Saturday, October 07, 2006
The X-Men - Slots Game - Down The Steps Session #2
I chose the X-Men slot machine for my next session of Down The Steps.
X-Men seem to fit the mood of the times. Xavier's bunch fight to protect the society which shuns and distrusts them, just like me. I get the idea if I lived in the Marvel Universe, the X-Men and I would get along just fine.
I'd probably have some minor mutant power, and my hero name would be "Flick". I would probably be able to record every moment of my superhero career and then psychically link that with technology, allowing people to see my exploits in real time on the internet.
I would be the p.r. person for the X-Men. Xavier wouldn't like it, but I might sway some public opinion for the mutants.
That's why they would call me Flick, because my life would be like a cheaply-made movie. It would be viral marketing at its finest, because you can't tell me people wouldn't want to see the X-Men on YouTube.
That is, if they have YouTube in the Marvel Universe.
Yeah, me codename would be Flick, but my few friends would call me Chuck, because they know who I really am and what I'm really like.
My enemy would be my evil twin brother. He would have the same powers, except they would call him "Snuff", because he would kill people and broadcast it online.
But that's only if I lived in the Marvel Universe.
On second thought, that would suck. "Flick" wouldn't be very popular, and Wolverine would eventually kill me in a tragic mistake.
So that would suck.
This machine has most of the cool characters as images on its reels. You know, the ones who are a lot cooler than that Flick character.
It has all the hot chicks, like Jean Grey, Storm, Mystique and Rogue.
It has the badass warriors like Wolverine, Sabertooth and Magneto.
It has the "leaders" like Xavier and Cyclops. I mean, Xavier is cool and all, but we all know Cyclops is lame. All he can do is fire a laserbeam, which half of the other characters can also do.
That's why Cyclops gets to be the leader, because he can't do much else. I guess they let him pilot the Blackbird, too.
See, lame characters get all the support jobs.
My guess is "Flick" would also do the repairs on the Blackbird. And he would probably prepare inboard movies for long flights to Genosha.
By the way, this was one of my quickest sessions. I hit the "naked pull" limit real quick.
For those just joining, a naked pull is a losing spin on the slot machine. If you have a certain number of them in a row, the session automatically ends. That's called a naked pull limit.
I've set 7 as my limit for these sessions. That's good number, because that machine has some bad karma coming off of it if you have seven bad spins in a row.
Besides, it gets pretty boring losing all the time. And the sound effects are even lamer and more annoying when you lose.
The session lasted only 9 pulls. The second one was a win for 9 dollars.
The rest of them were losses.
I lost around $36 on this session. Since my regular loss limit is $50, John Patrick's naked pull limit stipulation probably saved me 14 dollars.
That's money management at its finest.
Note to My Readers: These are records of my sessions from last week.
Due to the new laws being written up on Capitol Hill, I've been afraid all this week the entire D.O.J. would bust through my front door if I started writing about my online gambling sessions.
Okay, that was panic, and I understand that stuff hasn't been written into law or anything, but I want to go on record saying I'll be writing about my sessions from last week for some time to come.
Starting Money: $726.06 Ending Money: $690.41
LOSING SESSION
X-Men seem to fit the mood of the times. Xavier's bunch fight to protect the society which shuns and distrusts them, just like me. I get the idea if I lived in the Marvel Universe, the X-Men and I would get along just fine.
I'd probably have some minor mutant power, and my hero name would be "Flick". I would probably be able to record every moment of my superhero career and then psychically link that with technology, allowing people to see my exploits in real time on the internet.
I would be the p.r. person for the X-Men. Xavier wouldn't like it, but I might sway some public opinion for the mutants.
That's why they would call me Flick, because my life would be like a cheaply-made movie. It would be viral marketing at its finest, because you can't tell me people wouldn't want to see the X-Men on YouTube.
That is, if they have YouTube in the Marvel Universe.
Yeah, me codename would be Flick, but my few friends would call me Chuck, because they know who I really am and what I'm really like.
My enemy would be my evil twin brother. He would have the same powers, except they would call him "Snuff", because he would kill people and broadcast it online.
But that's only if I lived in the Marvel Universe.
On second thought, that would suck. "Flick" wouldn't be very popular, and Wolverine would eventually kill me in a tragic mistake.
So that would suck.
This machine has most of the cool characters as images on its reels. You know, the ones who are a lot cooler than that Flick character.
It has all the hot chicks, like Jean Grey, Storm, Mystique and Rogue.
It has the badass warriors like Wolverine, Sabertooth and Magneto.
It has the "leaders" like Xavier and Cyclops. I mean, Xavier is cool and all, but we all know Cyclops is lame. All he can do is fire a laserbeam, which half of the other characters can also do.
That's why Cyclops gets to be the leader, because he can't do much else. I guess they let him pilot the Blackbird, too.
See, lame characters get all the support jobs.
My guess is "Flick" would also do the repairs on the Blackbird. And he would probably prepare inboard movies for long flights to Genosha.
By the way, this was one of my quickest sessions. I hit the "naked pull" limit real quick.
For those just joining, a naked pull is a losing spin on the slot machine. If you have a certain number of them in a row, the session automatically ends. That's called a naked pull limit.
I've set 7 as my limit for these sessions. That's good number, because that machine has some bad karma coming off of it if you have seven bad spins in a row.
Besides, it gets pretty boring losing all the time. And the sound effects are even lamer and more annoying when you lose.
The session lasted only 9 pulls. The second one was a win for 9 dollars.
The rest of them were losses.
I lost around $36 on this session. Since my regular loss limit is $50, John Patrick's naked pull limit stipulation probably saved me 14 dollars.
That's money management at its finest.
Note to My Readers: These are records of my sessions from last week.
Due to the new laws being written up on Capitol Hill, I've been afraid all this week the entire D.O.J. would bust through my front door if I started writing about my online gambling sessions.
Okay, that was panic, and I understand that stuff hasn't been written into law or anything, but I want to go on record saying I'll be writing about my sessions from last week for some time to come.
Starting Money: $726.06 Ending Money: $690.41
LOSING SESSION
