There has been a rather interesting discussion raging on videopoker.com forum on whether or not you should change machines if you are running bad. I thought you might get a kick out of my most recent reply. It's only my opinion and should not be taken too seriously. But it is a window into how I view the issue.
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Originally posted by brmcc74:
If they are getting tanked on a machine and decide to move, it is only an attempt to make a change to a negative pattern that has been occurring during that session(i.e=TIMING). Whats so wrong with changing machines?
FK-Reply
Well first we need to define exactly what we/I mean by changing machines.
Changing Machines = moving from one identical machine (for instance FPDW) to another identical machine, because the first one hasn't returned well. Same game type in the same casino during a single outing.
Now we can answer your question, "So what's wrong with changing machines?"
In eastern Africa an offshoot of the Bantu / Swahili tribe that worship the Siafu, an army ant from the genus Dorylus, gather together all the men in their village to make a week long trek with the tribal elder to retrieve the sacred rain-stones from their mountain temple. Towards the end of the yearly dry period, they believe it is necessary to pray using the sacred stones to bring the yearly monsoon. It's a nice ceremony and I'm sure a very interesting hike up and down the mountain. Of course I think "we the enlightened" can all agree that praying to some sacred river stones and allowing some sacred ants to bite us, isn't really what brings the yearly rainy season for the Siafu people.
All that time they spent getting painted up and trekking around dangerous mountains where there are frequent fatalities (god's sacrifice) could be spent gathering food during the lean times and helping their women prepare for the coming rains...which would have come regardless what they did or didn't do, or what god they prayed to--and in this case, how they prayed to him. The Siafu want to change the pattern of drought, one certainly can't blame them for that. Where one can find fault with their logic is in their choice of superstition over substance.
Time is precious and finite. Wasting time on pointless things that can't really influence the future is therefore a type of crime against nature--Especially if it diverts your attention/time away from things that could make a difference.
I was going to end this by correlating that true account of the Siafu to video poker, but I think I'd rather you did that yourself.
~FK
