Give-aways of pool wanna-bees

hang-the-9

hang-the-9

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What traits, habbits, things people do that you see when they walk in to a pool hall and try to fit in with the regulars or try to show they are cool and "with it" in the billiard world?

I remember back when Color of Money came out, for a year people would play "Warewolves of London" at least 6 times an hour.
 
People who pick the cuestick up off of their bridge hand, when trying to play topspin! :rolleyes: I am continually amazed at how many good players (let alone beginners) do this without even knowing it...but they find out in a hurry, with a slow-motion video evaluation of their setup and delivery process. It's one of the first things we teach them to correct.:D

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
 
Heres a sign

The guy who chalks his cue, then bangs it on the side of the table to "knock the loose chalk off" :D :D :D
 
They take the balls to the table in the plastic holder, and then tip it over real fast and have all 15 balls hit the table bed

-BANG-

I used to kick people out of my pool hall for that crap.
 
Yeah, I'm a huge Zevon fan.Have been since 1977. (For those not familiar with my avatar he's Old Velvet-Nose, a Zevon trademark.) The abuse of that already-overplayed song after TCOM was released really ticked me off.

Other giveaways? The usual. Chalk drillers. Tapping (or worse, whacking) the excess chalk off against the rail. Baton twirlers. Checking a house cue for straightness but not looking at the tip.

All of these can pretty much guarantee I'll soon be saying: "You wanna play for anything?"
 
Blackjack said:
They take the balls to the table in the plastic holder, and then tip it over real fast and have all 15 balls hit the table bed

-BANG-

I used to kick people out of my pool hall for that crap.
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Hey! I used to do that :D
 
Making the 8 "drop in".

100mph stoke, 2in. draw.

Graphite.

Anything but blue or green chalk.

Racking 9 ball in a certain order, or being confused trying to figure how to place the balls in a diamond.

Talking anything over 10 seconds racking an 8 ball rack.

Citing number or remaining balls as the indication of who is winning the game.........

Eric.
 
too loud and too foul mouthed

I have known people whose every other word was a profanity and it was as natural as breathing but some people using profanity just rings false as hell. When it is a few kids you figure they will grow out of it when they get more comfortable in a grown up world. When it is thirty or forty year old yuppies who think they are out slumming it is almost an irresistible urge to just amble over and slap them upside the head. You can't fix stupid though.

Hu
 
Playing ninja with the cue stick...you know the scene with Tom aka Vincent swinging the cue around like some karate kid.
 
1. Racking at the wrong end of the table
2. rack 9-Ball Balls in order
3. Blow Chalk off the tip
4. Call The Cusions "Walls"
5. Have Cues with Screw on tips
6. Carry the six piece cue in that briefcase type case
7. When using the bridge, they slide the bridge with the cue at the same time during the shot
8. Jump by scooping the ball
9. Use a magnetic chalk holder
10. Use the tip shaper (sander) on the shaft of the cue to smoothen it up


i have many others, but i will give someone else a chance to put in there 2 cents
 
ouch! I have to confess I am a wannabee. i use tan chalk at home and I shoot behind the back too.

if you wear a glove there's a 99% chance you must be a wannabee.
 
hang-the-9 said:
What traits, habbits, things people do that you see when they walk in to a pool hall and try to fit in with the regulars or try to show they are cool and "with it" in the billiard world?

I remember back when Color of Money came out, for a year people would play "Warewolves of London" at least 6 times an hour.
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The one I enjoy the most is the wannabee, (while watching a one pocket match between two top players), as he explains to another wannabee when the A player misses and what the A could have done or should have done. (and of course the wannabee is almost always wrong)
JoeyA
 
when playin eight ball...making sure to but solid and stripe as the corner balls!
 
Sign of a wannabee: Making fun of a tool that a LOT of people use, just because YOU don't use it.

This can be applied to - Jump sticks, tip tappers, tip shapers, hand towel, and YES... Billiard gloves. (I am looking at you, JohnPT.. Some people have sweaty hands and DON'T like getting hand chalk on themselves....)

I have seen a good majority of pro billiard (3-cushion) players wear a glove from time to time.. Does that mean they are bangers?

Didn't think so.

I wore a glove until just a few months ago. I'll take the six and the breaks, gentlemen..... Especially since I am Short Bus "C player" Russ.. :D :D :D

Russ
 
Russ Chewning said:
Sign of a wannabee: Making fun of a tool that a LOT of people use, just because YOU don't use it.

This can be applied to - Jump sticks, tip tappers, tip shapers, hand towel, and YES... Billiard gloves. (I am looking at you, JohnPT.. Some people have sweaty hands and DON'T like getting hand chalk on themselves....)

I have seen a good majority of pro billiard (3-cushion) players wear a glove from time to time.. Does that mean they are bangers?

Didn't think so.

I wore a glove until just a few months ago. I'll take the six and the breaks, gentlemen..... Especially since I am Short Bus "C player" Russ.. :D :D :D

Russ
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used to think anyone that wore a glove was a sucker... now a days more and more ppl wear them..used to be ashamed of myself if i lost to anyone that wore a glove ( actually still am..lol)
 
deadwhak said:
used to think anyone that wore a glove was a sucker... now a days more and more ppl wear them..used to be ashamed of myself if i lost to anyone that wore a glove ( actually still am..lol)
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Yeah i have felt the same way,those gloves are just plain ridiculous unless your allergic to wood,if you keep your hands clean and maybe alittle powder will do just fine. :cool:
 
anyone who uses a cuetec is bad.
case in point is our very own travis trotter on these fourms... i'd bet my last dollar he couldn't run 3 balls in a row with ball in hand.

people who insist on racking 8ball alternating... (one stripe/one solid) and getting continually confused about the process

anyone who looks at you with bewilderment whenever you tell them about the magical 'have to hit a rail or foul' rule (i've gotten into very heated arguments over that one, nowadays i just let them do whatever they want b/c if they don't know about that one im going to get the cash anyway)

anyone who says 8ball requires more skill than 9ball

one of the reasons i cant stand leagues and league players is b/c of the general complete lack of skill/knowlege that they have and still think they are good.
 
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