AzBilliards Survey-PLEASE RESPOND

name: thebigdog
location: san francisco
age: 32
hours played per week: last 4 months 0, before that about 12-15
 
Name: Corey H.
Location: San Jose, CA
Age: 32
Hrs/Week: 3-4 (damn job keeps cutting into table time)
 
Forum name: Tbeaux
Location: Baton Rouge,LA
Age: 44
Hours per week:now 0 :( ....very soon hope to be 6-14 :D
 
Name: Cuesmith (aka Sherm)
Age: 54
Location: Cincinnati Ohio
hours per week played:varies 5-20
 
Brenda June Spivey age 60 but look 45 Longview Tx Home town Huntington W.Va Only play Poker or bar box [Steer Horse if your a H.O.F. player ]. Divorced !! :DRINK- BAILEYS on the rocks!!! Play 2-4hr a mo.Cable T.V. Sales :)
 
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FORUM NAME: i210mfu
LOCATION: Frankfurt, Germany
AGE: 36
HOURS PER WEEK YOU PLAY POOL: 12
 
Survey

Forum name: Nfty9er
Location: Capitola, Ca. (Santa Cruz)
Age: 64
Hours: 20

LOL LOL< I finally figured this survey out. Keith and you are trying to get all the info you can for Kentucky and all the action. The more you know the more dough. Right? lol :) :D
 
Ryan McCreesh's Info

nfty9er said:
...LOL LOL. I finally figured this survey out. Keith and you are trying to get all the info you can for Kentucky and all the action. The more you know the more dough. Right? lol :) :D
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Wish it were that easy, Nfty9er! ;)

I'm surprised there are over 2,000 hits on the thread within a 2-day time frame, but only 120-plus responders to the survey. If anything, the survey reveals we all seem to be curious about our fellow AzBilliards Discussion Forum posters! :)

Lunchmoney, Keith's book is moving right along. It's a work that's still in progress. Even though the bulk of it is complete, we both want this to be perfect. With no holds barred, it's quite revealing, I think, about the path pool has taken in the past 30-plus years, at least in the world according to Keith (LOL). :p

We ran into Ryan McCreesh last night (Hi, Ryan :D). He reads AzBilliards on a regular basis to keep up to date with the pool happenings around the country, but hasn't been able to figure out how to log-in and post. So I'm going to provide his info, at his request.

FORUM NAME: Ryan McCreesh a/k/a Genie Man
LOCATION: Frederick, Maryland
AGE: 29
HOURS OF PLAY PER WEEK: 30-plus hours.

Let me just state that Ryan is one of the few pool players I know who is able to find the right balance between family, work, and pool. He's a family man first, has a beautiful supportive wife and adorable little girl, and he's a lucky duck (IMO).

JAM
 
JAM- Again, another dynamite thread! I can't wait to see the results from this thread. Do you have an idea of how long until the book is completed? Will Keith offer it for sale to AZBer's first? I think he should!! haha!! What are the plans for marketing the book? ( ie. internet, book stores, dealers in our industry, autograph session appearances, etc.) If you don't mind me asking.

Thanks again JAM,
Zim
 
Zims Rack said:
...I can't wait to see the results from this thread.
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Me, too. I hope some more folks do respond to this survey. I noticed that over 350 people voted on the AzBilliards Hall of Fame poll on the Home Page. To date, we have responders from around the world, which is kind of cool.

Zims Rack said:
...Do you have an idea of how long until the book is completed? Will Keith offer it for sale to AZBer's first? I think he should!! haha!! What are the plans for marketing the book? ( ie. internet, book stores, dealers in our industry, autograph session appearances, etc.) If you don't mind me asking....
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I am in consultation with others in the know about marketing, which is not my bailiwick, and will seek their expertise and guidance. For sure, the book will be available to all AzBer's. I am looking forward to the release date myself, but there's a little red tape to iron out. I am hopeful that others will enjoy the read, to include the non-pool-playing public. :)

JAM
 
JAM said:
LOL. Actually, since so much time has passed, I think Earl may need a computer cookie to log-in, but I'd venture a guess and say it's going to take a little more than cookies to get The Pearl to start posting now. Who can blame him!?

JAM
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Nobody can blame him. People are way to quick to judge someone...they never give the benefit of the doubt. Earl accidentally moves a ball, the foul doesn't get called, and people call him a cheater, as if he planned the whole thing, and as if he really got an unfair advantage from accidentally moving a ball a few centimeters with his cue.
 
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Nobody can blame him. People are way to quick to judge someone...they never give the benefit of the doubt. Earl accidentally moves a ball, the foul doesn't get called, and people call him a cheater, as if he planned the whole thing, and as if he really got an unfair advantage from accidentally moving a ball a few centimeters with his cue.
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Every time I read the Earl-bashing posts, I have a vision of The Pearl laying on the ground with his belly up while 100-plus opinionated posters take turns kicking him as hard as they can.

I've seen MANY players accidentally move the ball and instantly, almost like a knee-jerk reaction, they immediately shoot the ball. At the time of this writing, I'm not so sure Earl realized he moved the 5-ball until after the fact. Whether the ball moved or not, and we all know it did, the players were instructed to not engage in any bickering while in the pit. This is why Scott was made the designated racker.

The rules were laid out beforehand for the Skins Billiard Tournament. No player was to question any matter and Scott Smith was the ruling authority. To avoid an unpleasant colloquy between the players and TD, both Charlie and Earl returned to their chairs and did not question Scott's final call.

This whole saga reminds me of when I was a young-and-dumb adolescent, I used to question my parents' on a number of matters. It was only when I became a parent myself that I realized, OMG, my parents were only human beings, capable of making mistakes just like me. Pool players are human beings, not saints, capable of misjudging situations especially in the heat of battle, but it doesn't mean they deserve to be kicked over and over and over again because of an unintentional movement of a ball. Both players, after hearing Scott's ruling, returned to their chairs, as they were supposed to.

Again, in my opinion, Charlie Williams and Earl Strickland did exactly what they were supposed to do. They reacted to Scott's final call and then FOLLOWED THE RULES, without debate.

JAM
 
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I'm surprised there are over 2,000 hits on the thread within a 2-day time frame, but only 120-plus responders to the survey...
JAM
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It is an interesting factoid, but actually I'm not surprised. There are surely a bunch of people who have never even registered and only lurk (nothing wrong with that BTW). I'm also sure a lot of people like the anonimity (sp?) of a forum like this and want to keep it that way. Forums and newsgroups are strange like that, people just behave differently. Some have faith in their writing ability and doubts about their oral conversational ability (me maybe), others can talk eloquently all day and are afraid to type a word, and others can't keep their mouth shut or their fingers still.

I did notice one thing I find interesting. That is that hours played per week increase with age. The interesting question is it because we 40 and 50 somethings develop a love of the game back in it's heyday (sp?) that the younger people don't have, because we are freed from the burden of either raising kids or chasing members of the opposite sex (though this wasn't actually a burden :D ), or simply because we've rounded up the money to buy a home table?
 
catscradle said:
I did notice one thing I find interesting. That is that hours played per week increase with age. The interesting question is it because we 40 and 50 somethings develop a love of the game back in it's heyday (sp?) that the younger people don't have, because we are freed from the burden of either raising kids or chasing members of the opposite sex (though this wasn't actually a burden :D ), or simply because we've rounded up the money to buy a home table?
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I think that is a very BROAD assumption. I think that the reason older people rack up more hours is either a) retired, or b) divorced/widowed

I think you are accurate with the kids, though. If my son was grown and out of the house, things would change drastically. I already play at least 20hrs a week.
 
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