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thronedfire2 04/10/17 3:21:45 PM #51:	Cj_WlLL_VVlN posted... Dustin1280 posted... Cj_WlLL_VVlN posted... Dustin1280 posted... I would rather spend $100 on a fancy meal or just about anything else that could be considered fun than the casino. I'd rather take $100 to the casino than waste money on a fancy meal or just about anything else that could be considered fun. Also $100 fancy? Fogo De Chao is amazing and is $50.00 per person for all you can eat, so yeah. (realistically it would be closer to 150-175ish after drinks/tip though) If you are not familiar with Fogo De Chao then you are missing out. All you can eat... Fancy. Hell you could spend 50 a person easy at olive garden or outback https://www.nordiclodge.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcA-71sk2Q8 --- I could see you, but I couldn't hear you You were holding your hat in the breeze Turning away from me In this moment you were stolen... <cite>thronedfire2 posted [p:876924014] in People who... [t:75221331]...</cite> <quote><cite>Cj_WlLL_VVlN posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Dustin1280 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Cj_WlLL_VVlN posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Dustin1280 posted...</cite> <quote>I would rather spend $100 on a fancy meal or just about anything else that could be considered fun than the casino.</quote> I'd rather take $100 to the casino than waste money on a fancy meal or just about anything else that could be considered fun. Also $100 fancy?</quote> Fogo De Chao is amazing and is $50.00 per person for all you can eat, so yeah. (realistically it would be closer to 150-175ish after drinks/tip though) If you are not familiar with Fogo De Chao then you are missing out.</quote> All you can eat... Fancy. Hell you could spend 50 a person easy at olive garden or outback</quote> https://www.nordiclodge.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcA-71sk2Q8</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mark_DeRosa 04/10/17 3:22:21 PM #52:	ZeldaMutant posted... TheGoldenEel posted... It is fun to go to a casino. If you lose, you had fun. But you have pretty damn decent odds of leaving with more money if you're playing a non-gimmicky table game Playing oversimplified, boring luck games isn't fun. You can find hundreds of much more exciting games on the internet for free. It's especially ridiculous that you're saying this on a video game website. Trim your neckbeard --- Steve Nash \| 13\| Phoenix Suns \| PPG: 16.9 \| RPG: 3.60 \| APG 11.3 \| EFF: +22.96 http://www.gifsoup.com/view3/2283379/dance-o.gif <cite>Mark_DeRosa posted [p:876924041] in People who... [t:75221331]...</cite> <quote><cite>ZeldaMutant posted...</cite> <quote><cite>TheGoldenEel posted...</cite> <quote> It is fun to go to a casino. If you lose, you had fun. But you have pretty damn decent odds of leaving with more money if you're playing a non-gimmicky table game</quote>Playing oversimplified, boring luck games isn't fun. You can find hundreds of much more exciting games on the internet for free. It's especially ridiculous that you're saying this on a video game website.</quote> Trim your neckbeard</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PoopPotato 04/10/17 3:23:24 PM #53:	Em Chama is better than fogo. But you could also just buy a $10 steak from your grocer's meat counter and just cook it yourself. Taste great --- http://i.minus.com/i5EWBMXTN4ERv.gif <cite>PoopPotato posted [p:876924112] in People who... [t:75221331]...</cite> <quote>Em Chama is better than fogo. But you could also just buy a $10 steak from your grocer's meat counter and just cook it yourself. Taste great</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dustin1280 04/10/17 3:24:54 PM #54:	thronedfire2 posted... https://www.nordiclodge.com/ That is my kind of "fancy", never been to this place, but it looks amazing. If I ever go to RI I would definitely want to try this place out. --- Smash DS Code: 4554-0120-5368 SB4 Name: Roz RIP: Orlando of the Axe Karma: 1642 --he delivered! <cite>Dustin1280 posted [p:876924208] in People who... [t:75221331]...</cite> <quote><cite>thronedfire2 posted...</cite> <quote>https://www.nordiclodge.com/</quote> That is my kind of "fancy", never been to this place, but it looks amazing. If I ever go to RI I would definitely want to try this place out.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheGoldenEel 04/10/17 3:26:02 PM #55:	ZeldaMutant posted... TheGoldenEel posted... It is fun to go to a casino. If you lose, you had fun. But you have pretty damn decent odds of leaving with more money if you're playing a non-gimmicky table game Playing oversimplified, boring luck games isn't fun. You can find hundreds of much more exciting games on the internet for free. It's especially ridiculous that you're saying this on a video game website. Do those games involve socializing over drinks with friends and strangers? Is there the chance of winning money for playing them? Is it possible that some things can be fun while at the same time, other things are also fun? --- The words of The Golden Eel have been revealed... Games: http://backloggery.com/wrldindstries302 \\ Music: http://www.last.fm/user/DrMorberg/ <cite>TheGoldenEel posted [p:876924284] in People who... [t:75221331]...</cite> <quote><cite>ZeldaMutant posted...</cite> <quote><cite>TheGoldenEel posted...</cite> <quote> It is fun to go to a casino. If you lose, you had fun. But you have pretty damn decent odds of leaving with more money if you're playing a non-gimmicky table game</quote>Playing oversimplified, boring luck games isn't fun. You can find hundreds of much more exciting games on the internet for free. It's especially ridiculous that you're saying this on a video game website.</quote> Do those games involve socializing over drinks with friends and strangers? Is there the chance of winning money for playing them? Is it possible that some things can be fun while at the same time, other things are also fun?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
OwlRammer 04/10/17 3:26:57 PM #56:	Cj_WlLL_VVlN posted... Dustin1280 posted... I would rather spend $100 on a fancy meal or just about anything else that could be considered fun than the casino. I'd rather take $100 to the casino than waste money on a fancy meal or just about anything else that could be considered fun. Also $100 fancy? what is $100 a snack to you or something --- http://i.imgur.com/ji9KF3f.jpg http://i.imgur.com/p3G1Hvd.png http://puu.sh/ovZuS/97325c05b3.jpg http://puu.sh/ovZB2/eeee237f49.jpg <cite>OwlRammer posted [p:876924342] in People who... [t:75221331]...</cite> <quote><cite>Cj_WlLL_VVlN posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Dustin1280 posted...</cite> <quote>I would rather spend $100 on a fancy meal or just about anything else that could be considered fun than the casino.</quote> I'd rather take $100 to the casino than waste money on a fancy meal or just about anything else that could be considered fun. Also $100 fancy?</quote> what is $100 a snack to you or something</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lightsasori 04/10/17 3:27:57 PM #57:	Psycho_Poodle posted... casinos are rigged and designed for you to lose is losing money fun to you For some people, yeah it's used as escapism. TC is right though, a lot of what we consider entertainment can literally be considered a waste of time and money. I have a hobby in collecting 8-tracks for example. --- "Yare yare daze" ~ Jotaro Kujo "Children are pure, they know who's the strongest." ~ MaskDeSmith <cite>Lightsasori posted [p:876924421] in People who... [t:75221331]...</cite> <quote><cite>Psycho_Poodle posted...</cite> <quote>casinos are rigged and designed for you to lose is losing money fun to you</quote> For some people, yeah it's used as escapism. TC is right though, a lot of what we consider entertainment can literally be considered a waste of time and money. I have a hobby in collecting 8-tracks for example.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gheb 04/10/17 3:29:20 PM #58:	The only table games that you even have a chance at beating the house at over an extended period of time is craps. Unsurprisingly, it's by far the least common game you'll find at a casino. Games like blackjack and roulette typically operate at about 20% net win for the casino. Which means on average for every dollar a player puts into the game, the casino ends up keeping about 20 cents of it. Sure individual players can have a good streak, no one would go to casinos if they did, but the casino only cares about the amount being kept and played overall. And overall not a single game offered at a casino is in your favor. Slots actually have lower hold percentages than table games do as most slots will end up keeping somewhere between 5 and 15% of the coin in. Still not in your favor. --- S** I have to stop doing that," Gheb said, as he lay back down and died again.* - Forgotten Love Chiefs are going to win the Super Bowl <cite>Gheb posted [p:876924512] in People who... [t:75221331]...</cite> <quote>The only table games that you even have a chance at beating the house at over an extended period of time is craps. Unsurprisingly, it's by far the least common game you'll find at a casino. Games like blackjack and roulette typically operate at about 20% net win for the casino. Which means on average for every dollar a player puts into the game, the casino ends up keeping about 20 cents of it. Sure individual players can have a good streak, no one would go to casinos if they did, but the casino only cares about the amount being kept and played overall. And overall not a single game offered at a casino is in your favor. Slots actually have lower hold percentages than table games do as most slots will end up keeping somewhere between 5 and 15% of the coin in. Still not in your favor.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cj_WlLL_VVlN 04/10/17 3:47:42 PM #59:	OwlRammer posted... Cj_WlLL_VVlN posted... Dustin1280 posted... I would rather spend $100 on a fancy meal or just about anything else that could be considered fun than the casino. I'd rather take $100 to the casino than waste money on a fancy meal or just about anything else that could be considered fun. Also $100 fancy? what is $100 a snack to you or something No and I'm not rich by any stretch but I do enjoy gambling. I usually go to Vegas a couple times a year and will probably place about 300 for table games during my trip. Sometimes I'm up, usually I lose it. I'll usually pick a local team and put 50 on it and watch the games at the sports book and get a shit ton of free beer. I enjoy this time much more than I do going to dinner or watching a movie or doing different things. --- Give me your tired, your poor,Your masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest tossed, to me. <cite>Cj_WlLL_VVlN posted [p:876925738] in People who... [t:75221331]...</cite> <quote><cite>OwlRammer posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Cj_WlLL_VVlN posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Dustin1280 posted...</cite> <quote>I would rather spend $100 on a fancy meal or just about anything else that could be considered fun than the casino.</quote> I'd rather take $100 to the casino than waste money on a fancy meal or just about anything else that could be considered fun. Also $100 fancy?</quote> what is $100 a snack to you or something</quote> No and I'm not rich by any stretch but I do enjoy gambling. I usually go to Vegas a couple times a year and will probably place about 300 for table games during my trip. Sometimes I'm up, usually I lose it. I'll usually pick a local team and put 50 on it and watch the games at the sports book and get a shit ton of free beer. I enjoy this time much more than I do going to dinner or watching a movie or doing different things.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
voldothegr8 04/10/17 4:16:11 PM #60:	Gheb posted... And overall not a single game offered at a casino is in your favor. Poker --- Oda break tracker 2017- 2 (1) Super Mario Maker Profile: 1237-0000-0073-02FE <cite>voldothegr8 posted [p:876927549] in People who... [t:75221331]...</cite> <quote><cite>Gheb posted...</cite> <quote>And overall not a single game offered at a casino is in your favor. </quote> Poker</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ZeldaMutant 04/10/17 4:23:18 PM #61:	TheGoldenEel posted... Do those games involve socializing over drinks with friends and strangers? Granted, no. When it comes to just friends, getting together at someone's home to play board games or console games should both be more cost-efficient and fun. But bring a desire to socialize with strangers into the mix, and the casino might be the best environment, since it's probably the only bar-like environment where playing games is considered normal, and casino games can still be more fun than nothing. I understand now, you are right. Is there the chance of winning money for playing them? The costs for time at a casino might be random, sometimes even negative (= you win money) but on average you will end up spending a certain amount of money per fun/etc. gained. Doesn't really disprove your main point, though. --- 96065 <cite>ZeldaMutant posted [p:876928008] in People who... [t:75221331]...</cite> <quote><cite>TheGoldenEel posted...</cite> <quote>Do those games involve socializing over drinks with friends and strangers?</quote>Granted, no. When it comes to just friends, getting together at someone's home to play board games or console games should both be more cost-efficient and fun. But bring a desire to socialize with strangers into the mix, and the casino might be the best environment, since it's probably the only bar-like environment where playing games is considered normal, and casino games can still be more fun than nothing. I understand now, you are right.<quote>Is there the chance of winning money for playing them?</quote>The costs for time at a casino might be random, sometimes even negative (= you win money) but on average you will end up spending a certain amount of money per fun/etc. gained. Doesn't really disprove your main point, though.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Great Muta 22 04/10/17 4:35:45 PM #62:	Nah, casinos are fun as hell, especially when you go to them as a group, be it a work function or bachelor party or whatever. Now sitting alone gambling in the casino and losing money, especially playing non social shitty games? That's awful. But stuff like BJ or craps when you have a fun table of people, or even sport betting in Vegas, AND drinking for basically nothing for hours on end? That's fun as hell <cite>The Great Muta 22 posted [p:876928820] in People who... [t:75221331]...</cite> <quote>Nah, casinos are fun as hell, especially when you go to them as a group, be it a work function or bachelor party or whatever. Now sitting alone gambling in the casino and losing money, especially playing non social shitty games? That's awful. But stuff like BJ or craps when you have a fun table of people, or even sport betting in Vegas, AND drinking for basically nothing for hours on end? That's fun as hell</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gheb 04/10/17 4:48:39 PM #63:	voldothegr8 posted... Gheb posted... And overall not a single game offered at a casino is in your favor. Poker True. I didn't include poker since you aren't playing against the house and thus casinos don't have a net win percentage to track. If poker is included on their table games back of house reports it's always listed as having a win of 100%. --- S** I have to stop doing that," Gheb said, as he lay back down and died again.* - Forgotten Love Chiefs are going to win the Super Bowl <cite>Gheb posted [p:876929680] in People who... [t:75221331]...</cite> <quote><cite>voldothegr8 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Gheb posted...</cite> <quote>And overall not a single game offered at a casino is in your favor. </quote> Poker</quote> True. I didn't include poker since you aren't playing against the house and thus casinos don't have a net win percentage to track. If poker is included on their table games back of house reports it's always listed as having a win of 100%.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cj_WlLL_VVlN 04/10/17 4:55:41 PM #64:	The Great Muta 22 posted... Nah, casinos are fun as hell, especially when you go to them as a group, be it a work function or bachelor party or whatever. Now sitting alone gambling in the casino and losing money, especially playing non social shitty games? That's awful. But stuff like BJ or craps when you have a fun table of people, or even sport betting in Vegas, AND drinking for basically nothing for hours on end? That's fun as hell Wanna be friends? Heading to Vegas in June. --- Give me your tired, your poor,Your masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest tossed, to me. <cite>Cj_WlLL_VVlN posted [p:876930157] in People who... [t:75221331]...</cite> <quote><cite>The Great Muta 22 posted...</cite> <quote>Nah, casinos are fun as hell, especially when you go to them as a group, be it a work function or bachelor party or whatever. Now sitting alone gambling in the casino and losing money, especially playing non social shitty games? That's awful. But stuff like BJ or craps when you have a fun table of people, or even sport betting in Vegas, AND drinking for basically nothing for hours on end? That's fun as hell</quote> Wanna be friends? Heading to Vegas in June.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
darkbuster 04/10/17 5:13:46 PM #65:	I think the biggest issue with casinos is that most people who go, have some intent -no matter how small- of potentially making significant financial gain. The average person is woefully ignorant of statistics & logic to understand that not only are casinos tipped in the house's favor, but they'd need to be for such a business to run stably. If casinos rain "fairly" they'd be in danger of going out of business in a single night of unfavorable luck. Casinos are fine if you're just going for entertainment with the slight possibility of leaving with a net financial gain, but unless you're going to do some hardcore card counting, an act that casinos go so far to deter that they use multiple decks, auto shuffling machines, & blacklist most people they even suspect are pulling it off anyway, you shouldn't expect to win; besides the exploitation of statistics & psychology, that doesn't even cover issue of tactics like using alcohol to ply up those with significant winning & reduce their judgment making skills to ensure the house recovers loses. --- Remember kids, it's only an RPG until someone gets hit with a meteor; Then it's a JRPG! SSBB: 3869 0521 7142 <cite>darkbuster posted [p:876931357] in People who... [t:75221331]...</cite> <quote>I think the biggest issue with casinos is that most people who go, have some intent -no matter how small- of potentially making significant financial gain. The average person is woefully ignorant of statistics & logic to understand that not only are casinos tipped in the house's favor, but they'd need to be for such a business to run stably. If casinos rain "fairly" they'd be in danger of going out of business in a single night of unfavorable luck. Casinos are fine if you're just going for entertainment with the slight possibility of leaving with a net financial gain, but unless you're going to do some hardcore card counting, an act that casinos go so far to deter that they use multiple decks, auto shuffling machines, & blacklist most people they even suspect are pulling it off anyway, you shouldn't expect to win; besides the exploitation of statistics & psychology, that doesn't even cover issue of tactics like using alcohol to ply up those with significant winning & reduce their judgment making skills to ensure the house recovers loses.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
thronedfire2 04/10/17 7:03:36 PM #66:	Dustin1280 posted... thronedfire2 posted... https://www.nordiclodge.com/ That is my kind of "fancy", never been to this place, but it looks amazing. If I ever go to RI I would definitely want to try this place out. I haven't gone yet but I want to so bad. It's like $70-90 per person plus drinks --- I could see you, but I couldn't hear you You were holding your hat in the breeze Turning away from me In this moment you were stolen... <cite>thronedfire2 posted [p:876938296] in People who... [t:75221331]...</cite> <quote><cite>Dustin1280 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>thronedfire2 posted...</cite> <quote>https://www.nordiclodge.com/</quote> That is my kind of "fancy", never been to this place, but it looks amazing. If I ever go to RI I would definitely want to try this place out.</quote> I haven't gone yet but I want to so bad. It's like $70-90 per person plus drinks</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
jenningsnash313 04/10/17 7:05:58 PM #67:	I thought TC was going to post a picture of him with like $1000 he won at a casino or something. --- For all your gaming pleasures: http://www.youtube.com/user/thismikeplaysgames Currently Playing: Majora's Mask, Final Fantasy XIII, Shadow of Mordor <cite>jenningsnash313 posted [p:876938441] in People who... [t:75221331]...</cite> <quote>I thought TC was going to post a picture of him with like $1000 he won at a casino or something.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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