Bad beat/Moan/Venting Thread - BBV Archive 1

[Lord Sir Banter]

This guy invented emoticons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Fahlman

[ghostface]

Ship ship just bought me a new Macbook Pro

you should have bought a proper computer

[Charlie Sheen]

Milan. I get nightmares every now and then of that horrible night. You definitely remember big losses more vividly then big wins for some reason. Ireland v Spain is another fine example...

That game was replayed on ESPN a couple of months a go, how we didn't beat them I still don't know. We were better then I remembered, playing great football and Duff was untouchable, going past player every he faced up.

[Pat Mustard]

not loving the utd team for tonight, fergies taking a bit of a chance

[DeadParrot]

This guy invented emoticons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Fahlman

no he didnt

Ambrose Bierce --1887

[Percy007]

Farfan 4/1 to be booked tonight - most booked player in CL apparently...

Thoughts?

Where did you find/hear that stat? Massive price if true.

[Keane]

Where did you find/hear that stat? Massive price if true.

Guy at work said it to me, can't vouch for it tbh...

[Lord Sir Banter]

no he didnt

Ambrose Bierce --1887

Digitally.
Ambrose wasn't the first person to draw a smiley face.

[IPB Champ]

I predict one of the most boring games in champions league history.

Goal fest one time

[The Situation]

Guy at work said it to me, can't vouch for it tbh...

Just go for it anyway. Card bets are awesome for sweats. Had Real to get a red last night, they didn't somehow but it was an epic rollercoaster and satisfied the gambler inside me even though it lost. Carvalho could have been sent off twice. They apparentely commited the most fouls in four years in the competition.

[Guest]

thought the 7/1 on Schalke was a bit big tonight

so did the bookies, into 11/2 (stuck a dirty €20 on it for shits and giggles)


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€10 on Schalke to win the Champions League @125/1 while I was there


ooh and very sporting of Fergie to make a game of it

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...still have to expect a united win

[SatNav]

Ship ship just bought me a new Macbook Pro

lucky fucker

did u sell the other one?

[DeadParrot]

Digitally.
Ambrose wasn't the first person to draw a smiley face.

The first known ASCII versions of emoticons (as smiley faces are also known as), were first used in the PLATO IV program as early as 1972. PLATO, an acronym for Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations, was one of the first generalized Computer assisted instruction systems, originally built by the Welcome to the smiley guide smileys history lesson! University of Illinois.

[tylerdurden94]

you should have bought a proper computer

Haters gonna and all that

lucky fucker

did u sell the other one?

I did

New one is sweet, little heavier because of the bigger hard drive but seems to be running super smooth.

I love unboxing them its pretty sweet

[Iago]

Guy at work said it to me, can't vouch for it tbh...

Him and Ramos have 5 each. Committed 14 fouls and picked up 5 yellows

[Lord Sir Banter]

The first known ASCII versions of emoticons (as smiley faces are also known as), were first used in the PLATO IV program as early as 1972. PLATO, an acronym for Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations, was one of the first generalized Computer assisted instruction systems, originally built by the Welcome to the smiley guide smileys history lesson! University of Illinois.

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[Percy007]

Guy at work said it to me, can't vouch for it tbh...

Done him and Fabio in singles for the interest.

[IPB Champ]

I am the numbers.

I am the numbers.

I AM THE NUMBERS!!!



copyright: SHD

[sligoboi]

FU Sitch. Was going to leave it off for the match but having read your post and looked at a few bets I've decided there's some value in Utd o1.5cards.

Edit: @5/4

[Lord Sir Banter]

I am the numbers.

I am the numbers.

I AM THE NUMBERS!!!



copyright: SHD

I said...

Become the numbers.

[KevIRL]

John O Shea, 30 last Sunday, making his 300th Utd appearance and capt tonight. Go on the Ferrybank!

[The Situation]

FU Sitch. Was going to leave it off for the match but having read your post and looked at a few bets I've decided there's some value in Utd o1.5cards.

Edit: @5/4

One time Scholesy. I actually like that.

[rounders123]

Sometime Happy Dude. How is the Lotto evolving nowadays?. The game seems to have moved on from the ABC approach of punting on it in the early days but the same approach is not cutting it by all accounts. For the top 5% who are still winning how are they adapting their game to keep ahead.
About how long have these players left before they lose it and the new crop take over?

[IPB Champ]

I said...

Become the numbers.

[Teddie]

John O Shea, 30 last Sunday, making his 300th Utd appearance and capt tonight. Go on the Ferrybank!

Good player, but after he first broke through I expected a lot more from him.

[The Situation]

LOL @ United fans getting outsung by the Germans on thier own ground when 2-0 down on agg. Prawn sandwich brigade and all that...

[KevIRL]

loltic FC

[ghostface]

Is this a Schalke home match?

[Teddie]

One time for a Schalke goal. Don't want another snorefest like last night.

[IPB Champ]

* insert haters gunna hate gif *

[Teddie]

Damn, what to watch now.

[IPB Champ]

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

who's singing now?

[The Situation]

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

who's singing now?

Sing when your winning, you only sing when your winning.....

[IPB Champ]

Sing when your winning, you only sing when your winning.....

you may have heard this one before.. glory glory man yaaaaanited

game over. Schalke can't defend.

[sligoboi]

Great finish tbf

[sligoboi]

FU Sitch. Was going to leave it off for the match but having read your post and looked at a few bets I've decided there's some value in Utd o1.5cards.

Edit: @5/4

lol ship

[The Situation]

lol ship

Nice spot, cheers.

[Opr]

ESPN are going to show the WSOP live with hole Cards on a 30 minute time delay.

For six consecutive days, July 14-19, ESPN will offer unprecedented access to the 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, including ‘live’ unedited hole cards on a 30-minute delay and more than 32 additional hours of coverage in high definition on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN3.com from the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

For the first time, ESPN will offer daily coverage of the WSOP Main Event, where every hand will be shown unedited and hole cards will be available post-flop (for all players still in the hand). The coverage will shift between two feature tables approximately every 30 minutes, and will show all “all-in” and “call” situations at both tables.

http://www.wsop.com/news/2011/May/3297/ESPN-PLANS-TO-MORE-THAN-DOUBLE-TV-COVERAGE-OF-2011-WSOP.html

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/poker/news/story?id=6477409&u

Opr

[Raoul Duke III]

You really have to go back to Alexander the Great to get a proper overview. The division of his kingdom really set the first fragmented stage of the current ME political map. The Seleucid Empire and the Ptolemaic Kingdoms and their coherency allowed the first Caliphate to take on an air of continuity in the post-Roman North Africa after the Muslim expansions.

After that the theological and political breakdown between the caliphates that would eventually lead to the forms of Islam that we refer to as Wahhabist as well as the justifying power behind the Ottoman dynasty there was almost no coherence between the various Islamic regimes.

Many people forget that Iraq was the first country invaded during the First World War and that for 75 of the 100 years of the 20th Century it was either occupied or fighting an invasion force. The inter-war period saw the emergence of a number of regimes in the ME that were viewed, initially, as afterthoughts by a world recovering from a devastating war. Britain and France secured oil supplies from their various spheres of influence while the US retreated into isolationism and derived their burgeoning oil requirements from domestic supplies and Canada.

After the Second World War the Middle East was seen through 2 perspectives in terms of international diplomacy and geostrategic importance. First, the countries were seen as important bulwarks against Communist expansion south from the Caucuses into even more rich oil fields. Until 1964 the United States would keep Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) sites in Turkey as a deterrent force, eventually bargaining them during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

In order to keep the relative stability western powers began to prop up dictatorial regimes in the Middle East. This deal usually gave a modicum of stability, kept Communism from becoming a mobilising force and secured necessary oil supplies, particularly to US overseas operations.

The backlash from this in the 80's in particular was lead by a radicalised youth that had become increasingly disenfranchised by their "leaders" and this lead to a rise of new leaders underpinned by a religious ethos (the only real unifying force in many of the regions was religion, tribal differences were a complete nightmare so it was only religious appeals that had mass effect).

Borders that could be traced either to the Romans, the British Empire, the Allied Forces or some other non-regional force have also contributed to tribal tensions as many Middle Eastern States contain a number of tribes that have traditional enmities going back centuries. The construction of a sense of nationhood that took centuries in Europe was forced upon many Middle Eastern countries upon which it has not fit. The most obvious modern example of this is Afghanistan which is almost ungovernable as a modern state.

With the collapse of the Communist States and the USSR in particular the USA, who have always required an "other" to fight against, have increasingly turned their gaze to Islam. This has occurred in conjunction with the rise of the Religious Right in the US as a political force and is unlikely a coincidence. The rhetoric of the US is couched in the terms of political discourse but, on a basic level, has a religious undertone until quite recently.

The current collapse of the Middle Eastern regimes is really a product of a soft opening of intellectual borders to modern democratic and post-Enlightenment norms that are all but accepted as givens in Europe in particular. These soft influences, through music, art, television and film, have slowly altered the expectations of the next generation of young Arab men and women who now expect more from their leaders and from themselves.

The past is easy to remember, the future is impossible to predict.

excellent riposte

not one mention of Israel, tsk tsk. Surely 1948 and all that flowed from that is the unifying theme of political Islam across the ME?

[dannydiamond]

ESPN are going to show the WSOP live with hole Cards on a 30 minute time delay.

http://www.wsop.com/news/2011/May/3297/ESPN-PLANS-TO-MORE-THAN-DOUBLE-TV-COVERAGE-OF-2011-WSOP.html

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/poker/news/story?id=6477409&u

Opr

Great for spectators, a bit weird for the players. Would def want a mate watching the broadcast to give updates at the breaks.

[Trippie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEVg8QPCZ6w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI3pt__aH10

ugh. Most tilting night ever.

[DeadParrot]

excellent riposte

not one mention of Israel, tsk tsk. Surely 1948 and all that flowed from that is the unifying theme of political Islam across the ME?

You can't sound smart stating the obvious

[KevIRL]

[dannydiamond]

ugh. Most tilting night ever.

Not at all, it was awesome!

[Lord Sir Banter]

Mickey Phelan - ha.

Sometime Happy Dude. How is the Lotto evolving nowadays?. The game seems to have moved on from the ABC approach of punting on it in the early days but the same approach is not cutting it by all accounts. For the top 5% who are still winning how are they adapting their game to keep ahead.
About how long have these players left before they lose it and the new crop take over?

I haven't done the lotto in weeks and only sporadically of late.
Sometimes a break away is good for clearing the head.

It's probably time they added a few new numbers in order to mix things up, or a few letters and totally fuck with people's minds and the genre.

As to how people are adapting, I'd have to think about that more.
I still have to work out if I am a Doyle Brunson or a TJ Cookier.

[smurph]

classy chants by Utd fans there.
some shower of muppets

[Lord Sir Banter]

Have a spam mail from 'Facebook Abuse Department'. Wish it were real.

[IPB Champ]

10 euro on tonights lotto.. got 3 numbers on lotto plus 1 god knows what that is.

Also <3 Utd

[Angry-Ball]

anyone else getting these



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[ComradeCollie]

10 euro on tonights lotto.. got 3 numbers on lotto plus 1 god knows what that is.

Also <3 Utd

€3 scratch card apparently

[mickste]

On Tuesday, May 3, 2011, the Federated Sports + Gaming professional poker league released details regarding their qualification process as well as their initial lineup for Season One. A tentative roster of 218 players was released; however, another qualification round is set for August 1, meaning even more players can earn a spot if they’re able to meet the eligibility criteria.

One Irish Player. Good luck Marty Smyth.

[smurph]

yeah i get that notice regularly

[Raoul Duke III]

You can't sound smart stating the obvious

David McWilliams has made a career out of it

[Lord Sir Banter]

@RDIII

Pop quiz Raoul Duke III, guess the luminary who said this...

"Houses here are over-rated, they're too expensive. Everyone should stop moaning and having the same conversations with the same people about houses."

You can have nine guesses.

[Raoul Duke III]

@RDIII

you?

give me a hint

[Lord Sir Banter]

hmmmmm, famous rapper.

[ComradeCollie]

you?

give me a hint

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Too much info?

[Angry-Ball]

hmmmmm, famous rapper.

CHD

[KevIRL]

hmmmmm, famous rapper.

MC Dubh

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfk7B8t1R4E[/ame]

[Raoul Duke III]

hmmmmm, famous rapper.

the only famous rapper I know is this guy:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHw3nbb6VEA&feature=fvwrel"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHw3nbb6VEA&feature=fvwrel[/ame]

sounds like something he'd say