Oh, and by the way..
For my unemployed or unhappily employed brothers, I highly recommend www.oddtodd.com as a limitless source of mirth.
Thursday, December 30, 2004
Wait, I told that wrong..
On Party Poker, the main problem you have to deal with is the rake and patience. Even if you play the odds correctly you will only win about 1BB per hour and that's if you're really, really good unless you're playing against totally incompetent opponents anyway. The only way to reliably make money is to "grind it out".. otherwise it's more or less a crap shoot gamble. Unfortunately, that means that it takes 6-8 hours a day to make any money and then only if you can afford to risk playing at the mid-to-high limit stakes tables when it's strongly recommended that you hold at least 300BB to play at a given level so you can ride out the highs and the lows in your statistical progression through life as a poker player.
Playing no-limit is likely to win a lot more money but equally as likely to lose a lot more money. It's almost a completely different game from limit poker.
I played on PP for a few months at the low-limit stuff and did ok, but we're talking about building up a small, small bankroll of about $50 to $150 in a little over a month which isn't exactly ruling the world. I just don't have the patience or inclination to sit there and grind it out on 2-3 simultaneous tables to make any money at it. I've come to the conclusion that I'd rather play for fun once in a while and win or lose as I go. So, I guess that makes me a fish.. but at least a fish with a few teeth.. hehe..
On Party Poker, the main problem you have to deal with is the rake and patience. Even if you play the odds correctly you will only win about 1BB per hour and that's if you're really, really good unless you're playing against totally incompetent opponents anyway. The only way to reliably make money is to "grind it out".. otherwise it's more or less a crap shoot gamble. Unfortunately, that means that it takes 6-8 hours a day to make any money and then only if you can afford to risk playing at the mid-to-high limit stakes tables when it's strongly recommended that you hold at least 300BB to play at a given level so you can ride out the highs and the lows in your statistical progression through life as a poker player.
Playing no-limit is likely to win a lot more money but equally as likely to lose a lot more money. It's almost a completely different game from limit poker.
I played on PP for a few months at the low-limit stuff and did ok, but we're talking about building up a small, small bankroll of about $50 to $150 in a little over a month which isn't exactly ruling the world. I just don't have the patience or inclination to sit there and grind it out on 2-3 simultaneous tables to make any money at it. I've come to the conclusion that I'd rather play for fun once in a while and win or lose as I go. So, I guess that makes me a fish.. but at least a fish with a few teeth.. hehe..
The holidays are exhausting, I like to see my family but I've been up and down to LA so much that it's been a hassle. I really wish either Thanksgiving or Christmas were more towards the middle of the year so my family visits would be more spread out.
My family functions are blessedly free of the kind of harassment that seems prevalent at so many families' holidays. I think there are two reasons for this: 1. no booze, 2. everybody in the part of the family I spend holidays with is pretty mellow. We're all passive-aggressive. Instead of arguing, we plot in the shadows and wait. I'm kidding.
Due to various factors nobody had any time for Christmas Shopping, so besides the Swiffer, my parents basically gave me 200 bucks and said "buy yourself somethin' nice." I'm planning to carefully track my purchases from this pool and then submit an itemized list, which so far consists of:
1. "Time Off! The Unemployed Guide to San Francisco" -- $21.65
2. Classic Pin-Ups: 2005 Calendar (thanks, ma!) -- $14.09
Hopefully some gaming goodness will be added to this list.
My family functions are blessedly free of the kind of harassment that seems prevalent at so many families' holidays. I think there are two reasons for this: 1. no booze, 2. everybody in the part of the family I spend holidays with is pretty mellow. We're all passive-aggressive. Instead of arguing, we plot in the shadows and wait. I'm kidding.
Due to various factors nobody had any time for Christmas Shopping, so besides the Swiffer, my parents basically gave me 200 bucks and said "buy yourself somethin' nice." I'm planning to carefully track my purchases from this pool and then submit an itemized list, which so far consists of:
1. "Time Off! The Unemployed Guide to San Francisco" -- $21.65
2. Classic Pin-Ups: 2005 Calendar (thanks, ma!) -- $14.09
Hopefully some gaming goodness will be added to this list.
OMGSTFULOLWTF!?
So, I've survived a week-long foray into the land of the out(in)-laws with nary a scratch, but I still feel like I've been beaten daily with an aluminum bat the entire week I've been gone. Christmas was good, visited with my fam a bit and spent the rest of the time donning my flak jacket and hoping the outlaws weren't going to start pistol whipping one another. The funny thing is, they're really quite pleasant one on one but if you get the whole pack together, they start acting like hyenas. Ugh. I'll try to type/talk more later when I have some time.
Nice ornaments below.. woot!
So, I've survived a week-long foray into the land of the out(in)-laws with nary a scratch, but I still feel like I've been beaten daily with an aluminum bat the entire week I've been gone. Christmas was good, visited with my fam a bit and spent the rest of the time donning my flak jacket and hoping the outlaws weren't going to start pistol whipping one another. The funny thing is, they're really quite pleasant one on one but if you get the whole pack together, they start acting like hyenas. Ugh. I'll try to type/talk more later when I have some time.
Nice ornaments below.. woot!
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Hey keeds!
Well, it was nice to see approx. 3/4 of The Action Team the other day, especially the elusive Dr. Michael Anderson! Big-Ass Wok is always good for a big-ass stomachache. I hope everybody had great holidays. I got some awesome adult-type stuff like a Swiffer, some socks, and a lasagna pan, and was honestly thrilled to get every one. Also some anonymous wag in my family gave me a gingham apron to celebrate my move to San Francisco.
Despite missing my flight by an hour and twenty minutes, leaving my keys at home, and interminable transit delays, I'm finally back home in my newly-Swiffered room enjoying a fine cup of hand-roasted coffee. I hope you LA kids can come up to the Bay Area for a mammoth Action Team event! As long as you don't mind sleeping bags, there is a -ton- of room at my place. I can make espresso upon demand, and you can admire my roommate's fine handmade rugs.
It was nice to see Azeroth once again as well! :( I'm sure I'll play again tonight, although my participation might be limited because one of my roommates is threatening to run D&D.
Oh, and here's a fine picture from the car ride to GenCon that I thought I would share, to demonstrate the depths of depravity found in Enron's pervmobile.
Well, it was nice to see approx. 3/4 of The Action Team the other day, especially the elusive Dr. Michael Anderson! Big-Ass Wok is always good for a big-ass stomachache. I hope everybody had great holidays. I got some awesome adult-type stuff like a Swiffer, some socks, and a lasagna pan, and was honestly thrilled to get every one. Also some anonymous wag in my family gave me a gingham apron to celebrate my move to San Francisco.
Despite missing my flight by an hour and twenty minutes, leaving my keys at home, and interminable transit delays, I'm finally back home in my newly-Swiffered room enjoying a fine cup of hand-roasted coffee. I hope you LA kids can come up to the Bay Area for a mammoth Action Team event! As long as you don't mind sleeping bags, there is a -ton- of room at my place. I can make espresso upon demand, and you can admire my roommate's fine handmade rugs.
It was nice to see Azeroth once again as well! :( I'm sure I'll play again tonight, although my participation might be limited because one of my roommates is threatening to run D&D.
Oh, and here's a fine picture from the car ride to GenCon that I thought I would share, to demonstrate the depths of depravity found in Enron's pervmobile.
Sunday, December 26, 2004
HAppy Holidays!
I've been too lazy to do a proper Blog post, but thought I'd give it a go. Anyways, how you been Art??? How's the family? You guys have a mellow xmas or what?
Jael: How'd that bidness trip go? You get some T.H.'s or what? ;)
Mike: Dude, sorry I missed the gamin/lunch today, but next weekend I should be pretty free so maybe u eric and I can hangout!
WoW related: You WoW peeps need to get the Cosmos UI Mod: www.cosmosui.org It gives me a left and right vertical spell bars (instead of flipping thru the lower one) and all kinds of other goodies like being able to make MAP notes (like for Greenwardenm, etc) AND it even has an alarm clock, so I can set it to one hour to make sure I don't game too much! :) slash cry
-Rico
I've been too lazy to do a proper Blog post, but thought I'd give it a go. Anyways, how you been Art??? How's the family? You guys have a mellow xmas or what?
Jael: How'd that bidness trip go? You get some T.H.'s or what? ;)
Mike: Dude, sorry I missed the gamin/lunch today, but next weekend I should be pretty free so maybe u eric and I can hangout!
WoW related: You WoW peeps need to get the Cosmos UI Mod: www.cosmosui.org It gives me a left and right vertical spell bars (instead of flipping thru the lower one) and all kinds of other goodies like being able to make MAP notes (like for Greenwardenm, etc) AND it even has an alarm clock, so I can set it to one hour to make sure I don't game too much! :) slash cry
-Rico
Saturday, December 25, 2004
Friday, December 24, 2004
1) One time I went with Eric to Rubio's and I ordered a meal and an additional fish taco. When I went to unwrap the addtional fish taco, I soon realized that it wasn't a taco at all, but just fish. Fatass that I am, I ate the breaded fish anyway.
2) WoW, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah... I don't get it. But I am sure if I started playing, I would get addicted, so I won't start.
3) Hope Santa doesn't steal any shit from you when he comes down the chimney and invades your house. Scary man.
-Scrooge.
2) WoW, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah... I don't get it. But I am sure if I started playing, I would get addicted, so I won't start.
3) Hope Santa doesn't steal any shit from you when he comes down the chimney and invades your house. Scary man.
-Scrooge.
Happy Holidays to all and to all a good World of Warcraft
1) Rubios is 2 blocks from my house and rocks the world to its knees if you like fish tacos. So good. It's actually kinda like another addiction... I get cravings for it from time to time that need to be satisfied or I get all grumpy and murdery.
2) See thats the thing about WoW, you don't have to fight zombies to level up, infact when you reach certain levels, creatures that are lesser levels than you provide no XP at all as an incentive to get out of that area and fight something more your level or higher. Also quests work in a similar way, if you finish a quest that you are a minimal level for, you get TONS of XP, if you finish it and you are outside its XP range at all, ie its too low level for you, you get no or very little XP at all.
Its a great system for a really fun game. Quit denying yourself the pleasures!
DocNorvell and Stampy
25th level Hunter and 20th level pet
1) Rubios is 2 blocks from my house and rocks the world to its knees if you like fish tacos. So good. It's actually kinda like another addiction... I get cravings for it from time to time that need to be satisfied or I get all grumpy and murdery.
2) See thats the thing about WoW, you don't have to fight zombies to level up, infact when you reach certain levels, creatures that are lesser levels than you provide no XP at all as an incentive to get out of that area and fight something more your level or higher. Also quests work in a similar way, if you finish a quest that you are a minimal level for, you get TONS of XP, if you finish it and you are outside its XP range at all, ie its too low level for you, you get no or very little XP at all.
Its a great system for a really fun game. Quit denying yourself the pleasures!
DocNorvell and Stampy
25th level Hunter and 20th level pet
Guitars to wowshares?
It'd be impossible to catch up to your 500th level characters by now, and I dont' really feel like going through another game killing goblins and orcs for 2 XP points, when you need 5 trillion to get to level 10. That's one thing I never understood about NWN. At 14th level, I still had to fight against zombies and skeletons which didn't really do anything except annoy me and waste my time. Pretty sure WOW is the same way.
More on the jam session: I was telling the dude (justin) about the previous band, and the cover song that was almost played (twisted sister). Not a whole lot of skills and techniques used in that song. Maybe a reunion tour should happen sometimes, however unlikely... The Fans Demand it!
Theyre opening up a Rubio's around fremont. I don't remember having rubios in LA, but everyone says it's pretty good. Guess theyre expanding pretty fast.
Jael.
It'd be impossible to catch up to your 500th level characters by now, and I dont' really feel like going through another game killing goblins and orcs for 2 XP points, when you need 5 trillion to get to level 10. That's one thing I never understood about NWN. At 14th level, I still had to fight against zombies and skeletons which didn't really do anything except annoy me and waste my time. Pretty sure WOW is the same way.
More on the jam session: I was telling the dude (justin) about the previous band, and the cover song that was almost played (twisted sister). Not a whole lot of skills and techniques used in that song. Maybe a reunion tour should happen sometimes, however unlikely... The Fans Demand it!
Theyre opening up a Rubio's around fremont. I don't remember having rubios in LA, but everyone says it's pretty good. Guess theyre expanding pretty fast.
Jael.
Thursday, December 23, 2004
Crazy guitar session!
Dude, I just had a major jam session with this cool engineer/guitarist. Actually I didn't jam. He did. I thought I was good/ decent, but nope, that's not the case.
Im sure this is old news for rudy and eric, but jeez, he was teaching me all the jamming basics, pentatonic scales, minor, major, theory etc. Interesting.
ok... it's 3:49 now and I'm tired. goodnite yall.
sweet dreams.
J.
Dude, I just had a major jam session with this cool engineer/guitarist. Actually I didn't jam. He did. I thought I was good/ decent, but nope, that's not the case.
Im sure this is old news for rudy and eric, but jeez, he was teaching me all the jamming basics, pentatonic scales, minor, major, theory etc. Interesting.
ok... it's 3:49 now and I'm tired. goodnite yall.
sweet dreams.
J.
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Stuff
Well, sorry it has been so long since my last post. I have not really been in a posting mode for a while. Anyway, Ja-El Woot.com is pretty cool. I have almost bought a lot of things from there, then I realize I am poor and decide it is a bad idea. There can often be really good deals.
Motobyke. I dont know if I will get to see you. Booo. I am heading back up to SF on sunday the 26th. Id stay longer but Aimey has to be at work on Monday.
The project Elrock and I were working on was pretty epic. We just started plowing through it in one of the most productive single sessions of terraineous maximus eVaR. If I dont get to play on it, hopefully someone will.
D>M>
Well, sorry it has been so long since my last post. I have not really been in a posting mode for a while. Anyway, Ja-El Woot.com is pretty cool. I have almost bought a lot of things from there, then I realize I am poor and decide it is a bad idea. There can often be really good deals.
Motobyke. I dont know if I will get to see you. Booo. I am heading back up to SF on sunday the 26th. Id stay longer but Aimey has to be at work on Monday.
The project Elrock and I were working on was pretty epic. We just started plowing through it in one of the most productive single sessions of terraineous maximus eVaR. If I dont get to play on it, hopefully someone will.
D>M>
That site is a kind of cool idea. (Although did you see their FAQ? "We anticipate profitability by 2043" :) ). I'm sure more expansion could be done with it.
Have you guys seen the trailer for the Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? It looks crazy!
Have you guys seen the trailer for the Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? It looks crazy!
Old school new news.... har har
Have you guys seen Woot.com? kind of a neat retail concept. I've been toying with the idea of retailing on the internet. It doesn't have to sell electronics. Take woot.com and make it more into a QVC style shopping where you still only have 1 item, but change it every 10 minutes. OR have a downloadable shopper bar and stream a different item on the desktop. It's NOT invasive because the shopper bar must be turned on, like turning the channel to QVC.
Thoughts?
Johnny
Have you guys seen Woot.com? kind of a neat retail concept. I've been toying with the idea of retailing on the internet. It doesn't have to sell electronics. Take woot.com and make it more into a QVC style shopping where you still only have 1 item, but change it every 10 minutes. OR have a downloadable shopper bar and stream a different item on the desktop. It's NOT invasive because the shopper bar must be turned on, like turning the channel to QVC.
Thoughts?
Johnny
Sunday, December 19, 2004
Can't wait to see MmmmmMMMMmmmm *breath* MMmmmMmIKE!!!
Aaron and I are working on a special little project that we think you will enjoy Mike. We spent 7 hours straight, with a 30min Rubio's break, yesterday, and I have at LEAST that much time left, but the hopes are that it will a) be finished by the 26th so Enron can relish the glory that is The Project in its finished state, or b) be finished at all!
Good Times!
In other greedy hockey player news related to nerds: this link.
DocNorvell
22nd Level Dwarf Hunter, hailing from Cold Ridge Valley, Khaz Modan, Dun Morogh.
Aaron and I are working on a special little project that we think you will enjoy Mike. We spent 7 hours straight, with a 30min Rubio's break, yesterday, and I have at LEAST that much time left, but the hopes are that it will a) be finished by the 26th so Enron can relish the glory that is The Project in its finished state, or b) be finished at all!
Good Times!
In other greedy hockey player news related to nerds: this link.
DocNorvell
22nd Level Dwarf Hunter, hailing from Cold Ridge Valley, Khaz Modan, Dun Morogh.
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