Get off my lawn, Things I hate in pool today

iusedtoberich said:
1) Diamond cushions (enough said the past 20 year)
2) Perimeter lights. They are BLINDING from the sides. Need an egg-crate style diffuser added, just like what is on Diamond and Littman lights.
3) x99 capped tournaments. They give a big edge to the same very tiny percentage of players, nationwide.

What are your biggest dislikes in the game today?
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I have to bring eye drops now for the lights
 
iusedtoberich said:
1) Diamond cushions (enough said the past 20 year)
2) Perimeter lights. They are BLINDING from the sides. Need an egg-crate style diffuser added, just like what is on Diamond and Littman lights.
3) x99 capped tournaments. They give a big edge to the same very tiny percentage of players, nationwide.

What are your biggest dislikes in the game today?
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OP.....
Bar table tournament egos....
 
Texas3cushion said:
How much leagues have grown.

I know a league that is so big you can't get a table as a regular paying customer. And this is 3 nights out of the week.

I had to join the league because they had a monopoly on the tables.
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One of the few decent halls in my area has leagues every night of the week. Started out w 8 big tables, then pulled 3 of those and stuck 5 bar boxes in between the big tables. If you can get a table, big if, bcuz leagues want them to practice on while not playing, you're bumping into idiots everywhere who don't know simple pool etiquette. I play with a long cue and I constantly get bumped by these fools with zero situational awareness. Lots of traffic between tables as they sell alcohol. If it's not a barmaid, it's some drunk league douche.
 
garczar said:
Not trying to be racist just factual but at my local haunt its all mexican/hispanic dudes that do that. anywhere from three to eight dudes will come in and its virtually impossible to play on a table near them. don't know shit about pool, always in your way and none can speak three fkng words of english.
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Gotta put my earbuds in bcuz I can't stand mariachi unless on vacation.
 
Maniac said:
1.) Pool streams that the chat covers up the right side of the pool table.
2.) Any pool organization that tries to emulate Adolph Hitler.
3.) Players that scream at the top of their lungs win they win a tournament.
4.) Players that wipe their cues off after every shot (Robbie Capito).
5.) Any match without a shot clock.
6.) A player allowed to use a jump cue after hooking him/herself.
7.) Josh Filler (see #3)
8.) Games that aren't "called shot".
9.) Commentators that think they have to predict every shot.
10.) Matches ending via "shootout".

That's my top ten. I'm stopping right there. YMMV
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Best reply just because of #7
 
garczar said:
Not trying to be racist just factual but at my local haunt its all mexican/hispanic dudes that do that. anywhere from three to eight dudes will come in and its virtually impossible to play on a table near them. don't know shit about pool, always in your way and none can speak three fkng words of english.
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That happened enough times in SoCal. Gotta go with it. The entire geography's named after 'em.
 
I moved 11 yrs ago, an hour s. of colorado springs/Fremont County/Home of Supermax and 12+ other prisons.
Played in the leagues when I first arrive, other teams complained I played too good.
Stopped playing.
8 yrs later, this season I joined a group of good guys, but I'll never play leagues again, it's NOT the same as it was in the 70's, too much ego/pretty boy stuff and I'm too old for that demographic without referees, rules and proper behavior.
 
Mensabum said:
Get off my lawn!!😂
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