Discussion about 10,000BTC Bet (Official)

[bitlane]

So what did Matthew and Pirate teach everyone with this very expensive lesson?

Shhh. You'll ruin the surprise.

Pirate pays in 3... 2.... 1...

I hope you're sitting while waiting...

Oh I am, ot some Champagne on ice and a cuban cigar ready...

1, Pirate pays.

2, Matthew gets scammers tag and maybe banned.

3, Matthew pays me a whole lot of money.    

I can't lose

I haven't been paid by Pirate yet.....

[smoothie]

So what did Matthew and Pirate teach everyone with this very expensive lesson?

Shhh. You'll ruin the surprise.

Pirate pays in 3... 2.... 1...

I hope you're sitting while waiting...

Oh I am, ot some Champagne on ice and a cuban cigar ready...

1, Pirate pays.

2, Matthew gets scammers tag and maybe banned.

3, Matthew pays me a whole lot of money.    

I can't lose

I haven't been paid by Pirate yet.....

And technically you won't even if he sent your bitcoins NOW. 6 confirmations = about 60 minutes

[Matthew N. Wright]

So what did Matthew and Pirate teach everyone with this very expensive lesson?

Shhh. You'll ruin the surprise.

Pirate pays in 3... 2.... 1...

I hope you're sitting while waiting...

Oh I am, ot some Champagne on ice and a cuban cigar ready...

1, Pirate pays.

2, Matthew gets scammers tag and maybe banned.

3, Matthew pays me a whole lot of money.    

I can't lose

Interesting. I'd like to hear more about #3. How does that one work?

[sgravina]

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I have always been on Team 'Pirate is a fucking asshole and communicates about as well as Helen Keller' and I have the previous PMs to prove it (long before this shit storm took place.)

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Helen Keller is the opposite of non communicative.  She was a great communicator.  She overcame her disability to make a career giving public speeches and writing books.  She was famous and admired world wide for her communications.

Check out the Wikipedia article.  An interesting personal connection, my wife use to work for William Gibson the man who wrote the play "The Miracle Worker", the Broadway play and then movie about Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan.  We just attended his funeral a few years ago.

[AndrewBUD]

I think bitlane was implying that she doesn't speak.....

[EskimoBob]

Matthew N. Wright, where are you? We miss you in IRC

[silverbox]

I think bitlane was implying that she doesn't speak.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1usDPlrcv-0

[bitlane]

Helen Keller is the opposite of non communicative.  She was a great communicator.  She overcame her disability to make a career giving public speeches and writing books.  She was famous and admired world wide for her communications.

Yes...and up till 1939, Adolf Hitler was the greatest living German (although he wasn't even German).

[silverbox]

Helen Keller is the opposite of non communicative.  She was a great communicator.  She overcame her disability to make a career giving public speeches and writing books.  She was famous and admired world wide for her communications.

Yes...and up till 1939, Adolf Hitler was the greatest living German (although he wasn't even German).

I think we should bring the first name Adolf back..

If I can just get that platypus for my friend, I think I can talk him into naming it Adolf, official BTC mascot

[LoupGaroux]

Yes...and up till 1939, Adolf Hitler was the greatest living German (although he wasn't even German).

A whole big bucket of Godwin shame on you for going there before the deadline.

[Rassah]

You are correct, good Sir. I am Pirate's biggest Cheerleader. Go Pirate Go !

I hope he runs away with EVERYTHING......

he has lol

Then I hope he keeps on running. He deserves to be compensated for playing such a good hand and duping alot of us, regardless of the signs.

He has now become one of my heroes, even though he is younger than I am, I still admire him and wish him the best.

I don't really have much to be bitter about in the grand scheme of things, as there are people who have lost 10x more than I did, so I can always rest easy, knowing that I was not the biggest sucker involved.

Stockholm Syndrome much?

[chungenhung]

It is the 9th of September. Let the fun begin.

[muyuu]

12 minutes to go. Time for just 1 confirmation.

[terrytibbs]

Let's get this party started, Matt!

[smoothie]

deadline reached..

[evolve]

Times up!

[Nite69]

And what will be block 198016 total spend...

[evolve]

Yup, hes not paying. Read his other thread. Not even remotely shocked.

[Rassah]

Note that after giving an example of a FORMAT to use,

please stick to the following format:

He says,

The above post would be betting 20BTC that he in fact is not going to payout as described. If I lose the bet, you get 20BTC sent to that address. If you lose, you'll need to send 20BTC to my address.

Meaning if he loses, he will pay to "that address" that you provided when you placed the bet in the format he specified. Seems legit to me...

[smoothie]

Note that after giving an example of a FORMAT to use,  "please stick to the following format:"
He says, "The above post would be betting 20BTC that he in fact is not going to payout as described. If I lose the bet, you get 20BTC sent to that address. If you lose, you'll need to send 20BTC to my address."
Meaning if he loses, he will pay to that address that you provided when you placed the bet in the format he specified.

Yeah literal. We all knew what the format meant. The literal meaning is just an attempt to get out of the bet.