And whenever those guys lose it's always due to the opponent getting lucky. Very strange coincidence.
“I beat myself…”
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Flakeandrun
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Sometimes it really is though
To outwardly express that to the opponent is some next level poor sportsmanship. We can think these things, and personally acknowledge them as much as we like, but to express it is just pathetic. Shows a weak ego.
Many years ago, when I began playing, I would say that, to myself. (not outloud)
I quickly realized that was wrong, and also in poor taste.
However, I often use the phrase in reverse.
"I didn't really beat him, but I won" or some such
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The winner of the match saying “good match” to your just beaten opponent as you shake their hand. Yeah, it may have been good for you but not likely for them, except in the rare match where both players felt they played well.
It is however an acceptable and honorable thing for the loser to say “good match” to the winner during the handshake.
Not the worst idea by a bunch. Anything might set the other person off, especially if they just took a tough loss.
Hu
While I get that people don't like the sentiment behind "I beat myself", I certainly appreciate it a lot more than "My opponent got lucky" which has got to be the most pathetic excuse for losing ever. Unless it's winner breaks and they won a coin flip and then proceeded to just break and run out on 8 frames, usually you get a chance to shoot a few times before you lose. Saying the opponent got lucky excuses away all of one's personal mistakes and poor decisions.
Because I enjoy the game, and often enjoy the people that play it. It's called having fun.
I save being quiet and serious for when I'm actually playing.
there are different settings, i assumed we were discussing tournaments or matches that really matters. i'm a jolly sparring partner, and banter is part of it. tournament is a different story.
that’s kind of the same thing
did anyone quote TCOM yet?
"I didn't deserve this."
Fast Eddie: "Yes, you did."
Or Forest Whitaker's character, who starts talking about something entirely different than the match he won, as if it didn't matter at all to him. That must be nice to hear as a loser!
"I didn't deserve this."
Fast Eddie: "Yes, you did."
Or Forest Whitaker's character, who starts talking about something entirely different than the match he won, as if it didn't matter at all to him. That must be nice to hear as a loser!
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In Holland, most peope say "have fun" or "enjoy" at match start. I like that, we're all playing to have fun after all, but it does not mean I wish my opponent any luck (good or bad).
Something I heard sometimes after losing a match, is that the opponent who beat me would talk about how much bad luck I had. I don't know if that was an 'insult after injury'-type of deal, but I never liked it.
Honestly, for the longest time I have been the type of player who got hung up on their own bad luck, but eventually I learned to stop thinking like that because it's not constructive at all. Sometimes I'm just not good enough which means: there's room to improve, or at that particular match my best game did not come out. Or the opponent was just better than me, but that never was a problem to me.
Something I heard sometimes after losing a match, is that the opponent who beat me would talk about how much bad luck I had. I don't know if that was an 'insult after injury'-type of deal, but I never liked it.
Honestly, for the longest time I have been the type of player who got hung up on their own bad luck, but eventually I learned to stop thinking like that because it's not constructive at all. Sometimes I'm just not good enough which means: there's room to improve, or at that particular match my best game did not come out. Or the opponent was just better than me, but that never was a problem to me.
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I didn't know you were a professional. Even the pros can have fun though, be more like Alex, he's always smiling and having a blast.
dendweller
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I think he asked Eddie if he thought he should loose some weight. I thought it was one of the better lines in that movie.did anyone quote TCOM yet?
"I didn't deserve this."
Fast Eddie: "Yes, you did."
Or Forest Whitaker's character, who starts talking about something entirely different than the match he won, as if it didn't matter at all to him. That must be nice to hear as a loser!
never said i was. never said i wasn't having fun either, just that i don't see the point in post-match conversations with the opponent. agree on alex, but few people are like that
Pool Hand Luke
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Years ago when I played a lot of chess tournaments, the most common reply we all heard when asking how someone did after their match was:
"I had a won game, but…"
"I had a won game, but…"
Eddie had asked him over and over if he was a hustler and was Eddie getting hustled. I always thought the question about fat was acknowledging he was a hustler and used his size to mislead people. Or in other words, "Yes, I hustled your silly ass."
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skiergd011013
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in all fairness, that does happen though, all the damn time. It works both ways. Sometimes no matter what you do, the balls always lay nicely and you come out smelling like a rose. Other times, no matter what you do, you are screwed/hooked/out of position
dendweller
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I took it more as just playing with him a little more. Think he said can I ask you a question which Eddie took seriously and maybe thought he was going to get some enlightenment. instead he got the do you think I should loose weight.
Guess there's a lot of ways to read it, maybe that's what made it a good scene.
I always cringed a bit when someone would say “I’d rather miss the shot than miss position”, after they missed wildly but had the cue ball end up where they wanted. I mean sure, your position was excellent if you were indeed trying a 4 railer into the side pocket, but if the ball actually went straight in the cue ball would be somewhere else entirely.
WobblyStroke
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"I figured it out" is one I'd like to never hear again.
My buddy has spent years as a 15 handicap, but man he has figueed out the golfswing more times than all hall of famerscombined.
My buddy has spent years as a 15 handicap, but man he has figueed out the golfswing more times than all hall of famerscombined.