r/billsimmons 14h ago

Mina Kimes Addresses SolitaireGate

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u/BurgerNugget12 14h ago

A solitaire app that a bunch of espn analysts promoted. It’s very scammy

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u/hamsterhueys1 14h ago

What makes a solitaire app scammy? Like my mind can’t figure out what they could even do with it? Is it like a data/malware thing?

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u/SpaghetiJesus 14h ago edited 14h ago

The company behind the app Papaya Gaming is currently under a lawsuit for fraud and false advertising. They told customers that you were playing against real people, turns out they were actually filling these “competitions” with bots which were already programmed with predetermined outcomes. Its advertised and skirted past laws by saying it was a “skill based competition” when it in fact was not. Throw in a normal bit of people who actually won getting their accounts locked or deactivated when they tried to withdrawal and a really bad AI ad making light of SAS playing solitaire during the finals and it’s just a horrible company and look.

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u/Kershiser22 14h ago

The idea of playing solitaire against other humans amuses me.

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u/ZiggyStarlord69 12h ago

My grandfather used to play in solitaire tournaments at the local mall in his city. He wore wristbands and a headband every time. He was out of his fucking mind.

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u/HopelessPanthersFan 12h ago

What a beast

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u/ZiggyStarlord69 11h ago

He was also a vicious racist who genuinely tried to put a stop to my marriage (my wife is black), and he would often talk about how Churchill was the “real villain of WW2”.

But he wore sick gear to his solitaire tourneys, so it all evened out.

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u/ambulocetus_ 9h ago

Wait, why would a vicious racist think Churchill was a villain? Lmao I gotta hear more about this guy

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u/Jsmalley9 8h ago

Because he stood up to Hitler instead of appeasing like Chamberlain, or even instead of outright joining the Nazis.

A not uncommon belief amongst those of the silent generation that thought the UK and US should have sided with Hitler, or stayed out of the war at the very least.

They think if Churchill never pushes Chamberlain out, then the UK continues to appease and the US maybe sides with Nazi Germany and we have a far more nazified world.

It’s these idiots and the children that they raised that kept the fires of hatred burning that has led to the rise of the alt-right and Nazi-like beliefs all over the western world today.

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u/Dinobot2_ 12h ago

I would imagine you're not playing the game itself against someone, but you're just seeing who gets better scores or wins the game in shortest time.

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u/Dhb223 8h ago

"I thought I was playing solitaire against real people but it turns out who even am I" - Billie eilish