Different cue sport(not a joke) have a look. Never seen this-interesting.
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That's popular in the Philippines. Oddly enough, they call it pool.
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Carrom is fun too!
I came across this game on YouTube from watching rotacion matches. I meant to look up the rules but never did. Time to learn something.
It seems like a good way to get around the humidity making everything dead and slow
It seems like a good way to get around the humidity making everything dead and slow
Interesting. This reminds of a table top game I got for Christmas when I was 9. It was a lot of fun, and got me on the road to real pool.
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Exactly. 9-ball or any other kind of a game the English-speaking world knows as pool, they call 'biljar'.
And this 2D 'pool' is the first cuesport the Pinoys get familiar with. No wonder that when those fellas get to the billiard table
for the first time, they can find a multirail kick escape from almost anywhere 
Very interesting, thanks for sharing. Fascinating game. It's interesting that the rules appear to give a strategic advantage at times to intentionally scratching. And having the cue disc bigger (or much bigger) than the object discs makes for some exciting shots, particularly that last one. With no draw available, your only option is to follow, so speed control is paramount.
I've read up on my pocket billiards physics, but not at all about games like this with varying sizes and weights of the game pieces. Would having smaller object discs then increase the cut-induced throw? With rails that appear solid and not cloth, is English even a thing, at least as far as position-play goes?
I really want to try this game.
I've read up on my pocket billiards physics, but not at all about games like this with varying sizes and weights of the game pieces. Would having smaller object discs then increase the cut-induced throw? With rails that appear solid and not cloth, is English even a thing, at least as far as position-play goes?
I really want to try this game.
Had one of these as a kid. Kinda similar: https://www.amazon.com/Carrom-2850XXXX-Game-Board-Large/dp/B00003G4JR I've seen other vids of Filipinos playing that. Really teaches your aiming overlaps. Great lead-in to pool.
The rec room at the local park where I grew up had one or two of those - played it many times (always outdoors, interestingly enough). Never thought about it that way, but it was probably what spurred my interest in pool.
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So did the Boys Club in Miami, Florida in 1950’s. This brings back old memories.
But the same Boys Club had a couple of junkie Pool table, that were much more popular.
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I've seen that played before I always liked it it looks like a good game for kids and a good stepping stone to real pool. You can even home build something like that. You have to find where to get your hands on the checker like pieces though.
I watched it quite a bit on YouTube but I still don't really understand the rules.
I think having a larger (heavier) cue disc allows them to hit softer and move it around easier. Yes they can use sidespin if you pay attention you will see they sometimes use it. The fact that a larger cue ball undercuts on a pool table isnt due to throw it has to do with where the OB ball is contacted. I have no idea how the larger sized disc affects aim.
Balls interact on their "equators", so it's exactly the same geometrically as discs interacting - aim the same (assuming the same amount of squirt and no swerve).
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