Connect 4 - stupid question

[remorhaz]

I don't live in Thailand (pity) but I had heard that the game of Connect 4 is now banned in bars in the kingdom?  Can anyone confirm this or at least tell me I'm an idiot for falling for a prior April fools day joke.

[sanemax]

Yes, that was a Thai Visa aprils fools joke thread

[watcharacters]

The  connect 4 game or any kind of such interaction is generally losing favor with ladies who work in bars.     It's now generally  up to mutual  communication skills of the lady and the  involved punter to move forward past that.

[owl sees all]

59 minutes ago, remorhaz said:

I don't live in Thailand (pity) but I had heard that the game of Connect 4 is now banned in bars in the kingdom?  Can anyone confirm this or at least tell me I'm an idiot for falling for a prior April fools day joke.

Yes!! In some places. Along with pool, chess, darts, and all the other gambling games.

 

A Thai police initiative some time back.

 

pp: And bridge. Someone did time for playing.

[steve73]

I believe tiddlywinks is still OK - providing you're not playing for money...!

[notamember]

new version

[thaibeachlovers]

17 hours ago, remorhaz said:

Can anyone confirm this

I don't know if it presently is banned, but no doubt if it's not, Thailand's finest will decide that it should be. The authorities appear to be on a mission to stamp out everything sanuk in LOS.

We'll have to change LOS to LOOUATS- land of once upon a time smiles.

[sanemax]

3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I don't know if it presently is banned, but no doubt if it's not, Thailand's finest will decide that it should be. The authorities appear to be on a mission to stamp out everything sanuk in LOS.

We'll have to change LOS to LOOUATS- land of once upon a time smiles.

Do go-go bar Connect 4  players enjoy playing connect 4 or do they play it because theres nothing else to do?

[remorhaz]

When I was 14 my first job was as a camp counselor and we had to play connect 4 for hours a day with the handicapped kids or when it was raining.  As a result I got to the point where if I went first I literally couldn't lose - later on someone at a University actually mathematically proved such.  Back when I lived in the LOS I used to challenge the bar girls with lopsided bets - i pay 100 baht if I lose vs. they pay me 10 if I win... and i'd win.  After 2 games or so the mama san would show up to put the stupid farang in his place and I would up the bet to my tab vs. 4000 baht or so... and I'd win.  This only worked once per bar but I was able to drink for free quite a few nights.  Bad falang I know but it worked for a poor traveler.

[steve73]

2 hours ago, sanemax said:

Do go-go bar Connect 4  players enjoy playing connect 4 or do they play it because theres nothing else to do?

I play it to win a few free drinks..... Ooops!