BRM is much different between Live and Online. I, for instance, would sit at a live Limit table with only 1 full BI, and consider it 'entertainment' I had no real delusions of poker prodom when I sat down. I did that many times, and noticed the same faces over and over. I knew they were the regs. I didn't care because I was enjoying myself, the games and the chit chat. Being it was a Limit table, I got a couple of hours in before I left.
I never re-bought or topped up.
Those regs make a living off folks like me. Now, that was limit, and I understand the difference between Limit and NoLimit. I never had the balls to sit at a live NL game. I don't have the bankroll to even entertain the notion of sitting at a live NL ring game.