A question to John Barton

lfigueroa said:
yep, in hindsight I think that's what it was all about. Wasn't till chit got real -- with the pool balls in fists -- that he thought better of it and backed off.

Lou Figueroa
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Eric certainly didn't start it but I don't think John wanted him to finish it. I will still never understand or allow myself to believe it was harmless by John. There has been bad blood between these guys for a quite some time so why would you start barking at a guy you have a beef with. Especially right before you are supposed to play for a large sum of money. I've been around these guys and their spats before but Eric and I were both shocked he started woofing that day.
Again...weird I say!
 
Koop said:
Eric certainly didn't start it but I don't think John wanted him to finish it. I will still never understand or allow myself to believe it was harmless by John. There has been bad blood between these guys for a quite some time so why would you start barking at a guy you have a beef with. Especially right before you are supposed to play for a large sum of money. I've been around these guys and their spats before but Eric and I were both shocked he started woofing that day.
Again...weird I say!
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Because he knew there were enough people around that chances were somebody would jump in to keep them apart. The old as soon as someone gets in the middle someone gets brave.
 
cookie man said:
I still believe it was a big "MOVE" by Lou to have Eric there knowing it would upset John.
John and Eric have had a feud for years so the confrontation was to be expected.
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I don't know that Lou had any idea Eric would be there. I went down to hang out with Eric and stayed at his house. I can tell you that not once was it was brought up that Eric and Lou ever even talked before seeing each other at the event. I will also say, before the event, I did not like Lou at all based on online garbage. It wasn't until meeting him that it changed.
Long winded way of saying, I don't think you're correct at all.
 
Koop, do we know each other? Do you play at snookers in providence? My name is Eli. Have we met?
 
Koop said:
I don't know that Lou had any idea Eric would be there. I went down to hang out with Eric and stayed at his house. I can tell you that not once was it was brought up that Eric and Lou ever even talked before seeing each other at the event. I will also say, before the event, I did not like Lou at all based on online garbage. It wasn't until meeting him that it changed.
Long winded way of saying, I don't think you're correct at all.
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I still believe it was a big "MOVE" by Lou to have Eric there knowing it would upset John.
John and Eric have had a feud for years so the confrontation was to be expected.


Koop, that's just CM being an ass after I reported him to the mods on the Aiming Forum yesterday for stalking me for the last few years. As I said in my original trip report, and have repeated numerous times, to include in this thread:

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About an hour before the match, there is a kerfuffle in the main room across from where I’m standing with Dustin and Mike. John starts woofing at Eric. I want to clarify: Eric was not part of my crew. I know Eric going back to the days of RSB and when I saw him at Sandcastle I went up to greet him. That’s it.
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Lou Figueroa
 
cookie man said:
I still believe it was a big "MOVE" by Lou to have Eric there knowing it would upset John.
John and Eric have had a feud for years so the confrontation was to be expected.
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It would make for a better storyline but...no, you're wrong.

While i know Lou casually from the forums, and are acquaintences, we have no desire or secret alliance to plot against JBnutCase. I simply wanted to watch Barton make an ass out of himself, live. My buddy Koop was in town and i was hosting a friend (i live near Sandcastle). Thats about it. Not quite the twisted plot.


Eric
 
Cornerman said:
Glad I can straighten it out then.
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Let me unmuddy your clarification, lol.

After we both had grabbed balls, confronted then bqcked off, i tossed the ball in my hand onto his table. Not at him, mind you, more like a a lob that bounced off the table bed. I was retuning the ball to the table it belonged to (which didnt actually belong to his table...) so the "fvck you, and here's yiur ball back" comment is the most accurate part of things cuz thats more or less what i was thinking.


Eric
 
From this:

Eric. said:
FWIW, there was no ball thrown, there was no "good catch", etc. After JB wouldnt let up, I figured I'd walk over and crack him. JB saw me coming over and grabbed a ball in each hand.
Eric
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to this:

Eric. said:
After we both had grabbed balls, confronted then bqcked off, i tossed the ball in my hand onto his table. Not at him, mind you, more like a a lob that bounced off the table bed. I was retuning the ball to the table it belonged to (which didnt actually belong to his table...) so the "fvck you, and here's yiur ball back" comment is the most accurate part of things cuz thats more or less what i was thinking.
Eric
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You must be a politician.
 
Eric. said:
Let me unmuddy your clarification, lol.

After we both had grabbed balls, confronted then bqcked off, i tossed the ball in my hand onto his table. Not at him, mind you, more like a a lob that bounced off the table bed. I was retuning the ball to the table it belonged to (which didnt actually belong to his table...) so the "fvck you, and here's yiur ball back" comment is the most accurate part of things cuz thats more or less what i was thinking.


Eric
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Exactly how I remembered it, in case it seemed to read differently.

Freddie <~~~ ANYKTROTS
 
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Eric. said:
Let me unmuddy your clarification, lol.

After we both had grabbed balls, confronted then bqcked off, i tossed the ball in my hand onto his table. Not at him, mind you, more like a a lob that bounced off the table bed. I was retuning the ball to the table it belonged to (which didnt actually belong to his table...) so the "fvck you, and here's yiur ball back" comment is the most accurate part of things cuz thats more or less what i was thinking.


Eric
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Thank you. :smile:

Now I understand what I saw in the video.





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LIAKOS27 said:
Koop, do we know each other? Do you play at snookers in providence? My name is Eli. Have we met?
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Maybe we've seen each other. I used to play out of there quite a bit but now I am lucky to make there a couple of times a year. I was just down there last for the HOF induction and hung out with Mike Webb while we watched BTK and partner play Jorge Rodriguez and partner.
 
WoodyMPW said:
From this:



to this:



You must be a politician.
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See? This is why i wanted to avoid the semantics game and judgement with limited facts. Its a rocky road.

Heres an analogy: you ever have someone knock the cueball off the table and you toss/lob it back to them? Now, how do you feel if that was twisted into "you threw a cueball at him but he made a good catch". Understand?


Eric
 
Eric. said:
See? This is why i wanted to avoid the semantics game and judgement with limited facts. Its a rocky road.

Heres an analogy: you ever have someone knock the cueball off the table and you toss/lob it back to them? Now, how do you feel if that was twisted into "you threw a cueball at him but he made a good catch". Understand?


Eric
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LOL!

So you didn't throw it AT him....it was more like this:

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Cornerman said:
Exactly how I remembered it, in case it seemed to read differently.

Freddie <~~~ ANYKTROTS
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Context, Fred. The difference and clarification was that the ball was not thrown at him and more specifically, the ball toss was after the incident was over, not during or the cause of it. Even the term "ball thrown" will drive all kinds of conclusion jumping based on ppl seeing a limited video shot that dosent depict the whole situation. By saying "yes a ball was thrown" just validates all kinds of assumptions cuz "i saw part of something on video".

Eh, fvck it.


Eric
 
lfigueroa said:
Quote:
Originally Posted by cookie man View Post
I still believe it was a big "MOVE" by Lou to have Eric there knowing it would upset John.
John and Eric have had a feud for years so the confrontation was to be expected.


Koop, that's just CM being an ass after I reported him to the mods on the Aiming Forum yesterday for stalking me for the last few years. As I said in my original trip report, and have repeated numerous times, to include in this thread:

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About an hour before the match, there is a kerfuffle in the main room across from where I’m standing with Dustin and Mike. John starts woofing at Eric. I want to clarify: Eric was not part of my crew. I know Eric going back to the days of RSB and when I saw him at Sandcastle I went up to greet him. That’s it.
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Lou Figueroa
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You certainly are not worth stalking. You are just an "aiming forum troll". Sorry that it hurts your feelings that i point that out so that interested parties looking for good discussion in the aiming forums know exactly your motives.
 
Shawn Armstrong said:
I still believe John wanted Eric to hit him, to avoid him losing $10k and showing his ass on YouTube. I think my theory makes way more sense, seeing as it was John that initiated the chirping with Eric.
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They've been nose to nose on other occasions. Given their bad blood if that's what John really wanted i'm pretty sure it could have been accomplished.
 
Chopdoc said:
LOL!

So you didn't throw it AT him....it was more like this:

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Were you born with a defect or are you doing this on purpose?

There is a world of difference between "throwing a ball at/near someone" and "tossing/lobbing a ball back onto the table". Did you read my earlier post?


Eric
 
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