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Kai
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Goobs wrote:
Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:07 pm
Could we all stop with the Spanish Inquisition too
I'm sure it's just people trying to figure out whether they should give you advice or the other way around
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Kai wrote:
Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:24 pm
Goobs wrote:
Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:07 pm
Could we all stop with the Spanish Inquisition too
I'm sure it's just people trying to figure out whether they should give you advice or the other way around
surprised you didn't "meme-up" the old monty python sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Df191WJ3o&t=1s :)
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jimibt wrote:
Mon Jul 14, 2025 5:48 pm
Kai wrote:
Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:24 pm
Goobs wrote:
Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:07 pm
Could we all stop with the Spanish Inquisition too
I'm sure it's just people trying to figure out whether they should give you advice or the other way around
surprised you didn't "meme-up" the old monty python sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Df191WJ3o&t=1s :)
Precisely, Jim!

If I did that, then someone would have expected the Spanish Inquisition! And we just can't have that.

But nobody expects the complete absence of the Spanish Inquisition meme!
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TupleVision wrote:
Mon Jul 14, 2025 1:42 pm
Am I right in thinking that in practice mode your money is effectively always at the top of the queue too so it doesn't actually reflect real life scenarios where only a few quid gets matched before it darts off the other way?
Practise mode matches about 0.1 sec quicker than real money because you don't have to wait for the trade to reach Betfair and for them to run it through their matching engine.

From memory I think it does roughly estimate a place in the queue, but once it reaches the front it will match in full regardless of whether enough money is available in real life or not.
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Kai wrote:
Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:24 pm
Goobs wrote:
Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:07 pm
Could we all stop with the Spanish Inquisition too
I'm sure it's just people trying to figure out whether they should give you advice or the other way around
We get every sort of person turning up. Don't want to be patronising, don't want to be incomprehensible, that's all. 👍
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Kai wrote:
Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:24 pm
Goobs wrote:
Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:07 pm
Could we all stop with the Spanish Inquisition too
I'm sure it's just people trying to figure out whether they should give you advice or the other way around
I was hoping for a bit of both!
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jimibt wrote:
Mon Jul 14, 2025 5:48 pm
Kai wrote:
Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:24 pm
Goobs wrote:
Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:07 pm
Could we all stop with the Spanish Inquisition too
I'm sure it's just people trying to figure out whether they should give you advice or the other way around
surprised you didn't "meme-up" the old monty python sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Df191WJ3o&t=1s :)
haha you really should have, that was an open goal, I do love a bit of python!
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Goobs wrote:
Mon Jul 14, 2025 7:25 pm
jimibt wrote:
Mon Jul 14, 2025 5:48 pm
Kai wrote:
Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:24 pm


I'm sure it's just people trying to figure out whether they should give you advice or the other way around
surprised you didn't "meme-up" the old monty python sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Df191WJ3o&t=1s :)
haha you really should have, that was an open goal, I do love a bit of python!
Which reminds me: Tourists are often surprised when they find out how skilled Iberian tattoo artists are

It seems no-one expects the Spanish ink precision

I'll get me coat..........
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Kai
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Goobs wrote:
Mon Jul 14, 2025 7:25 pm
jimibt wrote:
Mon Jul 14, 2025 5:48 pm
Kai wrote:
Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:24 pm


I'm sure it's just people trying to figure out whether they should give you advice or the other way around
surprised you didn't "meme-up" the old monty python sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Df191WJ3o&t=1s :)
haha you really should have, that was an open goal, I do love a bit of python!
Don't get them started on python

Surprised nobody posted a 12 part Youtube tutorial already
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Day 3 complete, likely less than minimum wage but more fun than cleaning bogs! Got my risk under control a lot more now that I'm getting the hang of the UI.
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