4.I do what I call GÇÿcap stableGÇÖ spinning (yeah thatGÇÖs lol). I vary the number of tabs IGÇÖm running a lot. I fiddle with auto spin on and off, close some tabs, open more tabs, all depending on how the ISK is flowing. If you manage the number of tabs and auto-spins on & off, letGÇÖs say with 20b ISK, you could play for 12 hours and end up with only a slight win or slight loss. If you do not manage and just set prefixed number of tabs and let it auto-spin and keep your fingers crossed till your money runs out, then yeah, youGÇÖd be losing a lot of money. But you need to GÇÿcontrolGÇÖ the flow. This is all about gut feeling and no science or skill involved. Sometimes when you feel that your ISK is dropping you can open more tabs in the hope that the additional tabs will generate extra wins to bring you back to stable ISK level again. SometimeGÇÖs itGÇÖs better to close a few tabs and keep only small number of tabs running. If you seen me spin extensively on some slots, you will find that sometimes I GÇÿdominateGÇÖ the winning charts, because IGÇÖm doing crazy number of tabs, but sometimes IGÇÖm only running a single tab GÇô itGÇÖs all about keeping your ISK level steady until you hit the Jackpot. You donGÇÖt want to race to the burnout point until your ISK runs out. You want to GÇÿstay in the gameGÇÖ as long as possible GÇô until you hit the Jackpot.

5.I got lots of mails after that 209b NBJ win. People were all saying how much they lost. IGÇÖll tell you exactly how I won that Jackpot.

A.I started spinning a single tab of NBJ when the JP was around 40b ISK. At the same time, I opened up 5 tabs of Rat Race to spin at the same time.

B.I was managing the ISK level to be GÇÿstableGÇÖ while running a single tab of NBJ. Basically, the wins from Rat Race were paying for each spin of NBJ and I wasnGÇÖt going down on ISK by much GÇô itGÇÖs almost like free spins

C.When the stakes were getting higher, I opened up extra tab of NBJ per X billion ISK of Jackpot increase, and I opened corresponding amount of Rat Race tabs to GÇÿcoverGÇÖ for the cost of NBJ

D.In the end when I won 209b NBJ, I had 7 tabs of NBJ running, and had about 20+ Rat Race tabs, and in terms of ISK level, I was down only by 2 or 3 billion from what I started with (so minus 2-3 bil plus 209b Jackpot win, so basically I 'spent' only 3 bil max of my own ISK to win 209b Jackpot)

E.If you open 10 tabs of NBJ and run them all by themselves until your ISK gets dry, you are asking for trouble. I learned it the hard way in my earlier career at IWI. My biggest loss on NBJ was 40 billion ISK in really short time, and someone else took 130b Jackpot, and yes I was gutted. :p


6.Talking about losses, my biggest loss was on a raffle bundle, when I bought about 50b worth of tickets and still managed to lose. The regulars at IWI will know this. Toobo doesnGÇÖt alwaysGÇÖ win and there are heavy losses. Sometimes I deposit 50 billion ISK and lose them all in an hour. Sometimes I deposit 10 billion ISK and cash out 200 billion Jackpot at the end of the night. You win some and you lose some, itGÇÖs all about luck.

At the end of the day though, IGÇÖve done alright. I have been friendly with the people who contacted me in good manners. I wrote them back with lengthy emails with lots of tips & help, and sometimes I fly around the galaxy (in a Yacht of course) and deposit random cash into random localGÇÖs wallet.

Due to the amount of eve mails I receive, I cannot answer all of them, I apologise for that.

But I wanted to give something back to the community (of us low life gambling addicts lol), so IGÇÖm working on a guide, including kind of things I have mentioned above and some other tips. When the guide is ready, I will publish it in this thread and anyone can have a look at how I did things, including lots of screenshots (juicier than capital kill mails).

I feel I have achieved all I wanted at IWI after the Grand Slam. I will still play, but no more hard-core playing for me. I will not care about leaderboards, and I will not care about win or loss. IGÇÖll just chip in with cheeky single/triple tickets on raffles, lose most of them, but will win one or two big ones to smile about. IGÇÖll surely be back when some Jackpot gets big enough, but I wonGÇÖt be playing day and night as you guys have seen me do over the past few months.

I wish everyone good luck, and yes, it is only by luck that you win or lose.

As a final word, I hope people will understand that playing at IWI is not PvP. You may feel like it when you lose against someone on raffles or when someone GÇÿstealsGÇÖ the Jackpot. The frustration is understandable. But fundamentally, we are all playing against the RNG, not against other players.

Always keep that in mind, and yes, the R in RNG is Random.


Best Wishes,



Toobo


PS: For the full story of my gambling addiction, check this Forum Post


Oh and one final thing. My friend at IWI channel told me that some banker was explaining to people that Toobo also spends & loses a lot of money, and specifically mentioned that I have deposited 80 billion ISK over past 12 hours. Yes, that is absolutely true. I love you guys at IWI and appreciate the hard work, but I do not appreciate that a banker disclose transaction details of a customer in a chat channel. From what I hear it was done to explain that I'm just a regular player and not a banker alt or in anyway rigged with the site, but please, transaction records should remain private, right? ;) No b*tching from me, just saying let's not do this again :)

In any case, I'm giving you guys a screenshot of my latest transaction record at IWI site. Yes, I deposited 80b ISK in past 12 hours, but look at the withdrawals too.

Wallet Records