How to Spot the Classic Ploppy

I find Michael Vernon's interpretation of the nuanced compositions of the Vaganova method breathtaking although I've always found his uninspired pas de deux, by comparison, puzzling.

There are millions of blackjack players who all think they have some edge in some way. Some of them will get lucky for short, or long periods if very lucky. The ones that don't aren't going to come on here and proclaim their genius. Most people lose money on the lottery, but some people become millionaires each week. Those people don't have an edge either.
I'm being generous here and assuming you aren't just making it up, though God knows we get a lot of that. Please understand any winnings you may have had were a statistical aberration. It is unlikely they will continue even in the short-term.

"There are millions of blackjack players who all think they have some edge in some way. Some of them will get lucky for short, or long periods if very lucky. The ones that don't aren't going to come on here and proclaim their genius. ..............I'm being generous here and assuming you aren't just making it up, though God knows we get a lot of that. Please understand any winnings you may have had were a statistical aberration. It is unlikely they will continue even in the short-term."

Green Baize Vampire,

Even though a few use this list as the 'comic hour' or to just relieve their frustrations as they have a common bonding and love the game of BJ as we all do. Many on this forum have been most insightful for myself and the education of future BJ players. And to help many from driving off the progressionist's cliff' of eventual dissaster.

Other than counting, the Revere stradegies, occassional Progression when the count is plus(as edorced by Edward Thorp:M.I.T. Prof.) and luck is sweet, and my betting system which isn't trully a progression by it's methodology; I when using my 'edge'.

Just as many have shared with me, I'm earnest in wanting to give something back to the forum; the future of winning play. My only reward is knowing that maybe a fraction of a one per cent of you grasp it, and one day you too can boast honestly of zero losses over years of play.

You might contemplate, WHY so many diligently study this science and have been so passionate about it? Were they people who were forced to read the books like Moslems are forced to study the Koran? Are these students of the art coerced like the once USSR to beleive in Atheism? Or is it slightly or very possible there is a grey area in most west of Constainople of something they can't understand. If we were born in India, where every family consults one as much as Americans go to the gas station, I guarentee you'd partly understand.

So here is some interesting websites about the Science and legend of William F. Lilly. A Man who was escorted to Parliment because of his prediction, later accepted by that governmental body and allowed to practice his art despite it technically being illegal in England in the 17th century:

http://www.horary.com/gloss1.html

http://en.allexperts.com/e/w/wi/william_lilly.htm

http://gryphonastrology.wordpress.com/2005/07/20/how-to-read-william-lilly/

http://www.smoe.org/arcana/astrol12.html

http://www.renaissanceastrology.com/

http://www.stariq.com/Main/Astrologers/A0002698.HTM

http://www.astrologyweekly.com/more-horary/prediction-true.php

http://www.skyscript.co.uk/alchemist.html

http://infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/1/5/8/3/15835/15835.htm

http://www.astrologer.com/aanet/pub/journal/beyond-the-fire.htm

http://www.astrolodge.co.uk/astro/quarterly/archives.html

http://members.aol.com/tonylouis/hless/hless06.htm

http://www.nickcampion.com/nc/mundane/mundane_biblio.htm

Read it and Weap my Children,

Count Blackjacula

Even if I believed he had something to offer, MV's website has an enrollment form that offers dates in Aug/Sep/Oct 2006. Being that out of date is in the top 5 signs of an online scam. Even if he's legit, too many red flags for me.

I'll stick to buying books from BJ21.com

I have never given credence to astrology. Nor have I ever encountered the term horary.

Then again, when I returned to the US at the end of 1969 after my two year sojourn on the other side of the planet, I had never heard of the July 1969 moon landing. And when someone mentioned men having been on the moon, I assumed they were pulling my leg.

FWIW, I can still encounter a reference to something that happened between 1966 and 1970 and be completely ignorant of it. The TV show Startreck came as a pleasant surprize. Few could appreciate my fascination, as all the shows were reruns.