mbvl said:
she gave me negative rep too for the 6th time in the last couple of months. lmao. Whatever makes her happy.
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she gave me negative rep too for the 6th time in the last couple of months. lmao. Whatever makes her happy.
mbvl said:
This is what you wrote on this thread to me and about me, a thread in which I contributed a great deal of content about Kim Davenport: You started this flame war, offered mistaken "information" about Kim's injury, made a ton of "unfruitful" posts, and now you're the victim. Time for you to "sit on the sidelines."
Number one, please read the Billiards Digest link I posted about Kim Davenport's eye injury. It was not mistaken information.
Number two, I contributed more Kim Davenport info on this thread than anyone else who posted to this thread.
Number three, I have made many posts on this forum since I joined, and it is okay for you to have the opinion that my posts are unfruitful, but I respectfully disagree, as maybe do others which can be evidenced by my 26,000-plus GREEN REP.
In light of numbers one, two, and three, yes, I gave you bad rep.
mblv said:
Maybe; maybe not.
JAM
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JAM said:
I already read that. What is your point? I didn't say anything that wasn't true and wasn't instigating anything.
Also, I have 16,000 rep points in 2600 posts. At that rate I'll have over 60,000 when I hit a 5 digit post count.
corvette1340 said:
I'd have ~110,000 points.... and most of you don't even know who I am. What does that say about this system? Oh yeah. It's useless. I could probably have 2x as many if I didn't hold back the snarky comments I'm thinking all day when I read this forum.
This forum would be a better place if people would take a deep breath and step away from the computer once in a while. This is an internet forum for crying out loud. Think about it.
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James said:nevermind
Why would you edit your original post? It made perfect sense.
JAM said:
yeah, I read that one already, but what about this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
James said:
You made a very valid point, James.
The rep system was not as prevalent years ago as it is today. It seems that about a year ago or so, I'd guesstimate, the rep system was taken more seriously. I never even knew how to look up my rep points until last fall, when somebody on this forum posted about it.
The point of my posting my rep count, James, is that I was told that a ton of my posts are unfruitful. I was trying to illustrate that it may be that some readers of this forum find my posts fruitful, which is why I have 26,000-plus good rep. I couldn't even tell you what my rep count was two, three, and four years ago. Nobody cared about rep then. This is a recent forum trend that rep has become more talked about.
Hope this helps to explain the intention of my post.
JAM
OK taking a deep breath and backing up out of this thread. I wanted to hear about personal stories about Kimmer. As I have watched him play for over 30 years. Thought he or a friend might be tempted to come on and tell some of his road stories as he has been through the great years of pool at the Jansco Bros Stardust Tournaments through the Camel Tour years. Which were great in my opinion. But not now.
I really dont need to see his statistical background for its all on the record but it is a good addendum to his life story. But it is all getting confusing here now what with this and attempts at identifying Kim as your good buddy, etc. Hey this thread is not about YOU. Its about a man who plays damn good pool during the best of times and the worse of times. Someone who I have never heard whine about the game although he more than many would have the right to.
I dont care if you come on and told lies and make up fish stories about how you and Kim gambled a set. Even that would be better than the mish mash we see now. I wish my buddy Wei would come on and tell how Kim was in LA recently and walked into my home room and asked anyone to play and my buddy Wei, who Kim towers over by almost a foot, stepped up and said he would play him a $100 a set 9 ball just to get the experience. Kim said flip a coin and played real nice and beat him handily but Wei had the kind of heart I wished I had. Next time I saw Wei he was in Louisville and beat Ronnie Allen in the one pocket event. This is a guy I used to beat but not now. And Kim was a real gentleman about it. He was at a tournament and was there to make his road expenses. Thats what Kim is like. Gets his butt up there and plays.
Shutting the door now.
I really dont need to see his statistical background for its all on the record but it is a good addendum to his life story. But it is all getting confusing here now what with this and attempts at identifying Kim as your good buddy, etc. Hey this thread is not about YOU. Its about a man who plays damn good pool during the best of times and the worse of times. Someone who I have never heard whine about the game although he more than many would have the right to.
I dont care if you come on and told lies and make up fish stories about how you and Kim gambled a set. Even that would be better than the mish mash we see now. I wish my buddy Wei would come on and tell how Kim was in LA recently and walked into my home room and asked anyone to play and my buddy Wei, who Kim towers over by almost a foot, stepped up and said he would play him a $100 a set 9 ball just to get the experience. Kim said flip a coin and played real nice and beat him handily but Wei had the kind of heart I wished I had. Next time I saw Wei he was in Louisville and beat Ronnie Allen in the one pocket event. This is a guy I used to beat but not now. And Kim was a real gentleman about it. He was at a tournament and was there to make his road expenses. Thats what Kim is like. Gets his butt up there and plays.
Shutting the door now.
yobagua said:
Thanks for the post.
My intention of adding the statistical background to this thread, Yobagua, was so I could create this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Davenport
I have contacted Diana Hoppe, thanks to this thread, to obtain a decent photo of Davenport playing pool to insert in the article.
I apologize if the statistical background info isn't good content for the readers of the thread. Some people like this kind of data; others don't.
I was hoping that some others would chime in on this thread with more REFERENCED info about Kim Davenport the player, so that it could be added to the article.
Do you have anything by way of links or mags that you may be aware of pertaining to Kim Davenport? If you do, I'd love to read them or find out where I can get me a copy. TIA!
JAM
Oh good stuff! That Wikipedia stuff is great! Thank you.
I didnt mean statistical stuff isnt good but not a requisite for other posters. I mean even if you wanted to talk about your impression of him or an experience you had with him would be of equal interst.
I say this because a lot of people forget about the pioneers of the game. Kim, Rempe, Hawaiian Brian, Diliberto, Richie FLorence, Keither, Cole Dickson, Jimmy Reid, Bernie Schwartz, Gene Nagy, Filipino Gene are names from the recent past that a lot of people dont have any enough info about yet they built the tradition of the road player handed down to them from guys like Eddie Taylor, Lassiter, Jimmy Moore, UJ Puckett, etc.
Legends and Myth is what makes a country great and unique. Stories and songs about Bonnie and CLyde, John Wesley Harding, Billy the Kid, make living here great. Even if they are exaggerated. For it is our history and we can learn a lot about ourselves today from it.
I didnt mean statistical stuff isnt good but not a requisite for other posters. I mean even if you wanted to talk about your impression of him or an experience you had with him would be of equal interst.
I say this because a lot of people forget about the pioneers of the game. Kim, Rempe, Hawaiian Brian, Diliberto, Richie FLorence, Keither, Cole Dickson, Jimmy Reid, Bernie Schwartz, Gene Nagy, Filipino Gene are names from the recent past that a lot of people dont have any enough info about yet they built the tradition of the road player handed down to them from guys like Eddie Taylor, Lassiter, Jimmy Moore, UJ Puckett, etc.
Legends and Myth is what makes a country great and unique. Stories and songs about Bonnie and CLyde, John Wesley Harding, Billy the Kid, make living here great. Even if they are exaggerated. For it is our history and we can learn a lot about ourselves today from it.
yobagua said:
You know, to tell you the truth, I haven't had many interactions with him. When I have seen him on the tournament trail, he's usually hanging out with Johnny Archer. I know they are good friends!
I was hoping to get some more information about Kim Davenport or even IDEAS for topics which SHOULD BE INCLUDED in the Wikipedia article.
For instance, I will state that many times I have seen Kim at events, he's wearing the most unusual clothing. I mean this in a good way. At Turning Stone, as an example, in 2006, I think it was, he was wearing a silk LIME GREEN suit. It was very unique and he really stood out from the crowd.
I think Kim's sense of style is a good one. The man likes to dress, much like Jimmy Wetch from Minnesota and Reid Pierce from Mississippi. Maybe it's the era that they come from, but all of them seem to like to dress to the nines.
Ypbagua said:
Very well said. I agree 100 percent. So many of these great legendary pool players do make up the very fabric of American pool.
JAM
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Yeah I know Kim Davenport very well. I was playing for charity for the United Cerbral Palsy. I asked him when he owned the pool hall in Modesto if he would donate some pool time for me to practice because I live in Modesto. His reply was XXXX Pool Halls. I wish I had never heard of pool halls. in front of a lot of people quite loudly and then walked away without saying nothing. Then he opened a pool hall with Jonny Archer.
He always been mad because I beat in him Sacramento.
He always been mad because I beat in him Sacramento.
i spoke to Kim an hour ago he is fine, "Grinding it out" refering to the poolroom the economy and summer isnt helping any poolroom's now. Otherwise he is great Aieta(SP?) his wife is great, he is happy, he was happy with how he played in the Carloina tournment all things considered, of course he wanted to do better but said he hasnt been playing.
^^^A real poat about Kim, and no I didnt call him he called me, it was just a concedence.
^^^A real poat about Kim, and no I didnt call him he called me, it was just a concedence.
i spoke to Kim an hour ago he is fine, "Grinding it out" refering to the poolroom the economy and summer isnt helping any poolroom's now. Otherwise he is great Aieta(SP?) his wife is great, he is happy, he was happy with how he played in the Carloina tournment all things considered, of course he wanted to do better but said he hasnt been playing.
^^^A real post about Kim, and no I didnt call him he called me, it was just a concedence.
^^^A real post about Kim, and no I didnt call him he called me, it was just a concedence.