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1041  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Government job or private job? on: October 18, 2023, 11:55:44 PM
If you're a person that sees the future being with the government then you'll surely choose to work for them as the benefits are there but you've got lesser freedom IMHO. It's because you shouldn't make any mistakes on your end and even in your personal life. It's like whenever there's news that someone goes amok at a bar, the media will have that headline as "a government employee run amok in a bar". So you see that there's like an attachment whenever someone works for the government and gets into a controversy. Unlike in private companies, whatever happens to you will be kept personally and privately. I've just noticed that thing whenever I watch the news as there's always this classification if someone is from the government. As for me, whatever will help me to make ends meet, I'd be happy to that and whatever is making me happy to work for and gives me encouragement to go to job everyday, I'll be there.
1042  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Give Bitcoin investment time on: October 18, 2023, 11:26:05 PM
There are still many people out there who don't understand anything at all about Bitcoin, they think Bitcoin is one of the bubble projects, gambling and so on.
That's very true, they think that it's just a fad and a bubble and still don't recognize the greater achievements that it has got over a period of time. They treat it as a gamble because of how speculative it is and it's intangible.

In fact, Bitcoin is an investment asset that can provide profits because its value can change in the future. The saddest thing I've ever heard is that, because of a lack of education about Bitcoin, some scammers collect a lot of people's money with the lure of investing in Bitcoin, but the reality is not like that, these fraudsters actually take away other people's money that they have collected, as they go along time, we have to know the ins and outs of bitcoin.
The problem is those fraudsters while they use Bitcoin as their getaway from stealing people's funds. Those who lack knowledge about Bitcoin think that it's the actual scam and not those fraudsters and scammers who are using it as their means of scamming people. And that gives the idea for the non bitcoiners that they should avoid it because of potential scam and they don't want to dig deeper the whole thing and understand that it's being abused by the scammers. Well, it's their loss and not ours when we took risk and spent time to understand it, we do get the whole point.
1043  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gambling and it effects on: October 18, 2023, 10:57:04 PM
Not everyone has that heart but God bless those that have one. It's also hard to find one that's addicted because many want to keep it private and shy to let others know of what they're dealing with as they don't want to get exposed that they're dealing with that problem.

Most of the time if their families and friends are decent people who have no interest in gambling or something like it, they are shy to open up and keep their problem to themselves once they get addicted but in reality, they really need a second person to advise them or to talk with their problems and how to find a way to get out from it.
The first thing that comes to their mind is that they'll be humiliated when they tell and admit that they're gambling addicted. And even without the addiction and just plain gambler, there's already the judgment on the minds of the people that will hear that.

thankfully, if you can afford to go to some expert about it, you can always watch some motivational videos regarding how to be a productive person and cut all sources of addictions.
Those who can avail an expert, can easily getaway with it through their guidance. The motivational videos and words that will come from will sink into their minds on what's the right thing that they should do.

If you work by yourself, surely you will progress and eventually see a good result after it.
This is hard IMO, if you are on your own and you're trying to work on yourself and try to defeat addiction it's going to take time or possibly that you can't just beat it. But if you're able to do that on your own, that's so much better and don't think about the money that you'll save from hiring experts to guide you but think of it that you're motivated and strong and manage to overcome that hardship because not everyone can do that based on how I've seen the other gamblers dealt this problem. It's just so many gamblers that can't do that honestly.
1044  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Cash out or keep playing? on: October 18, 2023, 10:25:25 PM
Well some persons gamble for fun. If that's the case they are aware that there’s no mindset of winning or losing so they just keep having fun losing all the money at least it’s entertaining to them.
That's how they determined they are to gamble for fun only. They wouldn't mind how much they've made and how much they've lost already. The point is to gamble until everything is gone and that's how they're having fun through gambling. While many gamblers are aiming to at least get some decent wins and profits, they are the lucky ones who don't really bother losing them all again. If I am that gambler and have won enough already, I'll start to go over with my wins and will take it back and withdraw them immediately. But I also do get that nerve and understand that if ever they are having fun and just want to continue what they're doing, they'll just have to continue their bets even without taking out their profits.

If I can breakeven or win back some of the lost money, there is no way am going to give back the winnings to the house when I didn't get it right the first time, tbh just don't push your luck!!
This is the wisest thing to do, you'll keep that safe and you don't want the house to take it back from you. Since you've just recovered, forget about the fun and entertainment they say and like the most known meme, "shut up and take my money" but in our version, "shut up and I'll take my money". LOL
1045  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Ban from a Casino for Nothing Other Than Winning Too Much Money on: October 18, 2023, 09:56:06 PM
~snip~
That's their way of stopping a player, when you are profitable and they don't see you stopping anytime soon then they have to take action because you might disrupt the business or contribute to their further losses. This only gives the idea that no matter how good you are, they are still a business after all. Anything that can be threatening to their business, they need to act on it before it does the damage entirely. Well, it might not matter to them if you're just winning with a couple of bucks and they will allow you to keep going. I haven't been into that situation so I can't say a lot but those that I've read gives the thought on how it feels on their end that they're disappointed and being a loyal gambler to those particular casinos lost their trust on them just because of that. They're right with that feeling and as like a fan of those casinos, they should be taken well but it's the opposite that's given to them when they're just too lucky to win for so many tmes and with such huge amounts.
1046  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Which old coin do you prefer? Litecoin or Dogecoin? on: October 18, 2023, 09:12:05 PM
Won't be Dogecoin anymore because I think the hype that relies mostly on it has been over. Litecoin hasn't been at its peak again for a very long time and maybe it's now the sleeping giant as they say.

Always preferring dogecoin other all coins as it has great potential to grow in future. Dogecoin drops from .7$ and it will go to 1$ in a longer run but you have to wait for may be 1 year or 2 year.
It's a milestone if ever Dogecoin reaches back to its former ATH which is $0.7 and then will break from that price to go ahead to $1. Those that have millions of it in supply will definitely become millionaires but will it happen again? We don't know, maybe or it won't. Considering the supply of it and the market cap, there should really be a lot in the entire crypto market by that time. Although I am sure this market will grow mainly for Bitcoin and other top altcoins but with such supplies for Dogecoin, maybe it will be hard to no avail.
1047  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Ban from a Casino for Nothing Other Than Winning Too Much Money on: October 18, 2023, 07:57:57 PM
That's how they put someone down when they see that they're being taken down through winning most of the time. There are casinos that won't ban such guy even if winning consistently on their casino is done. What they'll do is flag that guy with a limitation and could lessen the perks given to him. Like the rewards or bonuses that they're typically giving away to all of their customers but for some reason, they'll limit that lucky guy.

So with those changes, it's like a discouragement that a change has been made to that guy even if it's not that much for him to consider. The guy will think that he's been monitored and that could give him low self-esteem and will eventually loose his interest in that casino. Usually, if the changes are good enough and we're enjoying it positively, we won't be thinking of transferring to another one.
But if it's like a perk that we enjoy or that change is certainly negatively for the account, you'll mostly think that you're not prioritized and even given less privilege which means to say that you're not being taken cared of and in result, you'll find another place to gamble.
1048  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread on: October 18, 2023, 07:27:42 PM
It will be incredibly interesting to watch how Tundra will play in the lower bracket, especially if they pick Witch Doctor against them, or now they will ban him in every game? Wink
There will be no room for error.
I feel that it looks like it was nothing before but the actual impact of that Witch Doctor from the match they had with nouns could probably put trauma to them. Maybe they'll use that hero against Entity or much better that they should ban it as Gabbi could use that hero against them.
In any case, I think that we will see Witch Doctor with other teams. During these 5 days of break, teams will study its use in the current patch better. At the moment, he was only picked once in TI12 in that game. Ogre Magi pikced 6 times, and won 4 times. In general, I wanted to see such heroes as Ogre Magi, Witch Doctor, Spectre much more as the grand final approached. Among other heroes, Spectra stands out in terms of win rate with 80%. I'm looking forward to seeing what the teams have prepared during this time.
We might see other teams copying what Gunnar did with Ogre Magi which he made it won on the mid-lane. Actually, it's a good hero, tanky, and can stand every clash without the possibility of being dead quickly unlike other squishy heroes that only need to release their skills before being dead. The multicast stun can have a huge impact on one hero they're focused on firing. An offlane witch doctor could be seen again and IIRC, it was also done by Team Liquid in some tournaments in the past with the tandem of IO. It was actually a good lineup. Well, at this stage of the TI, we will definitely see the secret and best heroes that most teams have been hiding and will only be used at these crucial times. They have to survive every match up that they will do in order for them to proceed to the next stage, all they have to do is to do all that they can, use their best heroes and win their matches with the strategies that they have been packing for this week. And also, counter every best heroes of the opposing team that they have, do less error so there won't be any throwing moments.
1049  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin accumulation at all time high on: October 18, 2023, 06:59:17 PM
l think anyone who accumulates bitcoin now especially for the purpose of long-term holding, will make good profit in the end of the bull run. This is probably towards the end of 2025 as has occurred in the previous ones.
At this point, they don't have to put that into long term holding. Because they're all aware that the halving is coming and it's just going to take a not that long until we see the price of Bitcoin goes on high again. That's why they're accumulating because they know what's about to come and that's a good strategy from them because they've been into this before and they understand the cycles that are about to come.

So, if anyone can, that is not a bad idea, although you have to monitor every step of bitcoin situation very well.
It's not a bad idea to accumulate. What is terrible is when you know that you should have to but you never did any action because of the fear that's in your heart knowing that it is volatile. That's not a big issue because Bitcoin's volatility has been there for a very long time and it gets more volatile every time it halves and every time it gets more adoption from the regulations. What I just don't like with these stats, they look at these accumulation rates and at the same time the dumping rate that's closely being monitored by some software or profiles in X. It's not giving that positive thought to its followers but only fear thinking that the whales are dumping.

1050  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do your parents know about your gambling habit ? on: October 18, 2023, 06:39:40 PM
Most of the grown up people do not live with parents. At such, the parents are not aware about the interests and habits of individuals. Do you parents know that you gamble ?
They knew that I gamble. They didn't like it at first because I was too young when I started but that's how they knew me and they never lacked of reminder to me. It's that because of how curious I was, I got hooked.

What was their first reaction towards your gambling habit ?
They became mad at me because I still didn't have a job at that time and I was still in school but then eventually, they were able to accept that and told me that I needed to prioritize what I had to prioritize before I gamble. Because if I don't, they know what they'll do to me and will stop every support that they can. I know that they're just words of discouragement to help me out but I took it seriously and that's how I responded to them and showed them that I am a responsible guy. Even if I gamble, I'll never break any promise that I've made to them that I am aware of what's happening to me and I won't compromise the future that they want me to have.
1051  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: No scam sportsbooks on: October 18, 2023, 06:08:45 PM
Have you been scammed with the former sportsbooks that you've played before? It seems that you do based on the title that you've made. Well, stake and many of the reputable casinos here won't do that to you. If you're a meticulous type of player and you don't want to get scammed again, choose what you think is best for you. And for the set choices, you're already in the section where announcement threads are made. Explore and read from their threads to have at least the idea that you are looking for. But to give you an idea, all of them have satisfied and dissatisfied customers, the good ones will give the experience that has been done on them and little to no complaints at all. And the other one doesn't have a good experience that even makes them not consider them anymore, so to each their own.
1052  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Trade only Bitcoin on: October 18, 2023, 12:31:36 PM
Bitcoin is always better than altcoin investment.  But trading should not depend on only one coin.
As a trader, wherever you're good at with these pairs, you can depend on those. Whether it's only for Bitcoin or any other coin or one coin, just keep what you've started. Some could have been good with USDT pairs and Bitcoin and some are the other type.

Those who have good capital to invest should diversify their funds.  Although there are many good altcoins among altcoins such as BNB Ethereum.
I do agree with what you've said. When we invest, we have to make it happen that if we're only focusing on some altcoins then you better diversify and choose to have Bitcoin as well. But remember that not every diversification is a must.

The only way to increase your chances of making significant profits is to trade alternative coins that offer better altcoins. But since Altcoins are very risky, you must be careful with your trades.
Nah, you can make better profits by just simply holding bitcoin. But since the topic is all about trading, that's the other way around if you have good experience in trading other altcoins.
1053  Economy / Economics / Re: Things you should know about Money mindset on: October 17, 2023, 11:52:07 PM
Having money everywhere is so real. It is that we're ignoring the opportunities that we can have from those things. I'm guilty on this part when I've watched those kids selling lemonades and it's related to the quote about lemons and lemonades. There's the significance of how you react to a situation and that's why you need to look and think outside of the box for you to see. And it is true that money is unlimited for you to earn but it varies to our situations, talents, and skills. If we're not also doing the right thing, we will not see that. Anyway, it's easy to say these things when you can prove that to yourselves, and we have our own battles to defeat and check all of these opportunities. We all need to check ourselves on where we really are thriving and what are our strengths. And if you can't still determine that, you need to find that as soon as possible for you to have more time in accomplishing these successes before you ran out of time or you lose your appetite in grinding and pushing your dreams and goals.
1054  Economy / Economics / Re: Economic Implications of War on Individuals on: October 17, 2023, 11:20:00 PM
- do you have any survival tips during war period?
Conserve energy and go to a place where you think is the safest to you and your family first.

- are there any business that I can do during a period of war so as to sustain my family?
If this is during the period of war, I wouldn't do anything but to just preserve myself and my family to be alert at all times because you'll not know if bombs are already on the way and bullets will go through your roof and walls.

Can I still budget, save and earn in Bitcoin?
As long as there's still an internet connection by that time but as I've said, I will think first of my safety and just to survive until the period of war ends.

What is the economic impacts on individuals with families and how do I sustain them during war period.
I haven't gone through it and I don't intend to. But watching, hearing, and reading the experiences of the war veterans and the families that have gone through with it, it's so hard. It's like the entire world has shattered on them and despite they know that there's hope, it's just so hard to uplift them economically and emotionally.
1055  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Changed the game you gamble on? share your story. on: October 17, 2023, 10:52:00 PM
Is it the game you started playing as a gambler that you still play till now?
Yes, but I am not closing myself into trying other things. It is that whenever I am used to a game, I stay there as long as I am enjoying it.

Is there any gambler in this place who was used to playing a particular game before but never was successful winning or did not win enough and then made up their mind that it was time for a change in the game you gamble on.
I am sure that many do and that's the change needed for them if they want to find success in some of their bets. Because if no change will be done, they'll be stuck to wherever they are and that's what they don't want to happen to all of them.

Which game did you change from, and what did you change to? how long did you play the game that you are deciding to stop playing because of the bad outcomes?
Didn't change a lot but if it's about stopping. It's like when I am in a losing streak. And that's when I don't like to see myself dwelling in losses, I may chase sometimes but it is no use because it is not making any good progress at all and that's why it's just best to stop because anything else happens which could worsen my disappointment.
1056  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Best Practices for Staying Safe When Gambling on: October 17, 2023, 10:28:09 PM
Two things for me about first, buying gambling accounts. There have been gamblers who want to have as many accounts as they want because there are some limits that can't be pushed with their existing accounts and also, they don't want to comply with the KYC once their accounts are being asked to do so and that's why they resort into buying gambling accounts because they think that it's the solution for it. But little did they know, that the same problem will occur in the future and it could be more troublesome than owning their own.

Buying an account may lead to a ban because casinos forbid the sharing or selling of accounts.  Once the casino knows about this activity, the account sold will be automatically get banned.  Aside from that if the account already performed a KYC but only lvl 1, and incident appear where the casino asks for a level 2 KYC, the fund on the account will be autmatically doomed because. as bought KYC'ed account, the current owner will be unable to submit the document needed by the casino unless the seller (original owner) agreed to help him.
That's why it is a red flag for those that have been thinking to do this and for those that have been accustomed into this type of trade, they should just stop it because no matter how good they are in hiding into this activity. They're just wasting their money and time.

I do not think that all of them are exploiters, it is possible that some just missed reading the ToS and commit an error by doing things that should have not been done like using VPN when VPN is not allowed to be used while accessing the platform.
Maybe that offense can give them a warning and if the casino is too kind enough then they will be spared. But if they do the same thing again and are caught the second time around then that's different this time as the abuse has been found on them. Could have been a case to case basis but when the casino strongly applies their rules onto these gamblers then they will have hard time in defending themselves and as you've said, if ever they still have some funds remaining, they might not get it anymore.
1057  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread on: October 17, 2023, 09:54:11 PM
We can fairly say that Nouns are the dark horses of TI right ? With that high pace Dota 2 they play , I won't be surprised if a lot of teams will face difficulties playing against them and Azure might be the first victim of them on main stage.
Yeah, I'd agree now that nouns are the dark horse and least favorite of fans on this version of TI. They're all exceptional and IIRC, whenever K1 is placed on, his team gets a buff. His former team and teammates were already out of the tournament ending in the 17th-20th place. Good thing that he was kicked back there and went taken by a better team because he's a talented carry.

LGD vs 9pandas should be the game of the day where normally we get 3 maps and LGD as winner.

Liquid vs Talon ...this game I think will give us one of the finalist as both teams are playing amazingly so far.  Cool
I am now in belief that Team Spirit is making this tournament easy. If you guys remember it was the prime of OG and Nigma when they made every single tournament easy on their hands. This is what it looks like for Team Spirit, despite that they've been already a TI champ, it's like they have never been weakened by season. Maybe not now but soon they will, anyway, that's not the matter as they seem to be still dominant and on their prime.
1058  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Best Practices for Staying Safe When Gambling on: October 17, 2023, 09:22:08 PM
Two things for me about first, buying gambling accounts. There have been gamblers who want to have as many accounts as they want because there are some limits that can't be pushed with their existing accounts and also, they don't want to comply with the KYC once their accounts are being asked to do so and that's why they resort into buying gambling accounts because they think that it's the solution for it. But little did they know, that the same problem will occur in the future and it could be more troublesome than owning their own.
Buying casino accounts is nothing but stupidity if you ask me, except the purpose for account buying is different from this which you have said above, like for example, there is this group on facebook where users engage in casino account trade, and one of the most popular casino which its account are being traded on that group is stake, and i believe this to be for no other reason other than the weekly and monthly bonuses stake users enjoy, even down to the account with no gambling activity for weeks or months.
Yeah, that's one reason for that when they try to trade accounts but that will be flagged as suspicious whenever they log in from different devices and sources. Casinos usually do see the change in activity and location that their players are in. Because that could land as a reason for abuse in their bonuses and we knew it that there have been gamblers that are good into strategizing this matter because they get as much as they can and can max out the rewards that's given to their users.

And then again, In as much i still discourage casino account trading, there are still some cases where engaging in such is simply a business for the buyer, since they probably would have already known that such account can indeed bring problem in the future, but they still go ahead and buy hoping that before such problem comes, they would have made their money back, plus some good profit, But then, those who can have a chance of being profitable in such deals are those who have become really good and have taken gambling as a profession.
I guess it will only be stopped when huge amounts are on their balances and they get caught and stopped by the casino they're abusing. That's painful when they get into that trouble and they're having delays with their withdrawals for that very same reason why they're flagged and stopped by the casino. So much better to just stay on your own account and enjoy.
1059  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: XRP and Roblox and Bitpay on: October 17, 2023, 08:49:41 PM
Lol. Roblox is mostly for kids. Are they just trying to promote crypto and especially their coin to the young generation.
They probably will ask their parents to pay in XRP if they have heard somewhere that their dads or moms are into cryptocurrencies. Anyway, good news as it is for XRP, and can get the term about accepting crypto for a game since Roblox has hundreds of millions of players.
It's better if they also allow Bitcoin to get accepted into this game and other altcoins that are mostly popular in the market. Since they're partnered up with Bitpay then it's most likely that every cryptocurrency that they support can be used for payments in-game purchases.
As long as we get to understand the context of it as this game accepts now crypto, I guess that's the most important part of this news.
1060  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Best Practices for Staying Safe When Gambling on: October 17, 2023, 08:15:17 PM
Two things for me about first, buying gambling accounts. There have been gamblers who want to have as many accounts as they want because there are some limits that can't be pushed with their existing accounts and also, they don't want to comply with the KYC once their accounts are being asked to do so and that's why they resort into buying gambling accounts because they think that it's the solution for it. But little did they know, that the same problem will occur in the future and it could be more troublesome than owning their own.

Next about playing in reputable casinos. When there are newbies posting their rants and how they were scammed by unknown casinos, you'll have the idea and question to your mind why they ended up with that casino, right? It's because they're explorers and want to try something new but not at all times that being adventurous will bring them into a better experience. This is the reason that it's so much better to get into reputable casinos especially when they're able to build their brand and reputation all over the time. You have a peace of mind that you'll never be left behind by that casino you know.
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