A New Pool game...? Yes... Look inside...

markjames said:
i know, balls that are sensitive to the desires and wishes of the players

and respond to the psychic energies that are directed towards them

therefore rewarding the greater hopes and dreams of the one most deserving and best suited for success
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I think this may have been better kept to yourself in the confines of your own bedroom... 😃

Jack
 
I got a message overnight from one user.

"Send me more info".

I won't say who, but I hope they are reading.

Nothing else in this message.

Sure, I'll just exclude all others here and go against the principles and send everything over.

Try again with your message to me, introduce yourself, perhaps start with a "Hello Jack, how are you?"

Then follow up with a why you would like more info, and why you think you should receive more info than anyone else on here.

I'd say that's a fair request.

To all others, despite your pessimism and skepticism, I get it, I do. But there are reasons why at current it cannot be disclosed willy nilly.

I have come here (the only pool/billard forum) because I saw it as the perfect community to hopefully welcome us and to have you become part of what we hope and believe to be a concept we can all play. Not to replace what you currently play, but in addition to.

We aren't trying to compete with any other company. It's a one of a kind.

We are not saying "don't buy these balls, buy ours instead".

We are simply introducing an alternative based on a "problem/issue" that has been around since day 1, essentially.

I am happy to engage in the abuse and dismissal, if you're happy for a little back at you. It's all in jest.

I won't get disheartened by it, it's happening either way, but we hope you will welcome it, back it and become part of it.

Jack
 
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markjames said:
yes, yes, of course-
one ball group represents a planet in our solar system or a constellation

another features various cartoon characters and popular superheroes

and the third group is mythological figures and gods and goddesses

now then-
each of the six pockets is aligned with an emotional state or a psychological condition

so, scoring is simple-
say i win the lag and sink (pot) jupiter into depression, and then catwoman and zeus into fury, my score would be only eleven

on you turn you make orion into ecstasy, sponge bob into humor, and then you miss a bank on hanuman into contentment, you would get thirty and be ahead by six
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Going to patent and trademark this a.s.a.p.

Sounds great for a Friday night!
 
newpoolgame said:
1. On a snooker table. Jump shots are even banned on English pool tables for English pool! Can jump/Masse on American tables.
2. The complication isn't to do with the game itself. The "problem" isn't the game itself.
3. With contracts, partners, awaiting trademarking and other bits first. I hope you can appreciate revealing too much prior would be naive and a bad move?

You say you won't ever play it based on not knowing what it is, but really what you mean is that something has irritated you that you haven't understood and therefore out of principle you won't give it a go?

I hope you may reconsider in future!

Jack
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I'm not irritated by anything, just explaining why your game is likely to fail miserably.

I will never play your game because I won't buy your game. As I said, I live in a sparsely populated area of the states, I would bet that none of the bars will buy your game.

You keep stating that there is some sort of inherent 'issue' or 'problem' with pool. You keep saying that to people who play pool and love it enough to participate in an online forum. This is not a way to win support, it is a way to undermine any good will you might have had. You come on here like a child saying, 'neener neener, I know something you don't know,' basically implying that we are too stupid to see an inherent flaw that has been present from the beginning.

It's the same with all of the garbage rules and gadgets that keep popping up.

Sardo rack because the rack isn't tight enough, rack templates because the rack isn't tight enough. Guess what? I think a perfect rack is a problem--there should be more randomness to the break. I'll grant that it keeps the cheating rack mechanics at bay, but I'm not sure which is worse--a rack mechanic or a piece of equipment that is left on the table, a direct violation of the rules I learned on. I won't use a template rack.

Break from the box--this rule came about because of the rack templates, which goes to prove that the templates and the 'improvement' they offer is a problem.

It's fine that you feel like your fifty-quid idea requires NDAs, contracts, and barristers. I'm just saying that it undermines your marketing (which you seem to believe you know a lot about) to tease without any substance. This whole campaign you are launching reminds me of 25years ago when the inventor of the Segue had his whole 'It's coming' campaign. Turned out that, 'It' was underwhelming and Segue never became anything more than a novelty, certainly not the revolution that we were expecting. I think this forum's response is perfect evidence that you made a major misstep--I haven't seen anyone react positively, and you have probably alienated some who might have.

I have no dog in this fight. I don't care if you succeed or not, but I know enough to see when you are making strategic errors.
 
skogstokig said:
are there any popular pool games that haven't grown organically from bottom up? i doubt it. that's probably where you should start, in a pool room. if it's a fun game, it will live, and spread.
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Yes. Around 1908 Brunswick introduced a game called BBC Co Pocket Billiards. I think they wanted to sell special ball sets. A few very clever players figured out how to use regular ball sets. Here is the start of the rules from the 1914 Brunswick rule book.

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The whole rule book is available here as item 25:

 
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