If you write a book and loses, you are a dumbazz. If you throw games without writing and loses, you just save yourself some money by switching to Geico.
If you write a book and loses, you are a dumbazz. If you throw games without writing and loses, you just save yourself some money by switching to Geico.
I like the in-depth stuff. Thanks to the posters. Would you rather trust the guy from Erie that says "I put 10k on The Bills. Lock of the year!"?
I like the in-depth stuff. Thanks to the posters. Would you rather trust the guy from Erie that says "I put 10k on The Bills. Lock of the year!"?
Then they post YTD records without any evidence of having achieved same. What's up with that? Asking for a friend.
Then they post YTD records without any evidence of having achieved same. What's up with that? Asking for a friend.
I'm new to posting picks and I try to post some write-up or rationale because:
1. I like the discussion. If you just post picks with zero rationale there leaves little room for discussion...I feel forum is somewhere to post insights and discuss further. Makes everyone better bettors and more informed (as long as the info is good and those who are mostly wrong or have 'bad takes' will be weeded out). The view count and post amount is sometimes a good indicator of this.
2. Because I am new I feel if I just 'post picks' it will be a fart in the wind. There's plenty of people who seem to come thru and do that. And if they have little to no track record I'm not sure what the point is or who is really 'following' their line of thinking.
3. Because I am new I feel like adding my perspective and my line of thinking will help increase the discussion. Also, if I do well, it will help build some credibility. And if others provide good discussion it will only help us win money. That's the point right?
4. Lastly, including a write up helps refine my thinking -- and maybe, hopefully, could help someone look at things a little differently -- I know reading others reasoning over the years has helped me.
If you don't post rationale or don't like reading the write-ups that's fine. To each his own...
I'm new to posting picks and I try to post some write-up or rationale because:
1. I like the discussion. If you just post picks with zero rationale there leaves little room for discussion...I feel forum is somewhere to post insights and discuss further. Makes everyone better bettors and more informed (as long as the info is good and those who are mostly wrong or have 'bad takes' will be weeded out). The view count and post amount is sometimes a good indicator of this.
2. Because I am new I feel if I just 'post picks' it will be a fart in the wind. There's plenty of people who seem to come thru and do that. And if they have little to no track record I'm not sure what the point is or who is really 'following' their line of thinking.
3. Because I am new I feel like adding my perspective and my line of thinking will help increase the discussion. Also, if I do well, it will help build some credibility. And if others provide good discussion it will only help us win money. That's the point right?
4. Lastly, including a write up helps refine my thinking -- and maybe, hopefully, could help someone look at things a little differently -- I know reading others reasoning over the years has helped me.
If you don't post rationale or don't like reading the write-ups that's fine. To each his own...
I'm new to posting picks and I try to post some write-up or rationale because:
1. I like the discussion. If you just post picks with zero rationale there leaves little room for discussion...I feel forum is somewhere to post insights and discuss further. Makes everyone better bettors and more informed (as long as the info is good and those who are mostly wrong or have 'bad takes' will be weeded out). The view count and post amount is sometimes a good indicator of this.
2. Because I am new I feel if I just 'post picks' it will be a fart in the wind. There's plenty of people who seem to come thru and do that. And if they have little to no track record I'm not sure what the point is or who is really 'following' their line of thinking.
3. Because I am new I feel like adding my perspective and my line of thinking will help increase the discussion. Also, if I do well, it will help build some credibility. And if others provide good discussion it will only help us win money. That's the point right?
4. Lastly, including a write up helps refine my thinking -- and maybe, hopefully, could help someone look at things a little differently -- I know reading others reasoning over the years has helped me.
If you don't post rationale or don't like reading the write-ups that's fine. To each his own...
I'm new to posting picks and I try to post some write-up or rationale because:
1. I like the discussion. If you just post picks with zero rationale there leaves little room for discussion...I feel forum is somewhere to post insights and discuss further. Makes everyone better bettors and more informed (as long as the info is good and those who are mostly wrong or have 'bad takes' will be weeded out). The view count and post amount is sometimes a good indicator of this.
2. Because I am new I feel if I just 'post picks' it will be a fart in the wind. There's plenty of people who seem to come thru and do that. And if they have little to no track record I'm not sure what the point is or who is really 'following' their line of thinking.
3. Because I am new I feel like adding my perspective and my line of thinking will help increase the discussion. Also, if I do well, it will help build some credibility. And if others provide good discussion it will only help us win money. That's the point right?
4. Lastly, including a write up helps refine my thinking -- and maybe, hopefully, could help someone look at things a little differently -- I know reading others reasoning over the years has helped me.
If you don't post rationale or don't like reading the write-ups that's fine. To each his own...
Personally, I do my own capping so write-up, no write-up...I really don't give a damn. I come here for camaraderie and threads about eating booty. However, I will say this about write-ups. Let's say someone like Scal posts a long write-up. I'm not gonna be more likely to tail because I almost never tail but maybe I grab a lil tidbit of info that helps me with a cap three weeks down the road. That's still helping me. And isn't that what these forums are for? Cappers helping cappers?
Now, if I was a guy who did tail, who didn't cap, I wouldn't care if a pick came with a write-up or not as long as it won. With that said, if you are wagering and you don't cap, if you just blindly tail, then you shouldn't be wagering.
I started wagering in elementary and I had to cap. There was no covers. There wasn't really an internet. Kind of but not really. The only place small money players were getting picks were seedy 900 numbers. And screw that. I detested touts as a child and I haven't grown out of it. I even went tout myself early in the internet days, selling picks on EBAY and I did not dig it. Got too big, too fast, and I was too young to handle it. Anyway, I learned the ol' fashion way. I could pick few college football winners against the number and make myself and my family a little loot. And that hasn't changed. Every now and then my mother, or my sister, still calls me for a pick. That's the only touting I do.
Moral of the story is do your own capping.
Personally, I do my own capping so write-up, no write-up...I really don't give a damn. I come here for camaraderie and threads about eating booty. However, I will say this about write-ups. Let's say someone like Scal posts a long write-up. I'm not gonna be more likely to tail because I almost never tail but maybe I grab a lil tidbit of info that helps me with a cap three weeks down the road. That's still helping me. And isn't that what these forums are for? Cappers helping cappers?
Now, if I was a guy who did tail, who didn't cap, I wouldn't care if a pick came with a write-up or not as long as it won. With that said, if you are wagering and you don't cap, if you just blindly tail, then you shouldn't be wagering.
I started wagering in elementary and I had to cap. There was no covers. There wasn't really an internet. Kind of but not really. The only place small money players were getting picks were seedy 900 numbers. And screw that. I detested touts as a child and I haven't grown out of it. I even went tout myself early in the internet days, selling picks on EBAY and I did not dig it. Got too big, too fast, and I was too young to handle it. Anyway, I learned the ol' fashion way. I could pick few college football winners against the number and make myself and my family a little loot. And that hasn't changed. Every now and then my mother, or my sister, still calls me for a pick. That's the only touting I do.
Moral of the story is do your own capping.
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