Ahhhhhh, just what I've been waiting for - Page 5

My peak was probably Mirage to Fifth Edition. I haven't played Magic since the '90s.

On May 01 2026 22:55 RiKD wrote: Poll: What Game Should I Play? (Vote): Poker (Vote): Chess (Vote): Magic: The Gathering (Vote): Dungeons and Dragons (Vote): Warhammer 40k (Vote): ARPG like Path Of Exile or Grim Dawn or other (Vote): Other (Please name in comments)

Poker would be #1 if it were 2005 PokerStars. I don't know which site to throw on a lil somethin' somethin' so I can practice the craft. I am thinking the top choice is probably Ignition.

Chess is a great game but it doesn't excite me like some of the others.

Magic: The Gathering in the 90s is a world beater. The Hero's Guild (Local Card Shop) in XXXXXX, Ohio is a GOAT contender. No idea what the state of the game is in 2026. I mean since there is no local scene where I'm at the only option is digital. I want the smell of new cards, the smell of BO of unshowered Magic players, the smell of empty Burger King wrappers. I guess I would settle for digital if it were on point.

I'm nixxing Dungeons and Dragons and Warhammer 40k. I'm not really interested even though the social aspect of it would be good for me. There is a Local Warhammer Shop in the area.

ARPG is getting updated too. I refuse to play Diablo II (GOAT but overplayed), Path of Exile (overated), and Grim Dawn (exhausted). There has to be some other ARPG that is on point made more recently?

Other - Slay the Spire 2 is something I'll probably pick up today tbh. ARC Raiders is worth some play. Expedition 33 is a once in a generation type of game. There has got to be some others out there.

Has anyone played Last Epoch?

nope

On May 12 2026 21:16 RiKD wrote: Poker would be #1 if it were 2005 PokerStars. I don't know which site to throw on a lil somethin' somethin' so I can practice the craft. I am thinking the top choice is probably Ignition. Chess is a great game but it doesn't excite me like some of the others. Magic: The Gathering in the 90s is a world beater. The Hero's Guild (Local Card Shop) in XXXXXX, Ohio is a GOAT contender. No idea what the state of the game is in 2026. I mean since there is no local scene where I'm at the only option is digital. I want the smell of new cards, the smell of BO of unshowered Magic players, the smell of empty Burger King wrappers. I guess I would settle for digital if it were on point. I'm nixxing Dungeons and Dragons and Warhammer 40k. I'm not really interested even though the social aspect of it would be good for me. There is a Local Warhammer Shop in the area. ARPG is getting updated too. I refuse to play Diablo II (GOAT but overplayed), Path of Exile (overated), and Grim Dawn (exhausted). There has to be some other ARPG that is on point made more recently? Other - Slay the Spire 2 is something I'll probably pick up today tbh. ARC Raiders is worth some play. Expedition 33 is a once in a generation type of game. There has got to be some others out there.

Matt Marinelli says at this point Ignition is fucked (but he still plays on there)?

ignition is fk too many cheaters n bots there

Is there any site that isn't fucked these days?

I think ur best option is club wpt gold use a promo code too go google one. deposit 300 and start playing .1/.2 imo

Is there enough action on there? I don't need much. I'll probably start 1-2 tabling until I get used to the software and maybe 4 table from there.

yea lots of action, I would play there

Club WPT Gold - Supposedly bad software, high rake, and shitty cashouts. AND you can only play one table. I think I'll pass.

I think the only one that has a chance at this point is Coin Poker but it seems sketchy as all hell.

I might have to be ok with not playing online poker for the forseeable future.

Magic: The Gathering - No local scene

Chess - Little motivation to actually play chess. Don't feel like memorizing openings or strat. Don't feel like being terrible. Don't feel like learning.

ARPG - Nope.

Poker - This is the one I have the most fire in the gut to play. Unfortunately, there is no where to play.

Other - This is the likely winner but no one has named THAT GAME yet.

2 weeks into the poll and we are maybe getting somewhere. It has really been 2 weeks?

What is important about this poll is that this poll is everything to me. At least when I am away from work. I have some time away from work and some attention and energy. I quit the piano and the violen and the guitar and the bass. Games have mostly been part of my life whether that is sports or video games or poker. Why would that change just because I've hit the age of 40? I NEED HELP!

As nice as it was today to just kind of live in my bed and read Pessoa and take cat naps I NEED HELP!

I NEED HELP!

I have been winning today though.

Street Fighter II Turbo PERFECT on the lift this morning.

"We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once." - Fred Nietzsche

I got in some good dancing earlier. I still got it. I took it to another place this morning. I don't dance enough.

Fernando Pessoa - Book of Disquiet

This book is helping me through these times. By these times I just mean life. Life is futile, meaningless, and absurd. At least I have someone who understands this and can offer up lucid observations.

Trying to find meaning in online poker is kind of a laughable endeavour. It kind of works though. Adrenaline is a helluva drug. There are times of transcendence, flow, and tension. Then, there is the issue of what is addiction and what isn't addiction? What is gambling and what is advantage play? On a larger plane. What is gambling? Everything is gambling.

I had no real business to be in some of those 25/50 w/ an ante games I was in. $50,000 can go quickquick. I was obsessed though. Guy was a spot for sure. Everyone rationalizes away things at some point. I did move down stakes. I didn't like it. I grinded back up. I burned out. I had enough in savings to live a couple years as a vagabond autodidact. I think of those times fondly. The first time reading a Being and Nothingness by Sartre or Notes From The Underground by Doestoevsky or Waiting For Godot by Beckett among many others. Now, I have to work so many hours a week just to survive. There isn't as much time and attention and energy as there was. I don't know if it's possible to get out of this hole I am in now. There is no travel, no money, no youth. That is ok. There is still some time, attention, and energy. It's about how I use that now. It's clear I am travelling down a path less travelled. The fire in my gut is poker. Of course, that could change in 2 months or 2 weeks or 2 days. Winning at 10ptbb/100 at 2/5 live is probably a better life than I have now. It's possible I could beat 100 NL for enough to make it a better life than I have now. These options would have been laughable to me in 2007 but things change. I mean I am just trying to find a site that has enough games I don't have to multisite. Something I don't have to give my Social Security Number, blood samples, DNA to cashout. I don't think that site exists and it doesn't help me or anyone to keep complaining about it...

I think this for the love of the game bullshit gets stagnant. Solvers can be super stimulating but they can also be cold and tedious. I need some skin in the game. I need some action. Of course, I want to crush high stakes and make millions of dollars but honestly at my age, at my point in life I'd be happy to crush smaller stakes and make like $50k / yr. I haven't touched that in 12+ years of sobriety. I have a friend that likes to say "don't expect to get paid for spiritual work" but I don't feel that spiritual and yeah, I'd like to get fucking paid!

On May 14 2026 20:48 RiKD wrote: Club WPT Gold - Supposedly bad software, high rake, and shitty cashouts. AND you can only play one table. I think I'll pass. I think the only one that has a chance at this point is Coin Poker but it seems sketchy as all hell. I might have to be ok with not playing online poker for the forseeable future.

you can play 4 tables if u download the client, software is meh I agree and high rake yes. cashout is a bit slow 3 days but w/e
can u even play coin poker in usa?

iono I play on WPT gold n its fine, I cash out a small amount to test it and it work so my 3 cents cuz of inflation

Cashouts for USA players are shitty. Social Security Card, filling out forms, blood samples, DNA, etc etc.

I think I should probably listen to you in this matter though. You have played all these sites? (Ignition, ACR, Coin Poker, Club WPT Gold)?

Club WPT Gold is probably the "best" option but that still doesn't mean it's a good option for me. There may not be any good options.

A meh option is better no option

Best option would be to play live poker for u though so just keep trucking for next 2 years then go play live

I am getting 100% GTOW scores on close decisions option. It's time to practice online. I may just go Ignition and treat it like an app with security issues. That seems kind of crazy to do though.

I need Stroggoz to help me with databases of what the population is actually doing. Maybe the population now a days is all bots so playing GTO is correct.