Have I come across the ultimate nit?

Flakeandrun

Flakeandrun

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I was playing in a small tournament this afternoon/evening - Field of 32. I won the first game 7-1, even while I played like trash. I blamed this performance on the new shaft I am using, an ACSS M Musashi 12.5mm, which came with a rock hard Kamui black on the end (I think). I got it for a steal, and thought I'd give it a whirl in this semi-serious tournament in place of my Musashi VI 12.8mm which has a medium Moori. It just felt horrible and I moaned about it quite a lot, to just about anyone who would listen, in a generally quite jovial way. I was in quite a good mood considering I really did not play anything like I wanted to.

Come second game, and I am still playing pretty poorly, with a few exasperated table taps and some pouting (can't help myself). I am playing a guy who I'd actually chatted with a fair bit while waiting around... I came back from 3-1 down, and the score is now set at 5-3. At this point, I had enough of this rock solid tip and took my old shaft from my cue case, and put it on the chair, unscrewed my cue in order to put the old shaft back on. This was at the end of the rack, not mid-frame... The guy calls to the floor referee who is working all the tables for the light off, and goes to shake my hand... Now I am super confused at this point and I think he is conceding to me... so I begin to shake his hand. Referee comes over and asks who won, and he claims it... 15 minutes of confused bickering follows.

I explained I took my old shaft out of my case to put it onto my cue. The guy I am playing knew I had been moaning about the new shaft, as I'd spent half an hour sat next to him waiting for the game. I even showed him the shaft... Both he and the referee just cling hard to language barrier issues and crack out the phone translation like they can't understand me (they absolutely can). They basically cite the 'breaking your cue down is a forfeiture' line.

Now, I fully get that breaking the cue down is a forfeiture, and generally stops people from sharking someone when they're on the last ball (My understanding, is that it could cause someone to dog match ball, and it would be bullshit to screw your cue back together and swoop in). But this guy... would not relent. if it wasn't for a close friend of mine helping me to see the pathetically funny side of it, I probably would have gone full sourpuss and loudly questioned his 'face' (culturally people don't like to be loudly called into question here, probably would have got me on his life-long Hitlist, or a beating in the carpark :ROFLMAO:).

It was incredibly obvious I was just switching the shaft in my opinion. People stop mid-rack to screw together a jump cue when required... So I can't switch a shaft in-between racks? I am genuinely amazed anyone would be happy to take that as a win.

Anyway, I hung around to watch him get demolished by the aforementioned close friend, and did enjoy some exaggerated celebration after. Then came home and thought I'd vent about it here. Anything like this happened to any of you??

Wooldridge Supertip is going on the ACSS shaft tomorrow. The current tip almost feels phenolic it's so freaking hard.
 
Nitty move BUT seeing how we live in a sea of nits these days you really should have have notified him/ref of what you were doing. Never know when some whiny butthurt loser is going to go 'MegaNit' on you. Must keep your 'AntiNit' radar on at all times. ;)
 
garczar said:
Nitty move BUT seeing how we live in a sea of nits these days you really should have have notified him/ref of what you were doing. Never know when some whiny butthurt loser is going to go 'MegaNit' on you. Must keep your 'AntiNit' radar on at all times. ;)
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I spoke to him before the game, literally complained about the damn shaft... I took the other shaft out, and took the joint protector off of it before I unscrewed my cue :ROFLMAO:

easy-e said:
He broke his cue down mid match to change shafts and blamed his opponent for taking it as a forfeiture.
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I thought he was forfeiting to me :ROFLMAO: I was up 5-3. Who forfeits when they're up for F sake?? :ROFLMAO:
Surely, a little laugh and a joke, and we continue to play ball? ...Surely not I've learned.

Like Garczar said, I am just going to assume everyone is a pathetic lowlife from this point on :ROFLMAO: Might even become a pathetic lowlife myself lol
 
I was called out in NAPA League for changing cues in a match. The Cue was already out and assembled and there's no rule other than, you have to notify your opponent. I was just told to notify my opponent from now on, and we played happily on. Brian.
 
Flakeandrun said:
I spoke to him before the game, literally complained about the damn shaft... I took the other shaft out, and took the joint protector off of it before I unscrewed my cue :ROFLMAO:


I thought he was forfeiting to me :ROFLMAO: I was up 5-3. Who forfeits when they're up for F sake?? :ROFLMAO:
Surely, a little laugh and a joke, and we continue to play ball? ...Surely not I've learned.

Like Garczar said, I am just going to assume everyone is a pathetic lowlife from this point on :ROFLMAO: Might even become a pathetic lowlife myself lol
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For the record, I agree with you completely. The guy is on another planet.
 
easy-e said:
For the record, I agree with you completely. The guy is on another planet.
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His opponent is a visitor to that planet……he thinks he has the right not to announce a shaft change.
I have never called anybody on those small rule infractions, but I let them know.
 
I have a solution for this and it is involves telling your opponent you're going to the bathroom or go to the bar and change it there.

I know some people will call you on a forfeit but its perfectly fine to keep an opponent waiting while you go get a beer. LOL

Pool is stupid in this sense and I hate how everyone adopted this "breakdown stick means forfeit" mentality. This isn't even part of the game rules.
 
a1712 said:
I was called out in NAPA League for changing cues in a match. The Cue was already out and assembled and there's no rule other than, you have to notify your opponent. I was just told to notify my opponent from now on, and we played happily on. Brian.
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LOL

This crap is getting ridiculous. That's the point of buying and owning several cues. You can switch.
 
No you haven’t because you have never met me. I am the ultimate nit. I the chosen one that will restore balance to nitdom. I am the type of nit that will not even order a glass of water from the bar. I’m that nit that stole the score keeping quarters from under the rail. I was born under a blood moon in the parking lot of a truck stop. When you gaze deep in to the night wondering who just poured water on your cube of chalk I’ll be there staring back at you.
 
Nothing new here......just typical shafts.....errrr....I mean ...... pool players for ya ......Those that blame lack of talent on the shaft (or rails, rolls, weather, time of day, amount of available drugs and/or alcohol.......etc.) ......and those that are more focused on the angles to give someone the shaft (rather than just play for it)🤣;)
 
Stupid rule .. I guess when tennis pros change rackets , or pitchers take off their glove, the game should be called! This sport will never move forward with all the candy ass rules! Here’s a suggestion .. you concede when you tell the ref, team captain or whoever, that you concede
 
Flakeandrun said:
I spoke to him before the game, literally complained about the damn shaft... I took the other shaft out, and took the joint protector off of it before I unscrewed my cue :ROFLMAO:


I thought he was forfeiting to me :ROFLMAO: I was up 5-3. Who forfeits when they're up for F sake?? :ROFLMAO:
Surely, a little laugh and a joke, and we continue to play ball? ...Surely not I've learned.

Like Garczar said, I am just going to assume everyone is a pathetic lowlife from this point on :ROFLMAO: Might even become a pathetic lowlife myself lol
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I think the rule is pretty clear. If you break your shaft down during your opponent's turn, it's a forfeit/concession.

I have seen it called in even nittier circumstances though.

A girlfriend of mine was playing leagues away at a bar and was 'pole hooked'. She couldn't use her cue because it was too long. They had a 'shorty' house cue at this bar but even it was too long. So she took her shaft off to play it with a shaft and her opponent thanked her for conceding. Of course she contested, she even told her opponent she would shoot the shot with her shaft before she to ok it off. And she took apart her cue during her turn, not her opponents.

They called over the LO - who happened to be at the bar - and the LO ruled in favor of the concession. She lost the match.

Nittiest BS I've ever seen.

Also - just as n aside - if you posted this as an "AITA" thread (Am I the Asshole) I would have voted for you being the asshole. I like your posts on here and I think you're a good person, but you are at a semi serious tournament demolishing your opponents by scores of 7-1 and bitching and moaning about how poorly your shaft is playing. Nobody cares. Keep your whining to yourself. Be happy with every win and if you need to make an equipment change, make it. Quietly.

I think you should have a little more humility, especially when playing lesser players.
 
Here is the text of the applicable rule in the World Standardized Rules:

1.11 CONCESSION​

If a player concedes, he loses the match. For example, if a player unscrews his jointed playing cue stick while the opponent is at the table and during the opponent’s decisive rack of a match, it will be considered a concession of the match.​
 
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