The really frustrating part about this train wreck is, I read the first couple posts and didn't see it again for three weeks. I'm pretty sure I could've corrected a couple inaccurate responses right when they showed up instead of Brian seeing them and "flying off the handle".
One of the statements that jumped out at me was that the story of the racks themselves changed. I forget who posted it, it was 15 pages ago, but the idea was "you said you ran 7 racks in a row, but then you said he ran to the 7 and left you the 8 for the win, so your story changed." At around that point in the thread people started calling him a liar.
Explanation: Brian's opponent broke and ran the first rack. The second rack, he broke and ran to the 7, leaving Brian the 8 to set up the win in the second rack. This is the point at which his opponent burped loudly during his backstroke, and Brian missed and told him to shut up and play pool, or whatever the precise wording was. This began the first 15 minute interlude of arguing and threatening, after which his opponent broke and Brian won the next 7 racks.
Another statement was that Brian decided not to mention in his official statement to the APA that he had made a "$500 from here" bet at his opponent's break.
Explanation: In other posts through the thread, Brian stated that he and his opponent were going back and forth with taunts about gambling prior to the 3rd break. The third break was the first time anyone actually pulled any money out. He said "you don't mean it", the money was put away, and nobody said anything about it the rest of the match. He didn't mention gambling at all in the official statement, because both players would've been found at fault for it and nobody actually gambled. As far as he was concerned, the gambling comment wasn't the point.
There was something else, too, but I can't remember it and I just lost the last hour of my life reading this trainwreck again. Anyway ask somebody for clarification before calling them a liar. Sometimes they misspoke, sometimes you misread it.
i guess i am the guilty one that started this train wreck since he red repped me and said i was the #1 nit in this thread. btw my 1st red rep here.
i did read all his posts twice before making my 1st post making sure i did not mis read anything. i even stated that in my 1st post.
he questioned my comprehension abilities and things escalated from there. i have never claimed to be the smartest person around but i do know how to comprehend what i read.
wll maybe i really cant comprehend , your version in your 1st explanation is different from brians also.
brian stated that his opponent had him down 2-0 which means his opponent was breaking the 3rd rack where he ran to the 7th ball before he missed giving brian his 1st win. brian then won the next 6 in a row giving him the match 7-2. you state brian won the 2nd match. darn this is confusing !
as far as the bet from here statement goes. brian stated he was down 2-0 when his opponent started to break brian said bet from here sharking his opponent.
imo if you are going to go cry to the lo about getting slapped you ought to tell the whole story including the bet from here statement. did you read the post where brian said the police were going to take him in also for harrasment towards his opponent ? maybe the lo took that into consideration when deciding to bar brian from going to vegas.