Don't get too caught up in safeties like this. They generally only work on lower level players. If you want to improve, its better to learn to run out even if you win a little less in the short run.
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Don't get too caught up in safeties like this. They generally only work on lower level players. If you want to improve, its better to learn to run out even if you win a little less in the short run.
A very good point! Right on!
I played all over, everybody has some dirty trick. Canada is fun, they play and make up the rules as we go along. As long as their cash lands in my pockets, it's all good as far as I'm concerned. I love to play, and when the game changes on me, that's fun too, it just makes me play stronger and win. My movie skills suck, but I can play,lol.
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Go back to hiding, it got them thinking B.
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Go back to hiding, it got them thinking B.
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If you play BIH which IMO is the only way to play 8 ball then there is no such thing as "dirty pool". This is just a learning experiance.
Intentional fouls are part of the game, it's just moving .... Not dirty pool
Your ethics in pool are letting your opponent know when you foul, if he doesn't see it. Make sure you know the difference. You need to learn to deploy these strategies when needed
Good luck and don't take it personal
Intentional fouls are part of the game, it's just moving .... Not dirty pool
Your ethics in pool are letting your opponent know when you foul, if he doesn't see it. Make sure you know the difference. You need to learn to deploy these strategies when needed
Good luck and don't take it personal
I never play "nice". I want to crush my opponent.I will play safes and tie them up so bad that Houdini could not get out.
But all with in the rules and with a smile.
I don't want to sound like a jerk but it's your responsibility to know the rules. (It's also to your advantage to know the rules.) Some rules (and I don't play BCA so I'm not saying this is the case here) explicitly state that if the shooter does not call safe but pockets a ball he has to shoot again.
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Only the last one is bad, if he/she did not audibly call SAFE and made a ball, he/she needs to keep shooting. The rest is just strategy, same as any other safety. I have fouled on purpose several times, especially in 8 ball where there are clusters and you can't hit one of your balls easily. Better to give up ball in hand than take a large risk of making the run out easier for the other guy.
*Your opponent does NOT call 'safe', but sits down after a good hit when there is no other shot left them on the table. The ensuing argument is that, HEY....you made a legal shot, shoot again...and the opponent says, No, I played safe. It isn't safe if you don't say it, and to me, that's Dirty Pool.
Need to clarify this statement, what game? Did he make a ball? If 9 ball
there is no called safe, if 8 ball you can call safe and make a ball.
Need to clarify this statement, what game? Did he make a ball? If 9 ball
there is no called safe, if 8 ball you can call safe and make a ball.
On my dumbphone so I didn't read all.
Most of those things at just strategy.
The one issue would be not calling safe. If a ball is pocketed on an obvious shot and safe wasn't called then you can make the shooter continue his turn.
I have employed every kind of strat to win a BB 8 ball game.Sometimes I w
ill pocket my opponents ball and give BIH if its my best chance to win. I don't see. that as dirty pool.
Most of those things at just strategy.
The one issue would be not calling safe. If a ball is pocketed on an obvious shot and safe wasn't called then you can make the shooter continue his turn.
I have employed every kind of strat to win a BB 8 ball game.Sometimes I w
ill pocket my opponents ball and give BIH if its my best chance to win. I don't see. that as dirty pool.
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If you have the patience of your avatar, you will become a very good player. It's one of my favorites!
If you have the patience of your avatar, you will become a very good player. It's one of my favorites!
That cknsht play "rules" or not is what chases alot of good people away from the game. How many fights are started by that. It does take some of the fun out of it. Rules are rules I know. Be honest, plating a great shot for shot game and losing is't as much fun as winning a cknsht game sometimes?
1 miss ball in hand opened a Pandora's box of trickle down moves that are beyond dirty to me. What I call pussy pool they like to call smart pool. I'd never sink to that level of sissyness.
You'll win far more games of pool by first learning how NOT to sell out a win, meaning play fair, but play smarter than your opponent, and win
You'll win far more games of pool by first learning how NOT to sell out a win, meaning play fair, but play smarter than your opponent, and win
Truer words have never been spoken!
So, some think of those scenarios as Chcnsht pool,/pussy pool, and others see it as merely a strategy.
More confused than ever.
When I first started playing league, one player depended on safeties so much I couldn't stand to watch her play a 20 minute game. She always won. But it was so disgusting to see her do 15 safeties in one game.
I would call that pussy pool.
On the other hand, if you have clusters and your opponent does not, would it not be prudent to Create a Cluster for them, to even out the playing field, knowing it will help you out in the long run? And is that the same thing as safe, safe, safe, safe, safe, ad nauseum?
More confused than ever.
When I first started playing league, one player depended on safeties so much I couldn't stand to watch her play a 20 minute game. She always won. But it was so disgusting to see her do 15 safeties in one game.
I would call that pussy pool.
On the other hand, if you have clusters and your opponent does not, would it not be prudent to Create a Cluster for them, to even out the playing field, knowing it will help you out in the long run? And is that the same thing as safe, safe, safe, safe, safe, ad nauseum?
So, some think of those scenarios as Chcnsht pool,/pussy pool, and others see it as merely a strategy.
More confused than ever.
When I first started playing league, one player depended on safeties so much I couldn't stand to watch her play a 20 minute game. She always won. But it was so disgusting to see her do 15 safeties in one game.
I would call that pussy pool.
On the other hand, if you have clusters and your opponent does not, would it not be prudent to Create a Cluster for them, to even out the playing field, knowing it will help you out in the long run? And is that the same thing as safe, safe, safe, safe, safe, ad nauseum?
The best way to win playing BB 8ball is to run out on your turn at the table.The best BB player I have ever seen would get out of nearly every rack.This guy would(and prob still does),apon getting in a jam,look over the entire table to try and find a shot so he did not have to play safe.If he comes to the conclusion that a safe is in order he would let out a sigh,knowing that even the most perfect safe guarantees nothing,only running out guarantees the win.
This doesn't mean it is not smart to play safe.If you are running out and you can bump an opponents ball and create a cluster thats great but if you don't get out that cluster may be just what they need to put you in jail.
Where have you been ?
To the OP:
It has been like this for years now, where have you been? "Sportsmanship" is gone; it's win at all costs now. As a shooter you need to adjust your game.
I used to hate laying down safeties. (Heck, I never seen "FATS" doing it !).
Actually, I have grown to like a good safety battle. Just had 1 against a S/L 7 that lasted 9 innings before I got a clear shot. At inning 5 I was thinkin' , "I better come out on top of this, or I'm gonna be
:angry::angry: ." I got the safety battle and that game; he got the match,
So,............... ADJUST !! It iz whut it iz (so they say!)
To the OP:
It has been like this for years now, where have you been? "Sportsmanship" is gone; it's win at all costs now. As a shooter you need to adjust your game.
I used to hate laying down safeties. (Heck, I never seen "FATS" doing it !).
Actually, I have grown to like a good safety battle. Just had 1 against a S/L 7 that lasted 9 innings before I got a clear shot. At inning 5 I was thinkin' , "I better come out on top of this, or I'm gonna be
:angry::angry: ." I got the safety battle and that game; he got the match, So,............... ADJUST !! It iz whut it iz (so they say!)