuriate you, or any bad attitude towards animals in general - I mean that people eat them and, accordingly, they kill them before they eat them. Are you a vegetarian? |
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You are describing what is compulsive behavior. Problem gamblers don't just lose money and think it's okay what they are doing, they know it's wrong, they know they have to stop gambling, they know they shouldn't take a loan to keep gambling, etc. but the addiction gets the better of them and leads them to keep gambling while they are in a kind of trance even though they know the consequences.
In fact, it is difficult to determine the degree to which a gambler understands his problems. Maybe at the psychologist's appointment he says that he understood everything already in the process of the game but could not stop, but in fact when he played he believed in winning. I think if you study the gambler before the game, during the game and after the game, we will get different results. |
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I and many of my friends have our own mantra before and after we gamble, I just discovered this when we have a drinking session we find out that many of us have our own mantra before, while playing and after or even in the middle of playing.
Mine was "This is my lucky day and I'm claiming it" and when in the middle of the game "I need to play money that I can afford to lose".
How about you do you have one and when do you recite it before, while playing or after you gamble.
I can’t say that I use mantras, but rather a proverb that, on the one hand, reflects my willingness to lose money, on the other hand, expresses regret about the lack of a big win and it sounds like this: “we didn’t live richly - so no let to start.” The translation is a little crooked (proverbs are difficult to translate literally) but the meaning is clear ) |
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Boristhecat
Table 9 - 1
Thank you!
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I read that he withdrew and withdrew from the PGA Championship due to bad results he had on his tour, I don't follow golf very much, but at least I had the opportunity in the past to have seen his life on TV, or rather his dark side or his scandals so I don't know to what extent this is true what I saw on tv but I think that for an athlete to be successful for a long time, he needs to have a lot of discipline and no athlete will be able to be better for a long time then stop for some time and come back and have good results, this is something difficult because times change and sport is something that the more you practice the more your skills improve and the less you practice your skills disappear
Probably for golf it works a little differently, even judging by the career of Tiger Woods, he had enough strength, time and energy to do not only golf but many other things (which led to scandals hahaha). I am not an expert in the sports routine of professionals, but it seems that for football players, for example, the training process looks more intense and takes more time. |
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Efes Pilsen, who played a perfect match, became the champion again and became the first Turkish team to be the Euroleague champion two times in a row. Ergin Ataman gave a very good performance. He did great things in every team he went to and won great trophies. He won European cups even with much more limited budgets. Efes is very lucky to have him. I'm very curious to see what he will do next season. They will want to do the final four again and will strive for more if possible.
A historic achievement, I join the congratulations to Efes! They were not favorites but were able to defend their title. As for the next season, it looks like they want (and most likely will be favorites) to win the Euroleague for the third time in a row - judging by the news, they have launched a lot of activity in the transfer market and are seriously strengthening their squad. |
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From today's games in LOL, the game RNG - SGB turned out to be very interesting (and at the same time template according to the scenario). RNG played rather poorly and the opponent got a big advantage (which a stronger team would not have missed), but in just a few moves the game was turned upside down and the favorite still won. I don’t know how the live odds changed, but I think you could make a lot of arbitrage bets.
Tomorrow is the last day of the group stage and on the 27th the first semi-final.
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These two teams must win for Arsenal to get UCL football so Norwich and Arsenal to WIN @15.29. Other odds: 14.99
Units advantage: 30
Bet ID: 628a01bd81718075d9cb78a4
Watford shock upset on demoralised Chelsea @18.60. Other odds: 16.00
Units advantage: 260
Bet ID: 6284f0868171806912c6e123
Villa to topple City in final day drama @18.05. Other odds: 17.30
Units advantage: 75
Bet ID: 62839b50817180a306c597db
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The first two outcomes look completely logical ) But why Aston Villa win against Manchester City? This is an extremely incredible result, it seems to me that if the drama happens, it will be a draw. It will be a shame to "under-receive" the profit if the result is shocking for City (draw), but the bet does not win. |
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Great games today on LOL.
RNG totally dominated the game against G2 today, which surprised me. It is a pity that this is BO1 and it is not possible to understand the real strength of the teams. Looking forward to the playoffs. It looks like these teams will be in the knockout games: RNG, G2, SKT1 and EG. One of the semi-finals will be as competitive as possible.
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 source: formula1.com From what I see after P2, the Mercs have indeed got improved. They seem to be dangerous again, they seem to be back in the fight for podium. Even Christian Horner drew attention to the success of Mercedes and said that they will be an important factor in the championship. The third free practice will begin soon and I will first of all be interested to look at Red Bull - so far their results are not impressive. Ferrari looks dominant (if you do not take into account Mercedes), there is a possibility that Leclerc will increase his lead after this stage. |
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If we take an honest fight score, the result will be much more discouraging than 115 - 113. I saw that independent experts put the result of this fight as 117-111 and the BoxingScene.com edition gave a score of 118-110. This is a complete declassing, and it is obvious that with such a result, revenge is meaningless. I think now even GGG has no desire to fight Canello - he has lost the halo of a great champion.
There's even an article I encountered that if only Canelo make the fight close, the judges might favor him as it was easy to manipulate the scorecard if Canelo shows a close fight with Bivol. We should remember that the arena they fought was the same arena where Canelo beat GGG leaving questions on the boxing fans. But it's clear that Bivol dominates Canelo at most rounds that's why manipulation can't be done or else it will be a big controversy. After the loss of Canelo, never heard GGG having a hint about it. This is a common situation where the reigning champion gets the win even with a "slightly" lost fight (unless there was a knockout). The challenger must show that he is much stronger than the champion to take the title. Bivol was able to do it, but still the judges' assessments were too "indulgent" for Canello, as he was simply destroyed in the ring. |
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~snip
But I don't think that it's over, Real missed some open 3-pointers, they can't to continue missing for whole game.
good guess, it looked over at half-time, but Real won in the end, and will play Efes in the final I do not watch Basketball that much lately, but since F4 is in my city, had to watch part of semi-final matches (although my attention was on Premier and saving Everton from relegation) fights between Olympiakos and Efes fans all over the city today, did not saw Barca and Real fans dough An unexpected result, given that Barcelona were judged as clear favorites against Real Madrid. Now bookmakers give more moderate predictions for the final and the quotes of the teams are almost equal: Real Madrid 1,82 Anadolu Efes SK 1,96 In the third place game, Barcelona are clear favorites, but will they be motivated to fight just for bronze? Barcelona 1.52 Olympiacos Piraeus 2.48 |
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@Boafeng, @bisdak and other boxing fans and experts in this thread. It appears Devin Haney's father who is also his head trainer has not been given a visa to enter to Australia and he will not be in Devin's corner for the fight. How much will this negatively impact Devin Haney's performance in the ring? Is there now presently an argument to bet on the underdog who is also fighting in front of his own country? On a more skeptical question, will the judges in Australia judge this in favor of Kambosos if the fight is very close? Devin Haney hits the road for the biggest fight of his young career without his primary team in tow.
Travel plans for the WBC lightweight titlist will not include the company of his father and head trainer, Bill Haney who was not permitted to go through customs for their trip to Australia. The elder Haney was denied entry due to a prior conviction holding up his visa application, forcing Devin Haney to literally fly solo en route to Melbourne ahead of his June 5 undisputed lightweight championship clash with lineal/WBA/IBF/WBO champ George Kambosos Jr.Source https://www.boxingscene.com/bill-haney-not-permitted-travel-australia-yoel-judah-lead-devin-haneys-corner-kambosos-fight--166321When I heard about this news, I immediately thought that the reason is some kind of insane vaccination requirements that Australia has already become famous for. But this time, the reasons are different. I wonder why this happened? It seems that such issues are easily settled by the organizers. I hope he gets a visa so that the fight takes place without any underlying reason in the best possible way. |
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I have heard and even witnessed something like this happened. At the end of the day, it is the bettor who is at fault for falling into the trap set, but of course the gambling company has a lot of role to play in triggering the gamblers. Gamblers has the power to reject or let themselves be under the influence of their addiction once again. I just hire that they seek whatever help they need, especially professional help.
Yes, gamblers should take full responsibility just like shopaholics, alcoholics and other people with addictions. If we start dividing this responsibility between those who advertise (of their product which, when used in reasonable quantities, does no harm) with people who consume it uncontrollably and face unpleasant consequences, we will harm all parties. |
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The truth is that if I would like to see a rematch of these two, Bivol should accept the rematch,
Dmitry Bivol is always ready and prepared for a rematch but Canelo's advisors or even boxing analyst says that it's not a good idea to have a rematch with Bivol. We can't even see Canelo having a talk about this then it means he might understand the risks once he goes against Bivol again. I'm with the idea that Canelo's next match won't be either a rematch with Bivol or a trilogy with Canelo. The way Canelo performed against Bivol, the result will just be repeated. We didn't see the fierce Canelo in that match because Bivol did a great job destroying the rhythm of Canelo. With that Bivol's strategy, Canelo become disappointed and didn't able to focus seriously on the fight. GGG might not be interested anymore with Canelo and will pick another good match before retiring. If we take an honest fight score, the result will be much more discouraging than 115 - 113. I saw that independent experts put the result of this fight as 117-111 and the BoxingScene.com edition gave a score of 118-110. This is a complete declassing, and it is obvious that with such a result, revenge is meaningless. I think now even GGG has no desire to fight Canello - he has lost the halo of a great champion. |
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Gambling have brought me big wins as well as drastic losses. If my entire statistics is calculated this used to be in loss. I've tried different plans to keep me away from Gambling, however I wasn't able to do it. In the beginning I never mind when I experience loss, because I was single and now I have a family. I used to gamble without fear.
In recent days whenever I get into gambling I used to experience some changes in my body. Particularly stomach pain and I myself found the difference while gambling and not gambling. When I wasn't gambling I never have such issues and I myself checked Google and diagnosed the below. Does anyone have similar experience. Atleast for my health I need to give up gambling.
Irritable bowel syndrome
Also called: IBS, spastic colon
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It’s very good that you are responsible and worried about your family and your health, but if I were you, I would go to the doctor because making a diagnosis on Google is a very stupid idea that has long become a meme (among doctors for sure). In any case, you need to be diagnosed by specialists to be sure what is happening to you and how to treat it, there is a possibility that you have another disease and it will be very bad if you ignore it, attributing everything to gambling. |
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Идея хорошая, но теперь надо придумать/внедрить механизм принудительного увеличения комиссий пулам, которые контролируют >15% валидаторов, что-то вроде бомбы сложности но для отдельных пулов. Иначе как повлиять на те пулы, которые по каким-либо соображениям не будут увеличивать комиссии?
с виду хорошая идея, но по-моему смысла мало - в конце пути все равно остается один пул (под разными названиями), какой смысл ему наказывать свои "филиалы"? Разве что ради показухи. Не пацаны, сама идея поса утопия. В POW тоже идет (уже прошел) естественный процесс укрупнения пулов, но опасность атаки компенсируется экономическими соображениями. В POS экономические соображения еще жестче (скомпрометировав валюту пул обесценивает свои средства), так какой смысл городить эти заплатки? Думаю чисто ради имиджа. Поэтому Виталика вполне устроит один пул с 99% валидаторов лишь бы он был формально разбит на несколько пулов под разными названиями. |
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