The War Room Bet Thread

[Lead]

Mostly because one could choose a quote by Hitler that is benign, like "I love dogs!" whereas if you were forced to pick a 3rd party's laudatory quote, it pretty much becomes controversial. "I love dogs" - Adolf Hitler doesn't look nearly as bad as "Adolf Hitler was a tremendous man of boundless goodwill and staggering beauty" - H. Clinton

1. Percent Margin Donald Trump beats Clinton by in the US Pres. election popular vote
2. Concurrent GOAT- 0.1% to 2.0% Rex Kwon Do 2.0%+
3. 11/08/16
4. Signature bet- Winner picks the loser's signature; signature chosen must be quote praising Adolf Hitler, Fuhrer of Germany OR a quote by Adolf Hitler himself
5. 11/09/16-12/08/16 (Depends when the results are completely in)

I think you meant to replace Concurrent's name with Knight there

 

[Rex Kwon Do]

"I've got my Wad of hundreds and my magnum dong condoms and I'm ready to plow!"

"You should see him feast, he's like a mantis!"

"Oooooh yeah, I like that..! Call me Mantis from now on!"

Tremendous scene, rivaled only by the whole Mac-Dennis exchange in the store regarding "The Implication." American exceptionalism.

 

[Rex Kwon Do]

I think you meant to replace Concurrent's name with Knight there

Doh (Rex Kwon Doh indeed). Right you are. Fixed to include our kilted friend.

 

[Rex Kwon Do]

I accept to that. @Rex Kwon Do , I assume the bet becomes void/nobody wins or loses if the unthinkable happens?

We'll have much more to worry if the cucks are running the asylum, to mix metaphors for a moment, if the unthinkable happened () than our av bet, but don't worry, that's only a slightly more reasonable concern than the sun not rising tomorrow.

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Does this mean Quip has a wager in the works!? He's been trying since page 1 here. The guy deserves some comp or it's going to look like people are ducking him here.

My av is spoken for and so is my sig (pending); we can't draw blood from a stone here, guys! We can always have a bet going in 2020 re: the margin Caudillo Trump wins his reelection by, 10-15% or 15+%, for example.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

Does this mean Quip has a wager in the works!? He's been trying since page 1 here. The guy deserves some comp or it's going to look like people are ducking him here.

I wanna throw him a sympathy bet just for trying so hard. It'd have to be a sig bet only. Problem is I've lost that thing called giving a shit with this election.

 

[KnightTemplar]

Mostly because one could choose a quote by Hitler that is benign, like "I love dogs!" whereas if you were forced to pick a 3rd party's laudatory quote, it pretty much becomes controversial. "I love dogs" - Adolf Hitler doesn't look nearly as bad as "Adolf Hitler was a tremendous man of boundless goodwill and staggering beauty" - H. Clinton

1. Percent Margin Donald Trump beats Clinton by in the US Pres. election popular vote
2. @KnightTemplar - 0.1% to 2.0% @Rex Kwon Do 2.0%+
3. 11/08/16
4. Signature bet- Winner picks the loser's signature; signature chosen must be quote praising Adolf Hitler, Fuhrer of Germany OR a quote by Adolf Hitler himself
5. 11/09/16-12/08/16 (Depends when the results are completely in)

 

[KnightTemplar]

The omens are looking good for The Donald; the election is held on the same day as the Munich Beer Hall Putsch in 1923. Although Hitler failed in his attempt to overthrow the German government by force, it became a defining moment to the Nazis. They celebrated it every year, and the Nazis who died during the Putsch were venerated as heroes.

 

[Rex Kwon Do]

The omens are looking good for The Donald; the election is held on the same day as the Munich Beer Hall Putsch in 1923. Although Hitler failed in his attempt to overthrow the German government by force, it became a defining moment to the Nazis. They celebrated it every year, and the Nazis who died during the Putsch were venerated as heroes.

I'm liking this post because it pointed out an interesting historical fact.

 

[Jack V Savage]

Mostly because one could choose a quote by Hitler that is benign, like "I love dogs!" whereas if you were forced to pick a 3rd party's laudatory quote, it pretty much becomes controversial. "I love dogs" - Adolf Hitler doesn't look nearly as bad as "Adolf Hitler was a tremendous man of boundless goodwill and staggering beauty" - H. Clinton

1. Percent Margin Donald Trump beats Clinton by in the US Pres. election popular vote
2. @KnightTemplar - 0.1% to 2.0% @Rex Kwon Do 2.0%+
3. 11/08/16
4. Signature bet- Winner picks the loser's signature; signature chosen must be quote praising Adolf Hitler, Fuhrer of Germany OR a quote by Adolf Hitler himself
5. 11/09/16-12/08/16 (Depends when the results are completely in)

This is lame since it's unlikely that either of you will have to pay up.

 

[KnightTemplar]

This is lame since it's unlikely that either of you will have to pay up.

So make it a straight win or lose bet. I pick Hilary to win, by whatever margin.

 

[Lead]

This is lame since it's unlikely that either of you will have to pay up.

That's the weird thing about this bet. Rex says Clinton has no chance of winning yet his bets make it that he has no punishment if she does

 

[Jack V Savage]

That's the weird thing about this bet. Rex says Clinton has no chance of winning yet his bets make it that he has no punishment if she does

Gotta question his sincerity on that one.

 

[Quipling]

My av is spoken for and so is my sig (pending); we can't draw blood from a stone here, guys! We can always have a bet going in 2020 re: the margin Caudillo Trump wins his reelection by, 10-15% or 15+%, for example.

That's the weird thing about this bet. Rex says Clinton has no chance of winning yet his bets make it that he has no punishment if she does

This is a great point. Currently, Rex only has to pay off his Sig/av for a 0-2 Trump victory. There's still blood in that stone. The bet treats a Clinton win as a nullify. - the conditions of the first bet are such that he will never ha to pay out his sig or av twice even if he has to pay the coin in the event of a Clinton loss. No reason not to take the bet.

If he's worried about fleecing me, though, he can always put more on the table than I do.

 

[Lead]

Tis official again

@KnightTemplar v. @Rex Kwon Do
1. Percent Margin Donald Trump beats Clinton by in the US Pres. election popular vote
2. @KnightTemplar 0.1% to 2.0% @Rex Kwon Do 2.0%+
3. 11/08/16
4. Signature bet- Winner picks the loser's signature; signature chosen must be quote praising Adolf Hitler, Fuhrer of Germany OR a quote by Adolf Hitler himself
5. 11/09/16-12/08/16 (Depends when the results are completely in)

And so Rex Kwon Do, coming back from the heavies, throws two bets out there off the bat like it's nothin.

 

[Lead]

@Rex Kwon Do

I realized the way you bet, you easily can do a third bet and if you do think Clinton will not win, you are just picking up the potential of three wins all at once. Let's use some Game Theory here:

Two Bets only:
Trump wins 2.0%+> You are 2-0 handing out a sig and av to the losers
Trump wins 0.1-2.0%> You are 0-2 with and have to change your av and sig
Clinton wins> 0-0 Nothing happens, the epic build up fizzled to nothing

Three bets option
Trump wins 2.0%+> You are 3-0 handing out either 2 sigs and av or 2 av and a sig to the losers. You completely crush the v1 of this thread.
Trump wins 0.1-2.0%> You are 1-2 with and have to change your av and sig BUT you get to hand out an av or sig
Clinton wins> You are 0-1 and have to change you av or sig

Don't you see the higher reward over risk in the second scenario? And @Quipling is just sitting there as you mentioned ready to be another victim of a potential massacre you are setting up in this thread. Would it not be in the true spirit of a McGregor fan to go even bigger or go home, especially when the bigger is still easy money?

What say you?

 

[Lead]

Also, there is the 2 bet minimum but just like the 1000 post/1 year rule, its with the discretion of not being overloaded with requests. I easily would okay something this eventful for the thread.

 

[Rex Kwon Do]

If he's worried about fleecing me, though, he can always put more on the table than I do.

What, my Ferrari against your av?

 

[Rex Kwon Do]

@Rex Kwon Do

I realized the way you bet, you easily can do a third bet and if you do think Clinton will not win, you are just picking up the potential of three wins all at once. Let's use some Game Theory here:

Two Bets only:
Trump wins 2.0%+> You are 2-0 handing out a sig and av to the losers
Trump wins 0.1-2.0%> You are 0-2 with and have to change your av and sig
Clinton wins> 0-0 Nothing happens, the epic build up fizzled to nothing

Three bets option
Trump wins 2.0%+> You are 3-0 handing out either 2 sigs and av or 2 av and a sig to the losers. You completely crush the v1 of this thread.
Trump wins 0.1-2.0%> You are 1-2 with and have to change your av and sig BUT you get to hand out an av or sig
Clinton wins> You are 0-1 and have to change you av or sig

Don't you see the higher reward over risk in the second scenario? And @Quipling is just sitting there as you mentioned ready to be another victim of a potential massacre you are setting up in this thread. Would it not be in the true spirit of a McGregor fan to go even bigger or go home, especially when the bigger is still easy money?

What say you?

I dunno, it feels dishonorable to me to make separate bets with the same thing at stake, regardless of the logical impossibility of those separate bets needing to be fulfilled simultaneously. It's an affront to my sense of propriety.

I will consider it, though. But I also might want to leave someting available for betting on Alvarez/McGregor, which pretty much coincides with the election.

 

[Lead]

I dunno, it feels dishonorable to me to make separate bets with the same thing at stake, regardless of the logical impossibility of those separate bets needing to be fulfilled simultaneously. It's an affront to my sense of propriety.

I will consider it, though. But I also might want to leave someting available for betting on Alvarez/McGregor, which pretty much coincides with the election.

You aren't able to overlap with McGregor/Alvarez the same way you can with your bets here because Trump could win by 0.1-2.0% and Alvarez could win. You'd have overlap.

 

[Quipling]

You aren't able to overlap with McGregor/Alvarez the same way you can with your bets here because Trump could win by 0.1-2.0% and Alvarez could win. You'd have overlap.

Well, it was worth trying.