I think it's good for a player to start out playing tight and somewhat passive, and build up an aggressive and looser game. Playing tight, conservative poker gives you time to develop reads and learn pot odds inside and out. Then as you go along and become very familiar with all of that, you can start playing crazier and make the necessary adjustments as you go.

Here's what I mean - a new guy might raise pre-flop with that 57o and miss, and just keep slamming the pot with raises because he thinks aggression is good. He doesn't pick up the vibe that his opponent has a set and is gladly accepting his money. Or he doesn't realize the other guy is kind of a fish who has second pair with no kicker and will call down because he has no idea what the aggressive player is repping. You can throw a lot of money away when you're new to poker and just know to "play aggressive." It takes some instincts for the game (and understanding of position play, making reads, etc) to be a profitable loose/aggressive player - and that comes with experience. I play with plenty of guys that are pretty new to poker, and a lot of them are LAggy... and their bankroll is like a rollercoaster. Up and down. They win huge sometimes, they lose huge sometimes.

When it comes to you Rippy, I think some of the ideas you advocate on here are really dangerous for people who don't know what they're doing. The numerous hands where you push all in on someone demonstrating a lot of power pre-flop, and they call with a much better hand, but you suck out anyway - well, that's hilarious reading (especially their comments afterward), but it's not a money-making tactic and you know it. It's only worth something if they buy back in a couple more times and donate it to you on heavy tilt. And then there's this:

"nothing like raising pre flop with 5/7os and getting reraised...calling the reraise and flopping K/6/9....checking....calling the flop bet by Mister King and hitting a 8 on the turn...its pure poetry and takes down a HUGE pot"

I understand what you're saying, but this is exactly the kind of hand where more detailed analysis is definitely necessary. Calling re-raises with crap and chasing gutshot draws is how most people lose money, not make it. A new player might read this and think it's a good idea to push all in on his next few gutshots. Or just call any flop bet regardless of how much he has left, and how much his opponent has left. Frankly, if your goal is making money at poker, this stuff has to come up at some point. If your only goal is pissing off other players, you'll do it this way - and it will be "poetry" for sure - but it'll cost you.

What I like about your style is the constant aggression, constant attacking of pots against weaker players. That's good & it comes straight from Brunson, basically. Every player who wants to be good at this game needs to learn to do that at least sometimes, and needs to understand that even if he won't do it himself, other players will, and it requires adjustments in your game if you want to keep up with them.