Sweet Marissa
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marissayi said:
OK I was trying to be rude but you didn't bite, a southern angel indeed
OK, just for your luck alone how about you being my good luck charm in the BCA for a week, hell you fancy going on the road with me for a month! (or would that require a larger deposit?
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I'd have to say that i am VERY superstitous.
Not in the way, that if i'm playing good, i have to wear the same socks or lucky hat or something like that, it has more to do with trying to avoid UNLUCKY people.
I am all for that MUSH/ACID guy should be stuffed in the bathroom when i'm playing.
and i'm not talking about the bad rolls and the shots missed that i do to myself, i am talking about a change in rolls that my opponent does to me.
It's one thing to flush yourself down the toilet, it is another to watch in amazement as your opponent craps all over you.
I don't want MUSHES sitting near me, betting on my match, or touching my equipment in any way.
Funny....talking about this reminds me of a time, where this kid in the pool room was just bad luck....kind of like the movie THE COOLER, and i was always asking him to move or leave me alone or to get away from me when i was gambling.
So my opponent broke the cue ball off the table, and the cue ball rolled across the floor, and THIS guy was the one who HAD to run across the room and pick it up.
so when he came back, both my opponent and myself didn't want to touch the cue ball (i am not the only superstitious one), and i finally picked it up with a paper towel, took it to the bathroom, and washed it off with soap before returning to the game.
Everyone was laughing at us as it was pretty ridiculous, but just take a look at EFREN. He is MEGASUPERSTITIOUS. Pulls his shirt to get the monkey off his back when he misses, has to have some black on his cue, and he doesn't shower once the tournament starts. He will stay unshowered untill his tournament is over, which i guess explains all his funky bedhead hairdo's in the accustats videos over the years.
but look how successful HE is.
SUPERSTAR
Not in the way, that if i'm playing good, i have to wear the same socks or lucky hat or something like that, it has more to do with trying to avoid UNLUCKY people.
I am all for that MUSH/ACID guy should be stuffed in the bathroom when i'm playing.
and i'm not talking about the bad rolls and the shots missed that i do to myself, i am talking about a change in rolls that my opponent does to me.
It's one thing to flush yourself down the toilet, it is another to watch in amazement as your opponent craps all over you.
I don't want MUSHES sitting near me, betting on my match, or touching my equipment in any way.
Funny....talking about this reminds me of a time, where this kid in the pool room was just bad luck....kind of like the movie THE COOLER, and i was always asking him to move or leave me alone or to get away from me when i was gambling.
So my opponent broke the cue ball off the table, and the cue ball rolled across the floor, and THIS guy was the one who HAD to run across the room and pick it up.
so when he came back, both my opponent and myself didn't want to touch the cue ball (i am not the only superstitious one), and i finally picked it up with a paper towel, took it to the bathroom, and washed it off with soap before returning to the game.
Everyone was laughing at us as it was pretty ridiculous, but just take a look at EFREN. He is MEGASUPERSTITIOUS. Pulls his shirt to get the monkey off his back when he misses, has to have some black on his cue, and he doesn't shower once the tournament starts. He will stay unshowered untill his tournament is over, which i guess explains all his funky bedhead hairdo's in the accustats videos over the years.
but look how successful HE is.
SUPERSTAR
Yeah I've always thought the same thing about people praying for sports success. What if 2 ultra religous people match up for $10,000 and both say a silent prayer before the match to the same god? Who does he pick? What about wars, sometimes there is a catholic priest blessing both sides. Don't you think thats putting GOD in a bad position? making him pick between 2 friends? hmmmmm...... 
One thing that i am kinda superstitios aboot is calling tails on the flip. Most the time i don't even realize what I've said or that a coin toss is happening. It just a natural reaction to say 'tails'. There have been a few times where heads has come up against me like 4 times in a row and i conciously want to choose 'Heads' for the next coin toss, but tails always comes out of my mouth.
Superstition is kind of wierd. I was reading an article about Voodoo one time in a Readers Digest book about Unexplained mysteries. It was a side column explaining how Voodoo works. (i don't mean to offend anyone that believes in Voodoo here ) It is actually a function of the brain that makes Spells work. If your mind believes that when the Voodoo shaman points his death stick at you your gonna die, you anxiety goes up, which increases your heart rate along with a bunch of other things happening with chemicals in your body, and guess what? YOU DIE. So far there is no cases of any Voodoo spells working on people that didn't believe it. There is a logical explaination for everything . If you are convinced that the rabbit foot works, then it does. If you are convinced that when Player B touches the ball I'm gonna miss my next shot, guess what, YOU DO.
One thing that i am kinda superstitios aboot is calling tails on the flip. Most the time i don't even realize what I've said or that a coin toss is happening. It just a natural reaction to say 'tails'. There have been a few times where heads has come up against me like 4 times in a row and i conciously want to choose 'Heads' for the next coin toss, but tails always comes out of my mouth.
Superstition is kind of wierd. I was reading an article about Voodoo one time in a Readers Digest book about Unexplained mysteries. It was a side column explaining how Voodoo works. (i don't mean to offend anyone that believes in Voodoo here
) It is actually a function of the brain that makes Spells work. If your mind believes that when the Voodoo shaman points his death stick at you your gonna die, you anxiety goes up, which increases your heart rate along with a bunch of other things happening with chemicals in your body, and guess what? YOU DIE. So far there is no cases of any Voodoo spells working on people that didn't believe it. There is a logical explaination for everything . If you are convinced that the rabbit foot works, then it does. If you are convinced that when Player B touches the ball I'm gonna miss my next shot, guess what, YOU DO.
Sweet Marissa
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drivermaker
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I knew one guy in this rat hole of a town that was superstitious enough to believe that he should never change or wear different underwear when he won. Funny thing is, the more he won....the more he won, especially with forfeits. 
IMO ~ anyone who would pray to "win" or wish ill will upon your opponent in a game of skill, doesn't have a very good understanding of their faith.
Like I said, I say "thank you".........not "please".
Luck?
Is it luck or superstition when a top player reminds themselves to bear down? Keep focused, find their center?
Rely on their skills and concentrate on an ability they know they have?
Hmmm.
Sounds more like faith.
If you don't have the God given ability, no amount of luck or superstition is going to see you prevail.
I might as well take up boxing in the heavy weight division...if all I need to do is pray to win.
I'm not talking about Divine intervention, but about Grace.
Dave
Like I said, I say "thank you".........not "please".
Luck?
Is it luck or superstition when a top player reminds themselves to bear down? Keep focused, find their center?
Rely on their skills and concentrate on an ability they know they have?
Hmmm.
Sounds more like faith.
If you don't have the God given ability, no amount of luck or superstition is going to see you prevail.
I might as well take up boxing in the heavy weight division...if all I need to do is pray to win.
I'm not talking about Divine intervention, but about Grace.
Dave