So I got this email saying I've been 'pwned'. Kinda handy when I've actually received quite a lot of them. I'd link to the site, but I'm sure you're all too paranoid to use it. Oh, and the title refers to me using Neopets haha!
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You've been pwned!

You signed up for notifications when your account was pwned in a data breach and unfortunately, it's happened. Here's what's known about the breach:

Breach: Neopets
Date of breach: 5 May 2013
Number of accounts: 26,892,897
Compromised data: Dates of birth, Email addresses, Genders, Geographic locations, IP addresses, Names, Passwords, Usernames
Description: In May 2016, a set of breached data originating from the virtual pet website "Neopets" was found being traded online. Allegedly hacked "several years earlier", the data contains sensitive personal information including birthdates, genders and names as well as almost 27 million unique email addresses. Passwords were stored in plain text and IP addresses were also present in the breach.
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Other known sites I've been cited at were Forbes (just signed up to comment once), Raptr (signed up for some GOG promotion regarding Witcher 3) and apparently Ashely Madison. Funnily, I asked AM's support staff why my email had been flagged and they responded with 'there is no email verification on our site'... well, problem solved haha! To test the theory I signed up there as a female using my gmail and sure enough, I didn't get a verification sent to it.
Added a picture to show what I mean, but for some reason it doesn't show a few sites I was previously notified about.

what site is this?

https://haveibeenpwned.com/

all the breaches are ones I was aware of and took action on.

ok...great.

Fuck retarded gaming lingo.

Fuck yourself.

He's having problems right now. Probably football rage. It's not just your thread.

hehe, I know. Just joining in, but back at them :p

This is why smart people don't bet on sporting events.

Oh, didn't even think of that possibility. You think it's about a bet? Makes more sense now.
I don't gamble or watch sports so I'm pretty safe.

Only a few so many things could invoke such massive levels of salt.

Gambling in games is pretty infuriating so I can imagine the feeling is amplified under real life circumstances.

Sometimes, video games are designed to favor the player.

In Cookie Clicker, for example, golden cookies are always beneficial. Wrath cookies can hurt you, but the beneficial effects are far more beneficial than the harmful effects are harmful.

In many JRPGs (Dragon Quest series and Pokemon), you can save before you gamble, and reload if you lose too much. This basically takes all the risk out of gambling; if you win, you can save with your winnings, and if you lose, you can reset to eliminate the loss.

Of course, if you are playing on an emulator with save states, things get even more silly. When doubling up, for example, save states can *guarantee* that you will win unless both cards are the same, or if the game is actually cheating (which could happen).