To make it easy for myself to organize my research and write pick analyses, I will put pick research in the home page's source code. Use the "View Source" option in your browser to see it.
I will try to motivate myself to post well ahead of event start time by noting the event time.
I used to use WhatsApp, which was bought by Facebook and turned into another tentacle of the almighty ad machine, so I ditched it. I then used Telegram, which started going full microtransaction route and nagging with premium feature offers, so I ditched it too. Now I'm only using Viber, which started inserting ads and forcing sponsored messages down my throat. I see that trend as vile and untenable hence I've decided to make my own messaging app.
My goals for the app are:
The app will be paid (price to be determined). Why pay for it if I'll make it open source and offer it for free? You pay to get my content and stay in touch with me, which will also support the website.
After a 4-month break, I am ready to restart my sports betting research efforts. I feel refreshed and rejuvenated due to moving to a new apartment and overall reorganizing my life to be more relaxed. I actually started shedding a lot of weight (8kg and counting) immediately after I moved to the new place because I stopped stress eating.
In any case, I cleaned up a dormant subreddit I control and formulated the rules for participation there. In short:
That should do it to keep the content format tight and avoid toxic rumors. You can join the community by visiting Reddit and typing in /r/SgtTipalisk in the address bar (I'm not hyperlinking to it because websites invade our privacy by tracking who links to what).
I plan on gradually growing the community there while gauging the interest in building the forums here (I intend those to be paywalled). I plan to make a cozy and neat betting research community that will keep resentment and disappointment to a minimum.
I've primarily used Reddit to post my picks, but it is circling the drain, prompting me to look into building a pick community on the website. It will most likely have two sections:
I spent a lot of time observing other betting communities as they grew and waned, which I believe gives me an understanding of why they fall apart. In the meantime, I will keep building my Reddit presence, which includes the subreddit I announced previously.
As of 14 July 2023, this website features 263 picks with 85 wins and 178 losses for a -30.86u tally. Despite the apparent severe deficit, the experience was extraordinarily valuable in terms of informing my future betting strategy. In short, I learned that winning picks all have one thing in common — 3+ hours of research each.
Because that pace is untenable, I've decided to focus on crowdsourcing pick research. I will shortly reactivate and retool a dormant subreddit I control, sharing how I find worthwhile picks to turn it into an information hub. In the meantime, I plan to take it easy and post on occasion to give myself some time to think and sort things out in real life (I'm hunting for a new apartment, which cuts into my pick research time). Stay tuned for more info.