Profile : ImperialDragon

Video Slots isn’t getting any results for me when I type in Wonky.

Hope you’re ok Bandit.

Cheers.  I wasn’t sure if I was going mad or not, as I can still see a picture of Jord at the very top right of Chipmonkz own site.  You can’t miss him!

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There is no point in me pointing it out to him though via email, YouTube or DM, as I have made suggestions to him before and he & his team just mutes them.

When did the Bandit begin?  I remember I started following the Bandit around May 2017 because Danger High Voltage was brand new.  I’m pretty sure he is pre-2017 though.  The other gambling channel for me is Stop & Step from mid-2016 onwards.  Like @StevieG said, Bandit, Stop & Step and Rolla were the original wave.

Then at some point in 2017, that ship had sailed and the imitators came along.

I’ve just watched this Tuesday’s 6PM video.  I’m still liking the bonus hunt format.  What makes this different from the other channels is that the Bandit doesn’t announce a line-up at the start.  He might say what the last couple of games are towards the end of the video, but I like the surprise of not knowing what most of them are.  Good selection of games too – a mixture of well loved classics with some new games and a good handful that I’ve never seen before.

Does anyone remember that used to release 3 videos per week in 2017?  It was usually a Sunday, a Tuesday and a Thursday.  Then we got used to him doing Sundays only then it became less frequent.  Now he’s upping his content to around 1 a day but no more than 1 a day.  I think that’s fair play to him because 1 per day is still manageable to watch and it’s not taking advantage of the covid situation.

Chipmonkz, on the other hand, used to release 1 video per day, again manageable and I liked his sidekick Jord.  Then the channel tripled their content overnight to capitalise on the boom in online gambling upon lockdown.  Also, I felt that it was an unfair advantage over other channels that were still operating at the same frequency as pre-covid.  Subscribers can only watch so much material per day before they become couch potatoes.

Outlawing bonus buys just further proves how incompetent government / authorities are.  This is because:

1) You can bet £100+ per spin on roulette and other table games

2) You can play Blueprint “all action” slots e.g. Diamond Mine All Action

3) You can play Barcrest “big bet” slots e.g. Ooh Aah Dracula

4) You can bet £100+ per spin on Monopoly Live and Dream Catcher

If the authorities wanted to do this, then they should have either done it properly or not done it at all.  It’s like trying to ban all fast food restaurants but McDonald’s and Burger King are still allowed.

Grinding out the bonuses takes minimal effort.  I don’t think it’s relevant who does that bit.  What is relevant is that the Bandit opens them.

I do a bonus hunt once a month while working from home as I’m still locked down here.  I work on my company laptop, and that sits next to my own laptop and just set the slot off on autos while I’m doing my work.  When I hear the trigger sound, I close it down and start up the next slot.  Keep doing this until I run out of money.  Then after work, I open up the bonuses for my gambling friend to watch via Skype or Zoom using desktop sharing.

Doing a bonus hunt this way works best on slots that have an interesting feature but not an interesting base game.