pros v semi pros v fun players

cool · Post by **cool** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 6:08 pm

very good posts particularly from Mr Satis. My income comes in cycles depending on what is on the machines.Yes the machines are pretty rubbish nowadays but I made a lot of money in the early 90's from the simply programmed games like Time Machine , which could not protect itself against further jackpots. I too prefer games that lock up after a jackpot. In the old days a machine called Fruit Machine would protect itself by going to questionmarks and the most you could win is 60p.The paucity of good machines I believe is less about the pro's(as stated there are very few around ) , more about the donuts who will play anything (particularly when pissed!).I have been told by a pro-contact in London that the pro's there regard this site with suspicion and believe that this site is monitered by quiz machine companies,programmers and pub chains,so that they will not contribute to it. I believe that being relatively open we can be one big happy family (almost!).I have always concluded my letters with gaming companies with if I can help you make money,Ill make money.There used to be a person who would put on a m2 high score table GRIMSBY,seen as far from Grimsby as Bristol.Anybody know who he is?

Nil Satis · Post by **Nil Satis** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 6:24 pm

fazzer wrote:So regular JPs don't benefit everyone - neither the pubs nor the average punters.

Well, I'm neither a pub nor an average punter but all I can say is that having lived through the days when machines did actually offer decent prizes on a cyclical basis, I know which type I prefer.

An anecdotal point that backs up this view is that it used to be a lot harder to get on machines a few years ago, due to punters already playing when you arrived, and I believe strongly that this was related to the more realistic chance offered of a good win by most games then. Although it was annoying at the time if you had to wait to get on a decent machine, it did mean that people were putting money through the machines more regularly. Now with 80-90% of the games being so poor, I never seem to have any difficult in getting on a machine. I wonder why that is...?

BigEd · Post by **BigEd** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:01 pm

vaginalbob wrote:soiling people's neatly tended scoreboard lawns with giant clearance turds (especially satisfying when a boardful of 1100s by a self-regarding local tyro in a uni grad bar is topped with a solitary 1900+ (beating 'CAP' at UEA))

VB, I think that you have some very real issues all of your own.

Do you get out much, other than to play WU or WC?

Back on topic, I suggest that there are a lot more "true pros" than you think. I know/have met three in Birmingham alone. They also told me about a bloke who writes questions for games, and plays them for a living. So that makes four in a few miles radius.
I assume cool, and quiz master know a few more, who know a few more, who know a few more...

I'd like all games to have pretty colours.....Can I play the pretty colour game?

lol

BTW, this would all be true if I ever spoke a word of truth, which people like to point out that I don't, so it is best to ignore this, and believe someone else who may not know what they are talking about....

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:16 pm

vaginalbob wrote: I wouldn't say it does much for one's social skills, however. The only thing I seem to have gained in that respect is the ability to appear anonymous or unapproachable.

How exactly did you do that?

cool · Post by **cool** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:34 pm

There was a guy from Birmingham who was featured on BBC Breakfast Time years ago who gave his job up & toured the country via the railway network.I bumped into him in a pub called Sovereigns in Woking. I offer an apology to him 10yrs late. I was wrong , you were right concerning the old Monopoly game!

WaterGate · Post by **WaterGate** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:47 am

If you were a pro, why would you tell anyone?
If you were semi-pro, why would you not be a pro?
If you were a fun player, why wouldnt you become a semi-pro?

All these questions will be answered in next week's episode of.....

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:06 am

WaterGate wrote:If you were a pro, why would you tell anyone?

Why not?

WaterGate wrote:If you were semi-pro, why would you not be a pro?

Because you can't make enough money.

WaterGate wrote:If you were a fun player, why wouldnt you become a semi-pro?

Because you can't make any money.

WaterGate wrote:All these questions will be answered in next week's episode of.....

Did I ruin the suspense?

WaterGate · Post by **WaterGate** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:28 am

Nah! I just love throwing bones! LOL! The whole topic is just shameful & pointless...

BigEd · Post by **BigEd** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 12:17 pm

More interesting than the "word up gossip" thread...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:13 pm

BigEd wrote: VB, I think that you have some very real issues all of your own.
Do you get out much, other than to play WU or WC?

Yes, I do, although word games inevitably reappear at some stage in any standard social gathering, due to their giving out free money n'all - when you're old enough to play, you'll understand - it's so moreish!

(This is assuming you'll make it into the top 1% of players who can win consistently).

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:16 pm

fazzer wrote:
vaginalbob wrote: I wouldn't say it does much for one's social skills, however. The only thing I seem to have gained in that respect is the ability to appear anonymous or unapproachable.
How exactly did you do that?

You dress up like Joe Public and ignore everybody, obviously.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:22 pm

BigEd wrote:More interesting than the "word up gossip" thread...

What's amusing is that the more posts there are about Word Up - whether positive or negative - the more word games seem to be created in response to the buzz as, of course, games companies have their eye on the site.

In this sense, the WU 'haters' are working hand in hand with the WU lovers to bring more WU clones to the machines - keep it up, guys!

cool · Post by **cool** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:50 pm

I have got total respect for the Word Up elite. It takes a lot of skill , fast reactions and a excellent knowledge of words. However, if you dont or havent the ability to play it (as in my case) I dont find a conversation based around it interesting , although there are plenty of people who do.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 11:36 am

my answers would have been:

WaterGate wrote:If you were a pro, why would you tell anyone?

Why not?

WaterGate wrote:If you were semi-pro, why would you not be a pro?

in my case i am semi-retired from SWP, i earn more from my job than i could make from playing games and now play them solely for entertainment and beer money.

WaterGate wrote:If you were a fun player, why wouldnt you become a semi-pro?

because you might not be good enough. if everyone was semi-pro there would be no profits for anyone but the operators.

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