hello said:

Was the room called ''Bullsheet's''...?

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Hawaiian Brian's if you must know.

HawaiianEye said:

How often does this happen, statistically?

I'm older than dirt and I hadn't played for years and only spent a few hours playing on a weekend and I broke and ran 5 racks and made the 9 on the sixth break and scratched in the side to stop my streak at 5.

That doesn't mean I am doing every time I play.

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Was the room called ''Bullsheet's''...?

JPB2 said:

Spot shot decider is stupid. But I did see old pro Ralf Souquet practicing it before a match in Las Vegas this year. Lo and behold the match came down to it and Ralf got by a much younger opponent. Age and cunning…

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Sure if i’m playing in the event even I think it’s silly I’m going to practice it lol wouldn’t be smart not to

Lowell said:

I don't understand why people hate the shootout so much, it seems like the most fair way possible for a hill-hill match to be settled.

No lucky or unlucky rolls, just a pure test of mechanics under pressure.

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because the game your playing is 10 ball. Not who can make a spot shot lol rolls one way or another is pool.

Jaden said:

That reminds me of a true story. Years ago, me and two of my best friends (one of whom is now deceased and one, the one in question is married to my little sister) would get together network our computers and play counter strike.

The friend who is now my BIL would always win, but in ways that seemed insane. One time we're playing and setup at my mom's house. I was up visiting from my duty station in San Diego and I step away from my screen and see his, we were all in different rooms of the house. He was using a mod on his that made the walls all see through. So he'd use the sniper rifle and just shoot us through the walls. f%$#in cheater.

Now as it comes to pool, the changes that have been made haven't been made to make it more fair for the lesser players, but rather to make the elite stand out more. It's a completely different animal.

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If they want the elite to stand out more, make it easier, increase the number of games in a match, make it winner break, and put a very short timer for shots and time limits for matches.

Make you play twice as many games in the same period of time.

Cut out the surveyors, stallers, table walkers, etc.

Make everyone play as fast and loose as Earl.

It seems more people watch Earl than any other player and it isn't just for him to have a meltdown.

He makes it fun to watch.

If it isn't fun to watch the game will never have a large audience.

HawaiianEye said:

All of this "change this, change that" BS makes me think it is kind of like two nerds sitting down in the basement playing video games against each other and one nerd keeps losing.

The losing nerd suggests turning the TV upside down would make for a better game and make it more even.

They do it and the losing nerd finally wins a game and says, "See, I told you this was better."

Then the other nerd says, "To make it more even, I think we should put the TV on its side."

Then their blind nerd buddy shows up and suggests that they play with the screen turned off.

Game fixed.

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That reminds me of a true story. Years ago, me and two of my best friends (one of whom is now deceased and one, the one in question is married to my little sister) would get together, network our computers and play counter strike.

The friend who is now my BIL would always win, but in ways that seemed insane. One time we're playing and setup at my mom's house. I was up visiting from my duty station in San Diego and I step away from my screen and see his, we were all in different rooms of the house. He was using a mod on his that made the walls all see through. So he'd use the sniper rifle and just shoot us through the walls. f%$#in cheater.

Now as it comes to pool, the changes that have been made haven't been made to make it more fair for the lesser players, or to stop cheaters like my friend, but rather to make the elite stand out more and force people to win by skill, not by luck. It's a completely different animal.

sjm said:

Tough event to sweat from New York. Most matches end by early morning here. I haven't seen much of it so far, but I intend to fix that.

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no really outstanding matches so far. sky played good beating carlo, but that's about it.