He loves being a nomad and I'm not sure him being obese has anything to do with it. 40% of adults in USA are obese so he probably would be even if he was a successful lawyer

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Nothing wrong with a grocery store chicken. I would have opted for a 4 pack of Hawaiian rolls and store brand BBQ sauce to make it complete. I paid 16 for a coffee and muffin the other day. Felt like an idiot for it.

Trooper with a mini rant at the end. Time stamped.

Link not working.... for me at least!

Yea, I guess on tapatalk it doesn't work. It's at 9:40 mark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGV-...eTrooper97Vlog

I refer you to pages 47, 109, 315, and 341.

This has to include tax and a $3+ gratuity?

Thanks.... seems to be referring to this thread again. When he says people that mock him for saying the game was good when he lost in the comments.....I hardly see anything like that in his YouTube comments but that is said a lot on here

Although on his YouTube comments the only thing I really notice is the same guy that comments on every single video starting 'Right on Trooper!'

They could have moved production somewhere else.

Great advice. I am extremely surprised that during all their production cost analysis the simple idea of just moving production never came up. Think about all the jobs that could have been saved, and lost profits that would have been recovered if they figured that out, or had someone give them that idea. WOW, just wow.

There aren't many countries geared for large-scale production outsourcing and even fewer that can do it economically. Also, it's very expensive and time-consuming to set up a new production line in a foreign country.

Wait, don't tell me you were actually using this as a point against the trade war? LMAO

The US certainly needs to invest in other countries in Asia and Africa so that companies like this are incentivized not to go to China for manufacturing. Of course China is much more forward looking and strategic than the US which is why they are the ones investing in these countries instead.

......say what ?

We are not talking hi-tech or closely watched transfers of intellectual property here, ya know.

I'd expect that it would not be some herculean task to take a boosted board and reverse engineer it.

Hey an enterprising YouTube star like The Trooper could probably create a sponsorship tie-in for a branded board with some enterprising, hungry manufacturer somewhere which already can produce a non-boosted board of decent quality. (maybe, I don't know, try Brazil?)

https://soulbrasil.com/brazilian-skateboard-highlights/

"There’s a lot of countries around the world that really depend on the American product, but Brazil manufacture their own boards, trucks, wheels, bearings, everything."


Of course, maybe I over-estimate his can-do spirit and interest in extra income. Trooper, if you score a lucrative boosted board deal, send me a 1% cut of your royalty checks....

No, I stated it simply as a point of fact.

Even what seem like simple products can involve complicated production processes. An electronic motor and high-capacity battery fall into that category. Also, nearby part supplier ecosystems are important - China is unmatched for having everything needed for building practically anything and at low cost.

So what was the point of posting the China thing? Just to show that Boosted did a poor job of adapting when confronted with government regulations? Either way, **** company was **** and Trooper was left out in the cold with a warranty that could no longer be honored.

The irony of who it affected and why.

It certainly is ironic. He should have been more diligent when shopping for electric skateboards. He had to learn that lesson the hard way.

Can we talk about vlogger's "phoning it in" using live-stream footage for their vlogs? Is it an improvement? If you can't tell, I'm not a fan. Sure, I don't want to slog through a 4 hour live-stream to watch someone's 5 hands of note. But I've grown accustomed to the usual HH/camera views and uncertainty of the old-school method.

I guess most of the non-Vegas based vloggers use this more.

He doesn’t use a smartphone which is kind of odd, but he ain’t bothering nobody

never ever watched a livestream for a vlog other than maybe a streamed tourney..i believe I seen matt berkey’s

If you are directing this towards Boskie he only started doing them out of necessity because of the Pandemic. He has continued since live play has started back up probably because they get as many views as his live vlogs. I've always found Boskies live stream vlogs entertaining. He says some funny things and gives his strategy for every play his make. Plus most of his live stream vlogs are when he makes the final table or wins. It works for a lot of people because they find him entertaining but do not have the time to sit through a 4 hour live stream.

Actually, I don't mind Boski Twitch content of his online action being distilled down to a vlog. This is much easier to consume than 6 or 8 hours of raw stream. I'm referring to "shows" like Live @ The Bike, Hustler Casino Live, the Lodge live stream, etc. Live poker, with hole-cards. Vloggers use this footage to create content for their channels. Neeme and Owen, for example, have used this footage occasionally. Other (mostly non-Vegas based vloggers) seem to be using this kind of footage more regularly. It kind of turns me off. Mariano, PFA, Next Gen Poker guys, etc have all done this recently. I get it, it's raw footage that they can use for content to highlight their session. But it's different from showing up at the Bellagio or whereever and 'vlogging' a session.

I guess I also question whether or not these live-stream sessions are a valid representation of live poker.

Poker vlogs are not a valid representation of live poker. Relatively recently I beat a vlogger in a big pot, big enough that the vlogger was noticeably tilted and insta-racked up after the hand. Even though it was a big notable hand for the vlogger, I fully expected that it would not make the vlog and it did not. These vloggers just show the audience the hands they want them to see.