Tuesday, January 31, 2006
X-Men - Slots Game - Ladder Session #2
I went back to the well on this one. I remembered there was one more Marvel Comics online slots machine I hand't played yet. So I played the X-Men for my second session of the day.
This one went quick. It went real quick. It was over in four pulls. That's a new personal record.
What happened?
I hit my the pull limit set by John Patrick, that's what happened.
The Ladder system works like this. You start out at two coins. If you lose, you bet one coin. If two more of those come back losers, you cash out and end the session.
That's exactly what happened. I lost, then lost three more time, and I cashed out.
That's good money management. I lost only $2.35 on the session. There wasn't much involved, but the X-Men slot machine was cold. I'm talking Bobby Drake cold.
For those of you who don't speak the language of Marvel Comics, Bobby Drake equals the Ice Man.
There's not much to report about the second ladder sessions.
So I thought I would give my report on the latest X-Men movie.
It's funny to see how comics translate into movies. Take Nightcrawler, for example. I always thought he was the lamest X-Man. He looked like a dork. He talked funny. He had crappy powers.
I mean, he can teleport and that's it. Wolverine can chop people up. Storm can call down the powers of the sky. And all Nightcrawler can do is teleport?
Half the villains in the Marvel Universe can teleport. When Dr. Doom is defeated, he hits the teleport device and escapes. Every Dr. Doom rip-off can do the same.
So Nightcrawler got stiffed when it came to powers.
On top of that, he looks like a freak.
But it's different with the movies.
My brother--who isn't much of a comic book reader--his favorite character was Nightcrawler. He thought all that blue smoke and popping around the room was the coolest.
And I have to admit, it actually looked pretty damned cool up on the screen.
So that's my review of the latest X-Men movie. It was a success, because they made a lame ass character actually watchable.
Besides, Halle Berry makes a hot Storm. She should wear that white wig in every movie. That white wig might have made Catwoman watchable, too.
Probably not, though.
Starting Money: $297.25 Ending Money: $294.95
LOSING SESSION
This one went quick. It went real quick. It was over in four pulls. That's a new personal record.
What happened?
I hit my the pull limit set by John Patrick, that's what happened.
The Ladder system works like this. You start out at two coins. If you lose, you bet one coin. If two more of those come back losers, you cash out and end the session.
That's exactly what happened. I lost, then lost three more time, and I cashed out.
That's good money management. I lost only $2.35 on the session. There wasn't much involved, but the X-Men slot machine was cold. I'm talking Bobby Drake cold.
For those of you who don't speak the language of Marvel Comics, Bobby Drake equals the Ice Man.
There's not much to report about the second ladder sessions.
So I thought I would give my report on the latest X-Men movie.
It's funny to see how comics translate into movies. Take Nightcrawler, for example. I always thought he was the lamest X-Man. He looked like a dork. He talked funny. He had crappy powers.
I mean, he can teleport and that's it. Wolverine can chop people up. Storm can call down the powers of the sky. And all Nightcrawler can do is teleport?
Half the villains in the Marvel Universe can teleport. When Dr. Doom is defeated, he hits the teleport device and escapes. Every Dr. Doom rip-off can do the same.
So Nightcrawler got stiffed when it came to powers.
On top of that, he looks like a freak.
But it's different with the movies.
My brother--who isn't much of a comic book reader--his favorite character was Nightcrawler. He thought all that blue smoke and popping around the room was the coolest.
And I have to admit, it actually looked pretty damned cool up on the screen.
So that's my review of the latest X-Men movie. It was a success, because they made a lame ass character actually watchable.
Besides, Halle Berry makes a hot Storm. She should wear that white wig in every movie. That white wig might have made Catwoman watchable, too.
Probably not, though.
Starting Money: $297.25 Ending Money: $294.95
LOSING SESSION
