+1 what a nerd post

Didn't Lex Vedlhuis play it too?

aight, well then we aren't to far away from agreement that we need to take it any further. To answer your question above, didn't see it... I used to play Quake, tried CS but it wasn't the game for me.

The truth hurts, doesn't it? It's a really simple equation. Poker success consists of x% skill and y% luck, which totals to 100%. In RTS games the luck factor is minimal/non-existant and therefore your success is based almost purely on skill, just like in chess.

Any f*cktard with a basic understanding of poker can beat the best players in the world and be one of the biggest poker winners ever, ie. Jamie Gold, Jerry Yang etc. This is impossible in RTS games. The top-10 players can pretty much beat the top 50th player every single time they play. A newbie has no chance of winning against a notably better opponent, like he would in poker. There are no suck outs or hot runs in RTS games.

Your comparison sucks balls because there's no luck in becoming a lawyer or a doctor, they require 100% skill - only the nature of that "skill" can be argued.

Poker and RTS games actually require very similar skill sets, so they are comparable. That's why there are dozens of successful gamers who have made the switch to online poker. Why are you trying to argue about this issue when you obviously have no clue about RTS games?

i lul'd again.

Jamie Gold and Jerry Yang binked ME's. it's donkament. in any given day any player can bink it.

is Jamies Gold and Jerry Yang beating best poker players in the words at cash games? no they aren't.

and how many of your SC pro players can beat high stakes poker? no one. midstakes? maybe couple. mostly they all are small stakes FR rakeback grinders. break even rakeback grinders.

You do realize to laugh at him and then confirm exactly what he said right?

do u realize that u can't judge poker skillset by someone who's binked MTT? do u realize that that's plain stupid to compare poker and SC?

That was my whole point. There's luck in poker, but not in RTS games. Therefore skill plays a bigger part in RTS games. No one could "bink" the ESWC for example.

Now you're grasping at straws and starting to look pathetic. Numerous names have already been mentioned in this thread and there are whole threads dedicated to this subject. I'd even bet that former competitive computer gamers (CS, Quake, WC3, SC etc.) are the most likely group of people to become successful at online poker. This forum alone has dozens of pro poker players who used to be very competitive at the mentioned games, starting with myself.

Again I ask you, why are you trying to argue about this issue when you obviously have no clue about it? What's your history in competitive gaming?

do you realize that's exactly what the guy you laughed at said?

nerds itt

Is this the main guy in starcraft?

lol that's starfox

I want to try this game, but since I play poker in evenings and golf on weekends, I don't know when I'll have time.

Why would I give up my poker, which I'm very good at losing money in, for a game where I really can't lose anything except the purchase price?

Seems like a bad deal to me. Despite my desire to see wat the fuss is about, I'm not givin up my unprofitable poker time. Maybe I'll quit golf instead.

isapistola, former clanmember in Z ? I just hope you are blitzer or someone who used to be a demigod back in the days.

gamers gonna game