PlynSets said:Seems like everyone on this board is talking about putting racks down like it's going outta style, I'm just wondering if I'm the only guy on here my speed.
I'll start "AA" (Joking obviously)
I'm a B player about anywhere I go in San Diego.
DJ
catscradle said:I don't know how to correlate to A thru D, but ...
I'm a 6 in both 8-ball and 9-ball in the APA. And my winning average in the 2 non-handicapped leagues I play in is .650. Does that correlate to a 'C'? Maybe, certainly NOT a 'B'.
PlynSets said:I subbed for a team for APA just a couple times a few years back.. They made me a 7, and I didn't seem to have any trouble beating the opponents in the sets? From what I understand about that rating system though it doesn't go any higher then 7? And I'm certainly no A player, so I'd be even up with an A?
DJ
Jaden said:When I play in SD I'm an A. I'm actually gonna be at oncue this afternoon if you wanna come by and play. One thing about SD though is that the people rated as an A would be an A+ in most places, so don't be too upset about being a B. And yes most of the people on here who talk about putting down a bunch of racks all the time are more than likely blowing smoke. Considering that the pros only average about 1 in 3 games in nine as break and runs, don't get down on yourself if you aren't running racks all the time. An occasional 3 or four pack is exactly that occasional.
I will usually run out when I have an open table, but all you have to do is go to video.google.com and look up billiards and watch Archer's match there to see how often the pros do miss.
You've got to also understand that if your only experience with watching pros is on TV, that they edit those matches and take out all of the really bad racks, so what your seeing is the best 45 minutes of that particular match.
So if you do see a miss then you know that there was less than 45 minutes of excellent play.
PlynSets said:I'm not down on my game at all. I've been playing long enough to know that if I put the time in I'll be an A. I just quit for alot of years after running into John Schmidt of all people.. LOL Made me not want to play pool for awhile if you know what I mean. Although I'd guess people would say I had "heart" on this website, in retrospect I'd say it was a stupid bet.
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Wish I could be down at Oncue this afternoon, but ultimately I'm picking up my home table this weekend, and by the time all those expenses added up if I so much as spend a nickel I'm going to come up short. I'm broke for a couple weeks until I get rid of an old cadillac that I have.
DJ
Josh Palmer said:I'm a C player, and will take the 6, 7, 8 please...![]()
Tom In Cincy said:Yeah... "C" the table, Run da balls. Are you going to play this Saturday?