I was playing a master's league this afternoon and a dispute came up. Here is what happened:
Our league is setup so that each day 3 people play each other per team in a race to 7 with a mix of 8-ball and 9-ball. Each game counts as one point and total points are counted at the end of each session. We lost our first match 7-4 and won our second match 7-2, so we are winning that day by 2 points. I am the last match to play. My opponent and I split the first 4 games... meaning he wins 1, I win 1, he wins 1, I win 1. He wins the next two games. The score should be 4-2 in favor of my opponent.
Unfortunately, we only had their team taking score as we were also playing a make up match across the room where my last player is taking score of that match. I trust my opponents to keep an accurate score and I am keeping score in my head. I ask to verify the score and they claim my opponent is winning 6-2... a huge discrepancy. I am 100% certain of the score, so I dispute it.
I even go as far as proving it mathematically, this way... we are playing on bar boxes and each game costs each player 50 cents. I start the match with $1 in quarters. I go to the change machine after the first 2 games (2 x 50 = $1). We then play 4 more games (4 x 50 = $2). I go back to the change machine for 3 more dollars in quarters. I put my 50 cents in the machine and then ask what the score is. I have a receipt proving that I got $10 from the bar in cash bills for quarters. When the argument took place, I had exactly $2.50 in quarters in my pocket and $5 in my wallet. Do the math, that's exactly $10 and by necessity I must have only played 6 games.
My opponent also holds the claim that we were able to play 8 games of 9-ball in 30 minutes... no 9-balls on the snap or combos were made during the match. I have never seen 8 games of 9-ball played in 30 minutes when opponents are trying and not playing speed pool, and even then it's pushing it.
Because the opponent is keeping score, they will not budge and do not accept my mathematical logic.
What are you supposed to do in this situation when you have tried everything to prove that you are right, even with mathematical certainty, and you are 100% certain that the scorekeeper has either made a mistake or cheated???????? I quit the match so that the opponent would not have the satisfaction of winning a full match because I had no chance at 6-2 when I was as livid as I've been in years.
Our league is setup so that each day 3 people play each other per team in a race to 7 with a mix of 8-ball and 9-ball. Each game counts as one point and total points are counted at the end of each session. We lost our first match 7-4 and won our second match 7-2, so we are winning that day by 2 points. I am the last match to play. My opponent and I split the first 4 games... meaning he wins 1, I win 1, he wins 1, I win 1. He wins the next two games. The score should be 4-2 in favor of my opponent.
Unfortunately, we only had their team taking score as we were also playing a make up match across the room where my last player is taking score of that match. I trust my opponents to keep an accurate score and I am keeping score in my head. I ask to verify the score and they claim my opponent is winning 6-2... a huge discrepancy. I am 100% certain of the score, so I dispute it.
I even go as far as proving it mathematically, this way... we are playing on bar boxes and each game costs each player 50 cents. I start the match with $1 in quarters. I go to the change machine after the first 2 games (2 x 50 = $1). We then play 4 more games (4 x 50 = $2). I go back to the change machine for 3 more dollars in quarters. I put my 50 cents in the machine and then ask what the score is. I have a receipt proving that I got $10 from the bar in cash bills for quarters. When the argument took place, I had exactly $2.50 in quarters in my pocket and $5 in my wallet. Do the math, that's exactly $10 and by necessity I must have only played 6 games.
My opponent also holds the claim that we were able to play 8 games of 9-ball in 30 minutes... no 9-balls on the snap or combos were made during the match. I have never seen 8 games of 9-ball played in 30 minutes when opponents are trying and not playing speed pool, and even then it's pushing it.
Because the opponent is keeping score, they will not budge and do not accept my mathematical logic.
What are you supposed to do in this situation when you have tried everything to prove that you are right, even with mathematical certainty, and you are 100% certain that the scorekeeper has either made a mistake or cheated???????? I quit the match so that the opponent would not have the satisfaction of winning a full match because I had no chance at 6-2 when I was as livid as I've been in years.
