A man from Lincoln joined the forum in 2009. He appeared to be a degenerate. Two flies up a wall? He'd pick one, and back it. He'd hint at stories of a chequered punting past. Sometime in the last 18 months he turned up at DTD, and was on live updates, a larger than life presence like a flat capped Mr Incredible: Milidonk.
His story when he first joined the forum was an interesting one. A career in Intelligence within the Armed forces had led to another job in Civvy street and tales of degeneracy intermingled with what seemed to be an internal struggle as to whether he should grow up or not. Not, appeared to be his conclusion. Then he met someone, settled down, and a kid was on the way....
At the end of March this year he started a betting thread "Buying Shit, the Way of the Nit". 245 pages and 47,000 views on it has grown
http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=57248.0The original post hinted at some changes in his life
"Basically I always buy stuff I want but don't really need and i usually just flick it in without any further thought. With my upcoming life changes, not having time to play poker and generally just punting on anything without rhyme or reason I need to change my ways.
I will be going on spinups to see how much shit i can buy, betting on nothing with odds higher than evs, with the bankroll rolling over until i have enough to buy said item, then starting again onto the next thing. If i bust i will start over or move onto a different item. Selections will basically be whatever comes across my path or just my own little fancies. I wont be waiting forever to find that perfect bet, this is more a case of quelling my degen urges with a low output. " and what started I think as an idle idea, the type of thread which could easily have withered through lack of effort, has grown into something more permanent as Milidonk and his band of followers, all egged on by Milidonk's hard work, devise various schemes of varying degrees of brilliance and madness to generate funds to buy themselves items on wish lists.
Success has come along the way. Here is the man himself with one purchase from his proceeds from the thread "taken by the missus* with the camera won in this very thread. *missus was not won via this thread."
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and plenty of near misses too
Here is the next target
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It's a terrific thread, with everybody supporting each other, celebrating success and commiserating fairly regularly!
However Milidonk on this forum is not just about this fascinating dichotomy between inveterate punter and newly found sensible family man, with battles between the two playing out in front of us with openness and honesty. He was recently a quizmaster of some disrepute. He can be found on lots of community threads, contributing and enjoying what the forum has to offer. He is found playing comps at DTD.
An all round terrific presence on the forum.
Happy punting in 2013, Milidonk