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Personally most annoying thing in pool.
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Zerksies
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Not whining at all. I don't get the allure of wearing one. I'd like see a real reason as to why you need to wear one.
You glove wearers get really offended over a piece of fabric.
Powder and sweaty hands both make a mess of the cloth. Wearing a glove is not only a benefit to the player but also showing good courtesy to your opponent and all the other players in a poolroom.
Drama queen idiots who go out of thier way to get noticed!
I've seen this one for ever. Don't have a clue why people do this , but in a room empty of players and all the tables empty except the one I'm playing on , the above happens. I have at times , gathered the balls up from the table and move 4 or more table away to try and escape such.
You know what irritates me? People that get powder all over the table, when they can simply wear a glove.
I play with CF and I don’t really care for gloves and I hate powder. I’ll very rarely use a glove. The cue just feels better in my hand without one. My hands never sweat and if they get a little dirty and it feels like the cue isn’t moving as freely as I want it to, I just go wash my hands and problem solved.
What if the person is tapping you on the shoulder to inform you that there is a guy at another table shooting people?
The thing that annoys me the most is when I'm in a pool hall and everyone is wearing a glove and using a wood shaft, then some a-hole walks in with a carbon fiber shaft and no glove and struts around like he's the lord of the manor.
Zerksies
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You are not alone on this one
For me it would be playing a match against someone who is not paying attention. You try to call something and have to wait for them to acknowledge you, which could take some time. Then the come and ask, "do i have stripes or solids?" Maybe if you paid attention and you wouldn't need to ask. That and people who smoke during their match, especially short races. Smoke before and after your match. I have seen people take multiple smoke breaks in a race to 3 bar box 8 ball tournament. It holds the tournament up.
Or whenever a higher ranked player loses a match to a lower ranked player, and they complain to me (as TD) about that player being ranked too low.
Like a lesser skilled player isn’t capable of catching a gear and making enough balls to win a couple of games against a better player, once in a while.
dquarasr
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Uh, oh. Ok, I’ll try to stop doing that.
My pet peeve: large guys who show 4-5 inches of butt crack when they get down on a shot. I have to look away.
But I do have a double standard. It’s ok for a hot female to do so. Showing cleavage is ok, too.
Thank you.
Ha... that literally just happened to me. The two leagues in my room partnered up for a charity tourney. It was handicapped and although according the flawless "equalizer" system I was playing another '7', I had to give him 3 games on the wire in a seven game race....lol.
I went up 2-0 but then missed a couple. An 8b break and four consecutive flukes in the next rack put me out at 2-4...lol. Best player won that one for sure
My bad for missing. That said, I'm honestly surprised at the nerve to suggest all APA 7's aren't equal.... lmao
Why don't you ask most of the top Euro and American professionals (and many Asian pros as well) why they wear one? Pick out the biggest, meanest-looking, badass player you can find with a glove on and tell him it's not manly of him to wear a glove.
Get back to us and tell us how that goes!
The glove/no glove argument is the stupidest one ever on this forum. I have only seen people wearing a glove criticized in this argument, but have NEVER heard anyone that doesn't wear one catch any flak whatsoever. I just don't comprehend all the hate for the glove. Especially when a very good amount of professionals are now using one, including most of the top-ranked players in the world.
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telinoz
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I would have said, thanks for the game.
Now, I have to get back to practice.
The guy sounds like a deadbeat.
I’m the guy who shits up the table with talc, chalk. Like I’ve said before “if it don’t look like Tony Montana’s desk-it’s too clean for me”
Fatboy<——-less than perfect
When I started on a league team I had a team mate that mocked the glove. One week he showed up with a cut on his finger, borrowed a glove and has worn one ever since.