its been a crazy week for me.
i met my 1st real asshole in apa tue night. the guy is only a 2 and needs to learn the rules and some etiquette.
Hears the funny thing, I had a very similar experience as well this week in APA. I meant to post something about it all week, but just didnt have the chance. My post starts out with almost the exact same first sentence as yours (lol).
I met my 1st real asshole in APA Monday night
He is a SL6, so he needs 4 and I need 5 to win.
I could tell right off the bat, the guy was a jackass. When its time for the lag, and I always introduce myself, offer a hand shake, and a 'good luck to you', and most people do likewise. Well, this guy didnt have any intentions on offer the same pleasantries. I said my name and offered a handshake, and he paused, as if I was putting him out, and gave a reluctant handshake. Right there, I could tell he was an ass.
I win the lag, and as hes racking one of the younger guys on my team says to me, 'this guys pretty good, he shoots on the 9 footer down the club all the time and he plays good on it'. So right there, im thinking ok good, I need to step it up and not slack off on this guy.
I break, drop a ball, and I ask him 'I am what I make on the break, correct?'.
He says back, 'Ya, didnt anyone go over the rules with you!?!'
I said (still being calm and polite), 'Yes, but our whole team is new to APA, and the rules are a little different than I'm used to. I watched the video in the link my captain sent to me, but I was just making sure. I'm used to it still being open with a single ball dropped on the break..'
I have no shot whatsoever, and miss. He gets up, makes a ball and misses. I then start to run out what was a very hard rack to run out (2 sets of balls clumped up). During my out, as I was bridging over 2 of his balls, I bumped them (both) slightly with my big ape-like fingers. I back up, look at him, and ask what the rule is on it (I just barely bumped both of them, hardly moving at all, and assume that he can leave them as they are, or can put them back to where he thinks they should go).
He gives out a huff and shakes his head and says (loudly), 'Whos your captain, ask him!'.
Now mind you, I'm now irritated at this clown (Im also a big guy, 6'4", 250, and 15 years younger than this ass
, and I'd beat on him with one arm if pushed to), but I still keep my cool, and finish running out the rack.. As hes slamming the balls down to rack up the second game, he says,
'New player my ass! No new player runs out a rack like that!'
I then say (more sternly now), 'I never said I was new to pool, only that I was new to APA. Obviously I can play a little..'.
First off, hes a 6 and Im spotting him a game! What gave him the Idea I was trying to come off as some new player who didnt know how to play. Like I was trying to hustle him or something in a league match :speechless:
I end up winning 5-1, with his only win coming off a scratch on the 8 ball, after I made it from a break and run :banghead:
He acted like a baby the whole time, saying stuff, slamming his cue and throwing it into the corner, just a real clown.
Even Tried to call a foul on me after I locked him up on a safe and got ball in hand. He said I used my ferrule to position the cue ball, when I clearly didnt (wasnt even close either), and his captain even said I didnt..
Afterwards he stormed out of the bar. I could see his team was embarrassed by him. Later on, his captain said I was correct in asking my opponent about any rules I was unfamiliar with, and not to ask my own captain without calling a timeout. Said his guy was being an ass cause he was getting whooped on..
Im now 3-0, beating a 5, and (2) 6's so far.
End of rant, sorry so long...