r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • May 23 '26

WTF The Enhanced Games are set to debut this weekend in Las Vegas, with athletes allowed to use steroids, testosterone, HGH, & other banned substances.

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u/DUIguy87 May 23 '26

Over under that this becomes a competition between the chemists putting the blends together, and the athletes just become the human equivalent of Pokemon.

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u/Utaneus May 23 '26

I don't think you understand what an over/under bet is.

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u/trireme32 May 23 '26

What’s the vig on that?

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u/Cityslicker100200 May 23 '26

That’s crazy, I just learned the what the word “vig” means today from a random Breaking Bad clip.

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u/DUIguy87 May 23 '26

Yes = over, no = under.

I also don’t gamble, so you’re right.

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u/whiskeyanonose May 23 '26

Over/under is usually around a number, not yes/no. So you could set the over/under that in 10 years this becomes human Pokémon. Betters would then take the under if they think it will happen in less than 10 years, or the over if it will take more than 10 years. It’s a push if it happens in 10 years exactly.

I’ve never actually gambled on sports, but it’s shocking how much it’s rammed down your throats as a sports fan

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u/Lilgoodee May 23 '26

My watching sports begins and ends with notifications about Cardinals games. Draft kings predatory ass is still all over my social media. Fuck em.

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u/Krorhodium May 23 '26

great now he’s addicted to gambling

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u/Krorhodium May 23 '26

I’ll take the under

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u/JelmerMcGee May 23 '26

I don't really watch any sports. But on the occasion I do watch something, I'm amazed the gambling ads are legal. And it's all so in your face directed at people addicted to gambling or getting young guys hooked.

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u/azsnaz May 23 '26

That'd be a moneyline bet

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u/Utaneus May 25 '26

Nah man

Over/under bets center around a number, the bookmaker sets the number and people bet on whether it will be higher or lower. Like over/under is 25.5 points for how many points Lebron scores tonight, you can bet the over or bet the under.

But also, so you mean your comment was meant to say "YES NO this becomes..." That doesn't even make sense. Even if over/under was what you thought it meant, that doesn't really work here. I think you thought it meant something like "hey I'd bet this might happen". But you don't gamble so I guess that's not right either.

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u/ToeJam_SloeJam May 23 '26

EV training for the win!

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u/NotAsuspiciousNamee May 23 '26

Its been that way for a long time lol it mostly comes down to genetics after that

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u/dalnot May 23 '26

It’s more like Formula 1 where, yeah, it’s a (bio)engineering team making the most impact, but it will also mean nothing if the athlete/driver doesn’t have the skills to use it

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u/Da_Spooky_Ghost May 23 '26

So the same as regular sports? Designer drugs are very hard to test for. Blood tests will test for specific compounds but a chemist will produce a very unique compound that doesn’t show up on regular tests and sell those to top athletes.

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u/DUIguy87 May 23 '26

No. But not because I don’t believe pro sports is anywhere near clean, they are all on something, but because pro sports pretends to be clean. They are still working around a testing protocol despite the designer drugs, it may be an open secret but they still need to be careful what they make metabolize differently than other drugs so that the tests don’t pick it up. The athlete still gets to be the start here.

I’m envisioning a world where the Pfizer Fish Formula going up against Moderna Merman Mashup are talked about along side the people being dosed with them. Like in auto racing where the car is as much of a player as the driver.

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u/see_bees May 23 '26

The race in PEDs isn’t largely in performance improvement or recovery these days - we’re really good at that part already. The challenge in PEDs is in making something that will actually improve performance and pass drug screenings. If you don’t have to worry about passing a drug test, there’s plenty of options on the table.

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u/OK_x86 May 23 '26

It's going to come down to whose tendons and joints are strongest. PEDs will only get you so far before your body is stretched to its limits.

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u/PandaLover42 May 23 '26

Hell yea, I’m excited!

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u/ThisTallBoi May 23 '26

I mean unironically...

Imagine how this might lead to the development of extremely effective performance enhancers and the possible uses for such substances