Audience Sharking (Unintentional, but INSANE?)

Chili Palmer said:
Again, I agree with the fact that she had the opportunity but, you can't say you've never been distracted and didn't stand up and reset. Another example for me is: I was in a scotch double tournament a couple of years ago and my partner and I were the highest rated team in the event. Well, we're playing the second highest rated team (third match, both undefeated) and it's hill-hill and I'm on the 9B. 9B is on short rail, 2 inches off center diamond, CB is locked on the rail at the 2nd diamond up, as I get down our opponents are sitting on the bench directly in my view giving each other condolences because it's over then one of them stood up and I looked up at him, looked at the OB and pulled the trigger - missed. Sometimes we just don't do the right thing - but - the people watching should have some common courtesy. Especially in the situation mentioned in this thread, they should've known better.
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Common courtesy when in the presence of professionals.
 
One time at BCA nationals in Vegas I sat down right in the line of a lower-level Euro pro player on the outer tables about to take a long straight-in shot. I was looking at another table and didn't notice that he was shooting. I froze and tried to minimize the damage, but he didn't stop his routine and he missed. It was a critical point in the match and he ended up losing. I felt bad, but there was no shot clock and nothing was stopping him from regrouping. Those outer tables can be kind of a zoo with people walking around and talking. Perhaps a lesson learned for both of us.
 
skip100 said:
One time at BCA nationals in Vegas I sat down right in the line of a lower-level Euro pro player on the outer tables about to take a long straight-in shot. I froze and tried to minimize the damage, but he didn't stop his routine and he missed. It was a critical point in the match and he ended up losing. I felt bad, but there was no shot clock and nothing was stopping him from regrouping. Those outer tables can be kind of a zoo with people walking around and talking. Perhaps a lesson learned for both of us.
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People are constantly moving at huge multiple table events like that. I wouldn't worry about something like that. Its on the player to handle all the unintentional sharking.
 
skip100 said:
One time at BCA nationals in Vegas I sat down right in the line of a lower-level Euro pro player on the outer tables about to take a long straight-in shot. I was looking at another table and didn't notice that he was shooting. I froze and tried to minimize the damage, but he didn't stop his routine and he missed. It was a critical point in the match and he ended up losing. I felt bad, but there was no shot clock and nothing was stopping him from regrouping. Those outer tables can be kind of a zoo with people walking around and talking. Perhaps a lesson learned for both of us.
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Yeah that’s not on you. You did nothing wrong.
 
There's a billiard book from 130 years ago by a Major Broadfoot. His advice for not disturbing the player: when you approach the billiard room, stop outside the door and wait for the sound of a shot. When you hear one, enter just after.
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There are probably a few of us on this forum who can remember those days in the 60's when the crowd and players were expected to be absolutely still and quiet when a high school or college basketball player was shooting a free throw. Then it seemed there would always be one jerk who would shout or move at the time of the shot. Then everybody said f%%k it, they shoot harder shots during the game with the crowd going wild, why can't they shoot an undefended free throw? And now, the crowd can't make enough noise, yet the free throws still go in.
 
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