The Off Topic Thread & Off Topic Thread II - Collectors Edition Bumper Pack

roryc

eZe^ wrote: »

Considered a sports by boards? Don't you mean considered a sport by anybody who has a brain! :pac:

Haha, I'm kidding, nothing but respect for poker and it's mathematical probabilities, it's like the devils version of chess.

Would you consider chess a sport? Its a bit of a grey area tbh... I agree that its hard to class a 'game' where you sit on your arse for hours on end as a sport, but it depends where you draw the line!

Its considered a sport in America, with the key event, the WSOP (World Series of Poker) being classed as the biggest 'sporting' event in the world, with almost 7,000 participants this year. Even calling it the 'world series', similar to baseball, puts it firmly in the class of a sport.

The winner was crowned only a few days ago, 22 YEAR OLD Peter Eastgate being crowned WSOP champion winning over $9 million... not too shabby!

A good group of the poker forum regulars go over for the WSOP every year, usually with a few going deep and winning $100k+

Anyway back on topic... i mean off topic... i mean...

eZe^

roryc wrote: »

Would you consider chess a sport? Its a bit of a grey area tbh... I agree that its hard to class a 'game' where you sit on your arse for hours on end as a sport, but it depends where you draw the line!

Its considered a sport in America, with the key event, the WSOP (World Series of Poker) being classed as the biggest 'sporting' event in the world, with almost 7,000 participants this year. Even calling it the 'world series', similar to baseball, puts it firmly in the class of a sport.

The winner was crowned only a few days ago, 22 YEAR OLD Peter Eastgate being crowned WSOP champion winning over $9 million... not too shabby!

A good group of the poker forum regulars go over for the WSOP every year, usually with a few going deep and winning $100k+

Anyway back on topic... i mean off topic... i mean...

That's very interesting, especially the very last bit about boardsies going over. Someday I'm going to sit down and play with the idea of the probabilities in my head and see how it goes. I always see physicists winning loads of money on those poker games they show on sky and stuff.

roryc

eZe^ wrote: »

That's very interesting, especially the very last bit about boardsies going over. Someday I'm going to sit down and play with the idea of the probabilities in my head and see how it goes. I always see physicists winning loads of money on those poker games they show on sky and stuff.

Yeh, a good proportion of the regulars in the poker forum play either fully for a living, or at least to supplement their regular job. Some are literally making hundreds of thousands per year, mainly online. Of course some are losing too

The WSOP is always a great time of year in the forum, usually about 40-50 lads go over to play it ($10,000 entry for the main event!), and we usually try and follow all their progress with updates online, text messages etc.

A few years ago an Irish guy, Andy Black got 5th for $1.75million ... Luckylloyd also had a nice win a while back, €40k I think... a lot of the regulars have gone deep in tournaments over the last few years

Odds + maths etc does have a lot to do with it, drop by the forum if you have any questions, theres plenty of people willing to help out newbies!

SantryRed

Anyone get FM today?

Adamcp898

SantryRed wrote: »

Anyone get FM today?

Thought about buying it, then read on the internet the amount of bugs and problems people are having so I might wait until they brign out the first patch

Thanx 4 The Fish

Yeah, was a bloody nightmare to install though, the serial number is bloody tough to read. Had to use that tool off the website, then did not want to use steam so had to fnck around with the verification crap was worth it though.

SantryRed

It's completely crashed now.

Can't authenticate it. Fuming!

Im_No_Superman

Classic Simpsons episode on Sky 1 now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql744tSfnXM

roryc

Im_No_Superman wrote: »

Classic Simpsons episode on Sky 1 now.

Watching it

Jazzy

roryc wrote: »

Watching it

same. so good.

"Homer I have someone here that can help you"
"is it batman?"
"No Homer, its a scientist."
"Batmans a scientist"
"Its not Batman"


why couldnt they have stopped making it in say 2000. the new ones are just a shambles

delija_sever029

I never adored some cartoon like i do the Simpsons,tbh i dont find South Park as some big deal,cant understand why people think its even or better than Simpsons...

eZe^

I don't know, the past 2 seasons of south park have been absolute comedy gold. Imagination land 1-3 was wayyyyy better than the movie.

Being roped into going to see Max Payne in an hour. I know it's going to be the worst thing ever, but I bet I will still end up being somewhat disappointed. Marky Wahlberg, you should stick to Entourage mate...

Im_No_Superman

Nothing will ever top classic Simpsons imo the new ones arent great but now and again they still come up with some classic scenes/lines, check Xavi6 sig for example.

Southpark is brilliant too but it will never be as funny or clever as The Simpsons in its prime.

Im_No_Superman

eZe^ wrote: »

I don't know, the past 2 seasons of south park have been absolute comedy gold. Imagination land 1-3 was wayyyyy better than the movie.

Being roped into going to see Max Payne in an hour. I know it's going to be the worst thing ever, but I bet I will still end up being somewhat disappointed. Marky Wahlberg, you should stick to Entourage mate...

Did you ever play the Max Payne games eZe^?

eZe^

Absolutely, I loved the first one too. Except for that mission where you have to follow the sound of the crying baby in a dark room with blood. I was about 12 at the time and it freaked me out so I stopped playing it. :pac:

Im_No_Superman

eZe^ wrote: »

Absolutely, I loved the first one too. Except for that mission where you have to follow the sound of the crying baby in a dark room with blood. I was about 12 at the time and it freaked me out so I stopped playing it. :pac:

Yeah the first one was a fantastic game, I hope you went back and finished it!

Just cant see the film been anywhere near as good as the games though. Keep us posted though.

eZe^

Worst movie this year. God the amount of cringe... At least it's not as bad as the Doom movie though.

Thanx 4 The Fish

That doom film was complete arsewater.

Frisbee

Thanx 4 The Fish wrote: »

That doom film was complete arsewater.

I liked the bit where it switched into a FPS view that matched the start of the Doom game. That was nifty

Frisbee

SantryRed wrote: »

Anyone get FM today?

Yeah. why couldn't they just have left everything the way it was? They obviously didn't put much thought into the whole online authentification.
Still haven't been able to play...

Im_No_Superman

eZe^ wrote: »

Worst movie this year. God the amount of cringe... At least it's not as bad as the Doom movie though.

Ah well.

Have yet to see the Doom movie, dont know if ill bother tbh.

Playing Uncharted on the PS3 at the moment, really fun game.

Jazzy

Thanx 4 The Fish wrote: »

That doom film was complete arsewater.

+1

when i take over the world every genre i like will go through rigorous testing.

Doom was crap, I would have made it much much better
cyberdemon bitches.... and mancubus

Xavi6

Just found out that Kings of Leon are playing at an arena 5 minutes from my apartment in March. I shall be attending that one!

eZe^

Jazzy wrote: »

+1

when i take over the world every genre i like will go through rigorous testing.

Doom was crap, I would have made it much much better
cyberdemon bitches.... and mancubus

It's the same with Max Payne, it could have been excellent. Especially considering Mark Wahlberg is excellent at playing the bitter cop role (see Dignum in The Departed for proof). They ruined Max by putting in ****ty dialogue, and the worst thing by far is the fact that these movies normally have bad story lines, but excel when it comes to action sequences. There is no gun fight in this movie until about an hour into it, and all of the action sequences are absolute poo.

Really, please don't waste your money on this movie, you'll make baby jesus cry if you do. :pac::pac:

Dub13

Hello folks,I have been mad busy this week.Looks like I did not miss much...;)

eZe^

Ya, you only missed about 3 signs of the apocalypse.

Necronomicon

Has anyone played the Left4Dead demo? It's really fun. Can't wait for the full thing to come out.

ShiverinEskimo

So? How was Max Payne?

eZe^

ShiverinEskimo wrote: »

So? How was Max Payne?

Best movie ever, went to see it twice last night.

ShiverinEskimo

Hmm, my saracasm sensors are tingling. Was it that bad?