jase1 Aug 11, 2004

Flankensttein: A name given to a FPS gamer who constantly flanks to get kills.



"So I was playing COD yesterday, and some flankenstein came up from behind and shot me."





So I talked earlier in the thread about a hustle me and my my uncle Frank run on drunks. First let me describe Frank. He is 5'1" with a beer gut and huge beard and is always the loudest guy at the bar. He talks poo poo and will back it up. I have been around a couple of times he has gotten into fights and I would dare not gently caress with this man. The best story I could use to describe him is this one. He use to own a pool hall and it was a really popular one. He always held the money for big time pool matches. Some thugs found out about this and tried to rob him. They showed up with weapons and took everything from everyone in the hall at the time. So instead of doing the right thing and calling the police as soon as the the thugs left he actually got into his vehicle chased them down to some gas station and beat the poo poo out of all 3 of them and not only took the money and belongings back that they stole but he robbed them. He was arrested and charged with assault and something else but I can't remember what specifically the charge was. The man has no fear and to be honest I don't even know if the story is true but family members all stick by the story it may have just become legend around pool halls and things were added I just know people do not gently caress with this guy.



So here is the hustle Frank shows up at a bar around 5 pm and starts drinking and shooting pool looking like he just got off work. He continues to drink and the drunker he gets the more he starts talking poo poo about how no one in this place can beat him at pool. He may even beat a few guys but not for money just beat them for free drinks. Around 8 or 9 pm depending on how things are going he will call me up (or the other person involved in the hustle) and tell me its time to come to the bar. I show up and just start kicking everyones rear end in pool including his. He pretends to get more and more frustrated and then ask me to gamble with him. I tell him I don't have any money but if I did I would wipe the floor with him. He calls me names and things get animated this goes on for awhile all while I am continually kicking everyones rear end at the table. Eventually people get so pissed that they want me to shut him up so they start saying they will bet Frank I can beat him.



The first match I win and Frank pays everyone up but he is dropping hints that he has a lot of money and is going to make sure he gets it back. So then people start increasing the bet with frank usually how it works it starts around $50-$100 for the first match then increases as more people think that he is going to blow all his money while I continue to kick this guys rear end. The second game I beat him really bad to the point it looks like he is embarrassed. Again Frank gets the guys to increase the bet. Once we get to around $200-$300 a game thats when I start losing. The third game I make it look like it was a fluke like I scratch on the 8-ball or give him really good position on a ball and he runs out for the win. He goes nuts and talks a lot of poo poo pissing people off so I start saying stuff like I'm sorry guys it just happened but I know I can beat this guy again just give me another chance. The fourth match is usually where all the big money is up for grabs. I have seen guys practically begging Frank to bet him because they feel like I can kick his rear end. I lose the fourth match and Frank cleans up. Sometimes we can keep the hustle going I have seen people go to the ATM and take money out just to bet with Frank that I can beat him. I continually lose until people run out of money or Frank feels like he has taken the hustle as far as it can go without getting suspicious. I usually by the guys a round of drinks to apologize and bitch about what an rear end in a top hat that guy was while Frank leaves. I eventually leave and we split up the money. That hustle usually gets us around $500-2500 depending on the type of atmosphere we are in. If it's a dive bar you make less money but if it's a nice place like in downtown you can make some serious cash. The best part about the hustle is Frank really is hammered drunk but for some reason it does not affect his pool game the man is a machine.





Bromonium posted: Awesome thread -- makes me want to head downtown and start playing again. I've never been very good at gambling, and as an amateur pool player I usually just play for drinks and quarters for another game at a lovely local dive.



My question: how should I go about stepping up to better gambling with friends and strangers?



I am not really sure how to make someone a better gambler to be honest. The easiest way to get someone to gamble with you is to insult their ego especially if they are with people who they want to impress. This may sound mean but recently anyone with an affliction shirt seems to want to just give me tons of money. I don't know if they think they are MMA fighters and they have a rep to up hold but they always want to gamble with me especially if my girlfriend is with me. Its like they are showing her that they are macho and I am not. I don't really know why they are just douches.





Edit: I forgot to respond to one of the questions and I want to do that before I forget again.



Shasta Orange Soda posted: Also, do you ever feel guilty doing what you do? Not so much the bets where both players are fully aware of the consequences and the skill level of their opponent, but rather the part about pretending to be a below-average player so you can take advantage of intoxicated people, and purposefully getting them more intoxicated to better take advantage of them? It seems like you'd make more enemies in one night than most of us can rack up in a year. Is that something you can just shrug off, or does it weigh on you at all?



I never feel bad for anyone that gambles. This is a choice they make on their own if they make bad choices while intoxicated then they should stop becoming intoxicated. Most of the people I gamble with or hustle I rarely ever see them again so maybe that is why I don't feel bad because I don't see the impact of losing that money on them. My parents are very deeply religious and have a major problem with what I do. I could blame them for being a latch key kid who basically grew up in a pool hall but it was ultimately my decision to become a gambler. Most of the presents I purchase for my parents are from the money I have won. I bought my dad the first Ipad when it came out and it was all from my gambling bankroll. He loved the gift but about an hour later he was lecturing me on how awful it was to gamble I told him if you have a problem with me gambling then give me the Ipad back because thats what paid for it, of course he didn't give it back but since then he has laid low on the gambling is evil talk.



jase1 fucked around with this message at 19:55 on Mar 30, 2012