Is there any other game, sport, activity or other thing that people do that is done so differently all over the world?
The other night I went to play in a tournament here where they play 8-ball until the final 8 when they switch to 9-ball.
It seemed as if every match we were playing by different rules.
Well here is one that surprised me and I have played 8 Ball around the world with the funkiest rules you can imagine.
I break and make a stripe. In other matches we played that the table is open after the break.
So I shoot a solid in and my opponent cries foul. I argue that it's open after the break and he says no that we played the last match the wrong way. Ok fine - I give him ball in hand.
Then he proceeds to shoot stripes.
After two shots I am like what the hell? I am stripes because I made one on the break according to his "you are what you make" rule.
He says no because I fouled by NOT shooting "MY" balls then he can now choose to take my balls. I am like WTF????? The breaker is ONLY allowed to shoot at the group he made but if you come in on a foul the table is now OPEN again???
That has to be the stupidest rule ever.
I was like why don't you people get a rule book and use it??? Just play WPA rules and teach people to play the RIGHT way.
WHY WHY WHY WHY does EVERY promoter, every pool room, and every tournament director feel the need to tweak or make up their own rules to pool games???? Especially when the ONE THING that actually functions in pool is that we have a set of (should be) World Standardized Rules?
Anyway, I dumped the rest of the set to the kid and left because even had I beaten him I am sure that I would have had to fade another set of rules in my next match.
The other night I went to play in a tournament here where they play 8-ball until the final 8 when they switch to 9-ball.
It seemed as if every match we were playing by different rules.
Well here is one that surprised me and I have played 8 Ball around the world with the funkiest rules you can imagine.
I break and make a stripe. In other matches we played that the table is open after the break.
So I shoot a solid in and my opponent cries foul. I argue that it's open after the break and he says no that we played the last match the wrong way. Ok fine - I give him ball in hand.
Then he proceeds to shoot stripes.
After two shots I am like what the hell? I am stripes because I made one on the break according to his "you are what you make" rule.
He says no because I fouled by NOT shooting "MY" balls then he can now choose to take my balls. I am like WTF????? The breaker is ONLY allowed to shoot at the group he made but if you come in on a foul the table is now OPEN again???
That has to be the stupidest rule ever.
I was like why don't you people get a rule book and use it??? Just play WPA rules and teach people to play the RIGHT way.
WHY WHY WHY WHY does EVERY promoter, every pool room, and every tournament director feel the need to tweak or make up their own rules to pool games???? Especially when the ONE THING that actually functions in pool is that we have a set of (should be) World Standardized Rules?
Anyway, I dumped the rest of the set to the kid and left because even had I beaten him I am sure that I would have had to fade another set of rules in my next match.
