xX-Wizard-Xx
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also people loose interest quickly ..... if they dont get results (making shots) quickly they get disinterested....
Are bar tables hurting the game
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xX-Wizard-Xx
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pool takes significant time, practice and patience
Zerksies
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No, I would sat that it gains “pool” players. Ever so often you get banger with the drive to better themselves, and they want to beat all the people in the bar. They get their big boy pants on, and go to a pool hall with real players, bigger tables, and learn to really play the game and gain enough knowledge to eventually beat everyone at the bar.
I would say that probably 99% of the members In this forum have no issues being the winner in a bar all night.
I would say that probably 99% of the members In this forum have no issues being the winner in a bar all night.
tomatoshooter
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Exactly. If you are hanging out in a bar and there's a pool table you might try a game but if you don't play pool you probably won't just drop in to a pool hall to start playing.
tomatoshooter
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The only issue I have is that it doesn't happen often enough.
but filipinos and taiwanese don't lose interest despite full size tables? chinese and their 8-ball tables?
xX-Wizard-Xx
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we are talking about social people in america .... this is almost the only reason people go is for socializing
xX-Wizard-Xx
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if people had a real interest in pool ... i think that there would be more 9ft regulation style tables
yes, and in countries that have full size tables people go and play for social reasons too..
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xX-Wizard-Xx
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and .... ask him what the difference was between playing on a small table vs a 9ft table
I have and he'll tell you that barbox 8 ball is his favorite game.
You are picking your spots. Lets take Diamond as the standard. Pocket size. shelf and cut are the same for both models. Your 5" inch GC analogy doesn't hold water. In fact most BB come if aforementioned 5" pockets. The owner/operators are incentivized to make games go quickly. More games/hr = more $/hour = more beer/hr = more $/hr.
If bar Boxes were good for the game then USA would be dominant.
The Pro's all have tables in there homes and play on them all the time, they dont practice on bar box's, so if they cant beat anybody else in the world it aint the tables.
If you took all the american players to europe to qualify for the mosconi team none would make it other than SVB. If you took all of them to the Philippines to gamble they'd all get broke other then SVB, so if SVB can win on any table in any country it aint the tables, its the palyers.
I tend to agree,
I just think it's a mental weakness in American players of all levels they need something to blame, chalk, tip, shaft, balance point, joint type, table size, cloth, balls, rack
Literally anything but the shitty stroke and loathing of practice that actually causes all of their problems..
It's sad really, but hey people are making tons of money off of them..
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Bar v/s Full Sized Tables is not Pool biggest problem.
I could make a list that is long.
First item is too many groups like APA, BCAPL, TAP, etc. imho only one needed. Too many set of Rules, again only one needed.
JMHO
I could make a list that is long.
First item is too many groups like APA, BCAPL, TAP, etc. imho only one needed. Too many set of Rules, again only one needed.
JMHO
And.... zero competition causes it's own problems, DOESN'T it?