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05-24-2015
, 11:09 AM
which is better for the prostate, porn or prostitutes?
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05-24-2015
, 12:33 PM
05-24-2015
, 12:34 PM
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, 12:43 PM
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, 06:30 PM
05-25-2015
, 11:18 AM
Quote:
Was planning to write something for a while now but didn't found time or energy so far but since i'm reading twitch twitch twitch everywhere these days here we go. Also english is not my mother tongue so excuse eventual mistakes i make but in this post i will abstain from my trademark "teh" and similar stuff.
I started with onlinepoker mid 2000s and played recreational in the beginning and started to play for a living in 2009 after i quit my job. I've seen alot over the years and i pretty much always played the same stakes with NL200 fullring as my main game. Of the folks i played with in 2010 there are maybe 10% still around. The rest is gone. Apart from the exceptions which moved up and still stayed there 80+% are not playing for a living anymore because it was not possible for them anymore.
Over the years games got tougher and tougher up to a point where you really shake your head if you think about some years back. The average NL100 game these days is for sure tougher and filled with better players compared to a NL1k game in 2010.
The biggest damage in this whole development was probably due to pokerstrategy.com. I remember in 2010 if you had a russian at the table he was a maniac and loaded with money. Today you have 5 russians at every table who are agressive and in many spots close to GTO and not easily to exploit. Thanks for developing the russian market, pokerstrategy!
Smaller damages were/are done by several coaching sites even though their influence is neglicible compared to ps because for them you actually have to pay and don't get money and lessons for free which get you started. They still were and are a strong contributor to what games currently are.
Other factor like blackfriday and ringfencing several countries weren't good for poker either but by far not as bad as the two points above.
Now we write 2015. While in 2010 when somebody asked me i told him to quit his job and start play for a living today i tell him to stay as far away as possible. Things have changed abit.
If you look into several forums here the tone gets more and more agressive towards each other because more and more people cannot make a living out of this game anymore.
If you speak to other regs you hear alot of complaints that games are too tough, the rake is to high, there are less games running etc.
And now at this absolute lowpoint in over 15years of onlinepoker we get TWITCH.
And we celebrate it like the best thing that ever happend to poker!
In every podcast i hear how good twitch is for poker. That another boom is coming. That everything is getting better from now on.
But i tell you what. There is no new boom. And things will get tougher. Alot tougher. Tough to a point that alot of those people who are reading this will not be able to play for a living in one or two years from now.
Lets break down this awesome site called twitch for a moment. Wich brings in new players like nothing else:
So all you streamers target an audience which, apart from people who already playing poker more or less serious, consists of very young, probably 15-30y/o males, with in most cases pretty much zero disposable money (unless they have rich parents) who enjoy computer games and most likely spend the majority of their free time in front of a screen and you teach them that you can make alot of money by playing poker, what hands to play, how to play them, how to approach mindset issues, how to build a bankroll, where to watch strategy videos, etc.
Now i ask you guys what could possibly go wrong?
I don't see another boom, all i see is 1000s of new, hungry and highly motivated regulars. And a coffin with a nail in it.
So please all you podcasts, newswriters, players, etc. - before you communicate how awesome twitch is the next time please turn on your brain and think for a couple seconds. Twitch is by far the worst thing that ever happend to poker for anybody who is currently playing for a living - ainec.
tl;dr
- sky is falling
- game over soon
- twitch doesnt get a single recreational player playing any sort of meaningful stakes with a 45/15
- twitch will produce 1000s of regulars grinding up from the micros to however far they manage to come
I started with onlinepoker mid 2000s and played recreational in the beginning and started to play for a living in 2009 after i quit my job. I've seen alot over the years and i pretty much always played the same stakes with NL200 fullring as my main game. Of the folks i played with in 2010 there are maybe 10% still around. The rest is gone. Apart from the exceptions which moved up and still stayed there 80+% are not playing for a living anymore because it was not possible for them anymore.
Over the years games got tougher and tougher up to a point where you really shake your head if you think about some years back. The average NL100 game these days is for sure tougher and filled with better players compared to a NL1k game in 2010.
The biggest damage in this whole development was probably due to pokerstrategy.com. I remember in 2010 if you had a russian at the table he was a maniac and loaded with money. Today you have 5 russians at every table who are agressive and in many spots close to GTO and not easily to exploit. Thanks for developing the russian market, pokerstrategy!
Smaller damages were/are done by several coaching sites even though their influence is neglicible compared to ps because for them you actually have to pay and don't get money and lessons for free which get you started. They still were and are a strong contributor to what games currently are.
Other factor like blackfriday and ringfencing several countries weren't good for poker either but by far not as bad as the two points above.
Now we write 2015. While in 2010 when somebody asked me i told him to quit his job and start play for a living today i tell him to stay as far away as possible. Things have changed abit.
If you look into several forums here the tone gets more and more agressive towards each other because more and more people cannot make a living out of this game anymore.
If you speak to other regs you hear alot of complaints that games are too tough, the rake is to high, there are less games running etc.
And now at this absolute lowpoint in over 15years of onlinepoker we get TWITCH.
And we celebrate it like the best thing that ever happend to poker!
In every podcast i hear how good twitch is for poker. That another boom is coming. That everything is getting better from now on.
But i tell you what. There is no new boom. And things will get tougher. Alot tougher. Tough to a point that alot of those people who are reading this will not be able to play for a living in one or two years from now.
Lets break down this awesome site called twitch for a moment. Wich brings in new players like nothing else:
So all you streamers target an audience which, apart from people who already playing poker more or less serious, consists of very young, probably 15-30y/o males, with in most cases pretty much zero disposable money (unless they have rich parents) who enjoy computer games and most likely spend the majority of their free time in front of a screen and you teach them that you can make alot of money by playing poker, what hands to play, how to play them, how to approach mindset issues, how to build a bankroll, where to watch strategy videos, etc.
Now i ask you guys what could possibly go wrong?
I don't see another boom, all i see is 1000s of new, hungry and highly motivated regulars. And a coffin with a nail in it.
So please all you podcasts, newswriters, players, etc. - before you communicate how awesome twitch is the next time please turn on your brain and think for a couple seconds. Twitch is by far the worst thing that ever happend to poker for anybody who is currently playing for a living - ainec.
tl;dr
- sky is falling
- game over soon
- twitch doesnt get a single recreational player playing any sort of meaningful stakes with a 45/15
- twitch will produce 1000s of regulars grinding up from the micros to however far they manage to come
05-25-2015
, 12:24 PM
05-27-2015
, 04:11 AM
05-27-2015
, 07:49 AM
05-27-2015
, 12:47 PM
Noted
05-27-2015
, 03:08 PM
Well that's certainly a new vibe - Sarko dressed as Napoleon with references to the battles at Leipzig and Waterloo... I like it. 
05-27-2015
, 03:38 PM
Quote:
You do understand that I'm not concerned at all, right? I'm simply giving them away to people. Some of them may need the copyright, others don't really care.
If you guys wish, I can keep all copyright to myself and use them in my portfolio or whatever. Once I do that, if I for instance decide to use one or more of these designs on my corporate website/other web product, I am entitled to sue anyone that might try and use them.
Just understand the simple fact that this is NOT for my benefit at all lol, but for some of you it might be, that is, if you ever decide to use them for more than say a PS avatar.
That being said, it's not a question of how hard it is to create a product, as it is understanding what copyright and watermarking really mean.
Also, fwiw I work a few hrs for each design itt. I'm sure people underestimate the amount of work done and also confuse AI with Photoshop all the time.
It's like looking at an app that has 1 simple function, ie sends e-mails or w/e and saying it's easy but not recognizing the 1K lines of code behind it, the multiple programming/scripting languages used to create it and obv the tens of hrs of work done on integration and debugging.
Trust me, I used to think just like that, when looking at a logo "sheeet, this dumb#ss logo with a big red 'A' and two stripes was just sold for 300 bucks? this should be easy to do". Guess what, its not. I'm just a noob, but I'm improving with each new design, learning new tools and realizing how much more I have yet to learn.
If you guys wish, I can keep all copyright to myself and use them in my portfolio or whatever. Once I do that, if I for instance decide to use one or more of these designs on my corporate website/other web product, I am entitled to sue anyone that might try and use them.
Just understand the simple fact that this is NOT for my benefit at all lol, but for some of you it might be, that is, if you ever decide to use them for more than say a PS avatar.
That being said, it's not a question of how hard it is to create a product, as it is understanding what copyright and watermarking really mean.
Also, fwiw I work a few hrs for each design itt. I'm sure people underestimate the amount of work done and also confuse AI with Photoshop all the time.
It's like looking at an app that has 1 simple function, ie sends e-mails or w/e and saying it's easy but not recognizing the 1K lines of code behind it, the multiple programming/scripting languages used to create it and obv the tens of hrs of work done on integration and debugging.
Trust me, I used to think just like that, when looking at a logo "sheeet, this dumb#ss logo with a big red 'A' and two stripes was just sold for 300 bucks? this should be easy to do". Guess what, its not. I'm just a noob, but I'm improving with each new design, learning new tools and realizing how much more I have yet to learn.
05-27-2015
, 03:38 PM
05-27-2015
, 03:47 PM
05-27-2015
, 04:12 PM
JiggsCasey Russian thread
Quote:
Well, not exactly their backyard, per se. But a neighbor's yard that they want and has like, the same breed of grass in.
Jiggs, who rants and raves at the idiocy of anyone who thinks Bush didn't do 9/11, calls them ballwashers and dicksuckers of authority...
Loves him some Putin.
Jiggs, who rants and raves at the idiocy of anyone who thinks Bush didn't do 9/11, calls them ballwashers and dicksuckers of authority...
Loves him some Putin.
05-27-2015
, 04:39 PM
