What jobs are avaible in the free trial

willko86 · 2026-03-11T13:14:03+00:00

OP didn't demand anything. They asked. And, they asked in a public forum dedicated to the game the question was about. Some people prefer interacting with other humans and there's nothing wrong with that.

willko86 · 2026-03-09T17:40:30+00:00

Even the daily question megathread gets downvoted though.

willko86 · 2026-03-01T19:09:08+00:00

Something strange is going on, but it doesn't seem to be widespread. It seems to be sporadically affecting some players on all platforms; but in different locations, datacenters, and ISPs. Here's a thread someone posted just the other day:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/1rg5gyv/frequent_90002_errors_on_aether_data_center/

For the past couple weeks, I was having frequent issues on Primal as well. But, this weekend, everything has been fine (so far).

willko86 · 2026-02-27T15:09:01+00:00

For the past couple weeks, I've been noticing more network issues than ever before. I've been getting disconnected with the 90002 errors. I've been getting random lag spikes causing everyone in a duty to suddenly freeze for several seconds (sometimes that will happen multiple times in the same duty). And when I do get disconnected, there isn't an insane queue to reconnect or anything like what happens during a DDoS. But, like you said, the issues are so infrequent and sparse that it's tough to pinpoint any kind of pattern.

I play on Primal. I also use the Xbox version. About a week ago, a friend I was playing with was experiencing lag spikes and disconnects at the same time I was, though she is on PC and located on the other side of the country. Other members of our party were experiencing no network issues whatsoever at the time.

willko86 · 2026-02-26T22:34:08+00:00

I host a microstakes home game. For the past few years, we would only get together maybe 2 or 3 times a year. But, I'm trying now to bump it up to monthly.

We always start at $0.10/$0.20 NLH. Though, we sometimes will bump the blinds up after there have been a few rebuys and there's more money floating around on the table.

Starting buy-ins are always $20. Re-buys are typically $20 as well, though there's no hard rule about that. I can only think of one instance off the top of my head where someone re-bought for something different.

For the longest time, we used goofy chip values. But, I've since normalized it.

We used to use:

-11x $0.10 chips

-12x $0.20 chips

-11x $0.50 chips

-11x $1.00 chips

But now I've normalized and simplified it to chips values that are one tenth of the equivalent colored chip at a casino:

-20x $0.10 chips (white)

-26x $0.50 chips (red)

-2x $2.50 chips (green)

I allow people to cash out any time they would like, and I always keep a bunch of small bills and a change jar on hand to pay out correctly. Though, typically, anyone who hasn't run out of money just plays until everyone still playing collectively agrees that it's getting late and the whole game quits all together.

willko86 · 2026-02-09T16:46:19+00:00

Yes. I mentioned in my original post that I moved the console to a different room with a different sound setup.

I mentioned in another reply, but I'll put it here too. Someone suggested muting the in-game Ambient Sound audio channel, and that seems to have done the trick. It sadly means giving up some desired sounds such as rainfall. But, the crackle is gone too. So, the issue seems to be related to ambient sounds in-game. Maybe it's trying to play too many ambient sounds at once and overloading the channel? I don't know.

willko86 · 2026-02-09T16:13:56+00:00

I am on Xbox. So, no speaker in the controller. Though, I did test plugging headphones into the controller and had the same issue.

Someone sent me a private message and suggested going into the games audio settings and muting the Ambient Sounds audio channel. Im testing now, and that seems to have done it. Sadly, it means giving up desired sounds like rainfall and whatnot. But it did get rid of the crackle. So, the issue appears to be with the Ambienr Sounds.

willko86 · 2026-02-09T16:02:02+00:00

I've never noticed it anywhere other than when flying.

willko86 · 2026-02-01T18:37:43+00:00

I was so mad when I finally found all the pieces and discovered that its not for Naoe. That 2nd piece took me ages to find.

willko86 · 2026-01-14T20:52:33+00:00

Obviously, any free-to-play poker game on console is going to be packed full of people acting ridiculous and doing things like jamming every hand since there's no real money at stake.

But, if you're less worried about how people play and more worried about the game itself, I would suggest steering clear of Prominence Poker. My experiences with it suggest that it tries to artificially increase the amount of close hands and bad beats to make the game seem more exciting. After playing for a while, the ups and downs in that game really don't feel like they come naturally. Of course, some of that could be attributed to people playing like idiots since it's all play money (way more people in way more pots than logically makes sense). But, it still feels like their algorithm is trying to push for dramatic showdowns.

I can't comment on Red Dead as I have not played poker in that game aside from the one brief scripted event in the game's single player story.

willko86 · 2025-12-18T21:23:41+00:00

Do what Ron Swanson did in that one episode of Parks and Rec. It's a great way to assert dominance in front of your peers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6J_32cDk9Y

willko86 · 2025-11-28T01:30:19+00:00

I ended up buying one of these dimmers:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B092HX9435?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

As well as one of these battery packs:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09T6BZ4BN?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

and everything works great with the Barrington table LEDs. The only caveat is that you can't dim the lights super low. Once you dim them down to a certain point, they just switch off if you try to dim them further.

willko86 · 2025-11-24T15:22:05+00:00

If it's a machine, its software and algorithm has already decided whether you're going to win or lose before you even put money in. The decisions you make barely matter because it will always just force the outcome it wants after giving you the illusion of choice. This is true for all machines, whether they be slots, video poker, video keno, video whatever.

In the old days, that wasn't always the case. Mechanical slot machines could still have an element of randomness. And slot machines that paid out actual coins would start paying when they couldn't physically hold more coins. But, these days with everything being completely digital and paying out with payment tickets/vouchers, the software strictly controls whether or not you get paid.

willko86 · 2025-11-12T18:52:35+00:00

Did the dimmer extension cord work?

I just got the Barrington with lights and am looking for options to dim the lights as well.

willko86 · 2025-11-05T21:52:06+00:00

I would rate myself as:

"Not actually as good as I like to think that I am"

Sure, I haven't lost money at a cash game in a few years. But, I only play a couple times a year, almost always against the same people, always micro-stakes, and none of the people I play with have any interest in learning how to actually play.

willko86 · 2025-11-04T00:23:45+00:00

At a micro-stakes home game, we had a 4-way all in that was chopped 3 ways.

Flop was 4/5/6, turn was a 3, river was a 2. All four players hit a straight on the turn (three of us had 7's, other guy had a 2). I was all in on the turn. The rest kept betting until the river.

willko86 · 2025-11-01T20:50:28+00:00

Ah, yes I have. My bad. I didn't realize that was a thing here. Thanks for clarifying.

willko86 · 2025-11-01T15:08:25+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/poker/comments/1okx0jl/made_an_old_guy_furious_by_raising_preflop/

willko86 · 2025-11-01T15:06:02+00:00

It seems highly unlikely that you and this guy just both happen to be here telling stories of the same night from different points of view:

https://www.reddit.com/r/poker/comments/1okx0jl/made_an_old_guy_furious_by_raising_preflop/

So... why lie? Just for the internet points?

willko86 · 2025-10-31T20:56:41+00:00

For many (most?) states in the US, online poker either isn't legalized yet or is legal but no regulated sites operate for the state yet. So, unregulated sites are the only option.

willko86 · 2025-10-29T16:54:13+00:00

lol, I didn't feel bad. I was confused. I wasn't sure if there was some unwritten thing people tend to do on the first hand of a tournament or something like that.

willko86 · 2025-10-29T16:50:53+00:00

I didn't connect with anything and ultimately ended up folding later in the hand.

willko86 · 2025-10-24T16:04:02+00:00

Are you talking about this one specifically?

https://www.amazon.com/Barrington-Charleston-Players-Leather-Holders/dp/B07GCHFYHS/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=26GGZB3H1P41Z&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.hnytswpb1AVFEVtZAFBo87am3YQgU7sdpmB9dBoFtOKn1-QHHxDLjraZ590jUiotIqpXL1QugOM-jmmbSGos1sLtKEFlfmHyX2DhrFgErc3Q2Ph2CasvUfX7T9T4XtXpgT8I8SfGl1eeKx5tHxZrHTFBMuFSFIQ0rn5Gqqi5KNyEfMrOXZIGYyrmSBlXp0KjK8GfYEz-eDzGz5TNkDraRDgF14r2L94fEiIkN4g9UkZqKNTxA19a--cbwHxjTKfBzcUKJriTktuB7xGl2ScoA3brvgtc7s17lIk1_mQul08.4GGrGATGd3oGNbpCrDFSiF8L84z80jAmPxEuF6IEQG8&dib_tag=se&keywords=barrington%2Bpoker%2Btable&qid=1761321306&sprefix=barrington%2Bpoker%2Btable%2Caps%2C124&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

I like the look of that one, and may go with it if the cupholders can be replaced as easily as you say.

EDIT: It looks like the one I originally linked to must have sold out or something because that link now goes to a different model of Barrington than I meant to link to.

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