question Doubling after a loss is cooked — what do you lot actually use?

Bit of a rant, but I still see people carrying on like there's some magic system for pokies if you just tweak the stake at the right moment. I don't buy it. Doubling after a miss, chasing a "hot" machine, doing little step-up patterns after every win... heaps of it feels like a faster way to torch your balance.

The only stuff that has ever made any sense to me is the boring gear. Set your session bankroll before you start, pick a base bet that won't nuke it in 10 minutes, and if the game turns into a dead spin graveyard just bail. If I jag a decent hit I might chuck the stake up for a few spins while I'm ahead, but that's more for a bit of fun than because I reckon I've found some secret sauce.

What really does my head in is when blokes swear a machine is "due" after chewing through 60 or 80 spins. Nah mate... that's exactly how you end up chasing and doing your dough. RNG doesn't care that you've had a rough arvo.

Anyway, keen to hear what you lot actually stick with. Flat stake the whole session? Press a bit when you're up? Hard stop-loss and walk? Or do some of you still back those classic systems and reckon they help?

When you do the step up, do you decide the length before you start or just wing it? That's the bit I can't get right. I always mean to drop back after a decent hit and then somehow I'm still up there 15 spins later.

genuine question for the stop-loss people, do you lock that in before the arvo starts or once you're already having a punt? I can walk when I'm down, weirdly enough. Cashing out while ahead is where I go off the rails every time.

Anyone else use auto just so they stop fiddling with the stake every second? half my bad sessions start with boredom, not losses.