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Re: Satoshi Nakamoto Vs (Michael Saylor+BlackRock)
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Antotena
on 29/08/2025, 20:45:03 UTC
I agree on this. Blackrock and MSTR don't own any Bitcoin personally; they're merely intermediaries for individuals or institutions, so they won't have much influence. Meanwhile, Satoshi is a form of personal ownership that we don't know whether he'll use or not, because that's his right, and so far, it seems his Bitcoin will never be used.

And honestly, we don't need to compare them, although the OP has a fear of them influencing the market.

Blackrock has never said they have personal Bitcoin but I refused to admit they don't have any Bitcoin. They really do but wouldn't admit for some reason. Microstrategy doesn't have personal wallet but Micheal Saylor who is the founder of the company has about 17k of Bitcoin which he claimed to bought cheaper. If I'm him and it happen that I have that amount of Bitcoin, I will take speaker and walk around the street and convince everybody to understand what Bitcoin is all about.

Satoshi has built something so good that if he comes back online today and say he is not going to touch that Bitcoin alot of people are having headache, he will get plenty of donations from people that is going to be worth billions, I remember when Silk road founder was release from prison and all his Bitcoin was seized but the community help him to get some Bitcoin even though he never asked for it, that's how selfless the Bitcoin community is for everyone.
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Re: Spread your source of income to cryptocurrencies
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Antotena
on 29/08/2025, 20:27:45 UTC
When some of have one particular business they do relies on that particular business, not knowing that having a particular without spreading business to different categories it may brings income collapse to the person

Some of us like manual business, which is our traditional business, but I want a condition whereby we spread our business to cryptocurrencies, such as Gold investment and Bitcoin investment, and Bitcoin investment, investment 55% on bitcoin, 30% on Gold investment, 15% on altcoins investment, I think if we spread our investment in this way we most surely profit in future

What I mean is that, the investors should not concentrate on a particular investment, else the may experience a bankrupt in the future if their business is not functioning properly.

I will think twice before making any altcoin investment reason is that altcoins is full of shit shows and nothing serious happen around them. You will see a project make noise before exchange listing that they are going to do this and that but after a while, they change. As soon as the coin get to exchange, they don't put effort on the project like before again and you start to wonder what they wanted doing in the first place, that's how your money will be doing nothing.

If I'm able to have more Bitcoin, maybe I can focus more on other business than having money on any altcoins. I like Gold but that thing is one of the slowest investment I have known. The only way you can make money from Gold investment is if you are a buyer and a seller. You buy Gold from people in low price and then resale with higher price, that's how you make money from Gold investment and not keeping it. It is even dangerous to do too due to insecurity.
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Re: Let's not wash our dirty linen in public
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Antotena
on 29/08/2025, 19:44:21 UTC
We should consider the implications of certain topics we raise about us on this space. The world already holds unjustifiable stereotypes about us as Nigerians, thinking we are all scammers. Discussions like this coming from us will further validate their negative perception about us. You can imagine if the forum members stop dealing with Nigerians because of one scam story from a bad egg.

Let's not spoil the collective reputation of Nigerians in this forum with what we post or do.

Let's not wash our dirty linen in public.

Some topics should be limited to the Nigerian local board.

Honestly some people don't know how other country speak online. I know we have our individual differences due to ethnic, religious and some other backgrounds, but we should know that it's the same battle we are facing in our country those guys are also facing but unfortunately they face their own in another form. There are bad leaders everywhere just that we are cursed with leaders that has personalized corruption and it's difficult to leave but that doesn't mean it happened only here, it's everywhere but there are level to it over there.

Another thing be say, we dy too make mouth for bad things. This issue of scam, I don't support scam or anything internet related stealing but the thing don affects us well well to the point that if you want to chat people online, they would first doubt your sincerity. Wetin people know no be say, if you look wetin other countries they do online, naija no even reach number 3 for global recognition but na we dy put am for head pass, let's learn to educate this people so we can earn back our respect.
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Re: Avoid buying Bitcoin from someone all because you know them.
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Antotena
on 29/08/2025, 19:35:41 UTC
Family members and people who are very close to you can still do what the OP is talking about, so no one is trusted to some extent. I totally disagree with the idea of physical P2P. Regardless of who you are to me, I feel like you should make the person know how to get it on the exchange, but selling my bitcoin for them physically, I can’t do that if they don’t know how to get it from the exchange.

I prefer teaching them how to make the transaction. My holding is confidential, and I can’t share it with anyone, and for that, if I’m ready to sell, I will sell it off without anyone among whom I have been hiding it from knowing about it.

The truth is that I can trust anyone with other things but you see money, you wouldn't know full character of people until you are close to them, that's when you will know that indeed you have been living a fake life with people that are close to you. This doesn't change the fact that there are no other good people, we have so many good people that will be there for you even if there is no money but you see money, it's the fastest way you can know what's on people's mind.

Bitcoin is one of the precious thing that even a person that claim not to like Bitcoin will gladly accept if you give it to them immediately. If you are going to buy and sell Bitcoin, kindly do with someone on the internet, there various ways you can buy Bitcoin safely and on one dare run away with your money, they can't even if it's decentralized exhange. I have alot of traders that has contacted me one on one to trade with them and I do ignore them, I trade only on exhange.
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Re: Private Keys vs Seed Phrases- What They Are and Why They Matter
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Antotena
on 29/08/2025, 19:27:10 UTC
Why They Matter
Your pivate key and seed phrase are the two central backbone of your crypto security this is because if anyone gets hold on either of them they can take all your funds. That’s why you should:

Private keys and seed phrases matters because they prove you're the true owner of your crypto wallet and funds. Without them you can't access your wallet. It's your responsibility to keep them safe, because you have the full control over them. If you lose your private key and seed phrase and someone else gets access to them, it can lead to permanent loss of your funds. Both should be stored privately, and you shouldn't reveal this information to parents, friends, or anyone else for the safety of your assets, because they might unintentionally or intentionally expose or misuse your security, which may put your assets at risk. To protect your assets, it's crucial to keep this information confidential and secure them at all times.

If you have a seed phrase, there is no use to back up your private keys. Seed was created for convenience and to have a single back up instead of many private keys. How do you intend to store private keys offline or engrave them on a metal plate? It's not possible that's why with seed phrase, it's human readable and can be engrave on any metallic surface and can be hidden on any location you like, nobody will ever have any access to it unless you tell them.

Been friends with people doesn't mean you have to trust anyone, money brings the inner character of people, you have to be very careful. Don't tell them you have Bitcoin, people have killed each other because they kmow the secrecy of their friends, some have sold each other out because of momey and some have disown each other because of money, not even your family you should entrust with Bitcoin unless you thinkbits necessary due to maybe death concern.
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Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26
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Antotena
on 28/08/2025, 17:32:56 UTC
Even before Mbappe joined Madrid, a few persons were mentioning it that they hope the two will be able to get along and even at a point when he just joined the team and began training with them, some blogs were already watching closely to see if they are getting along already or still have some slight rifts they should talk about but the truth remains that they were not perfectly getting along earlier, it may not be considered a bad blood but that was the reality last season and we are hoping it is very different this season, they can come together on the pitch to celebrate in the spirit of sportsmanship but it is different if they are close enough and getting along really good.

I don't quite agree with this though and my reason is media portraying of images and want people to believe things that are not happening. I noticed that when Messi left Barcelona for PSG, they began to spread some irrelevant information and things that never happen in their camp, they were trying so hard to make comparison between Mbape and Messi and when Messi left, they didn't see what to do next and turn on Mbape and yhag was exactly what they want to push here again.

It's normal thing for two players in the same club to want to vibe, you saw what was happening between Mbape and Hakimi already in PSG but we know that Vinicious was so hated in Spain and it was so easy to bring Mbape to the picture to drag him. They wanted Mbape to bury Vinicious so bad but at long last, he flopped in his first season as they couldn't win the Laliga and now this again. I will not believe what I don't see anytime media try to paint something that never happened.
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Re: which has better odds
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Antotena
on 28/08/2025, 16:58:05 UTC
which has better odds: physical casinos or online casinos?

the answer is online casinos. the reason for this is they have a lower cost for starting and operating the casino if it is online so there is not much needed to break even or get profit but physical casinos has a lot of costs just from the building, working employees, electricity or other maintenance needed.

maybe this is the reason why that online casinos are being seen as the better of the two but physical casinos now are just for the experience. if you are hoping to win big, stop going to physical casinos and instead open up your phone or your laptop and gamble there

I don't know if your kind of physical casinos difference from the ones I have here but the physical casinos are way more patronize back then even when there is online casino. People start rushing to use online casino after they noticed the huge bonus they gave people and all other benefits and ability to modified your game which physical casinos where not doing but till now, some agent are making money from this business because they are been paid well.

The bookmakers determine odds this books makers are gambling companies. The thing is, only gambling companies understand the model they used to determine odd and it's not by whether a casino is online or it's physical. What I know about physical sport bets is that they are also done online just like the other online sport books but the difference is that the physical has a representative that does everything for people while the online one makes account for everyone.

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Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26
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Antotena
on 28/08/2025, 16:29:02 UTC
I'm not really sure that Diego Simeone is under pressure from the clubs management, they still see him as the coach with the kind of aggressiveness that Atletico Madrid needs. His been in charge for over a decade now and seriously I don't see anyone replacing him at the moment. Some years ago, he was about to leave the team but the management convinced him to stay and till now his been there.

If he wanted to leave and the club had to convince him to stay then he must be a messiah to that club. I don't understand why they have to keep him for 10 years only to signed an additional 2 years contract, that will make him 12 years if he is able to complete the period and funny thing is he might not win any Laliga with this performance. Barcelona is too good to let go of that trophy, this season is already secured, only a matter of 36 weeks left before they take it again.

The club didn't even think of doing something about the third place they have consistently taken over the years, if Barcelona can do it and Real Madrid could do it, then there is nothing anywhere that can stop Atletico Madrid from winning it like the rest of the club. They need an upgrade but they have decided to roman Simeone for many years, until they break their self from his trap before they can grow further but if they think there isn't another tat  can do better, then there is nothing for them.
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Re: Do you think governments should set limits on how much one can gamble daily?
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Antotena
on 28/08/2025, 16:14:42 UTC
Setting a limit on those who want to gamble is good but that will depend on gamblers. The government are difficult to control people in gambling because gambling is about personal decision. But the government can make that as a law so people know and realize that they don't have to go far in gambling. They should prevent the big loss that can happen to them.

But some gamblers can travel outside of the country to gamble because they don't like that regulation. The government can not do anything but they can monitor people from their bank account knowing how much money they use to playing gambling. Gambling problems cannot be easily solved so they need all people to think and solve the matter especially for gamblers.

From what OP stated, I think the government must have seen alot of reviews and talk about how the country has been in a mess with gambling and it's people. They are doing their job to protect the people while making the gambling a safe zone for everyone but if on the other hand the government is just trying to do what they like or it's because they don't like gambling, then this is not the best approach especially if they are doing it to protect ban gambling.

I don't know how some countries operate but in mine, gambling deposit is through bank transaction and banks can detect if you are making deposit to a particular casino accounts. It's going to be very easy for the government to set a minimum deposit to casino either per day or per month or the maximum deposit every gambler can make to a casino in a year and it's that's it. There is no need for all this drag of casino and government restrictions of deposits for people and it will become a law to protect people.
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Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2025/2026
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Antotena
on 28/08/2025, 16:07:54 UTC
honestly and sincerely look, i think manchester united's problem goes beyond onana
It's been a really bad team for about 3 or 4 years, especially if we look at its glorious past history.
I don't understand why they don't understand that something is wrong and that we need to cut and rebuild and not patch things up.

It goes behind Onana but at least let's start the blame game from one particular person. Goalkeepers are the soul bond to every successful matches, if your Goalkeeper can handle any pressure, defenders can do better because they will have confidence on the last man to work better with the front lines. If the defenders and the goalkeeper can.dl their job, trust me it's going to be very easy for the rest of the players to do better job unless the forward players are incompetent which everyone will see.

Manchester United need a complete purge of players, look back again and tell me the major transformation of players that has happen in Manchester United. It's the same recycle incompetent players that we have had for some many season that are been mixed up with new ones. I wouldn't doubt if this decision of buying and selling of ayers is not done by manager, Amorim is not ready for this team, the earlier they realized this mistake the better they make some adjustments while it's still early.
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Re: Make Una Dey Delete Unused UID Number/Address in Your Exchange Addree Book'
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Antotena
on 27/08/2025, 22:06:48 UTC
This can be avoided by labeling your wallet address using "remark", this help you identify the name of wallet address or the person UID so that anytime you want to withdraw, you will see the name written in bold. I do this with some accounts I frequently send coins to in other to avoid frequent verification for withdrawals.

You can also use your mobile App to delete or add/remove UID and manage wallet address.

On your mobile App, click on Withdraw, then select any asset,

 

Select address book, Click on on-chain to either edit wallet address or delete the one you are no longer interested in. You can also change internal transfer details of UID, email and mobile number.



From the image, you can see I can delete this UID from my list.
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Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2025/2026
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Antotena
on 27/08/2025, 17:51:48 UTC


Amorim has to be the worst manager of MU in this century, isn't it? Digging deeper about the comparison between his stats and previous managers were enough to conclude how bad he is. He has lowest PPG, Lowest goals fore per 90m, and terrible GD. Idk why many keep defend him, while numbers never lie.

I don't want to sound like I don't like Manchester United but can we even go back to how this started. Erik Ten Hag was doing badly, the team had the chance to bring new manager but they are like let's give it a wrong shot again maybe he will do better and when it wasn't doing well again, they decided to chase him out but the board decided to fool around again by bringing someone worse, same Sporting cp they have clear last season before then, they decided to chest Amorim for the task which is foolish.

I remember under Amorim contract, he said he need to brings some of his assistant to Manchester United if they want him to lead the team and the club agreed but right now, I don't think if those assistants are active, this is their moment of supports but there is nothing coming out from this move. Now, it keep getting worse and worse hopefully they don't end up chasing Amorim away and then bring another man that is going to be worse than him, the club need to be save ASAP.
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Re: African Football Discussion Thread Current Topic: 👉 AFCON's Championship.
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Antotena
on 27/08/2025, 17:21:36 UTC
In the last African Cup of Nations tournament, the performance of the super eagles was so bad that all the countries they played against in the tournament were better than them when it comes to ball possession. The super eagles were lucky to score goals against their opponents in the tournament. Ivory Coast couldn't beat their opponents in the group stage of the African of Cup Nations tournament, but they qualified for the knockout stage of the tournament as best losers. I expected the super eagles to beat Ivory Coast easily in the African Cup of Nations finals, but what did the super eagles do? They gave up their one goal lead against Ivory Coast, and Ivory Coast came from behind and beat the super eagles in the finals.

You didn't say the part were Nigerians were cheated. I think African cup of nation tournament need to be reevaluate by the FIFA. In the last African cup of nation, in the final Nigerians weren't even allow to go in, just few people and Ivory coast were filled up to the brim and were making the game harder for Nigeria to concentrate. Anytime they have a kick off to play, they shout to make confusion, honestly we weren't that good but Nigerian players deserves some praise.

Look at what the Moroccans did to our female players that went to the final, they were shinning LED light on Nigerian female players so they couldn't see. This wasn't talk about after the game, they were busy crying with manipulated faces saying the referee was paid and all sort of talks that weren't meaningful. They didn't complain when they were leading, it was later they started all the talk but Nigeria won the cup already, we will be there again by next year.
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Re: What do gamblers have in common?
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Antotena
on 27/08/2025, 17:13:47 UTC
That's how it is supposed to be, if one has a sustainable stream of income, they should prioritize and protect that source of income because gambling is not the way out of financial freedom. Some people lost their job because of their gambling addiction lifestyle and some have missed big opportunities because of gambling, so it's always very important that a gambler or bettor should know the right thing to do so that they don't lose very important stuff because of gambling. What addicted and compulsive gamblers have in common is losses, I don't think it usually gets better for them by just being addicted.

This is what gambling is all about literally but the meaning is different to individuals. Gamblers admit physically not to have money in their mind when they want to gamble but the reality is this, money is what draws many people attention to gambling. If you have leave around student areas where they gamble everyday, you will understand where my talk is going, you are going to see student gambling with their school fees and I'm sure we can't accept that is for purpose of fun.

People take loans from banking apps because they want to use the opportunity to make millions, if you see how they arrange games, it will be very difficult to win but they somehow believe they can be lucky and when they win the money, they can pay back the loan they took and then enjoy the rest of the money to leave the lifestyle they have always wanted and dream, this is the sad reality of many gamblers but when you ask them in public, they will not admit to doing it.
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Re: Should gambling ads be normalized?
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Antotena
on 27/08/2025, 11:17:52 UTC
Paul Tonko, a Democratic congressman, told the Guardian: “The constant barrage of marketing is especially dangerous for young and vulnerable groups and opens the doors for a new generation of potential gamblers to engage with this known, addictive product.”

Now that sports betting is growing bigger and bigger, should gambling ads be just normalized during sports matches or should it stay separate from sports? What's your stance on gambling ads during sport matches?

To be candid with you, some opinions are not really good opinions and sometimes aren't even necessary. Advertisement are based on niche and they are targeted based on what is happening. You can't see electronics ads on a crypto platform, that's a wrong push marketing and promotion, you can only see sport activities where they need to be, everything about gambling casino and sports games should be advertised because that's the only place they hold.

Why are we not talking about other non sports ads that are been targeted to sport activities? Just because they sponsored some of the sport activities doesn't mean they are right about the activities of the ads. Gambling is a choice and not a do or die thing, it's upto the viewers to want to test the platform or don't want to use them. I can decide to visit a casino without playing on the casino which is nothing. The only place I can see this is bad is when scam casinos are been promoted for people.
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Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26
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Antotena
on 27/08/2025, 11:06:27 UTC
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You are right that they are in rebuilding phase which is tough for team with such high expectations. Xabi Alonso has to win games and he builds team because if they start losing he could quickly be fired. You are also right that real test will be how they perform against big rivals like Barcelona and Atletico Madrid as those matches will truly show how much team has improved. For now they are doing well enough to give them time they need to get better.

I don't understand the pity narrative we are trying to give Real Madrid. They are not the first team to get a coach replacement, Barcelona did and it work very well. In fact, releasing Xavi from Barcelona and been replace by Ansi Flick was the best decision they made before last season kicked off. The only better league they couldn't win was the Champions League and the club world cup but they did better thany expectations were as Real Madrid was dealing with injuries here and there.

Any team can rebuild and do better, the team that used that as an excuse are the ones when the pattern isn't working they plan and that's what Real Madrid fans are trying to portray. The was same Xabi that had good run in Leverkusen before coming here. The problem might not be Xabi strategy, it is from the players that are executing the plans. They are not connected like before and the team is too careful trying to avoid anything that can lead them to a loss.
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Re: [Request] Report Unmerited Good Posts Here. OPEN
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Antotena
on 26/08/2025, 10:23:51 UTC
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Re: Gambling ads become part of daily life
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Antotena
on 25/08/2025, 20:40:30 UTC
I believe that such things have restrictions, you can filter out the things you don't want to be displayed on your tv when you are with your kids. At their tender age it's good to protect them from such things, when they get older they might probably learn it from either peers or just curiosity.  Even though they end up learning about gambling when they are above 18 it won't be as bad as when they start doing it from a tender age

I'm not sure if it's possible to restrict ads on TV, reason is that ads comes with TV advertisements and the only way to stop gambling ads is to completely turn off the TV station from sports related shows. There is a way you can set a parental guide on TV stations that have sports ads. You can restrict them so that they don't see the particular tvs and even if they try to, it will ask them for password to access those TV stations, that's the only way to stop them.

Parents are the only person that can control the way children get addicted to their TV and smart phones. I don't think there is any place on the internet you don't see ads. Ordinary Google personalized ads for people to see so they can make money, it's literally what is the standard of the telecommunications company, it's your own responsibility to choose to see them or not allow them to show on your screen especially the annoying casinos that don't know when to stop.
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Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26
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Antotena
on 25/08/2025, 20:09:08 UTC
Real Madrid's midfield is undergoing a transformation, and it may take some time for this change to have an impact on the team. Real Madrid isn't playing the game they want yet, and Xabi Alonso needs to fix this. The team has quality players, and with good tactics, they can easily win many matches. What matters is how Xabi Alonso contributes to the team.

I believe one of Real Madrid's biggest problems is their inability to play well as a team. If the team focuses on teamwork rather than individual play, many of these problems will disappear, and they will start playing the way their fans expect. Xabi Alonso has a lot to do in this regard.

I think a team can under transformation and still does better. Oviedo is just a team that was promoted to division one after completing the second division in good place, they barely had Laliga to there name, there is no experience that means the team are just trying there luck and Real Madrid used them to make cheap 3 points. Now I can imagine if this is how they are going to handle it if it's were with an experienced team in Laliga that are given them issues in the past.

There is one team in Laliga that you can compare with any club and that's Barcelona, I don't know how Ansi Flick is doing it but this is the best so far he has had with this team. Whoever makes the decision to bring this new players to represent the team as a start is a big genius, they understand the combo because it's has been working. I remembered when Lewandowski left Bayern for Barcelona, he faces alot of criticism but it paid off eventually that he had to forfeit his some part of his payment for now so the club can be able to pay everyone.

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Re: Drinking vs Gambling
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Antotena
on 25/08/2025, 20:02:00 UTC
I never allow myself to play even with light alcohol, something like beer, because I understand perfectly how it works. It all starts small, when you just want to relax, and ends with just lost money, because alcohol dulls our feelings and we are ready to take more risks and even not control it at all. There have already been millions of such stories and it is better to draw conclusions and learn from other players than to go through this path yourself, experiencing everything on yourself.

I feel like gambling and alcohol have something in common. They both are means of killing boredom and have fun as possible, one involves taking away problems by spending money while thinking nothing and the other involves one having fun that need your head to be sane. You can't be gambling when drunk, you can't be even driven while drunk then why should you gamble when you are drunk, all decision you are going to make that time are going to be worse.

If you are going to gamble, do it with your full sense so that you can make the right choice and if you are going to drink alcohol, do it but don't forget to find your way home and never drive while doing it otherwise you will end up where you are not supposed to be in the first place. There are some people that are sober with alcohol, doing gambling during this period is like you are just trying to dash your money to the casino, everything will be gone under minutes or an hour.