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Originally Posted by parisron
People playing solid poker and making money is boring to watch.
This is exactly why the trainwreck that is the Trooper is so entertaining. Unfortunately the entertainment value comes at the expense of his entire life being one big example of what not to do in life. I mean just watch the last 2 vlogs from Lady Trooper and then watch the last 2 vlogs from Trooper and the difference in content, tone, positivity vs negativity, mood, music, and even the enjoyment factor is completely night and day. The style is similar but the content is night and day in her living the life on the beach, eating good food, and listening to good music on the beach while his vlogs can be labeled 'Sad Vegas Hater'. Who would think that these 2 people are in a relationship together?
In reply to the posts about my negativity, yeah you guys are right that I've been focusing on Trooper's negative stuff lately but have you seen his vlogs? Can you really blame me? I mean there is more negative than positive with roughly a 9:1 ratio in his videos but I guess I can mention some positives to try and balance it out. Here goes:
(1) His 9-11 vlog did have some interesting footage of memorial events that happened in Las Vegas. I didn't know about the flag hanging between fire trucks and all that stuff. That was pretty cool.
(2) Minus the cursing at drivers and maybe pedestrians (whoever he curses out as he's boarding by), his boosted board footage is pretty cool. I hope he doesn't get in an accident (unless that's what he's trying to do to make some money) but riding the board on the strip is cool footage. It's like Casey Neistat doing it in NYC a few years ago.
(3) Trooper did a nice job teaching his GF how to make a vlog. Her vlogs are exactly his format and can obviously be much better but considering she is starting from zero, she's making videos that are like 80% as good as his considering he's been doing it for years every day. Her music selection is much better and the content in her last 2 vlogs blows Trooper's daily routine out of the water. Heck, his last vlog had no poker and was him eating a sh*tty sandwich, crying that he got ripped off, and wondering why Las Vegas is out to get him one overpriced microwaved sandwich at a time.
(4) Trooper lives in a nice apartment, drives a nice car, and has a decent food budget even if he tries to avoid sit down places so that he doesn't feel bad about not tipping and constantly hates the food he keeps getting. Using these metrics, he lives a middle class lifestyle. Granted he works everyday and can't take a vacation with his GF, but his lifestyle is good for a person of his abilities.
I think it might be time for a change for Trooper. A trip to California with his GF would have been perfect but once she dumps him in a few weeks, I think he needs to leave Vegas and head to somewhere different that has a few poker rooms to play at. He really only needs 2 different poker rooms since he only plays at 2 different rooms anymore and as long as there is a Starbucks nearby (easy requirement to fulfill), he'll be set. Also, he seems to be fixated on masks so somewhere like Florida would be perfect for him.
I found it hilarious how in his tipping rant he claimed that he was always the best server in the restaurant. If he is as self aware about his waiting skills like he is about his poker skills, I would be scared to be seated at one of his tables. Also, the irony of a former career waiter ranting about tipping pretty much is his life in a nutshell: Complain and criticize something with a hatred and not realize the hypocrisy of him doing/relying on that exact thing himself.
The last few videos clearly show that Trooper is definitely not the boss. The boss is at an oceanside hotel eating quality food, tanning, and getting hit on with roses while enjoying a multiday vacation while Trooper is delivering her lollipops and dropping off her boxes at the post office at the expense of his own mental health. He doesn't even have enough energy to play his usual 1-2 hour poker session unless she told him no gambling while she is away. Maybe Lady Trooper isn't going to dump him after all. Maybe she is just looking for a little servant to do her chores and found a sucker in Trooper.
765 words is all I can do today. (<------- 765 not counting this line.)