I can remove whoever doesn't want to play anymore... I can't believe it's become such a cluster f'k.. damnit.. 😟

DrafterX wrote:

I've met a couple recipients from donations.. they are very knowledgeable as to what they were receiving.. I work with a guy that served and received that knows much more than I do.. I will concede that alot of noobs try their first cigars from our gifts but they aren't the ones opening the boxes and distributing them...
We all love da troops and donate when we can.. if we need to dedicate a few squares to them I'm all for it.. but let's give this a little more time..

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DrafterX wrote:

That analogy though... lol

Doesn't make sense :P

Obviously a money pool would be, you put up the required money, you're in!!!

Nobody would gaf what you did with the money if you lost.

Everyone can enjoy money equally!!!

They're not going to spend 5 of the a $20 prize then throw the other $15 in the toilet because it tastes like azz.

I already agreed with you though, you can do what you want with your squares obviously, doesn't mean I can't have an opinion of it :P


Edit:

I do agree with you shaun though that if the troops have squares, the units should still be premiums.

bgz wrote:

I disagree, I think it does matter.

You're not going to go hand a noobie golfer a new set of high end Titlist player's irons. You would be doing both the noob player and the irons a great disservice.

You're not going to go hand your 8 year old wanting to learn how to play guitar a vintage Les Paul (that would just be plain stupid).

You're not going to give a beginner driver a Hellcat (unless you want to see the beginner wrapped around a telephone pole).

You really shouldn't hand a noob smoker an Opus X or a high end Padron because they'll get sick from the nicotine unless they waste most of it!!!

I could give analogies contrary to yours all day.

I'm going to disagree with you on this till the end of time... it does matter.

And no, they are not just $20 per square, that's the minimum...

Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should.

bgz wrote:

Those are all irrelevant for the obvious reason. You do not know the winner and if they are a noob or not. Also, that is not a betting pool where you have no control over who wins. Those arguments are all one on one interactions with controlled situations. This is gambling whether you like it or not and you don't get a say on how the person gets to enjoy their winnings.

shaun341 wrote:

Ben, I would not have thought you such the snob that the idea of a cigar considered more then an everyday going to someone you don't know as a problem. As a matter of fact there are plenty of cigars that I probably won't smoke and get if I won a quarter. Maybe I'll just throw them away without lighting them, so maybe I shouldn't be considered for this pool of chance.

shaun341 wrote:

You can disagree all you want but you are wrong in your thinking on this one, and come of a little snobbish and unappreciative of what a charity is supposed to be all about.

shaun341 wrote: