Skill-Based Gaming
Would you like to have the opportunity to use your physical and cognitive abilities to make money while you are playing skill-based games? I would be very happy if someone decided to open a casino or an entertainment centre that gave people the opportunity to play skill-based games for cash. At the moment, the only option that people like you and me have is poker. I think it is inaccurate to call poker a real skill-based game. While there is definitely some skill involved in the game, I think it would be more accurate to describe it as game that involves a lot of luck and some patience and logic. A real skill-based game should have little or no element of chance. Unfortunately it is currently impossible to make a living from playing real skill-based games without being a member of some kind of professional organization. I think people should have the option to play real skill-based games for money without being sponsored or employed by a corporation or a wealthy businessman.
Imagine what it would be like to go to a large entertainment centre where you could use your own money to compete against other people for cash while you are playing skill-based games that you enjoy. You could have the option of playing numerous games that can be played in a large indoor facility. You could play videogames that are suitable for multiplayer competition, chess, tennis, table tennis, billiards, darts, bowling, hockey, basketball, track and field, swimming, televised game shows that could test your physical or cognitive abilities, and the list goes on. The entertainment centre could host daily tournaments, leagues, and monthly televised events that would feature the best players or teams from the various games that are played in the building.
I am going to give you a quick example of what I have on my mind. Let’s say you are not a talented athlete, but you’re a good videogame player. You could decide to pay a fee to have access to a booth or a small room where you could play videogames or watch movies. You could decide to challenge seven opponents in a simple track and field game (100m dash) that involves the rapid pushing of one button. (Push the button 70 times as fast as you can to get from point A to point B, as simple as that) The entry fee could be $10. The prize structure would 1st place $40, 2nd place $24, 3rd place $16.
So what do you think? Would any of you be interested in the things that I described?
Imagine what it would be like to go to a large entertainment centre where you could use your own money to compete against other people for cash while you are playing skill-based games that you enjoy. You could have the option of playing numerous games that can be played in a large indoor facility. You could play videogames that are suitable for multiplayer competition, chess, tennis, table tennis, billiards, darts, bowling, hockey, basketball, track and field, swimming, televised game shows that could test your physical or cognitive abilities, and the list goes on. The entertainment centre could host daily tournaments, leagues, and monthly televised events that would feature the best players or teams from the various games that are played in the building.
I am going to give you a quick example of what I have on my mind. Let’s say you are not a talented athlete, but you’re a good videogame player. You could decide to pay a fee to have access to a booth or a small room where you could play videogames or watch movies. You could decide to challenge seven opponents in a simple track and field game (100m dash) that involves the rapid pushing of one button. (Push the button 70 times as fast as you can to get from point A to point B, as simple as that) The entry fee could be $10. The prize structure would 1st place $40, 2nd place $24, 3rd place $16.
So what do you think? Would any of you be interested in the things that I described?
Comments
from previous posts he sounds like a long term losing player who equates poker to purely luck.
You can talk till your blue in the face, but won't change his mind.
Because I'm disciplined.
Mark
If there are millions of bad chess players who are willing to lose a lot of money as there is in poker, then I'd be playing chess instead of bothering to learn how to play poker. It's the element of SHORT-TERM LUCK that makes poker so popular and keeps the losers in the game. The average chess player has no chance of winning a chess game against a professional grandmaster, but any donkey can get lucky and win pots from Daniel Negreanu. In the long run, luck is negated in poker and a skilled player will make a lot of money from exploiting the errors of less skilled players. That is why ILP - I Love Poker!
I think you are describing a slot tournament.
www.chesshere.com
www.chessanytime.com
www.uschess.org
etc....
Are you still playing poker 20 to 60 hours a week?
I didn’t create this thread to start a debate about the amount of skill that is involved in the game. It is just my personal opinion that luck plays too big of a role in the game. I would rather play a game where I had a chance of winning every game that I played. Or I would at least want to play a card game with a smaller element of chance. There is a modified version of the card game crazy 8s that I play with my friends. (For money of course) It is a two player game that involves some luck and a lot of strategy. A player with a bad memory that is competing against someone that can easily count the 52 cards in the deck could lose as much as 90% of their games.
It all depends on how busy I am. I have a part-time job. If I don’t have to spend a lot of time outside of my apartment, then I will spend more time playing online poker. 20 – 60 hours a week is also the amount of time that I might spend doing a combination of things like watching TV, surfing the net, or playing videogames. I am usually multitasking when I am playing poker.
Sorry, I don’t like fat chicks. I like women with a little bit of meat on their bones, especially if the weight is in the right places, but I have my limits.
I would say that I win about 60% - 75% of the crazy 8 games that I play with my friends. It depends on how good my opponent is.
Better yet, simply eliminate the "Skill game" that you have an advantage in and simply demand the money from the would be sucker up front. Wastes far less time.
You seem to miss the obvious point that poker is so appealing simply because of the luck factor.
Which brings me to an interesting question:
Who's the bigger donkey, the one that thinks poker is "All luck", or the wannabe pro that thinks they should win like 90% of their sessions?
I'll grant the former is probably more profitable (and fun) to play against, but the latter is more satisfying to clean out...
Poker Zen Riddle?