I had decided to blog on XingCai’s Gambling Tales. Over the time that XingCai had been blogging on Google’s Blogger I found her content would be of interest of GGC members. Many times we get spammer dropping gambling news on or thread which are of no interest to gamblers. Details such as casino’s extraordinary profits or operations reports are stuff we do not even bother to take a second glance at the heading. News of this nature would only interest the economist and equity market traders. Another turn off would be the introduction or review of online casinos. These are no news to us since most of us had googled them up already.
GGC is interested in Battle Reports (BR), gambling strategies or landu stories. The term landu is not listed in our terminology page because it is a common Chinese word. At our localized Malaysian forum this word need no introduction. Coming on to Blogger our audience is more international and the word landu will now be defined here. Landu is a compound word consisting two words; lan and du. Du is translated as gamble or gambling. Lan had various usage but in the context of landu it means compulsive behavior or fan as in obsession. Depending on context landu can be a “gambling fan” or the more negative connotation “incorrigible gambling addict”. Malaysians would use a coined up English word rotten-gambler to describe the latter. Due to the tonal nature of Chinese, lan has the same sound as rotten or broken.
XingCai’s Gambling Tales could actually be renamed Landu Tales. From XingCai’s comments on SavySeph’s 36 Casino Gambling Tips, she strikes me as a newbie gambler. After seeing her Home Page, I learned that she aspire to be a gambling counselor. I believe she gambled for the sake of understanding gamblers so that she will be of relevant help to the rotten gamblers. I now begin to understand her switch from gambling-fan to anti-gambling voice. At any which case XingCai’s Gambling Tales would certainly be of interest to GGC.
GGC used to have a member blogging on Landu Gambling Stories but blog is no longer active. XingCai Gambling Tales can fill vacant gap now.
ReplyDeleteI am just curious, why is GGC interested in landu stories?
DeleteI am not part of GGC but I can tell you everyone likes a good gossip from time to time.
DeleteThe schadenfreude nature of human is the other reason for chasing gossips.
DeleteGuerrilla Gamblers your assessment about me is accurate. I also think Landu Tales is a good title but not many people will understand the meaning of Landu.
ReplyDeleteHeyLong is right about the GGC's need for gossips. SavySeph take on gossip is profound. Hearing of others being worse off than ourselves gives a sense of self righteousness.
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