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Message: [QUOTE="caldquest, post: 1738783, member: 80649"] Fair enough, however a lot of research would support the position that addiction helps contribute to people making decisions they normally wouldnt. Whether actions resulting from a chemical addiction like drugs vs. gambling addiction hold the same value, well thats completely different can of worms. Im not an expert by any means on either, but understand both perspectives. I also agree with Michael being a little lost to begin with...but I would argue that most of us are a little lost at that age. I mean, the decisions you make in many aspects could affect the rest of your life. The major you choose, the friends you associate yourself with, binge drinking, drug experimentation...etc. I will say, being a card player pretty much my entire life, and living through and actively participating in the online poker boom, that I also have over-drafted my checking account a few times after getting on tilt. No, I didnt steal, instead I took a few days off and paid the overdraft fees. But I definitely shared some of the same thought processes with Michael," Ill overdraft...and just win it back." This may be an assumption, but I bet most online players can related to that. I initially tried to find someone who has experienced the level of loss you describe above, however getting someone willing to share their failures publicly is not an easy task. If you know of someone like you describe above that would be willing, shoot me a PM. Needless to say his story would have to check. Michael's story appealed to me for many reasons, and I still stand by his story being one of the focal dichotomy's in my film. For one, I wanted a college age kid or younger. The exposure on ESPN painting these new "poker celebs" and the effect on younger demographic fascinates me as I am in that younger demographic (late twenties) and have witnessed the effect first hand. Also, while his story is extreme, it is also very familiar to many (as I discussed above). Visually I also felt it was compelling....compelling enough for me to buy a plane ticket and meet him in the middle of nowhere. The image of a young kid by himself with a few dogs and a cart in the middle of nowhere I felt painted a good picture of what it feels like to go up against the game and lose. With that said, thank you for your feedback. It will only help me as I eventually work on expanding this story. Keep it coming! [/QUOTE]

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