Oh... and BTW... I was reading and replying to this post from my mobile and did not see it was a poll with limited choices. I was replying based on what I interpreted it to be a question about playing safe when someone was playing cheap/funsie pool.
I just now saw it was a poll. Which is a bit confusing it itself. The poll asks if playing safe in 8 ball is ok, not ok, or considered dirty pool, based upon BCA rules. Well, in BCA rules you can play safe anytime you want as long as it's a legal hit, so I only see one answer. What's more the question, based upon his post, is whether it's ok to play safety's like he described he did, when playing funsies/cheap pool and whether that might be considered a bit overboard is what I'm getting. That's the part I was responding too.
So I appear to look like a idiot responding the way I did, not knowing it was a poll with limited choices.
I can't really imagine too many people that would like to be safed to death in a game for a lousy buck, unless they wanted to practice their kicking or they were the all gung ho type that think you should play the same game no matter what setting you're playing in. Which more power to those people, just some people aren't into that.
My answer would be if your playing in a tournament or gambling for anything more then el cheapo stakes, you most certainly should play safe whenever you have to, based upon your ability, which gives you the best percentage of winning the game.
If you're playing cheaply or for fun, you should limit your safety's to when you don't have a shot at anything or it would be stupid to play anything else but a safety. Each person playing for funsies or for real cheap, should make the decision on whether they want to play someone that plays safe all the time or not. Whatever each person likes, I would imagine, would determine whether they want to play with that person. There's no right or wrong answer to this question, as it is each person's personal preference.
If you don't like playing someone, DON"T PLAY THEM!
If you like playing someone, PLAY THEM AS MUCH AS YOU CAN!
wow.. that's pretty deep......:boring2:
I just now saw it was a poll. Which is a bit confusing it itself. The poll asks if playing safe in 8 ball is ok, not ok, or considered dirty pool, based upon BCA rules. Well, in BCA rules you can play safe anytime you want as long as it's a legal hit, so I only see one answer. What's more the question, based upon his post, is whether it's ok to play safety's like he described he did, when playing funsies/cheap pool and whether that might be considered a bit overboard is what I'm getting. That's the part I was responding too.
So I appear to look like a idiot responding the way I did, not knowing it was a poll with limited choices.
I can't really imagine too many people that would like to be safed to death in a game for a lousy buck, unless they wanted to practice their kicking or they were the all gung ho type that think you should play the same game no matter what setting you're playing in. Which more power to those people, just some people aren't into that.My answer would be if your playing in a tournament or gambling for anything more then el cheapo stakes, you most certainly should play safe whenever you have to, based upon your ability, which gives you the best percentage of winning the game.
If you're playing cheaply or for fun, you should limit your safety's to when you don't have a shot at anything or it would be stupid to play anything else but a safety. Each person playing for funsies or for real cheap, should make the decision on whether they want to play someone that plays safe all the time or not. Whatever each person likes, I would imagine, would determine whether they want to play with that person. There's no right or wrong answer to this question, as it is each person's personal preference.
If you don't like playing someone, DON"T PLAY THEM!
If you like playing someone, PLAY THEM AS MUCH AS YOU CAN!
wow.. that's pretty deep......:boring2:
Last edited:
