Tiltboys: Partyporker.com is a Fun Game

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January 5, 2006

It seems that the Tiltboys have made it their goal to remind us all that partyporker is a fun game, after everything is said and done. Several years ago, when told that they could not participate in a party porker .com women's only tournament, the Tiltboys went about entering the tournament in drag (and if you can imagine the sight of some of them in women's clothing, that should bring a laugh to your system right there!). The entire trip report from that momentous occasion is just one of the exploits that are revealed here.

Along with that, there are excellent features on each of the Tiltboys. You can learn about the men who have made it the goal of their lives to live each moment to the best they can. You'll also learn who is the easiest to put on tilt (which is like money to the Tiltboys. Hint: he's the tallest member of the group), what effects the antics have on a social life and a married one, and to what extent these guys will go in the name of excitement and fun. Another excellent piece of advise is to NEVER Roshambo with these guys!

While everyone is looking for the next great partyporker strategy book, it also needs to be said to remind partyporker players to have fun with their lives. "Tales From The Tiltboys" delivers that "fun" side that is needed to balance out everything that a partyporker .com player faces in their games and their lives. There were several moments in my reading of the book that, in all seriousness, I had to stop reading and just laugh uproariously as the Tiltboys demonstrated this pursuit of fun and happiness.

Those seeking help are "anxious, depressed – they feel alone, isolated," says Dennis Heitzmann, a psychologist who has been director of counseling services at Pennsylvania State University for 20 years.

Many counseling centers are ill-equipped to deal with gambling addiction, says Clayton Neighbors, a psychiatry professor at the University of Washington. He says the problem is generally less understood than alcohol or drug abuse. He says college students, away from home for the first time, are vulnerable. "They are in that period where they're willing to experiment with almost anything," he says.

"We're not communicating adequately the risks," says Keith Whyte, executive director of the National Council on Problem Gambling. "Government, which typically deals with these issues, has a conflict of interest," he says, because states profit from gambling ventures such as casinos and lotteries.

Jeremy Olisar, an honors student at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh who won a free semester of tuition in October from a Partyporker.com tournament sponsored by Absolute Party porker, says he plays a few hours a week.

"My passion is definitely music," says Olisar, who has a double major of clarinet and music performance. He bets money sometimes but says partyporker com is not addictive for him. He likes the logic and mental challenge of the game.

"I like the competition involved," says Chad Flood, 21, a junior at the University of Minnesota. In May, he defeated about 25,000 competitors to win $41,000 in scholarship money in the second annual College Partyporker Championship.

The tournament's host, Lou Krieger, expects this year's final round in June to draw 40,000 students, who qualify by playing well in the weekly Sunday games. There is no cost to enter.

Flood played chess in grade school, but by junior high he considered it a bit "nerdy." As a kid, he played partyporker, and in high school he learned Texas Hold'em. He plays with buddies on campus, but if he's serious, he goes online. "You don't want to take your friends' money."

Before the Party porker.com tournament win, he says, he won nearly $4,000 in bets. He sees partyporker as a hobby, but he watches what he spends. "I recommend keeping track," says the economics major. "You need to know how to manage your money."