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  • Guest Post: Confessions of a (Relapsed) Gaming Addict

    Editor’s note: I’m extremely lucky to have some younger MSers in my circle that became heavy hitters in a short time and are wise beyond their years. Thanks to one of those, my buddy Will for today’s great post. Enjoy! I used to be addicted to Destiny 2. During the pandemic, with my first remote…

  • Alright, already, we’ll all float on

    Alright, already, we’ll all float on

    In a resounding continuation of the theme of the year thus far for churners and MSers, a fresh wave of shutdowns hit this morning. As always, sorry to those affected, especially to a very well respected member of the community that was creating a lot of win-win opportunities. But the blog isn’t called chasing shutdowns…

  • Would you like to play a game?

    Would you like to play a game?

    With all of the crazy stuff going on in churning and MS right now, I wasn’t planning on posting anything this week. But hey, it’s Thursday, we’re more than halfway through the week, and most of us still have all of our fingers and toes. Instead of talking about what’s going on, I decided to…

  • On churning in the public eye, and using your discretion

    On churning in the public eye, and using your discretion

    There’s been a lot of mainstream media press on churning in the last couple of weeks, and whenever that happens, there is collective trepidation in the community that this is a bad thing that is going to cause too much exposure to the hobby.  I do get that, especially when the publications are household names…

  • Special guest post: Porto’s tax avoidance: aged to perfection

    Special guest post: Porto’s tax avoidance: aged to perfection

    Editor’s note: A big thank you to my friend @mforch who wrote this inaugural guest post live from Porto, Portugal. He comes to MS from the real estate and AP world and has a unique perspective on the game. Enjoy the post! Greetings from Porto! Yeah, I know, you didn’t ask for a guest post,…

  • An unexpected source of motivation

    An unexpected source of motivation

    Editor’s note: Sorry that posts have been few and far between the last week. I’ve been busy at my day job and had some email domain issues. If you’ve ever tried to fix a sender reputation problem, you would know it’s worth trying to figure out before sending again. Anyway, I have a backlog of…