how are ya'll doing in league ?
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Meh...set your goals higher...bare minimum 2 level jump.
i was a bar banger all my life. when i joined apa 3 years ago i set a goal to be a 7/7 before i got too old for this game. be 60 in a few months.
i reached a 6 in 8 ball with a 70% record for 1 session last summer.fell back down to a 5 now.
i think getting up in age along with the drama and pressure of being a captain is hurting my game " along with a few physical ailments".
its kinda hard to give your match the proper focus when you are upset about having to babysit a bunch of grown ass people.
too many times this scenario has come up. well my turn to shoot i need a scorekeeper....where is ronny? he is over flirting with some girl. where is bug ? he is over playing poker. .. where is adam ? ... he ain;t showed up yet. and on and on and on. lol
Far simpler, in that scenario, to just keep score yourself. Easy enough for 8-ball, I wouldn't wanna do it playing 9-ball...
Amazing how quickly one of them wises up once they realize you are actually playing your match and scoring it yourself.
Oh ya, well gonna one up ya here.. I get the same treatment from my teammates as you mentioned, and I PAY ALL THE WEEKLY DUES AS WELL!!!
i think the main factor is there is not enough seating around the tables for the team to sit together.
our pool hall had more teams than tables available. he added 2 more tables but that took up seating space.
he has since added more tables in adjoining space but we still has seating problems at certain tables...consequently some team mates sit where ever they can or just mingle with other patrons until they are called to play.
its not a big issue but when you had a bad day at work you wind up coming to league with an attitude compounded by lack of players or cant find some one when you need them can lead to a lack of focus which leads to a bad match which pisses me off.
damn that was a long ass sentence.
well that just makes me feel better. glad i ain't the only fool that has payed team mates dues.
i have mentioned a few times bout me not getting to league early enough to practice. i said a few times i thought that caused me to be a slow starter. i have also mentioned on how i rely on defense a lot.
i played my 8 ball travel league last night. i got there 45 min early and played some with my team mates. i kept the table beating a 4 and a 5 a few games then comes my lo who is on my team. he is a 7. we played 4 racks and tied 2-2. i was playing great.
i faced another 5 going 4-4. we got into a shootout with him winning 4-3 in 6 innings. i guess i was so confident in how well i was shooting and felt i did not need defense. it probably cost me the match.
guess i need to go back to showing up at game time..starting out shooting like shit... relying more on defense because i can;t make a decent shot till i get warmed up. :grin-square:
i played my 8 ball travel league last night. i got there 45 min early and played some with my team mates. i kept the table beating a 4 and a 5 a few games then comes my lo who is on my team. he is a 7. we played 4 racks and tied 2-2. i was playing great.
i faced another 5 going 4-4. we got into a shootout with him winning 4-3 in 6 innings. i guess i was so confident in how well i was shooting and felt i did not need defense. it probably cost me the match.
guess i need to go back to showing up at game time..starting out shooting like shit... relying more on defense because i can;t make a decent shot till i get warmed up. :grin-square:
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Sonofa..
Finally lost an 8b match last night. 5 beat me, got up on me 2-0, I got 2 and then I hosed myself on the 8 and tried a kick-bank and scratched like I thought I would. She was shooting well enough that I figured if I didn't go for something, I would've lost anyhow. I'm blaming the whiskey.
Finally lost an 8b match last night. 5 beat me, got up on me 2-0, I got 2 and then I hosed myself on the 8 and tried a kick-bank and scratched like I thought I would. She was shooting well enough that I figured if I didn't go for something, I would've lost anyhow. I'm blaming the whiskey.
I haven't played 8 ball in 3 weeks. We had the ice storm, then a bye week, and I was still sick last night.
I'm going to our 9ball match, but if I start again with the BG's... it's a no go.
I'm 2W-2L in 9-ball and 1W-2L in 8-ball according to the website. Shows that I'm still a SL4 in both lol
I'm going to our 9ball match, but if I start again with the BG's... it's a no go.
I'm 2W-2L in 9-ball and 1W-2L in 8-ball according to the website. Shows that I'm still a SL4 in both lol
Ugly win here last night too guys. Played another SL6 and won 5-3. Not a good player in general. We were tied 2-2 at one point. In that 4th rack I broke dry. He ran out to the 8 and completely dogged a straight in shot on the 8. Meanwhile I had two clusters of balls that I tried to work loose while playing safe. The 2 and 3-ball clusters made playing safe pretty easy and I played good safes in 5 straight innings. Wound up with ball-in-hand three times but only managed to pocket 3 balls in that time. On that 6th safe I made a terrible shot and left him a shot on the 8 which he made. I really wanted that game. That one would have broke his spirit cuz I had no business winning it.
lol a good buddy of mine uses this line but substitutes the word beer to which I usually tell him he is making excuses for losing :grin:
Then he will occasionally talk sht (in a fun spirited way saying I have no shot to beat him in 9 ball) to which I usually stick it where the sun doesn't shine. Please motivate me to beat you lol.
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She also used the ultimate shark move.. lots of compliments before the match!
I won't pull that on you, because you have a shot to beat me in 9. Now, 8 on the other hand..
I wish I had Dub's game last night.. I'd rather have done enough to 'not lose'.
Now, 8 on the other hand..
orly
Good luck! All in good fun buddy!
Edit:...one of my matches was after a lot of beers
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"BG's".. Haven't heard anybody reference the Bubble Guts in quite awhile, lol. Had a friend a few years back that always used the term bubble guts... Hope you feel better..
And I got moved to an SL7 just like I figured I would in APA.. Started a few weeks ago as a SL4, and already up to a 7... My time in the APA is dwindling quickly; not because I don't want to play, but I just am not gonna fit on this team with my buddy being an SL8 already, and our 2 going to a 3... Blah....
I just went back a few pages and saw this. You have me rolling in my chair at work! :thumbup:
Now the office thinks I'm crazy lol
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orly
Good luck! All in good fun buddy!
Edit:...one of my matches was after a lot of beers
You've got me thinking I need a spot now! Only one match after a lot to drink? Slacker..
* 8-Ball Lifetime Win Percentage: 68%
Yep, I'll take a game on the wire. :thumbup:
Give me two games and I'll book the flight today!