Have I Driven The Bill Stroud Bust Into The Ground?

[Kickin' Chicken]

We live in a democracy so I think it's fair to get my fellow az'ers input on whether or not you think I should continue these Stroud-related posts.

And, btw, who knows but it seems doubtful that Bill will ever come through with DYD winner, mhaimi's cue, but I always thought it was worth reminding the community of what Bill did (actually didn't do).

It seems odd to me that after this colossal bad deed, that he (Bill) gets to come on here and post, as well as attend and compete in pool tourneys, as if nothing like this ever happened.

Well, anyway, maybe I've lost all objectivity and I know the community is divided on this subject so I'm thinking here's what I should do.

I'm asking the question in this poll and if the majority of az voters say I should stop posting about this, then that is exactly what I'll do.

Wherever this poll stands on this coming Tuesday morning, March 12th, at 10 am, will dictate whether I ever start another Stroud/DYD-related thread.

So you get to decide. :smile:

It'll be a blind poll so have at it, you will remain anonymous.

Cast your vote!

best,
brian kc

 

[one stroke]

Where you the one who won the contest


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[WhatRobEats]

From what I've read Bill has driven himself into the ground already.

At this point I think it's just piling on. But my opinion probably doesn't hold much weight. I'm relatively new here and wasn't around for the contest or results. Just read about them yesterday.

 

[pt109]

I voted for you to be Pope, KC.
There has never been a Pope who was Jewish, to my knowledge,....
...but the Founder was

 

[Tramp Steamer]

Keep doing what you're doing, Brian. The truth is such a rare commodity these days.
Why, only last week a fat lady came up to me and told me that I was the kind of person who would eat shit on bread.
With as much decorum as I could muster I promptly informed her that I wasn't that fond of bread.

 

[PoolSharkAllen]

it seems doubtful that Bill will ever come through with DYD winner, mhaimi's cue, but I always thought it was worth reminding the community of what Bill did (actually didn't do).

Well, anyway, maybe I've lost all objectivity and I know the community is divided on this subject so I'm thinking here's what I should do.

Give it up already. The ongoing attempts by you and others to bully, intimidate, belittle and ridicule Bill Stroud into making the cue have yielded nothing for your efforts.

 

[bflgvs]

Has B.S. ever responded as to the reason that he never held up to his end of the contest? I could have missed it, I don't recall.

 

[TATE]

Fact is, we lost more than a cue.

We lost the ongoing content contributions of a man who could have been the most knowledgeable cue maker and experienced road player to have ever written here.

He did it to himself, but we are the losers.

 

[bflgvs]

Oh, and as for you being the next Pope, all I have to say is 'Oy Gevalt!'

 

[sfleinen]

I voted for you to be Pope, KC.
There has never been a Pope who was Jewish, to my knowledge,....
...but the Founder was

I agree. I see white smoke rising from the horizon in the direction of Brian's home. Then again, that could be him just cooking up some Kurzweil brats on the hibachi...

-Sean <-- hopes Brian doesn't eat his Pop-Tarts into the shape of a gun, otherwise they'd have to withdraw, and be called Pope-Tarts.

 

[JMW]

Oh, and as for you being the next Pope, all I have to say is 'Oy Gevalt!'

But can you really play pool wearing one of those Pope hats? Wouldn't it hit the light when bending down to shoot?

 

[bflgvs]

But can you really play pool wearing one of those Pope hats? Wouldn't it hit the light when bending down to shoot?

I think that he could get away with it by using the Diamond lights. Or maybe a Yarmulke would suffice.:smile:

 

[justadub]

I hope you continue posting about this, Brian.

Fortunately, the results of your poll hold no jurisdiction on whether the rest of us continue to bring the subject into the light....

I am still amazed by the reaction of some posters to this issue, though I wonder why. Folks disappoint me often, this is no different.

And I hope you get elected pope, too.

 

[CreeDo]

Oh god yes. Absolutely. You have driven it so far into the ground that it's completely submerged in dirt.
There's nothing left to do but bury it.

The entire thing is monstrously overrated. Designing a cue is something I do for fun
in my spare time. If someone "tricked me" into "wasting my time" doing such a thing,
I'd resent them for about 5 minutes and then shrug. I might even be pleased that I've
committed my ideas to paper (or a computer file) so I can play with it later,
or present it to another cuemaker.

If someone had a family member wrongfully imprisoned for ten years,
I might expect them to keep harping about it three years later. But this contest?
Sorry, it's way past time to get over it. The guy's not even making cues anymore apparently.

 

[Kickin' Chicken]

So, all these people who disappoint you, do you drudge it up every couple of months and dwell upon it? Do you drive over to ex-girlfriends houses to yell at the car they drove to sleep with the other guy they cheated with?

Seriously, nobody is saying this was a good thing that happened. I think that there are a few people (i.e. you and chicken) who need to bathe in this garbage, to keep that wound fresh. I think that there are a lot of people who only ever think about it when it is brought back up and then get irritated by it.

Why you need to carry around the pain of this is beyond me, but that is your business and not mine.

When you feel like you need to dredge this up and spread your pain to others on this forum, that is something else and should be for the community to deal with.

As I've said, I find it fascinating. I kind of feel like Jane Goodall, if she were able to communicate with the gorillas. I was raised to not dwell upon unfortunate situations...I've never had friends who would carry something this petty with them for years on end. This really is something which is foreign to me and I like learning about new things.

So, yes, please keep weeping here. At this point I think it says as much about you as it ever did about BS.

dld

I wonder what does it it say about you, this incessant need you have to, on the one hand, acknowledge that it's not your business, but yet at the same time you keep railing on those with whom you disagree.

Remember, irony. . .

Keep those votes coming!

best,
brian kc

 

[Island Drive]

Yep...................

 

[javi2]

Let it go Chicken.....it's time to cross the road and check out the other side.

 

[Billyard]

Keep it up.

 

[Chacer]

Clearly Bill won't be making the dyd cue according to the posts around.
So i venture this idea, why in the world would you want to continue this pointless subject? Is it to remind people of this god awful thing bill didn't do?
To provoke him to man up and finish what he started? from the orginal post you made chicken, its been about 2 years. Take the hint.. cough cough he isn't going to do it. what intrigues me even more is that you are not even the winner to this contest but is going to extreme lengths to bring this to justice. You continuing these pointless threads only shows how meaningless and dull your life must be. You made a thread already, the point got across and now you made a poll on whether you should make another one? You are a bully and i judge you. i judge you with all of my $0.02

yeah yeah you spent over 40 hours on your designs, get over it you didn't win and he seems like he wont be making the cue. just bury this retarded subject and don't dare necro it

 

[Gerry]

i thought the pope WAS jewish?....no?