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Okay, I think there could be mileage in the no-special-roles game. The chess-style gambits and forks etc. might work... I'll try to sink your 2 with my 11 but miss: https://pad.chalkysticks.com/1fc77

Hang on, can I check the rules? I thought there was no assassin (or anything else) this time, and each ball can only pot a lower or equal ball (so only a king can kill a king).

Here in the UK, cheating is endemic in professional soccer (which pays very well). Specifically, players routinely fake being fouled, and when fouled, fake being injured to try to ensure it's spotted and increase the other guy's punishment. In fairness to the divers, very good players get...

Honestly, I think if a major manufacturer had put diamonds on their tables, in the earlier days snooker or English billiards, probably enough people would have found them useful that it would have become standard. Similarly, British pool tables (for 2" balls) don't have diamonds, because...

The link didn't work so I recreated your shot - if you want to fine-tune the position of the 11 or 5, feel free to change them. I use my king to make the 3 and run across the table to hide! https://pad.chalkysticks.com/392df

Okay, I'd placed my 13 to have a shot on your 5 (with the 2 close to block the angle for you to bank the 13 to the bottom-left corner). I think it lines up right, but it's not super clear in the picture. Let's continue from here, your shot

I'm enjoying supersimple. I think the rules for which ball can pot which other reintroduce some tactical thinking that maybe you don't have when there are assassins and kingkillers. It might allow for chess-style gambits - 'I'll sacrifice my 2 and make his 3', something like that. But it would...

Hang on, I can't use a ball I placed last time, can I? I forgot 😭 I will use the 9 to bank your 4 to the top-right corner: https://pad.chalkysticks.com/cecab

I like it as a feature. It has a penalty attached, but hopefully sometimes has tactical advantages. I use my 12 to break open the 8 and 2, then place my king: https://pad.chalkysticks.com/6dce6

I bank your king toward the corner with my 9: https://pad.chalkysticks.com/83870

No problem. I use the 12 to bunt the 10 into the 3: https://pad.chalkysticks.com/70d69

You're right, but chalkysticks has been a good starting point, in the absence of real testing.

I hope that's not your conclusion from your own experience! (Presumably you're bilingual.) I found a good CD series that does a few languages, which usually gets me to the level of basic conversation speaking very slowly! I've not really found anything good to bridge the gap from there to...

Friendly chatter is about all I was aiming for. I speak a few languages very badly but it's nice to have a little bit. I think I'd struggle to make the time to practice consistently to become fluent.

I'll place my 2: https://pad.chalkysticks.com/03e61

I place my king: https://pad.chalkysticks.com/1004f

I suppose doing it your way, on a small percentage of their breaks, the player would (by luck) make a red and get position on the 7, with a clear route to the pocket. Whereas Jimmy essentially did the same thing except guaranteeing position on the 7. So he's starting from about the same...

Hey a quick question, if I may: The company I work for has a Belgian office and I think they work in Flemish. In practice, if I was to learn some standard Dutch, do you think that be good enough to communicate with them?

I place the 1: https://pad.chalkysticks.com/9c0d2

Fair enough. But in my defence it was a very relevant steal!