8 ball rule question

[PaulieB]

I was playing Pool Break Lite on my cell phone and something odd came up and I'm not sure if the game is just screwed up or if this is an actual rule I had no idea existed.

I was cutting the 8 into the side pocket and was going to put a little draw on the cue ball to avoid a scratch. I realized I didn't have to bother, because one of my opponents balls was directly in the cue ball path after the shot, basically acting as a blocker. I hit the shot, made the 8 cleanly, the cue ball rolled a couple feet towards the corner pocket, made contact with his "blocker" ball, and the blocker ball rolled a couple inches and fell into the pocket. Cue ball stayed on table, no scratch.

The game popped up a red message saying that I lost the game because the 8 ball was pocketed illegally. The 8 went in clean, the cue ball hit the 8 ball first, and the cue ball didn't scratch. Is having one of his balls drop in on my 8 ball shot against the rules? I have never heard of that.

 

[krupa]

I don't think it's in any rule book but I wouldn't be surprised if it was a House Rule somewhere.

 

[blackda]

It is open of the rules of Pool Break Lite and Pool Break Pro. I have the game as well and had never heard of the rule before or even after...

 

[BenBrown]

But it is a very nice game isn't it! One of the best pool games out there if not the best.
I do agree.... It does come up with some strange 8-ball rules I've never heard of.

 

[Bowmer]

That is not a rule in the Real world... maybe cyber world

 

[spatlese44]

I've played with people who play by that rule. Can't remember, but thought it wasn't just on the 8 ball that it was a foul.

Oh, and it made a difference which ball went in first. Eight ball first you win; opponents ball first you lose.

 

[hang-the-9]

It's either a bug in the game (and I have seen lots of rules issues with the flash and phone games), or they are using non-standard rules to program the thing. The programmer may have said " if you contact the 8 but hit another ball, it's a loss", where the rule should be "if you contact another ball FIRST then make the 8 it's a loss".

I'm voting for a rules bug when they programmed rather than a deliberate rule like this, they probably did not make the change in programming to see if the ball was hit before or after you made the 8.