BRKNRUN said:
Are you flipping dense?????...Don't answer that...I already know...
No I am not as you say,
?flipping dense? as I know there are other forum members who do not live in AZ reading this thread. Plus a few AZ people who may not know everything about the AZ Rating System.
Also I have no reason reason to call my fellow Forum Members names to make a point my point.
You know you mention that there are a buch of weekly tournaments that are 9 and under...Yet you fail to list that a majority are weighted in favor of the lower rated player...allmost all are set up so that a monkey can come in and crap his way to the finals without ever having to make a decent shot....Just take flyers until the 9-ball goes in.....winner!!! Sure...higher rated players are getting to the finals of these tournaments...but they have to play perfect and then still hope to beat the luck factor.
Not only does a higher rated player have to go to more games...On top of that the race is shortened giving an "ADDED" benefit to the lower rated player....In some tourmanets they may only have to win two games....(or in some cases only 1 against a 10-1 or 10-2)
Well if the stronger player plays like they were playing a 10, I would think a large majority of the time the stronger player would win. But your point has some validity about the ?luck factor? in 9 ball.
People like to throw out the "well don't miss" line....That is a bunch of crap...Even Efren misses....I have played a match where I kept the guy on lock down for 5 straight games...I have the guy hill -0 and dry break on the 6th rack...The guy immediatly sees the 3 balls lined up to combo on the 9 and craps it in a unintended pocket...then snaps two 9s in a row.........Set over......(Yes...that happend)
Yes even Efrin does mis a shot now and again.
What has happened is that nearly every weekly event has turned into a "bang" fest and NOBODY is learning anything about getting better the right way in this game at any weekly event....
I show up to a OPEN event hoping to get to play some competative pool...and I end up drawing "Slammin 6" that only cares about how many balls he can get rolling in one shot to see if he can crap out 2 or 3 games for a win.....How the heck is that going to benefit my future endevers of this game...how is it going to benefit his???...
Fewer and fewer higher rated players show up for these events because of the above...What is it doing for "thier" game...Nothing......And frankly the less better players I see there...the less interest I have in playing myself.
Since I am guessing you probably still have not caught on....Everyone is the "system"...(It was more a figure of speach than a point at any actual group or person)
Your point is valid, and if you played 8 Ball Tournaments where all players had to call shots, you would not be victimized by the slammer like in 9 ball.
Um...well...for starters...I actually post information on here about pool and how to potentialy improve.........not just start crap threads like do you play left handed or re-start the same thread with a slightly re-worded title just for the sake of seeing my animated gifs that I downlowded from some site......Or waste bandwidth by re-posting an entire good post with just a stupid animated gif on the bottom that says "good post"...At least I add some reading content.....(even if its not worth reading)
I may not be a BCA instructor, but I do share pretty much any information I may have about pool...(even if it only teaches what NOT to do).......I am not going to bother waisting my time going though any of your posts to see what you contribute......I have also helped MANY bangers become better...I have had many ask me pointed questions about what I was doing here or there and how did I hit a shot and I have always helped them...I don't hide any information....what I know about pool is openly shared...It is my nature...I was once a banger myself and know exactly what its like.....But I put in the effort to get better...period.
Also...I actually support pool through participattion on a regular basis in weekly, monthly regional, national events..... Did YOU support a local league? Are YOU participating in BCA this year?????
No I do not play in a League, No I have never played in a League, No I will not play at the BCA this year. I do not play League for the reason I do not want to promised to be some where for 20 weeks in a row any night. I like to do as I wish when I wish.
Also...I spent MANY a wednesday night at Clicks for years...I "participated" in the event pretty much every week...I had more than reguar conversations with Don Rose (and ROD who also post on this board).....I think Don really liked to talk Golf with me on Wednesday nights. He would always hit me up with some golf swing question....I learned quite a bit from Don and Rod on Wednesday nights...Don and Rod would always get into some discussion about pool and I always kept an ear open..
Funny I can't recall EVER seeing anyone by your name participating at Clicks on Wednesday nights.
BTW...Don was a pool instuctor...that was his side business....he got paid for lessons....the Wednesday nights he did was marketing....sure it was a great FREE benefit for novice players and better players.... but it was also marketing...He was hoping to get some paid lessons from his efforts...Its called good business.......Did YOU ever get a lesson from him?????
I made it to Click?s once on a Wednesday stood, and watched Don?s clinic, and never made it back that was maybe 3 years ago. Going back was on a too do list that never got done.
I also helped set up and run (score) a scotch doubles GO BO PO tournament that turned into a GO PO tournament....It turned out to be a great event that was a lot of fun.....I have also stepped in on emergency basis to run weekly events.....Have YOU ever helped run an event anywhere...
Yes several times but it was not a Pool Event.
Frankly...I can't recall EVER seeing your name supporting or signed up for ANYTHING in all my years of playing pool.....I am not the most popular guy in the valley, but you can walk up to many pool players in the valley and ask them who "goose" is and they will know.
I have had many people come up and ask me "who is that goofball coco boy".......Nobody ever seems to know...
Perharps instead of pointing fingers at what "others" have done....perhaps you should first ask yourself what YOU have done...
Well you can not be every where, and I try and get out one night a week, and play in a tournament. Did that last year almost weekly, 2008 has not been a good year, as it has been like bi or tri weekly.
BTW I have just made some observations on what my eye see in the Valley of the Sun.
P.S. Every time I drive to play in a tournament, pay an an entry fee, + green fee, or feed quarters into a bar box, buy a drink & or food in the room, or bar, and go home with less in my pocket after expenses. I am as you say supporting pool. IMHO
