Honestly, it’s sad that the author of this article feels this way about his craft, and about D&B as a whole.
If he doesn’t enjoy playing, then maybe it’s better he hung it up, but I think he’s missing out on some opportunity here, as well as some of the social ground rules that go along with doing this stuff as a side gig. Watching someone be disappointed they didn’t win while you rack up a jackpot might be good for a laugh, but impressing someone else and then offering to play on their card for a split of the proceeds – or for a few comped drinks, which OP seems to desperately need to numb the fact that he’s an AP – is something that can be profitable. A good AP looks to AP more than the machines, but all the people around him as well.
Not knowing APs and not being part of that community is basically throwing away money and opportunity as well. Being friendly in such a group gets you tipped off when new games come out, when shipments of prizes worth grabbing come along, and texts when your games of choice are ready to hit, or are in danger of being sniped by someone else. Being a lone wolf leaves you out of that loop, and I don’t recommend it. I mean fuck, he links to my subreddit, which is probably the greatest community dedicated to this, yet doesn’t seek to involve himself with it. That’s someone that’s reaping the benefits of group effort yet making zero effort to be involved with the group, and that’s bad form.
As far as the cheating bit – definitely sucks when people duo a game meant for 1 person, not cheating in the case of Down the Clown but very much a dick move. I’ll often rack that game up first myself to prevent other groups from doing that.
OP speaks as someone who mainly did this around three to four years ago, as the prizes he’s mentioning and their cost sync up with what was worth flipping back then. He does get a few things right though – incremental jackpots are very important, help out kids if it doesn’t hurt your bottom line, etc. It’s just a shame that he’s not enjoying any of this and not getting the most out of what’s otherwise a pretty cool second job/hobby.
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Honestly, it’s sad that the author of this article feels this way about his craft, and about D&B as a whole.
If he doesn’t enjoy playing, then maybe it’s better he hung it up, but I think he’s missing out on some opportunity here, as well as some of the social ground rules that go along with doing this stuff as a side gig. Watching someone be disappointed they didn’t win while you rack up a jackpot might be good for a laugh, but impressing someone else and then offering to play on their card for a split of the proceeds – or for a few comped drinks, which OP seems to desperately need to numb the fact that he’s an AP – is something that can be profitable. A good AP looks to AP more than the machines, but all the people around him as well.
Not knowing APs and not being part of that community is basically throwing away money and opportunity as well. Being friendly in such a group gets you tipped off when new games come out, when shipments of prizes worth grabbing come along, and texts when your games of choice are ready to hit, or are in danger of being sniped by someone else. Being a lone wolf leaves you out of that loop, and I don’t recommend it. I mean fuck, he links to my subreddit, which is probably the greatest community dedicated to this, yet doesn’t seek to involve himself with it. That’s someone that’s reaping the benefits of group effort yet making zero effort to be involved with the group, and that’s bad form.
As far as the cheating bit – definitely sucks when people duo a game meant for 1 person, not cheating in the case of Down the Clown but very much a dick move. I’ll often rack that game up first myself to prevent other groups from doing that.
OP speaks as someone who mainly did this around three to four years ago, as the prizes he’s mentioning and their cost sync up with what was worth flipping back then. He does get a few things right though – incremental jackpots are very important, help out kids if it doesn’t hurt your bottom line, etc. It’s just a shame that he’s not enjoying any of this and not getting the most out of what’s otherwise a pretty cool second job/hobby.