Fish Games on Sorya Mall
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Fish Games on Sorya Mall
What is the deal with those fish games in Sorya Mall? Why do so many people play them? Can you win money?
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That is what I am trying to find out, too. I do not gamble but fishing games comes up a lot on Khmer440 these days.
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Great article, thanks Scobienz.scobienz wrote:http://www.khmer440.com/k/2014/03/golde ... ade-games/
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Sod scobienz, that was before his time to shine....Hanno wrote:Great article, thanks Scobienz.scobienz wrote:http://www.khmer440.com/k/2014/03/golde ... ade-games/
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Thanks. Yeh. Great article. I wonder how much they can win playing these games. The animation is so dated. And, there seems to be very little skill involved. Just bash bash bash on the 'fire' button. Does GSM needs a more advanced gaming arcade to attract a younger, more tech-savvy crowd?
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If they're good enough, a Khmer team (usually 3-6 people) can win more than the average daily wage each. The moneyspinner for the arcade is when kids, drunks and tourists piss away earned tokens on other machines or by failing to match the professional teams.Bluetonguedskink wrote:Thanks. Yeh. Great article. I wonder how much they can win playing these games. The animation is so dated. And, there seems to be very little skill involved. Just bash bash bash on the 'fire' button. Does GSM needs a more advanced gaming arcade to attract a younger, more tech-savvy crowd?
Also, small time drug gangs launder money through it so its not uncommon to see fights around them.
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Ah, the drugs gangs money laundering makes sense. The clues to the puzzle begin to fit. Grazie.
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So you hand over money for tokens in order to win tokens to change back to money?Also, small time drug gangs launder money through it so its not uncommon to see fights around them.
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How is that different from buying chips in a casino, gambling with chips, and then converting them back to cash?Steve Zodiac wrote:So you hand over money for tokens in order to win tokens to change back to money?Also, small time drug gangs launder money through it so its not uncommon to see fights around them.
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You pay to get bullets (ammunition) and so the game begins. But immediately the bullets are constantly dropping to zero as you keep shooting. You need to keep boosting your bullets and you do this by killing the fish. Every time you kill one you get a big boost in bullets. The bigger the fish the more bullets and low and behold if you kill a mermaid you will get a massive boost in bullets.
It takes many bullets to finally kill a fish however you share the table with four or five other people at once so if a big fish (or mermaid) suddenly appears then everyone starts shooting the same fish but only one person will get the bullets from that one fish. The person who fires the kill shot. (Note; this makes it a game of 'luck' not 'skill')
To win money you must stop shooting (your bullets wont go down). Then you trade your bullets back for money. The more bullets, the more money. The best time would be to kill a mermaid then immediately stop and collect your money. (Kill a couple of mermaids and you can be easily sitting on $50) However this is where the game gets you. It needs a disciplined decision to stop shooting. Most people never stop hitting that button because there’s always more fish and mermaid on the board and eventually their bullets drop to zero.
Like a slot machine (fruit machine) there are constant mini rewards in sight and sound that form a reward loop in the brain. Just look at the illumious bright hypnotic colors. See if you can get some one high on Meth to lift their finger of the trigger and collect the money, It’s just never going to happen, not when there's more fish on the board.
The other way it gets them is that the bullets never get to zero quickly, you’ll pretty much always get an extra bullet or two for killing the small fish and so for just a small amount of money your guaranteed a long lasting game. The longer you play, the more hypnotic it becomes and harder it is to walk away.
You can change the stakes too, there’s a ratio for playing for big or small money. On a low stakes game It’s probably possible to get a good 15 to 20 mins for less than a dollar but as I said before nearly everyone's bullets eventually drop to zero.
They are horrible games and they should be banned. The fact they are positioned near the bottom feeders of Sorya Mall is just carefully planned exploitation!
It takes many bullets to finally kill a fish however you share the table with four or five other people at once so if a big fish (or mermaid) suddenly appears then everyone starts shooting the same fish but only one person will get the bullets from that one fish. The person who fires the kill shot. (Note; this makes it a game of 'luck' not 'skill')
To win money you must stop shooting (your bullets wont go down). Then you trade your bullets back for money. The more bullets, the more money. The best time would be to kill a mermaid then immediately stop and collect your money. (Kill a couple of mermaids and you can be easily sitting on $50) However this is where the game gets you. It needs a disciplined decision to stop shooting. Most people never stop hitting that button because there’s always more fish and mermaid on the board and eventually their bullets drop to zero.
Like a slot machine (fruit machine) there are constant mini rewards in sight and sound that form a reward loop in the brain. Just look at the illumious bright hypnotic colors. See if you can get some one high on Meth to lift their finger of the trigger and collect the money, It’s just never going to happen, not when there's more fish on the board.
The other way it gets them is that the bullets never get to zero quickly, you’ll pretty much always get an extra bullet or two for killing the small fish and so for just a small amount of money your guaranteed a long lasting game. The longer you play, the more hypnotic it becomes and harder it is to walk away.
You can change the stakes too, there’s a ratio for playing for big or small money. On a low stakes game It’s probably possible to get a good 15 to 20 mins for less than a dollar but as I said before nearly everyone's bullets eventually drop to zero.
They are horrible games and they should be banned. The fact they are positioned near the bottom feeders of Sorya Mall is just carefully planned exploitation!
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^ Great explanatiin.
Anyone who 2ants to try it without spending money can download the game to play on your phone/tablet....it's crap, but it will help you understand the game.
Anyone who 2ants to try it without spending money can download the game to play on your phone/tablet....it's crap, but it will help you understand the game.
I'm not a negative person, I encourage people all the time...it's usually to f**k off! But, whatever.
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Like betting shops like Ladbrokes and William Hill plotting up their parastic shops on British council estates to feed on the same les miserables.
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