It really does not matter, haters gonna hate. BCA SAYS YES
Just gonna put this right here:
Just gonna put this right here:
Personally, I wouldn't pay a dime to watch it, and I grew up loving and playing straight pool daily during the great straight pool era.
There it can stay. Not making much progress convincing others, that you can only call names.
If I ran this forum you would be banned for life. Aren't you the guy that's all about building up the sport?
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I will pay to watch it simply because it is a terrific accomplishment. (and I despise straight pool. I find it boring and out of date.)Any interest that I may have had...I have completely lost with this nonsense.
Personally, I wouldn't pay a dime to watch it, and I grew up loving and playing straight pool daily during the great straight pool era.
Hard to believe. So, watching someone break out 44 consecutive racks without a single resulting scratch or hook holds no interest for you?
Can’t wait to fork over my dough.
I also do not see too many people paying to view this- maybe a few thousand worldwide at most! How much money could that possibly generate? When you think of this outside of the most die hard pool fans' mentality- I view a grown man locking himself in a room for many hours a day and months at a time to do something that does not really mean anything in terms of a COMPETITIVE sports accomplishment is more weird to me than a symbol of commitment, as some have suggested. That has been my take all along on him trying to do this- never understood the point of it. Joey Chestnut could sell more videos of himself eating 75 hot dogs than this pool video will ever sell.
I'll join some of those here with no desire to pay to see this if it is ever put up for sale. Good Luck to him, Congrats to him, but all along my biggest issue was that I never understood the whole point of it and I still don't, but that is just one guy's take on this whole thing - glad we can all agree to disagree somewhat on the meaning of this whole fiasco!
Personally speaking, I will pay up to $100 for a DVD of it.
I also do not see too many people paying to view this- maybe a few thousand worldwide at most! How much money could that possibly generate? When you think of this outside of the most die hard pool fans' mentality- I view a grown man locking himself in a room for many hours a day and months at a time to do something that does not really mean anything in terms of a COMPETITIVE sports accomplishment is more weird to me than a symbol of commitment, as some have suggested. That has been my take all along on him trying to do this- never understood the point of it. Joey Chestnut could sell more videos of himself eating 75 hot dogs than this pool video will ever sell.
I'll join some of those here with no desire to pay to see this if it is ever put up for sale. Good Luck to him, Congrats to him, but all along my biggest issue was that I never understood the whole point of it and I still don't, but that is just one guy's take on this whole thing - glad we can all agree to disagree somewhat on the meaning of this whole fiasco!
jimmyg: While John certainly accomplished an amazing feat, one that every serious pool player can appreciate and admire, unfortunately it was done in an era quite different than the time when Willie ran his 526. Willie was a household name in his time and pool was enjoying an amazing national boom, one likely never to be repeated. He made guest appearances on TV, was in the box office hit, The Hustler", and was constantly written up in the major newspapers and sports magazines, he was actually a "star". Times are different and probably no one other than a real pool player knows John's name.
Only a diehard straight pool player, of which there aren't many, would enjoy and appreciate watching his complete run, let alone all of his failed attempts.
While most of us wish him the best, both personally and professionally, in all honesty his structured accomplishment, while profoundly astounding, to many, still pales that of Willie's.
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Any interest that I may have had...I have completely lost with this nonsense.
Personally, I wouldn't pay a dime to watch it, and I grew up loving and playing straight pool daily during the great straight pool era.
DynoDan Quote: Hard to believe. So, watching someone break out 44 consecutive racks without a single resulting scratch or hook holds no interest for you?
Can’t wait to fork over my dough.
I will pay to watch it simply because it is a terrific accomplishment. (and I despise straight pool. I find it boring and out of date.)
You say, you wouldn't pay a dime to watch it.
Those options are some of what makes a constitutional capitalistic republic a wonderful society in which to live.
Democracy is served and not at the point of a gun either. :thumbup2:
Have a nice day.
Obviously you've never been passionate about anything.
For that, I am truly sorry.
Really? Really? Very intelligent deduction! maybe I just don't find the NEED to expose my passions to the world in a way that makes me look superior to others who have come before me! Ever think of THAT my friend! As I said - it is a good place for ALL of us to agree to disagree - I may think it is odd why he chose to do what he did- but I respect it- You should show a little more respect too my friend and NOT get too carried away in your responses as to become so personal.Making that type of accusation about someone is not a very nice way to behave, now is it?
Sorry that your hero's record was broken.
Take the number of balls run out of the equation.
Now.
Do you think the equipment (table, pocket sizes, rails, cloth, balls, cues, chalk, etc., etc.) and conditions (crowd vs no crowd, multiple attempts in practice vs one attempt after an exhibition) were more favorable for a high-count run in John's circumstances or in Willie's circumstances?
I consider both runs as feats that only a few people in the world could ever achieve, but I don't consider them "equal", since they weren't played with the same type of equipment and under different sets of scenarios.