Zerksies
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That's the #1 reason i don't play 8 ball. To many damn screwed up rules all over the place. I'll play a tournament with clear rules other then that I'm not playing.
Eight ball pocketed on carom
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Imagine how I felt moving to a Spanish speaking country with weird rules.
My only advice is play for fun.
Don't gamble unless you are sure of the rules and don't bet more than you can afford to lose.
Or be cheated out of.
Is my rule.
I didn't run into "cheating" so much as misunderstanding of rules. Their rule that the 1 and 15 go in opposite side pockets and that you cannot disturb the opponents 1/15 ball I didn't like. also their definition of "clean" was problematic. If your 5b is near the side pocket and I use it to carrom my 15 off of, a called contact, that should be considered "clean" in my mind. It's a called shot, ball and pocket plus the carrom contact.
1-15 is a pure gaff game akin to last-pocket or bank-the-eight. I used to love it when some bar sucker said 'bank the eight'. Pure hiway robbery.
Generally speaking my first contact with new prospects (playmate? or customer), allowed them full credit. Low stakes, usually "a beer", allowed me to buy a new aquaintence a beer. Easy enough to determine their intentions, if rules that are unusual are introduced as I am setting up for the game ball .
More often than not, I have enough confidence in the disparity of skill sets, that I will proceed amicable and Mr congenial. Figure the adage, "you can only be hustled when You are trying to hustle." Is license for me to school them.
I honed my Sales skills driving cab. The tips made the job profit.
my first contact with new prospects (playmate? or customer), allowed them full credit. Low stakes, usually "a beer", allowed me to buy a new aquaintence a beer. Easy enough to determine their intentions, if rules that are unusual are introduced as I am setting up for the game ball .More often than not, I have enough confidence in the disparity of skill sets, that I will proceed amicable and Mr congenial. Figure the adage, "you can only be hustled when You are trying to hustle." Is license for me to school them.
I honed my Sales skills driving cab. The tips made the job profit.
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Well when I started Little League at 8 years old I was taught to HUSTLE.
That means "Work Hard" in the culture I came from.
I think the only rules where you can't play a carom is the rules where there are no rules outside of the ones the players made up or passed down from others that did not how to play LOL
As long as you call the pocket, and execute a legal hit, it does not matter how the ball gets there. Clean, off 3 rails, off 3 other balls, etc... If it drops into the pocket called, it's good. Less issues that way IMHO.
Well I guess I should have said, "the N word a and the N word er". I see a notice that my post was removed for questionable language.
The language was English or perhaps American would be more precise. My intention is not to offend any culture. . The political correctness culture is sometimes hard for me to understand.
N-word, N-word, N-worder..... hope the culture can take a joke. I feel better now.
The language was English or perhaps American would be more precise. My intention is not to offend any culture. . The political correctness culture is sometimes hard for me to understand.
N-word, N-word, N-worder..... hope the culture can take a joke. I feel better now.
Good sir...I do NOT think that could happen at all.
NnnnopeCan we please close this blog and start a new one? I’m good with the consensus and wish to move away from this