Who said it's worthless? I didn't. Even if it's only a couple of hudred dollars that I spent, I'd rather get a win than a loss.
Also, I don't hink necessarily thet YOU have been over optimistic, but there are some posters on this board that say outlandish things and get thumbed like crazy.
The discussions I like are the more realistic ones where royalty rates, revenues, numbers of companies affected, etc. are talked about and calculations are made. It's still conjecture, but at least reasonable positions can be taken and those are possibilities that can be considered.
I used to like the technical discussions, but clearly very few other people do.