Best Of

So... Let's talk about poker...

I played a lot on week one for no particular reason, certain that I would be pretty low on the rankings.

It was fun, but I felt like I was done with the mode already.

Somehow, I ranked #168... So, despite my immense burnout and statements to the contrary, I was now committed.

Week two, I placed #80.

3 days into week 3, I'm already nearing 300k points... but I'm running out of resources and willpower. The rewards aren't even worth this much effort, we all know it - but sunk cost has me psychologically trapped.

TLDR: Week one of poker was fun, but the following two weeks felt like work. 21 days was entirely too long for this event and part of me feels like I might need a long break when it's over.

P.S. My thumbs hurt.

Something that dawned on me at the outset of mcoc Video Poker was that if you aren’t going to put in the (insane) effort to rank top 1%, the value of the rank rewards drop off substantially.

Over two weeks I’ve been consistently 40-50K/6-10%, and I’ve had to choke back a little vomit to even do that. That would net me two paragon crystals, 1/6 of a 7* basic and a basic 6* crystal.

I’m not sure that’s worth the value of my time.

Dr. Zola