Re: POOL
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this came up last night. we went to a billiard place for a friend's birthday. i was reminded of how i hate playing pool with basically everyone, because nobody but me seems to know the rules.
things that i hate:
i'll have nothing but the 8 ball left and they of course will have 5 or so balls scattered around. the cue will be stuck behind a few balls making it very improbable that i get a legal shot off. it's my shot. of course they are quick to say IF U SCRATCH U LOSE DOOD!! of course they don't realize that you only lose if you scratch on the 8 shot and the 8 is potted.
another one is ball in hand rule, where they scratch and then they make you put it "behind the line". the worst is when you're on the 8 and the 8 is on the same side of the table, so they force you to make some kind of circus shot where you have to bank it off the far cushion and back. of course, go back to my first gripe, they say if you scratch YOU LOSE LOLOLOOL!!!
another one i came across last night. guy went up to take his shot.. just barely tapped the cue into a neighboring ball. the ball barely moves. then he says "your shot"... as if it's not a scratch. you must drive a ball or the cue to a cushion, or pocket a ball... otherwise you could just go back and forth trading little taps.
this really bugs me more than it shoud.. and most of the time i just "play dumb" and play by the "house rules" or whatever.
also last night some guy scratched on the break, and he was like, "that's the game, we lost" .. WTF? NO you do not lose if you scratch on the break.
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I'm almost enough of a geek to say "+100" to this...
I really really hate when people try to tell me what the rules are, and how I've done something illegal or not. The "if you (table) scratch you LOSE!!!" one is incredibly annoying....i mean, it almost makes me want to just let them get close to the 8 and then start locking them up behind balls...
and jesus christ if someone plays a "safety" but tapping the cue .020234938473 inches close to another ball and saying "your shot!" i might just snap...
the scratch on a break thing is dumb as well...
in general, i do the same thing Daryn, and let whoever seems to care the most have their way more often than not....only time this becomes an issue is when money's involved, and at that point i almost always make people verbally agree on "APA/BCA/whatever" rules beforehand....
durrrr and others,
if people try that stupid ass "scratch on purpose when you have a ball in the kitchen" [censored]...just get really good at putting the ball on the head string line, hitting just in front of it with a lot of inside english, and then having the cue come back off one or more banks to hit your ball...
nothings more fun than getting someone's stupid ploy f'ed up when you do this...that or learn how to masse it straight back...but thats a little harder....
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