I think it's probably just a poor choice of words. The intended meaning seems to be "survive without getting a job."

Running Trooperware and producing youtube vids is certainly a lot of work.

Poker may or may not be (we speculate that he doesn't work much at poker beyond showing up to the table and moving chips around).

Update on Court Appearance

I posted the encounter with the police. Nice Nirvana riff

The Trooper I Said No Tomato vlog. Has the Mirage recently changed their poker table tops?

I think this has been a good gig for Trooper. He's making a bit of dough. It would be nice to see it go well for him in the long-term but I expect that the well will run dry and the demand for his Trooper stuff will diminish exceptionally unless something earth shattering happens.

But, I have to give him credit for taking this "Trooperware" thing on. Its seems to be a reasonably successful short term project. Maybe he will come up with something else if and when things slow down.

2XXL and a womans large t sent to troop in mailtime. I lol'd

I think Trooper has proven that he can pivot a little bit here and there to survive. He came to Vegas to play poker. He started off well but when things dipped, he got a waiting job and survived. He got sick of it and quit and then poker went down hill again and he was able to get a connection to get a job as a dealer.

When that went south (he ended up hating that job too), he got lucky with Neeme starting his vlog and giving Trooper a HUGE bump in video revenue. He coasted on that for a while and then poker went very south for him and he tried his Trooperware business.

Even with Trooperware, he had a few ups and downs. His initial shirts weren't that popular and his second wave did better. Then he went crazy with the state shirts which didn't pan out and now he's onto something with his Go Gamble sub-brand.

He's also figured out that while the shirts aren't flying off the racks, his hats are much more popular. I think he's also learned that having dozens or different designs is a waste of time and resources and focusing on a handful of best sellers is the way to go.

I'm sure when he taps out his market of fans, he'll find someone else to go on. While people give him crap for being lazy and not too bright on big life decisions, he's been able to always pivot into something else here and there to survive.

I don't think he'll be on the streets, like many (myself included) have speculated.

If you enjoy it, it's not work. Does Trooper enjoy what he's doing? I honestly don't know. He seems like a stress free, non thinking job like waking around and delivering hats would make him content.

Also, it's all relative. If you spent 10 years grinding out a job as an entry level laborer or something very stressful, walking around the strip and dropping off hats or something easy and no stress like that won't feel like work.

I guess years of waiting tables at basic restaurants might make him long for a slower paced job.

It's funny, but some people actually get pleasure out of their "work" or "job". Some people take pride in what they do in life and about doing it well. Heck, they even take pride in progressing in their careers and in their lives.

Others just are happy to have a roof over their head, a carpet under their pile of clothes, and a car without having to work a 9 to 5. We all aspire to different things.

While eliminating negativity from your life is definitely a positive move in the right direction for most people, you do run the risk of accidentally blocking out productive criticism and feedback if you block out anything that you don't like blindly.

Also, if you just block everyone who doesn't praise you, you run the risk of isolating yourself from reality and then find yourself in too deep into a bad situation in your life.

I think it would be better for Trooper to block out his own negativity before he starts blocking out others from his life. Improvement always starts from within.

Trooper's autographed Starbucks Mugs charity auction on eBay raised $280 (minus fees) for auction.

Kudos to the lady eBay seller who conducted the auction.

http://m.ebay.com/sch/lovethelightso...te=1&LH_Sold=1

This is pretty decent. Credit

Although, i wished he plugged those auctions more than his hats in his recent vlogs.

I just realized that your neighbors must really hate you. (guitar)

Sucks about the Vegas PD. They just want to give you and Dan Bilzerian a hard time. Good luck. Make sure to film all encounters!

Why can't one point out the ridiculousness of the Trooper "trolls/haters"AND Trooper? Do you not see that both are ridiculous?

You and mitsi (and others) seem to not appreciate this. Just bc you laugh at the ridiculousness of the trolls doesn't make you some kind of Trooper superfan. I know that is a nuanced view of life that requires a bit more imagination and thought than some posters on here seem to possess. I guess we all have our limitations, eh Steve?

Its a thread about vegas vloggers, not trolls. Are you that stupid?

make a thread about trolls and let it all hang out. I will even join you there

I've come down with pointed criticism at some of your comments about Trooper throughout this thread. But your last couple of comments have been very fair and also insightful. Well done, mrducks! ��

So basically you don't want anyone to critique comments? Not sure I understand your point. I guess I am really dumb. You are obviously functioning at a genius level beyond my pedestrian level of comprehension. I can tell by your comments on this thread that you are a person of great and rare intellectual prowess. I will bow out because I feel so out of my intellectual depth. My apologies for daring to opine...

Possibly, haha. I try to be fairly curtious, my small battery powered solid state amp can be turned down low compared to my tube amp and 4x12 which is loud even on lowest setting. I never play for more than like 15 min at home.

Let's see if get another BS ticket, weather is really nice out so I'll be playing a lot once I build up stamina again.

Blackballed's comments are nearly all just talking crap about other posters. He rarely discusses videos or makes any substanitive critiques/rebukes of other posters' comments.

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Apology accepted

Another solid win for our beloved sloth

I never said that.

It bugged me he didn't plug the auction every vlog for a week. He mentioned the auction twice, where he should have mentioned it 7 days in a row.

Going up and harnessing people wearing a Go Gamble hat? Really?

If I were Tim, I’d take 100 each of the heather gray, camo, and black hats and drive across America yet again but this time stopping at all the circuit events. Dude would clean up and could stay at each location for several days at a time and enjoy himself.

And also, not be so vague with your trips. Tell people where your going and what time you plan on playing. Do meet and greets. Get in touch with the managers at each poker room. Network your butt off. Who knows? Maybe a casino or two may put you in some events for free?? Sell portions of events with crazy markup. See if you can get some sort of rake back or shill $$$ as well. It’d be a great way to mix up the same ol song and dance.


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