Sadly, that in our Lord's year of 2015, you even have to ask this question is reason enough.
Lou Figueroa
Darren Forfeits Beloit
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Sadly, that in our Lord's year of 2015, you even have to ask this question is reason enough.
Lou Figueroa
So, there are diff set of rules for pro's and us regular folks, good to know
If we make a mistake and apologize, it's all good. If they do the same, they must roll over and beg forgiveness and then make it right for something they had nothing to do with. If folks don't want to "risk" their money in Calucutt's, there is a pretty simple way to fix that.
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Allow me to provide a rough breakdown of this 502 post thread, as seen by any lurker with an IQ over 20 !
Idle, non-sensical, unintelligable babbling !................150
Personal Insults !...................................................150
Attempts to incite riot, by insulting !..........................100
Well deserved insults !.............................................100
Pro player apologies ! (twice, by the same person)......... 2
Pro's who should have apologized !...............................0 (zero)
In other words, just your average exciting, and enlightening AZB thread !.....Lets start another one..After all,
...."The Thread is the Teacher" !
PS..I think we can break the post record, of the 2nd place leader..("How y'all doing in Leagues", 2175 posts)...How about a thread title, like maybe, "Aiming Systems, do we Really Need Them"?...That could go off the charts, huh JoeyA ?
Allow me to provide a rough breakdown of this 502 post thread, as seen by any lurker with an IQ over 20 !
Idle, non-sensical, unintelligable babbling !................150
Personal Insults !...................................................150
Attempts to incite riot, by insulting !..........................100
Well deserved insults !.............................................100
Pro player apologies ! (twice, by the same person)......... 2
Pro's who should have apologized !...............................0 (zero)
In other words, just your average exciting, and enlightening AZB thread !.....Lets start another one..After all,
...."The Thread is the Teacher" !
PS..I think we can break the post record, of the 2nd place leader..("How y'all doing in Leagues", 2175 posts)...How about a thread title, like maybe, "Aiming Systems, do we Really Need Them"?...That could go off the charts, huh JoeyA ?
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Allow me to provide a rough breakdown of this 502 post thread, as seen by any lurker with an IQ over 20 !
Idle, non-sensical, idiot babbling !.............................150
Personal Insults !....................................................150
Attempts to incite riot, by insulting !..........................100
Well deserved insults !.............................................100
Pro player apologies ! (twice, by the same person)......... 2
Pro's who should have apologized !...............................0 (zero)
In other words, just your average exciting, and enlightening AZB thread !.....Lets start another one..After all,
...."The Thread is the Teacher" !
Relax, SJD, Darren doesn't need anymore one pocket lessons from you.:grin:
He ain't falling for that twice.
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I watched the Tournament, and it was a very good one. If I had invested that much money on a player, I would have made sure and started calling him at 9 AM,at his room, all the rest of the players were there at 9 AM. You can't blame anybody but Darren for not showing up. I played in Reno years back,and my player didn't show up. I waited 30 minutes and they wrote a forfeit down. I was going back to my room and I heard them page me on the intercom through the Casino to come to the Tournament desk, as I was at my room ready to go in. I did go back to the Tournament desk and my opponent finally showed up. This forfeit put me in the money, only $150.00, at that time, but could go on and win more. I agreed to play the match since the player showed up, and you can guess what happened, yep he sure did, he beat me !! I wasn't upset, I could have taken the forfeit and they told me that when I came back, had the amount of money in Darren's Tournament would have been at stake, you bet I would have taken the forfeit...But only being $ 150.00, I agreed to play, as I started, I had the funny feeling this was going to happen, but I chose to play and shook the Gentleman's hand after the match and wished him Good Luck...This was at the Sands Tournament they used to hold every June and December, I always looked forward to those, for a cheap entry, you could play with the Pro Players, as there were always plenty of them there..
I watched the Tournament, and it was a very good one. If I had invested that much money on a player, I would have made sure and started calling him at 9 AM,at his room, all the rest of the players were there at 9 AM. You can't blame anybody but Darren for not showing up. I played in Reno years back,and my player didn't show up. I waited 30 minutes and they wrote a forfeit down. I was going back to my room and I heard them page me on the intercom through the Casino to come to the Tournament desk, as I was at my room ready to go in. I did go back to the Tournament desk and my opponent finally showed up. This forfeit put me in the money, only $150.00, at that time, but could go on and win more. I agreed to play the match since the player showed up, and you can guess what happened, yep he sure did, he beat me !! I wasn't upset, I could have taken the forfeit and they told me that when I came back, had the amount of money in Darren's Tournament would have been at stake, you bet I would have taken the forfeit...But only being $ 150.00, I agreed to play, as I started, I had the funny feeling this was going to happen, but I chose to play and shook the Gentleman's hand after the match and wished him Good Luck...This was at the Sands Tournament they used to hold every June and December, I always looked forward to those, for a cheap entry, you could play with the Pro Players, as there were always plenty of them there..
So, there are diff set of rules for pro's and us regular folks, good to know
If we make a mistake and apologize, it's all good. If they do the same, they must roll over and beg forgiveness and then make it right for something they had nothing to do with. If folks don't want to "risk" their money in Calucutt's, there is a pretty simple way to fix that.
RJ, there are no rules about this.
It is about what we, all of us at one level or another, look for in our champions, our heroes, the guys we want to root for and emulate.
Does a champion have to act any different than a league player? No, of course not. And that is one of the things that has been wrong with pool for a long, long time. They don’t have to be better. They can just be one of us.
Our “heroes” are hustlers, sharks, and con men.
We enshrine them and the shit they’ve pulled over the years in legends of the road and encyclopedias of hustlers. We regale each other with stories about the double smart and triple smart; the lemon, the stall; the dump and double dump; the fixed game that rips off the casino; the gaffed table; the louts that ran their mouths all the while getting slaughtered by guys who were actually world champions.
Do the best at out sport need to act act differently?
Do they need to behave like someone that people outside the game would admire? Do they they need to conduct themselves to a higher standard of conduct that we could point our youth leagues, our children, friends and neighbors, and spouses to saying, “ You know what so and so did today” and have them respond, “Well, that was pretty classy” less in shock and surprise than pure admiration?
So to answer your question, RJ, yes, the “champions,” our “pros,” can act the same as the league players. And that's too bad.
Lou Figueroa
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Some, (but not all) good points Lou !.. But I do think you wasted them, on the person least likely to comprehend your
meaning !
(except maybe for Bunter, they are a dead heat, for dense) 
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WOW. He apologized. There was NOTHING else for the man to do. Being a champion has nothing to do with it. He acted the same as anyone else in a civilized society. He apologized, and the OP even accepted it.
But keep beating this dead horse, because it's just so, wait for it............... classy
Wait a minute. Perhaps Lou's strategy is, if he persists, being challenged by Darren to a one pocket match. Of course there will be lots of weight given. Large chunks of cash spread on the table. Pay per view with Danny D and Scott Frost commenting from the Accu-stat arena. One can only dream.
Lyn
PS Just kidding Lou! But..........
Some, (but not all) good points Lou !.. But I do think you wasted them, on the person least likely to comprehend your
meaning !
SJD, I don't expect everyone to get the point I was trying to make. Thought it was worth a try anyway.
Lou Figueroa
WOW. He apologized. There was NOTHING else for the man to do. Being a champion has nothing to do with it. He acted the same as anyone else in a civilized society. He apologized, and the OP even accepted it.
But keep beating this dead horse, because it's just so, wait for it............... classy
There's one.
Lou Figueroa
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