I Heard Something Very Odd

NewStroke

NewStroke

Screamin Monkey
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I was at the team meeting for our APA County tournament. Mostly I just heard "blah, blah, blah" but perked up when the LO said no head phones. (I use them in APA to totally block out all other APA players, and don't use them anywhere else) Somebody asked why and the LO responded "So your opponent can get your attention". Funny but don't they call that sharking? My opponent should never have to get my attention, if I miss something, it's my own fault.

So I guess every time my opponent addresses the cue ball, I'll stand up and wave my hands, yelling "Hey, don't concentrate, I need to get your attention".

That along with my mason jar of mercury as my pocket marker should be a big hit.
 
He wants to tell you that you need to shoot the 2 ball, not the 4. :grin-square:
 
What if your opponent want you to hold up so he can get a "close" shot watched and your rockin out LOL.

Thats all I can think of. Other than that your jar of mercury should be pretty interesting. I hear thats a b!tch to get out of the cloth if spilled.
 
NewStroke said:
I was at the team meeting for our APA County tournament. Mostly I just heard "blah, blah, blah" but perked up when the LO said no head phones. (I use them in APA to totally block out all other APA players, and don't use them anywhere else) Somebody asked why and the LO responded "So your opponent can get your attention". Funny but don't they call that sharking? My opponent should never have to get my attention, if I miss something, it's my own fault.

So I guess every time my opponent addresses the cue ball, I'll stand up and wave my hands, yelling "Hey, don't concentrate, I need to get your attention".

That along with my mason jar of mercury as my pocket marker should be a big hit.
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Sometimes your opponent or teammates need to get your attention. Like if they want a referee to watch the shot, you're shooting the wrong ball, or you have a 6 or 7 who likes to call time outs on you. The headphones kind of screw that up, so unlike many of their rules, that one makes a little bit of sense.
 
NewStroke said:
I was at the team meeting for our APA County tournament. Mostly I just heard "blah, blah, blah" but perked up when the LO said no head phones. (I use them in APA to totally block out all other APA players, and don't use them anywhere else) Somebody asked why and the LO responded "So your opponent can get your attention". Funny but don't they call that sharking? My opponent should never have to get my attention, if I miss something, it's my own fault.

So I guess every time my opponent addresses the cue ball, I'll stand up and wave my hands, yelling "Hey, don't concentrate, I need to get your attention".

That along with my mason jar of mercury as my pocket marker should be a big hit.
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We were told the same ruling at our captains meeting last night. Our Cities are this weekend coming up.
We were told it was for 2 reasons.
1) on a couple of different occasions in other ares, the sitting player has either called a foul or asked for a ref and because the shooting player did not hear him, he shot anyway and it caused a big problem
2) One team somewhere used it for coaching. The head phones were attached to a cell phone inthe players pocket. Another player would sit well away at another table and he had would tlak his player through shot selection . Must have been a pretty big cell phone bill.
 
zy112 said:
What if your opponent want you to hold up so he can get a "close" shot watched and your rockin out LOL.
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Doesn't matter to NewStroke -- for he's got "For those about to rack, we salute you..." blaring in his headphones. :D

zy112 said:
Thats all I can think of. Other than that your jar of mercury should be pretty interesting. I hear thats a b!tch to get out of the cloth if spilled.
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But it makes great amalgam fillings for the pockets, so that your opponent can't pocket a ball when he/she's up at the table! :D
 
Also your opponent might need you to stop so he can declare a ball frozen.
 
incognito said:
Sometimes your opponent or teammates need to get your attention. Like if they want a referee to watch the shot, you're shooting the wrong ball, or you have a 6 or 7 who likes to call time outs on you. The headphones kind of screw that up, so unlike many of their rules, that one makes a little bit of sense.
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Funny thing is if I normally call the referee over to watch the shot that I am shooting. Timeouts are for lower lever players and I would normally ignore someone calling a timeout on me. If I'm shooting the wrong ball, my opponent deserves ball in hand. Just my perspective.
 
I'm just complaining because I can't stand playing 93.4% of the people in our league. Music is my only solace during these turbulent times :)
 
Luxury said:
Also your opponent might need you to stop so he can declare a ball frozen.
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NewStroke's got that covered as well -- along with his mason jar of mercury, he has a can of Freon cooling spray. Just spray on the ball, and voila! Frozen ball -- on demand. :p
 
sfleinen said:
NewStroke's got that covered as well -- along with his mason jar of mercury, he has a can of Freon cooling spray. Just spray on the ball, and voila! Frozen ball -- on demand. :p
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LMAO, I use liquid nitrogen, it works faster.
 
LeagueGuy said:
2) One team somewhere used it for coaching. The head phones were attached to a cell phone inthe players pocket. Another player would sit well away at another table and he had would tlak his player through shot selection . Must have been a pretty big cell phone bill.
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I was playing a guy in a tournament in St. Louis and this is EXACTLY what he was doing. I called him on it, he got mad and said that wasn't what he was doing. But once he had to take them off his shot selection and execution was completely different. The guy that was coaching him wasn't allowed in the tournament (no APA 7's or higher skill level), and soon left!

I wouldn't do this even if I were allowed, this behavior is pathetic.
 
Haha, I would pay to see one of NewStroke's league matches streamed. It has to be interesting lol.
 
NewStroke said:
Funny thing is if I normally call the referee over to watch the shot that I am shooting. Timeouts are for lower lever players and I would normally ignore someone calling a timeout on me. If I'm shooting the wrong ball, my opponent deserves ball in hand. Just my perspective.
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Puh-lease, I have to coach you all the time. Who beat you 6 racks to 0 at lunch today? :eek:
 
I'm going with the LO on this one, NewStroke. Say you bent over for a shot and all of a sudden your pants fell down around your ankles. I would certainly think you would want that brought to your attention, just to keep too many people from seeing your skid marks. :D
 
zy112 said:
Haha, I would pay to see one of NewStroke's league matches streamed. It has to be interesting lol.
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You would if you knew that he almost got banned from the league last season because of an 'incident' with a player from another team that I used to play with. hehehe...
 
Tramp Steamer said:
I'm going with the LO on this one, NewStroke. Say you bent over for a shot and all of a sudden your pants fell down around your ankles. I would certainly think you would want that brought to your attention, just to keep too many people from seeing your skid marks. :D
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It's funny you mention such a thing. If I know the team I am playing, I will each stuffed cabbage 4 hours before the match. Before I step away from the table, I try to leave the cue ball near me and silently rip one for my opponent to walk into. It's a big hit with my team mates. :)
 
JCurry said:
You would if you knew that he almost got banned from the league last season because of an 'incident' with a player from another team that I used to play with. hehehe...
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Was that the incident that Tramp Steamer was referring to, with his pants falling down around his ankles? :eek:
 
NewStroke said:
It's funny you mention such a thing. If I know the team I am playing, I will each stuffed cabbage 4 hours before the match. Before I step away from the table, I try to leave the cue ball near me and silently rip one for my opponent to walk into. It's a big hit with my team mates. :)
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Better make sure it's silent too, otherwise your opponent will be creating threads with the very same title as this one... :D
 
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