[WPA / Joy Billiards] Heyball World Investment
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Flakeandrun
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Hei 黑 'hey' - means black. It's not racist to refer to it as 'heyball' combining it's place of origin with a more commonly/universal language as a play on words, and I'd say, living here, eight is not a commonly mispronounced word...
It's more an attempt to appeal to outside audience who would treat it with even more distain if they called it 黑球 hei qiu 'hey cho' ('muricans aren't the best at attempting to pronounce anything correctly, not even English
)If anything, giving it the name they would probably prefer to call it, would see even less people willing to play it. As sadly, that is the kind of world we live in...
I like playing Chinese-8, but can't help but see it as WPA ditching out and accepting they have lost American table based games, and looking to pursue the money by creating something/seeking alliance with something that can over shadow MR... that's a lot of F money... and a game that appeals to all walks of cue sports life (multiple backgrounds)
I am noticing a few of the strongholds for American tables in Shanghai are making more investment into Chinese tables... seems counter-productive in my opinion, as they should just solidify themselves as the mainstays for American tables... There's Chinese 8-tables in every hall already and people come to these places already solely because they are interested in American tables...
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If I was Chinese I would never send a trained heyball player into a room full of degenerate nineball gamblers or other global cue games.
Heyball players are respectable and well suited for the Olympics. They show up to play a game, endorse their sport and represent their region.
Region is not the same as country.
Nineball players fail drug tests, snooker players are arrested for match fixing and don't even get me started on the Korean carom players.
Heyball players are respectable and well suited for the Olympics. They show up to play a game, endorse their sport and represent their region.
Region is not the same as country.
Nineball players fail drug tests, snooker players are arrested for match fixing and don't even get me started on the Korean carom players.
Flakeandrun
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You have no clue what you are talking about.
Stay focused on the positives in life, its healthier.
Flakeandrun
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I do for the most part.
None whatsoever. Lives in mommies basement, eats Cheetos and slings shit on things he knows nothing about. Talks shit about gamblers 'cause he can't run two balls if $.25 was riding on it.
Id love to get paid to wait for someone to tell me how to do my job. Its like no took the class after they graduate.
Its not like anyone else can sit there and read.
Now you know im watching. It better not go as badly as the first lead.
There’s a non-zero chance that some pudgy middle age guy who is way too proud of his red CCP lapel pin came in and questioned the owner’s loyalty to China. Us silly 老外 wouldn’t understand.
This is going to get you killed.
Use star wars references please.
Serving others and the empire is how we all win.
If you show signs of being a force user you will be taken by an inquisitor.
Flakeandrun
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No doubt there is scrutiny. Same goes for basically anyone involved in any professional sport, or enterprise opportunity here I'd imagine (as it also does in many other places around the world - whether in a similar, or even differing context)
Anyway, it didn't stop halve of the aspiring snooker talent from being embroiled in a fixing scandal? Scandalous things happen when there's money on the line, especially when things go 'international' and people start to see more of the world, get themselves into a spot of trouble or want different things in life than they thought they did...
Anyway, too many words sprouting from what I assume was the dumb comments of another user on here. As my post was more about why there's so much money involved in Heyball, and whether the name had any negative connotations.
While big by pool standards the money paid out in HB/Chin8b is chicken feed compared to other sports.
Flakeandrun
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Listening to Americans say my first name, which is English, makes me understand why lots of foreigners give themselves an easier name to pronounce.
It's pretty hard to fuck up 'heyball' but I have watched people try pretty hard already...
Flakeandrun
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Absolutely agree with you. So people will still be making money selling merch, coaching, selling signed memorabilia, through sponsors, kids birthday parties, meet the fans, trick shots, hustling and via. harder gambling. As they have done in cue sports for eons.
These events often seem to have enormous player fields, not sure how money is split - like I said, it seems to be an obvious attempt by WPA to challenge MR - interesting that they abandon the American tables to save themselves, and to make some $$$ with a more competitive product against MR than their own American table tournaments.
(Just an interested fans opinion/thoughts - it's certainly what it looks like to me)
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DaWizard
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Well have I got something for you!
Just kidding just kidding
DaWizard
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I know I'm sounding like a broken record, but I really think some pool fanatic with money or someone from the pool industry should hire a boardgame or computer game designer and design new poolgames.
There are so many exciting mechanisms in computer and boardgames. I'm sure some could be incorporated into a new game that is fun to play and especially exciting to watch.
The boardgame and/or computergame designers must be paired with a couple solid players that continuously playtest and help to iterate the ideas. I bet that in a week they could develop some interesting concepts.
There are so many exciting mechanisms in computer and boardgames. I'm sure some could be incorporated into a new game that is fun to play and especially exciting to watch.
The boardgame and/or computergame designers must be paired with a couple solid players that continuously playtest and help to iterate the ideas. I bet that in a week they could develop some interesting concepts.
23DenaliBDE
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Someone fed their Mogwai after midnight and just turned it loose. It's the only explanation. I also think it's possible that it's a beta version of Chat GPT and they forgot to turn it off when they realized they forgot to program how normal conversations work.
This is what team work looks like.
When did Chinese combination become a thing?
How about a Chinese Lucky Roll? I meant Chinese Spring Roll. It should be Japanese California Roll. The Koreans get to have the rice roll.
How about using Jade. The player got hooked on the Jaded look failing to play shape on whats after green.
When did Chinese combination become a thing?
How about a Chinese Lucky Roll? I meant Chinese Spring Roll. It should be Japanese California Roll. The Koreans get to have the rice roll.
How about using Jade. The player got hooked on the Jaded look failing to play shape on whats after green.
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There's a lot of evidence supporting that, isn't there?