SNOOKER IS LIKE ONEPOCKET
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I rest my case. Have always taken the judge in the past. Feeling brave and will agree to submit to jury. I always wanted a professional to decide over the crap shoot of a jury.
Good luck. Your on the hill.
Good luck. Your on the hill.
He submitted! Right?
Good night John Boy
Good night John Boy
Trying to remember, oh yeah. Rebuttal? Your honor?
The kind of citizen I are. Well by the Extensive psych tests the Air Force put all cadets through upon entry..... I am a citizen they would want flying a B-52 armed with a big nuke.
If you read the first post you will find i agree
With you that there are aspects to snooker that are similar to straight pool
SJM very eloquently discussed it
If you go back to read the first and many other posts you will find what myself and others see as similarities
There are some folks here that would argue there are similarities between bikini volleyball and 1pocket, lol.
Others just say, "Look, so many people say I'm right." Sad but true.
In argumentation theory, an argumentum ad populum (Latin for "appeal to the people")[1][a] is a fallacious argument which is based on affirming that something is real or better because the majority thinks so.[2]
Lou Figueroa
Others just say, "Look, so many people say I'm right." Sad but true.
Argumentum ad populum
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:In argumentation theory, an argumentum ad populum (Latin for "appeal to the people")[1][a] is a fallacious argument which is based on affirming that something is real or better because the majority thinks so.[2]
Lou Figueroa
Bikini volleyball is done for the health of the players to keep them from overheating. It has nothing to do with attracting viewers.
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If I had only invested more time in CompSci. It was by the spirit good in that it was only 2 weeks out. The judge said which "a good lawyer could claim, I didn't fully understand. If the judge decided to go deeper than "$50 next." I would have been in deep do do.
A survival skill. Learning to use my mouth got the moniker Spit in the eye. In kindergarten!,
If I had only invested more time in CompSci. It was by the spirit good in that it was only 2 weeks out. The judge said which "a good lawyer could claim, I didn't fully understand. If the judge decided to go deeper than "$50 next." I would have been in deep do do.
Knowing when to be quiet got me through high school and beyond. I B done.
Edit: should have been gone d. (For the Bonus point).
Edit: should have been gone d. (For the Bonus point).
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If they look at other games, they'll surely steer clear of call shot games, which make the game harder for fans to follow. To me, that eliminates call shot 10-ball, straight pool, and eight ball.
Matchroom is all about keeping the game moving along (Texas Express, shot clock on every table, golden breaks count, early combos/caroms on the nine count), and to have matches of very predictable length. It is for those reasons that I think they'd never go near one pocket.
There's little question that at some point the players will ask Matchroom to try other disciplines, but I think it will take a very hard sell, because all of Matchroom's branding centers around nine ball and the fact that nine ball a) has a fast pace, b) is simple to follow even for unsophisticated fans, and c) stays on schedule.
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My personal likes are one-pocket, 3-cushion, and snooker.
There are similarities and differences in each game, but what you learn in one of those games enhances the other two.
Rotation games don’t interest me as much…if you can’t see the pattern at 9-ball within a few seconds after the break,
you just aren’t paying attention.
8-ball, which I’ve played the least, can be more interesting…but there’s a reason the biggest packs have been run at that game.…..
…if I had taken it up, I would’ve learned to play it ‘last pocket’.
I will always like straight pool…like snooker, you need an attention span…and if you can run 100s at snooker, you already know
a lot about running 100s at straight pool.
There are similarities and differences in each game, but what you learn in one of those games enhances the other two.
Rotation games don’t interest me as much…if you can’t see the pattern at 9-ball within a few seconds after the break,
you just aren’t paying attention.
8-ball, which I’ve played the least, can be more interesting…but there’s a reason the biggest packs have been run at that game.…..
…if I had taken it up, I would’ve learned to play it ‘last pocket’.
I will always like straight pool…like snooker, you need an attention span…and if you can run 100s at snooker, you already know
a lot about running 100s at straight pool.
The dynamic of a well played snooker frame is completely different from a (equally well played) game of 1P. Okay, there is a similarity in safety battles maybe, in that they exist in both games and there are 'safe areas' a player can go to. And maybe you could say that the scoring system is comparable, because the amount of points left on the table determines a win.
I think the dynamic of a snooker frame revolves around the fixed placements of the colored balls, while the 1P-dynamic focusses on the areas in front of the two pockets. That simply creates two totally different games.
Just the fact that a 1P-player can go for a 3 rail bank towards his pocket safely because he knows he protects his cueball, is an example of that. There is no chance in hell you will see a shot like that in snooker, because there is always a danger of leaving a chance to the opponent. Same goes for all the kicks into the stack and semi-wild combos, to create chances in front of your pocket or removing chances from your opponent. It determines a lot of the 1P game dynamic and it does not apply for snooker at all.
Also the way the endgame unfolds a lot of times, especially if it is all up-table, does not compare at all.
I think the dynamic of a snooker frame revolves around the fixed placements of the colored balls, while the 1P-dynamic focusses on the areas in front of the two pockets. That simply creates two totally different games.
Just the fact that a 1P-player can go for a 3 rail bank towards his pocket safely because he knows he protects his cueball, is an example of that. There is no chance in hell you will see a shot like that in snooker, because there is always a danger of leaving a chance to the opponent. Same goes for all the kicks into the stack and semi-wild combos, to create chances in front of your pocket or removing chances from your opponent. It determines a lot of the 1P game dynamic and it does not apply for snooker at all.
Also the way the endgame unfolds a lot of times, especially if it is all up-table, does not compare at all.
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Oh, also: a few pages back I saw some posts of people trying to explain the 3 fouls - game loss rule in snooker. I'm not sure if you are now clear on that rule, so I'll chime in, because it's a simple rule really.
If there is at least one red ball on the table that the incoming player can see the left and right side of (meaning: he could thin it on both sides) and he then fails to hit a red ball (can be a different one) three times, then it's loss of frame. The ref will warn the player after the second foul.
If this is not the case (so no red ball can be hit on both sides) then the foul-rule or the foul-and-a-miss rule applies, where the opponent can decide to have it put back any number of times, until such time where the player needs snookers to win.
If there is at least one red ball on the table that the incoming player can see the left and right side of (meaning: he could thin it on both sides) and he then fails to hit a red ball (can be a different one) three times, then it's loss of frame. The ref will warn the player after the second foul.
If this is not the case (so no red ball can be hit on both sides) then the foul-rule or the foul-and-a-miss rule applies, where the opponent can decide to have it put back any number of times, until such time where the player needs snookers to win.
I guess you didn't see Ronnie nail the cocked hat on his first shot after Judd open on the respot black. I mean it was only The World Championship and the 3 railer was struck by the world champ.
Well
With the white stuck to the head rail... the strength of the leave was unknown if it didn't drop. He must have figured the odds were on his side. Players make that judgement call in ........I guess you didn't see Ronnie nail the cocked hat on his first shot after Judd open on the respot black. I mean it was only The World Championship and the 3 railer was struck by the world champ.
Of course there's the, Live In Fame or Go Down in Flame attitude.
Then Efren and T-REX have put shots on display in one pocket that flaunt the norms.