I'm So Sick of 9-Ball

I posted this on another thread but it seems this is the more active one so here goes:

I've three questions, one about rule #3:



3. After the break, if you do not have a shot or do not like the shot you have, you may choose one of three options. (a) Place the cue ball anywhere behind the Head String and shoot any ball above the Head String. (b) Place the cue ball on either the Head Spot or the Foot Spot and shoot any ball.
(c) Place the rack over the cue ball (where it lies) and move the cue ball anywhere inside the rack and shoot any ball. All of the options noted above are a penalty and incur a minus 1.
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Question 1:
This may be obvious to everyone but me, I'm unclear if "After the break..." refers only to the shot immediately following the break, or if you can take one of these options any time during the rack-under a 1 point penalty. I would assume it refers to only immediately after the break (like a push-out), but then I noticed rule 4 starts with the same phrasing and that rule refers to the entire rack. The intepretation of this rule would have a sgnificant impact on the scores.

This could be remedied by adding the phrase "On the shot immediately after the break... to the beginning of the rule.

Question 2
Where do we post the results? There are several different threads now in circulation. Might one of the OP's start a new DM Memorial thread titled "The 2008 DM Memorial Rules & Results Scoreboard" thread, or some such thing, with the official rules posted on the first post?

Question 3:
When is the game over?

Thanks anyone, for the answers to the above questions!!

DogsPlayingPool
 
DogsPlayingPool said:
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Question 3:
When is the game over?
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Apparently the original test called for 10 sessions, each with 10 racks. Each rack is worth a maximum of 20 points, so the total test maximum is 2000 points. The rating system is based on that number. After the first Drivermaker it was decided to cut that in 1/2, so the BUD Bowl is 5 sessions of 10 racks.

If the question is "when is the BUD Bowl over ?", then the answer is New Years (the thing runs from the US Thanksgiving until the new year). Of course guys like Neil don't need that much time, but us mortals do :embarrassed2:

Dave
 
I ran one session in the pool room this afternoon. I scored 52. I would have done better but for the first 3 or 4 racks I forgot that I could move the cue ball behind the kitchen line if I didn't like my position. I think I can score 60 or above which would place me in the intermediate catagory. I will try again tomorrow.

Dave Nelson
 
DaveK said:
Apparently the original test called for 10 sessions, each with 10 racks. Each rack is worth a maximum of 20 points, so the total test maximum is 2000 points. The rating system is based on that number. After the first Drivermaker it was decided to cut that in 1/2, so the BUD Bowl is 5 sessions of 10 racks.

Dave
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Thanks, Dave. So the 2008 Bud Bowl is 5 sessions, or a total of 50 racks. I suppose the numbers on the ratings system should therefore be cut in half.

Just out of curiosity, how true to form you guys have found the ratings to be?

Neil, thanks for the link for posting scores. I somehow didn't see that thread when I asked.

Thanks,

DPP
 
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