I think it was Puppey's decision to remove Nisha. It was really surprising because they finished strong in TI and the rumors were only if Crystallis will remain or not. The decision seems like a downgrade to Team Secret. Now it is Team Liquid that is willing to sacrifice some positions just to take Nisha which I believe will be worth it. 

I am way more curious and excited to watch the South and North American frontiers. EG is looking to dominate its new region and the new team Shopify Rebellion. I am not happy Bulba is with the new team captained by Fly.

Now there are only 4 remaining candidates, Argentina, France, Croatia, and Morocco. I'm feeling like this is a toss-up. We have good attacking teams Argentina and France against defensive teams Croatia and Morocco. The goalkeepers would favor Croatia and Morocco IMO. And I am tempted again to bet on the underdogs. I won a 5.82 odds when Morroco upset Portugal. I do not want to go against Argentina even though my mind says that Croatia might have a better chance of winning against them than Brazil.

As a fan, I am hoping Argentina will face Morroco in the finals. 

The stats would really favor Doncic because it seems Dallas Mavericks is currently a 1-man team. Whereas Tatum had another superstar and very reliable teammates to share the stats. In the end, the panel members will be the main decision-makers since voting is just a small chunk of the percentage. They will also consider the overall team performance in which the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks showed consistency.

We still have 50 or more games and we hope everyone stays healthy. Maybe other names will appear like Steph Curry if he continues his stats and if Golden State Warriors will start their own win streaks to finish strong.

I have to admit that I missed watching that Taylor-Prograis unification bout nor did I watch a full replay. Highlights can be biased to judge a fight. Gone are the days when I cannot miss good match-ups, especially a unification fight between 2 undefeated fighters. I did take a look at the punch stats and I was surprised that Prograis was winning it easily.

I also do not see Teofimo Lopez winning against Prograis. Prograis is not that skilled but his power can either score a KO or change a tempo of a fight. Bob Arum will try to make it safe for Teofimo. All the top names in 140 belong to Top Rank anyways except Prograis whose promoter seems willing to work with any promoters and networks. Maybe Bob will allow Ramirez to fight Prograis. If Ramirez wins it could be a fight with Teofimo but if Prograis wins, I doubt Bob will do that. I even doubt Ramirez will face Prograis since they are looking forward to the WBO belt which will either become vacant or face Catterall.   

Good to see you here mate. It seems like this fight may not happen at all after Errol Spence had another car accident. He mentioned that his leg is injured although I cannot find any more news about the severity of his injury. 

You know the WBC, they are up for the money and they do not want to mess with big promoters as well which means Vergil Ortiz is probably out of the picture for Thurman. The WBC might also consider a garbage interim belt while Spence is still healing. 

So still nobody voted for Anthony Yarde to win this fight. Honestly, I also think that Artur Beterbiev despite his age and fighting in front of Yarde's hometown fans will deliver another KO. But, I won't take Yarde lightly, the guy is huge, strong and has the power to hurt Beterbiev as well. A total of 40 knockouts in their combined 23 wins, I guess we won't hear the final bell here. The experience though is clearly too much on Betebiev's side. The guy even hurt the current heavyweight champion Oleksandyr Usyk multiple times in their 3 amateur fights.

Thanks for the match mate. I think we only had like 3 different answers. You were correct in the under 3.5 Croatian on target which was my original answer too but I changed it before submitting it. I was still banking on to tie because I seemed very confident that you will be wrong on Lotauro to start but well, I guess nobody expected Argentina to go 5-3-2. Morocco-Portugal was like 50/50. In the end, it was a clear victory for you even if the lead was only 1 point since you would've smashed me again in the tiebreakers. Good luck mate. Hopefully, you'll win it all.

Thank you to cryptofrka, Trofo, Sportsbet, and everyone for this fun but very competitive tournament.

It depends on what you what? The surest and most stable is BTC, it could be easy x4 in the next couple of years. The most stable altcoins that are proven are ETH and BNB, these 2 coins can probably grow x10. The riskiest are the low market cap coins and the newly launched ones. They can grow x100 or even more but you can also risk losing your investment. My latest newly launched project where I spent $3,000 is now worth $10 although it might recover, it will be hard especially if its community, supporters, and investors cut their losses and left.

Even if it is only $800, you can still diversify it a little. Let's say $300 for BTC, $200 each for ETH and BNB and you can search for a low market cap coin or newly launched coin for the other $100. And you can also do a dollar-cost averaging on bitcoin.

There were many reasons why some huge successful investors failed later on. I have 2 reasons in my mind.

1. They failed to innovate. Your strategic success doesn't guarantee to become effective in the next months or years. This is proven over time in technology and even in trading and traditional investing. Change is constant.

2. Being complacent. There are a lot of sayings about being contented with what we have at the moment and being happy with it. But the thing is, we humans couldn't reach this stage if all of us stayed complacent. We should continue to grow.

Well, I believe submitting proof of income worth $500 is not enough and is suspicious while your average deposit monthly in the casino is the same amount. Although your monthly bankroll doesn't mean you made regular monthly deposits since there are times you are winning. A decade ago, I was trained in anti-money laundering. That is why I am always careful with these casinos, exchanges, and banks. There are some ways to be safe though. Also, when it comes to gambling, we are lucky here in this forum since there are many casinos that have official threads here, although there are still issues but at least it is not that hard to connect with them and their reputations are at stake.

Wow! Reminds me of a few months ago when I thought of selling my house, maybe I'll have the same free money if it happened.

You can divide it into 2. 50% goes to crypto which is highly volatile. Out of the 50%, you can buy 2.5 bitcoins, and then for the rest, you can choose 3 to 5 altcoins. Just be careful with altcoins because they are very volatile but if you can make it right then the rewards will be very high too. Let's say $2k each to both ETH and BNB and then do a meticulous DYOR on 2 to 3 new projects or existing coins that have low market caps. 

I bumped into this thread again. I think it was last month or earlier when I first saw this thread. I answered the questions and I only scored 8 or 9 but I tried it again right away with only 1 mistake or perfect. It's fun but confusing, and difficult. I don't think someone for the first time can score 15 in 10 minutes unless the guy is an old timer or very active in tracking stats and historical facts in bitcointalk. Guys like LoyceV, etc. can probably score high.

So after a month or two, I answered it again. Thought I remembered all of them.

What a big loss it could be if the Mavs will end up losing Luka in the future. Although it is hard to imagine knowing Mark Cuban is not just a team owner but a huge NBA fan and it is also early to speculate.

There was a time when Mavs brought in Kristaps Porzingis. It didn't work and the guy is too injury-prone. For now, the Mavs is pretty sure watching for their next potential target. I also believe that the Mavs can do better if Luka has reliable teammates he can lean on if he is having a bad night.

Maybe it's the ring rust and of course, his mindset isn't 100% due to the war. Also, Vassily Lomachenko is already in his mid-30s, his IQ is still there but his physical abilities is starting to decline and he isn't the guy that has 1 punch KO that scares opponents. Maybe Loma is saving some of his techniques so Haney cannot figure it out. Haney won't duck Loma because it is the WBO mandatory unless he is moving up in weight which might be an option since he did struggle in weight during his rematch with Kambosos. 

I know many will think it is useless. Maybe it is not worth it knowing the people they were preaching to are living in poverty with no internet. But there is something positive I found, some of these people will realize that there is still hope. Some of the listeners will be empowered. Maybe they should be looking for jobs in the city in order to feed their family and somehow start their own savings little by little and then invest in something that can change their future.

Altcoins can be very risky compared to bitcoin. But I am not saying investing in altcoins is bad. After all, profit is what we are attracted to aside from the technology the cryptoverse brings. Just be sure to invest the amount you are willing to lose. The higher the risk, the higher the rewards. So pick carefully the altcoins you would like to invest in. And be prepared to track them always as everything will happen to them anymore, either it will shoot up or it will drop down to zero. Always DYOR.

You probably know by now the need to keep your bitcoin safe from hackers and possible centralized exchange exits. The main concern is the fear which is related to investment. I think everyone or maybe 99% of people who invested money that they cannot afford to lose will continue to live with fear. I did it before, I studied bitcoin charts since the earliest I could get. So I thought that the past cycles would make me strong and overcome fear, I took the risk, and I signed a contract to assume a house and lot but held most of my assets in bitcoin. And then here comes the 2018 and 2019 bear seasons. I thought I can be alright knowing how confident am I that history would repeat itself. When it dropped from $19k ATH to $3k, fear beat me, I didn't expect bitcoin to drop that low and I cannot sleep well at night. So in the end I decided to sell all my bitcoins cheaply.

I learned the hard way. I should not have risked an amount that I cannot afford to lose.

There are also levels of consistency and effort. Yesterday I saw a video on Youtube where a group of fishermen vloggers came to a realization. These fishermen were complaining that they need about an hour of effort to reach their fishing grounds and another hour to go home yet they aren't getting a lot. Yesterday they were invited by another group of fishermen vloggers (with over a million subscribers) so they visited them. They were informed that those fishermen vloggers with over a million subscribers will travel 2 to 3 hours just to reach a fishing ground and with the same hours going back. My point is those who made the extra mile will be rewarded more for their efforts. Trading and investing aren't just purely technical, it is psychological as well. Years before, I met someone online who's been making thousands of dollars with his daily trades. He told me that his skills and emotions are the products of months of sleepless nights over the years and that he read nearly a hundred books on trading.

BTC opened our eyes that it is possible for a decentralized currency to exist. A currency free from the world and national politics and influence. A currency that is not inflationary. It will have more value over time. BTC's blockchain is telling the world that all our systems can be visible and immutable. In my country beset with corruption from local to national appointed and elected officials blockchain is the solution. A perfect world should be using blockchain and BTC as its currency. 

You are an unbelievable OP. It seems like it is easy for you to say that World War III should happen. So what if your country is part of the war? Are you not concerned with yourself and your loved ones? Are you ready for it?

How deep is your knowledge of world history and current issues? Although I can assume it somehow when you mentioned that Russia should only pick one either Europe, the UK, or the USA. Mate, if it is only Russia and Europe warring with each other, it is not a world war. World War I battles mostly happened in Europe only but most of the world are controlled by Europe hence it was called a World War.

For thousands of years, war reset nations' and kingdoms' economies. Nowadays we have many countries armed with nuclear weapons that won't just reset our economies but are capable of destroying our whole planet.