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Annoying VP Neighbors

#21

Paul wrote:

i can't tell you how many times i have walked up to a bank of machines
like this to find some (fill in your own expletive!) _______ playing
ONE penny at a time with their equally intelligent partner doing
exactly the same thing! this means that 40% of the available machines
are being used by people who really have no business being there at
all! they might as well have stayed home! they are simply taking up
space and making the games unavailable to people who really want to
play 50-100 lines at a time.

But why would you feel you're more entitled to a specific machine than someone
that is already occupying it? Just because they're not playing the same way you
would, doesn't mean they "have no business being there".

  --Brett

#22

Paul wrote:
> i can't tell you how many times i have walked up to a bank of

machines

> like this to find some (fill in your own expletive!) _______

playing

> ONE penny at a time with their equally intelligent partner doing
> exactly the same thing! this means that 40% of the available

machines

> are being used by people who really have no business being there

at

> all! they might as well have stayed home! they are simply taking

up

> space and making the games unavailable to people who really want

to

> play 50-100 lines at a time.

But why would you feel you're more entitled to a specific machine

than someone

that is already occupying it? Just because they're not playing the

same way you

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, vex <vexicon@s...> wrote:

would, doesn't mean they "have no business being there".

  --Brett

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what i said was,

"they are simply taking up space and making the games unavailable to
people who really want to play 50-100 lines at a time."

show me where i said i felt more "entitled"?

my point was that they are making a limited number of game machines
unavailable to those who might actually want to play them for what
they were designed for. there are obviously MANY single play
machines in a casino that someone could play. even down to a nickel.
it is not that tough to understand.

Paul

#23

BANDSTAND54@AOL.COM wrote: Howdy Wranglers

If she hit anything resembling a paying hand she would first let
out a sound of delight..then clap her hands and then turned around as he did
and simultaneously kiss..ugh! She reacted the same with his play.This did
get tiring to Old Grumpy.
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#24

Paul wrote:

my point was that they are making a limited number of game machines
unavailable to those who might actually want to play them for what
they were designed for. there are obviously MANY single play
machines in a casino that someone could play. even down to a nickel.
it is not that tough to understand.

No, not that difficult to understand at all. I understood perfectly. What I
*didn't* understand was why this particular behavior would be annoying since
they had just as much right to be there and play that machine as you, no matter
what method of play they were using. If they weren't designed to play one line
at a time with a minimal bet, then it wouldn't have been provided as an option
on the game.

I have to wait in line at the grocery store, too. <shrug>

  --Brett

#25

<<are these totally inconsiderate SLOBS who think they are playing
> VP in their living room at home and feel inclined (actually

reclined!)

> to place their feet up on either side of the machine!>>

Ouch!

So sorry you feel that way. It is absolutely the only way I can play

VP over five minutes without my shoulders killing me.

Playing uprights for any length of time involves considerable moving
around every 15 or 20 minutes...eg put right foot up on the machine
pedestal...five minutes later put right forearm on right knee...switch
to left foot in 15 minutes...both feet 10 minutes after that...the
worst situation is where the pedestal is too high to comfortably put
your foot up...the El Cortez and the Vegas Club come to mind.

Same thing goes for slant tops...I'm always crossing and uncrossing my
legs...sitting with one leg tucked under, etc.

I guess one can say the VP promotes dexterity...

Don the Dentist

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#26

I hope they don't take off their shoes. Some of those "slobs" don't
Bathe.
Ted

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-----Original Message-----
From: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vpF…@…com] On Behalf Of
Paul
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 1:02 PM
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: Annoying VP Neighbors

what bothers me a lot (besides smokers and people who play one coin at
a time!), are these totally inconsiderate SLOBS who think they are
playing VP in their living room at home and feel inclined (actually
reclined!) to place their feet up on either side of the machine!

what's next? taking off your shoes?

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#27

<<let us say you are at a casino and like to play the 50 or 100 line
games (which you seem to enjoy). and let us further say the casino
only has about 5-6 of these machines ( one of the most popular local
casinos has that many).>>

I was not referring to multi-line when I wrote earlier. However, I feel everyone has the same right in a casino - to play whatever machine they like for whatever amount they wish. Most who tie up multi-lines aren't knowledgeable players and don't realize they are violating "good manners." Some of them feel that they might get lucky and can add lines as they win. I have known some occasions when players have "bought" the multi-line machines for a small amount. They used to do that at Ellis Island when there was a particularly lucrative promotion going on. Give those nickel players $5 or $10 and they will move fast!!!!

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#28

<<I hope they don't take off their shoes. Some of those "slobs" don't
Bathe.>>

I sometimes take off my shoes - but, of course, only when I have bathed recently!!!

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#29

I can tolerate the cigarette smoke in the casinos to a certain extent,
but some people smoke the most god awful smelling brands. I wonder if
the cheaper brands come with extra pesticides or something... they are
truly horrendous.

I agree with you 100% JBQ about the music. At Bally's in Atlantic City
it's been the same damn songs over and over and over...

Based on the recent threads on electronic devices, I don't know if we
can get away with the iPod!

-cigarette smoke in casinos

-lame music in casinos (I'm thinking I'll end up playing with an iPod
and noise-cancelling headphones if they let me).

-the fact that high-limit rooms only contains high-limit machines

(doh).

JBQ

> That being said..do you have anything you find annoying..beside my

posts?

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On 1/18/06, BANDSTAND54@a... <BANDSTAND54@a...> wrote:

#30

I admit to being the type of miserable bastard who gets no joy from
someone else's good fortune. I was playing recently at the Showboat
in Atlantic City and not much was coming my way. The guy next to me
however had a nice streak of getting full houses what seemed like
every third hand.

We chatted a bit when we were both idle and he was very nice.

But he was annoying the hell out of me when he kept hitting and I was
getting squat!

Of course, it's the turn of the cards that's annoying me and not the
person, but I can't help but be a little annoyed at the person also.

And soon enough the luck turns around and comes my way and I'm
probably annoying someone else with my good fortune.

That's okay though! :slight_smile:

Hey Grump, you keep complaining. I love you for it!!

Steve

Howdy Wranglers

Yes I am complaining again. I sat down at one of four machines that

offer

9/6 .25 JOB at TP in AC. There was a couple next to me occupying

two machines.

He would play a hand and she would watch. Then he would play a

hand and she

would watch. If she hit anything resembling a paying hand she

would first let

out a sound of delight..then clap her hands and then turned around

as he did

and simultaneously kiss..ugh! She reacted the same with his

play.This did

get tiring to Old Grumpy. (Hey maybe its me being jealous)

He would offer her advise on her play and they NEVER stopped

talking. It

boggles my mind how some people are not aware they may be

disturbing others. (I

know I am disturbed already and if I do not like it move or find

another

past time.

That being said..do you have anything you find annoying..beside my

posts?

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Da Grump

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#31

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Jean Scott" <QueenofComps@f...>
wrote:

I have known some occasions when players have "bought" the multi-
line machines for a small amount. They used to do that at Ellis
Island when there was a particularly lucrative promotion going on.
Give those nickel players $5 or $10 and they will move fast!!!!

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One of those "naive'" nickel players is still laughing and
scratching about the time I paid him $10 to relinguish that great
old GN 10 play nickle 10/7DB. He was playing it one nickle at
atime. While he played the 10 play, his wife was sitting on the
next stool, in front of a single-line 10/7DB, and "helping" him
decide what cards to hold. Each hand was taking 3 to 5 minutes to
play.

They surely thought that I was the world's looniest nutcase, as
they watched me lose $200.00 in about 30 minutes. They, on the
other hand, were delighted that their initial $1.00 investment, in
the neighboring machine, soon grew to $10.00. They gave me a pitying
smile before leaving with a $19.00 profit.

-Babe-

#32

You can't play 3 machines at a time without taking off your shoes.
Skip

Jean Scott wrote:

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<<I hope they don't take off their shoes. Some of those "slobs" don't
Bathe.>>

I sometimes take off my shoes - but, of course, only when I have bathed recently!!!

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Thanks!
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#33

Brett, I concur. From my own experience(not in LV)the paytable on the
multiplay machine is better than anything else in the casino. The
machine has DB 9/6 and everywhere else no matter what denomination it
is worse. I was playing single line full coin and this woman playing
next to me kept telling me to go to the bartop with its even worse
paytable. She kept putting in Bennies often in these non positive ER
games. She probably has a problem, so I say nothing.
Ed

No, not that difficult to understand at all. I understood perfectly.

What I

*didn't* understand was why this particular behavior would be

annoying since

they had just as much right to be there and play that machine as you,

no matter

what method of play they were using. If they weren't designed to play

one line

at a time with a minimal bet, then it wouldn't have been provided as

an option

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on the game.

I have to wait in line at the grocery store, too. <shrug>

  --Brett

#34

Hi Ed,

Actually, I think that you were a real gentleman! Had this rude woman
told me to "to go the bartop", I would have been tempted to tell her
to go somewhere else!

-Babe-

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In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "snowbird010339" <snowbird010339@y...>wrote:

.......From my own experience(not in LV)the paytable on the multiplay
machine is better than anything else in the casino. The machine has
DB 9/6 and everywhere else no matter what denomination it is worse. I
was playing single line full coin and this woman playing next to me
kept telling me to go to the bartop with its even worse paytable. She
kept putting in Bennies often in these non positive ER games. She
probably has a problem, so I say nothing.
Ed

#35

Skip, you know very perfectly well that I don't smoke.

Skip Hughes wrote:

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I think I've played next to that guy...
Skip

jackessiebabe wrote:

I don't care if you're banging buttons, smoking, drinking, farting, puking, chatting, screaming

#36

BANDSTAND54@AOL.COM wrote: Howdy Wranglers

Yes I am complaining again. I sat down at one of four machines that offer 9/6 .25 JOB at TP in AC. There was a couple next to me.......they NEVER stopped talking. It boggles my mind how some people are not aware they may be disturbing others. (I know I am disturbed already and if I do not like it move or find another
past time. That being said..do you have anything you find annoying..beside my posts? Da Grump<<<

Dear "Da Grump",
   
  I love your posts. . .not annoying at all! AND
  I thot that it was only me(and Bob Dancer w/that
  one rude, unknowledgable lady) and now YOU that got stuck sitting next to these people! I remember one time at Silverton I was sitting next to a couple playing the 2 spin poker machines next to me and every time one of them got a decent (like over the amount they bet) payout--they kissed! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!!!! And this couple was old enuf to know better!!!! AND what was really annoying was that I was winning/ahead so I "couldn't" leave!!!! Or you're sitting and minding your own business and the person next to you starts making comments about the machine and complaining etc! Who are they complaining to??? I don't care!! If they're so unhappy--stay home!!!! I guess they never hear about "swings", EV, Variance,1 royal every 40,000(?) hands etc!!!
   
  Thanks for complaining and letting me do the same!
  Jean H

Jean H--
   
  You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
  And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.... Dr. Suess

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#37

>>>>>>>BANDSTAND54@A... wrote: Howdy Wranglers
Yes I am complaining again. I sat down at one of four machines

that offer 9/6 .25 JOB at TP in AC. There was a couple next to
me.......they NEVER stopped talking. It boggles my mind how some
people are not aware they may be disturbing others. (I know I am
disturbed already and if I do not like it move or find another

past time. That being said..do you have anything you find

annoying..beside my posts? Da Grump<<<

Ya know, I really don't mind any of the stuff people
note as bothering them so far. I find it sort of the
equivelant of people watching entertainment. I assume
those couples that talk will get over it once they get
married. The only gripe I have is people who insist
on sitting directly next to me when there are rows of
empty chairs.

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#38

Dave--
  Is LV going to LV with you to play VP?
  Jean H
   

David Kitzinger <dkitzinger1@comcast.net> wrote: On my first video poker visit to Las Vegas, I'll CERTAINLY be watching people play!..... Dave

PS: I have to think about my usage of "LV" each time, since my wife of nearly 42 years is LV too, standing for La Verna. See how lucky I am?<<<<<

Jean H--
   
  You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
  And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.... Dr. Suess

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#39

Ha!!! Good one! Pay 'em off! Never thot of that. . . .but I'd feel
  kinda cheesy doing that and also I'm to cheap! I always wonder
  what these people are thinking about!? Don't they realize that you can play 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 etc lines on a 50 or 100 play machine BUT you can NOT play 50 lines on a 1, 5,10 play machine! You're right--poor gambling manners. . . . Jean H

Jean Scott <QueenofComps@frugalgambler.biz> wrote: I was not referring to multi-line when I wrote earlier. However, I feel everyone has the same right in a casino - to play whatever machine they like for whatever amount they wish. Most who tie up multi-lines aren't knowledgeable players and don't realize they are violating "good manners."
Some of them feel that they might get lucky and can add lines as they win. I have known some occasions when players have "bought" the multi-line machines for a small amount. They used to do that at Ellis Island when there was a particularly lucrative promotion going on. Give those nickel
players $5 or $10 and they will move fast!!!!

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Jean H--
   
  You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
  And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.... Dr. Suess

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#40

Thanks, Jean!

As a matter of fact LV has no interest in LV, none whatsoever! LV is the supergrandma, happily keeping all of us going, and derives her satisfactions from that. She wouldn't go to LV for all the tea in China, even though she does like certain select teas. Isn't it nice that she has never stood in my way, when I go off to LV? At those times LV and I become almost as tight as LV and I!

Dave

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  From: K Haka
  To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 2:02 PM
  Subject: Re: [vpFREE] Re: Annoying VP Neighbors

  Dave--
    Is LV going to LV with you to play VP?
    Jean H
     
  >>>David Kitzinger <dkitzinger1@comcast.net> wrote: On my first video poker visit to Las Vegas, I'll CERTAINLY be watching people play!..... Dave
  PS: I have to think about my usage of "LV" each time, since my wife of nearly 42 years is LV too, standing for La Verna. See how lucky I am?<<<<<

  Jean H--
     
    You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.
  You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
  You're on your own. And you know what you know.
    And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.... Dr. Suess

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