Sorry, but I like it.
At the risk of being ridiculed, I prefer these rules
to the basic Texas Express rules that are normally
used.It favors the better player and takes most of
or a high percentage of luck out of the game. Where
as playing the usual 9/10 ball, if you make a good
hit, slop counts.
Most of the time slop shots are not a factor, especially
in a longer set. However, rolls can be your enemy any
given set. How many sets have we all played where we
couldn't buy a roll. They say it averages out over time,
but meanwhile, your opponent just got 9 rolls to your 1
and beat you 11-2 in the process. He missed 5 wide
open shots and somehow, the cue ball, gets hemmed
in to where it's all you can do to make a good hit and
getting safe was the furthest thing from your opponents
mind as he was simply trying to run out, only to dog the
ball and get safer than he would have trying to play a
safe...lol. It's funny how this can keep happening over
and over, but on the rare occasion it does happen.
The downside to call shot, call safe is it takes away 2
way shots. The upside is........if your opponent dogs a
ball and the cue balls gets tucked in there tighter than
an Alabama tick, you can give that shot back to him.
Now that I like. These rules don't really change the game
from a breaking standpoint, but they change the game
during play and give the better (smarter) player the
advantage.
Don't get me wrong, I get my share of the rolls from time
to time, but at least when you win or lose under these
rules, you most likely proved you were the better player
that particular set.
Sorry to disagree, I was just sharing my thoughts from
a different vantage point than you guys.
