I guarantee we'll win at least one in New Orleans and bring the series back to Portland

[KingSpeed]

Uhhh, I don't think an actor spending a few bucks on going to a game or two is a huge sacrifice.

It cost me about $1500. Not a few bucks. And I'm unemployed.

 

[KingSpeed]

You do realize that you have now shown that he gets grief either way... How exactly is that fair to him and make him want to do it?

In other words. Stop with the bet talk. No more. This will be your warning.

I wasn't giving him grief. He was right both times. I was dead wrong on the Orlando deal. And the other bet was his idea. Just complimenting him for owning me.

 

[jlprk]

It cost me about $1500. Not a few bucks. And I'm unemployed.

Ban that motherfucker! This unemployed bum is RUINING the board!

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

It cost me about $1500. Not a few bucks. And I'm unemployed.

That's what I thought. Waste of money then...how much money you got in the bank and how much residual money?

I know it is personal but without that info your sacrifice is unknowable.

 

[KingSpeed]

That's what I thought. Waste of money then...how much money you got in the bank and how much residual money?

I know it is personal but without that info your sacrifice is unknowable.

I probably have less than most of you but I get by.

 

[jlprk]

Can I borrow 50 bucks, man?

 

[julius]

I probably have less than most of you but I get by.

Somehow I doubt that. I doubt many of us could just drop 1500 like it's nothing.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

I want double my money back!

 

[Chris Craig]

I probably have less than most of you but I get by.

Your an actor I dont make that kind of money

 

[Orion Bailey]

What are you freaking out about? I was saying BonesJones was right! If he stuck with the bet he initially made, he'd have $50. He would've won the Orlando bet too!

Not freaking out, just calling you out.

Wait, @HCP gets called out for not being positive enough on his season prediction. @KingSpeed gets called out for being too positive on a couple of playoff road games.

Big deal if King was wrong, he put out good money to see the Blazers shit the bed in NO. Much respect.

Apples to oranges. Spending money on a game is a different topic than making guarantees that dont pan out and then twisting into someone else being wrong.

I wasn't giving him grief. He was right both times. I was dead wrong on the Orlando deal. And the other bet was his idea. Just complimenting him for owning me.

It did not read like you were saying he is right and you were wrong as much as it read you were saying he was wrong in not taking the bet. Hence sidestepping your innacurate guarantee by deflecting attention to him being wrong to not take the bet.
Sure isnt how it read, but okay. Benefit of the doubt and my apologies.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Apples to oranges. Spending money on a game is a different topic than making guarantees that dont pan out and then twisting into someone else being wrong.

Not really. King traveled to support his team, not understanding why people would give him shit for that.

 

[KingSpeed]

Your an actor I dont make that kind of money

I'm not a working actor. I had about $0 in my account after I paid for this trip. Then got a residual check so I get by.

 

[KingSpeed]

Somehow I doubt that. I doubt many of us could just drop 1500 like it's nothing.

I didn't drop it like it was nothing. I dropped it like it was everything.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Not really. King traveled to support his team, not understanding why people would give him shit for that.

I dont think anyone one was giving him shit for traveling to support the team???

Its not owning up to a gurantee that didnt pan out and then coming into the thread and twisting it into a “bones was wrong yet again” statement.
I have huge respect for kings fandom aNd believe him to be one of the biggest fans i know.

Doesnt change how his one sentance statement read as taking zero ownership for his prediction and instead deflecting inaccuracies onto another member.
You do see that, right?

No big deal but im gonna point it out as i see it.

Again if that isnt what he was doing, lol. Then i apologize, but it sure reads like thats what he was doing.

 

[BBert]

Tough crowd.

 

[Chris Craig]

Look you can't really hold him to that guarentee...it was just him being a fan and trying to lift morale. He had no control over the Blazers actually winning or losing. He probably should have stated all this after the loss yesterday and offered an apology, but whatever. Im not going to hold a grudge

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Look you can't really hold him to that guarentee...it was just him being a fan and trying to lift morale. He had no control over the Blazers actually winning or losing. He probably should have stated all this after the loss yesterday and offered an apology, but whatever. Im not going to hold a grudge

Apologize for what?

 

[Nikolokolus]

Mods, this thread should be stickied until next November. It'd be kind of like an electric pillory.

 

[Strenuus]

I am not a mod to compare this to myself as one, but this seems over the top for one to me. It is like you are equating it to our one major rule we have here and this isn't that (even close) at all.

Never said ban. Just said it's his only warning. I have no reason to ban @KingSpeed . Those were implications some have made, which was partly my fault for not laying it out word for word.

 

[Strenuus]

I wasn't giving him grief. He was right both times. I was dead wrong on the Orlando deal. And the other bet was his idea. Just complimenting him for owning me.

Doesn't come across as that. Then again, it's the internet. Anyway, I stand by my statement.

And again, for the record since there are people that thought I was going to ban you, that was never in the equation.

 

[KingSpeed]

Apologize for what?

Exactly. For believing in the team?

 

[Strenuus]

I bet that he won't. Not that there's anything wrong with it. You're threatening to ban him?

Never said I was going to ban.

 

[Strenuus]

calm down

Wasn't uncalm.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I will never allow Strenuus to enjoy the pure bliss of banning someone. That is only for me.

 

[BBert]

I don't have a problem (at all) with King posting these threads. In fact, I even approve of them. But if you are wrong, step up and admit it after. Just like you would if you were right. Saying someone else was right is not the same as coming out and manning up that you were wrong. We all have misses. It happens. No reason to worry about it if you handle it right.

What does King have to "admit" though? He "believed harder" and "guaranteed" something anyone with two brain cells knows he had no control over. Including him. His "guarantee" was the hyperbole of a die hard fan. What's he supposed to say? "Hey Everyone. In case you didn't know, the Blazers didn't win one of the games in New Orleans. So my prediction about something I had no control over didn't happen. Sorry I failed you?"

 

[KingSpeed]

What does King have to "admit" though? He "believed harder" and "guaranteed" something anyone with two brain cells knows he had no control over. Including him. His "guarantee" was the hyperbole of a die hard fan. What's he supposed to say? "Hey Everyone. In case you didn't know, the Blazers didn't win one of the games in New Orleans. So my prediction about something I had no control over didn't happen. Sorry I failed you?"

Precisely.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

What does King have to "admit" though? He "believed harder" and "guaranteed" something anyone with two brain cells knows he had no control over. Including him. His "guarantee" was the hyperbole of a die hard fan. What's he supposed to say? "Hey Everyone. In case you didn't know, the Blazers didn't win one of the games in New Orleans. So my prediction about something I had no control over didn't happen. Sorry I failed you?"

King should have ripped off all of his clothes and ran down on to the court.

Soy Bomb!

 

[KeepOnRollin]

Never said ban. Just said it's his only warning. I have no reason to ban @KingSpeed . Those were implications some have made, which was partly my fault for not laying it out word for word.

First I am not the one that assumed ban. Second, I not sure what "only warning" accomplishes. That means there is something more than a warning next time? What would that be? Third even those who break the cardinal rule in here get many more than only 1 warning. Fourth, there have been plenty of bets in here. I have paid @SlyPokerDog 120 bucks on a lost bet before. Bets aren't against any rules. Once again, I not a mod so take this with a grain of salt but I think the whole post was better left unwritten, in any form.

Edit: Actually it was 200 bucks! Ouch.

 

[julius]

I didn't drop it like it was nothing. I dropped it like it was everything.

If you dropped 1500 like it was "everything", then you handle your money really badly. If 1500 was everything to me, the last thing i'd do is go follow an NBA team around for a bit. Now if I had residuals coming in...

 

[Chris Craig]

What does King have to "admit" though? He "believed harder" and "guaranteed" something anyone with two brain cells knows he had no control over. Including him. His "guarantee" was the hyperbole of a die hard fan. What's he supposed to say? "Hey Everyone. In case you didn't know, the Blazers didn't win one of the games in New Orleans. So my prediction about something I had no control over didn't happen. Sorry I failed you?"

If I had made that guarantee, I would have eaten crow and gave an apology or statement to that affect.