New Nickname for Pro Player Chris Gentile

[prewarhero]

I think if anything this thread reflects just how easy it is for people on this forum to get all up in arms. I fail to see the big deal here and why Joey is being attacked for simply being jocular about a pool story and nickname. Is anyone really that offened or am I missing something? If we are going to punish people for threads that are silly and waste our time, someone owes me like 300 bucks for the time I wasted reading all the lock society threads. No, those werent silly at all.

 

[Bigtruck]

Well....I would like to hear what Lock N Load has to say about all this. Maybe Chris is now Nitro Lock?

More on this later.

Ray

 

["CaliRed".]

I think if anything this thread reflects just how easy it is for people on this forum to get all up in arms. I fail to see the big deal here and why Joey is being attacked for simply being jocular about a pool story and nickname. Is anyone really that offened or am I missing something? If we are going to punish people for threads that are silly and waste our time, someone owes me like 300 bucks for the time I wasted reading all the lock society threads. No, those werent silly at all.

I fail to see all this "punishing" and "attacking". I do see people expressing their opinions and then further debating if the OP answers their opinion. Thats what forums are for. Everybody is being civil here.

300.00 is all you think that other 30 threads was worth? My opinion would be your lowballing it.

 

[prewarhero]

I fail to see all this "punishing" and "attacking". I do see people expressing their opinions and then further debating if the OP answers their opinion. Thats what forums are for. Everybody is being civil here.

300.00 is all you think that other 30 threads was worth? My opinion would be your lowballing it.

You may be right. Thanks I'm raising my rates.

 

[Lock N Load]

I think if anything this thread reflects just how easy it is for people on this forum to get all up in arms. I fail to see the big deal here and why Joey is being attacked for simply being jocular about a pool story and nickname. Is anyone really that offened or am I missing something? If we are going to punish people for threads that are silly and waste our time, someone owes me like 300 bucks for the time I wasted reading all the lock society threads. No, those werent silly at all.

Hello Prewarhero,
I was with Chris and Scott Frost last night. I called Chris Nitro and he liked it. Ask JoeyA what happened last night! At Buffalo's Billiards, the worlds pool hall. Between Scott and Lock N Load?
Many Regards,
Lock N Load.

 

[Lock N Load]

Well....I would like to hear what Lock N Load has to say about all this. Maybe Chris is now Nitro Lock?

More on this later.

Ray

BigTruck,
That probably will be Chris new name. Nitro Lock! How are you making out Bigtruck? I will let you know when I talk to Chris tomorrow.
Many Regards,
Lock N Load.

 

[Hungarian]

No, you got that wrong. NITRO isn't "forced". NITRO doesn't "sound out of place" for this player and it is very much on the mark. While YOU and Hungarian might want an explanation now, it might be shared at a later date or not.

Until then, you'll just have to be patient. Trust me. :wink: It's a good one and so is the name NITRO. :grin:

Joey,

Get your facts straight. I called you out for cliff hanging in the $50k Efren thread. But now that I read this, you seam to be doing a lot of grand standing lately.

No one likes a show off and jokes aren't funny without the punch line.

And great stories aren't stimulating without the grand finale.

 

[pt109]

Well....now there are three rules of thumb for making games.....
...never gamble with a man named after a State or a city....
....or an explosive....

 

[champ2107]

Well....now there are three rules of thumb for making games.....
...never gamble with a man named after a State or a city....
....or an explosive....

lol ...

 

[JoeyA]

Joey,

Get your facts straight. I called you out for cliff hanging in the $50k Efren thread. But now that I read this, you seam to be doing a lot of grand standing lately.

No one likes a show off and jokes aren't funny without the punch line.

And great stories aren't stimulating without the grand finale.

You asked for an explanation of the story behind the NITRO nickname. At the time, I wasn't about to give it to you or anyone else, until I spoke to Chris and got his permission to do so. It involved "NITRO" beating one of our top players into the ground in a very short period of time.

If you're looking for some other facts, there aren't any. I was referring to your request (and the request of others) for an explanation about the "rest of the story" on the nickname and you got it. What else could you possibly want?

 

[smoooothstroke]

Dont worry-no one has ever received a nickname by forum posts.

How does some1 get a nick-name?I know you must play strong or at least be good action. Does it take personality or a peculiarity in appearance?Maybe it is just a thing of the past.Around here they just call the top players by their first name and maybe ad a y.Mike Zimmerman was Mikey or Z or Z-man when he was around.There are several Eds so you get Little Eddie or Fast Eddie.Hmm maybe when a player goes on the road and says "I am from Milwaukee and my name is Mike" they become Milwaukee Mike?

 

[Nostroke]

How does some1 get a nick-name?I know you must play strong or at least be good action. Does it take personality or a peculiarity in appearance?Maybe it is just a thing of the past.Around here they just call the top players by their first name and maybe ad a y.Mike Zimmerman was Mikey or Z or Z-man when he was around.There are several Eds so you get Little Eddie or Fast Eddie.Hmm maybe when a player goes on the road and says "I am from Milwaukee and my name is Mike" they become Milwaukee Mike?

Yes - if you have a common name the city will almost surely get tacked on. However if your name is Zigfried -you pretty much will always be just Zigfreid.

 

[sfleinen]

How does some1 get a nick-name?I know you must play strong or at least be good action. Does it take personality or a peculiarity in appearance?Maybe it is just a thing of the past.Around here they just call the top players by their first name and maybe ad a y.Mike Zimmerman was Mikey or Z or Z-man when he was around.There are several Eds so you get Little Eddie or Fast Eddie.Hmm maybe when a player goes on the road and says "I am from Milwaukee and my name is Mike" they become Milwaukee Mike?

For the short while that Mike may be in that particular poolroom, sure, he might be called by that nickname. But it'd be a temporary one.

Rather, the nicknames that really fit, have something to do with the person's character, or physical features, or job outside of pool, or... you get the idea. It's certainly not based on a single set against a single opponent, and certainly not via "details received via TXT message from third parties" when the person attempting to give the nickname wasn't even there at the matchup to begin with. It's even worse when the nickname is misspelled -- e.g. "nitro" instead of the correct "nitrous."

Good examples of nicknames that "stuck" because they're applicable and there's something to them:

• "Pots and Pans" -- the famous player that owned this nickname, Bernard Rogoff, was actually a door-to-door salesman for a popular kitchenware company.
  
• "The Deacon" -- the player that owned this nickname, Irving Crane, was always very sharply dressed to the point he actually resembled a man of the cloth.
  
• "The Meatman" -- Joe Balsis was a butcher in his day job, so the nickname here is obvious.

Examples of bad or dumb nicknames:

• "The Terminator" -- just because Niels Feijen has spikey hair? He looks nothing like Arnold Schwarzenegger, but more like Dolph "I must break you" Lundgren. But leave it to us dumb, culture-neutered Americans to come up with this one!
  
• "The Iceman" -- which Mika is definitely not (he wears his emotions on his sleeve). Larry Hubbart, the original owner of this nickname, was the REAL Iceman.
  
• "RoboCop" -- WTF does the movie RoboCop have to do with Dennis Orcullo? Dennis was a fisherman before he became a pro pool player. Why not a nickname along those lines?

But alas, the gheyness fascination with "snap and pop" appeal prevails.

-Sean

 

[Lock N Load]

For the short while that Mike may be in that particular poolroom, sure, he might be called by that nickname. But it'd be a temporary one.

Rather, the nicknames that really fit, have something to do with the person's character, or physical features, or job outside of pool, or... you get the idea. It's certainly not based on a single set against a single opponent, and certainly not via "details received via TXT message from third parties" when the person attempting to give the nickname wasn't even there at the matchup to begin with. It's even worse when the nickname is misspelled -- e.g. "nitro" instead of the correct "nitrous."

Good examples of nicknames that "stuck" because they're applicable and there's something to them:

• "Pots and Pans" -- the famous player that owned this nickname, Bernard Rogoff, was actually a door-to-door salesman for a popular kitchenware company.
  
• "The Deacon" -- the player that owned this nickname, Irving Crane, was always very sharply dressed to the point he actually resembled a man of the cloth.
  
• "The Meatman" -- Joe Balsis was a butcher in his day job, so the nickname here is obvious.

Examples of bad or dumb nicknames:

• "The Terminator" -- just because Niels Feijen has spikey hair? He looks nothing like Arnold Schwarzenegger, but more like Dolph "I must break you" Lundgren. But leave it to us dumb, culture-neutered Americans to come up with this one!
  
• "The Iceman" -- which Mika is definitely not (he wears his emotions on his sleeve). Larry Hubbart, the original owner of this nickname, was the REAL Iceman.
  
• "RoboCop" -- WTF does the movie RoboCop have to do with Dennis Orcullo? Dennis was a fisherman before he became a pro pool player. Why not a nickname along those lines?

But alas, the gheyness fascination with "snap and pop" appeal prevails.

-Sean

Nitro is short for the fuel that top fuel dragsters and top fuel funny cars burn in the NHRA. Not like the fuel enhancer that you put on a car to make more horse power. It is spelled right. It is short for nitromenthane.

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many Regards,
Lock N Load.

 

[JoeyA]

How does some1 get a nick-name?I know you must play strong or at least be good action. Does it take personality or a peculiarity in appearance?Maybe it is just a thing of the past.Around here they just call the top players by their first name and maybe ad a y.Mike Zimmerman was Mikey or Z or Z-man when he was around.There are several Eds so you get Little Eddie or Fast Eddie.Hmm maybe when a player goes on the road and says "I am from Milwaukee and my name is Mike" they become Milwaukee Mike?

We have 64 players in our Tuesday night tournament and there are usually a few duplicates names and so most every one has a nickname. You would definitely be Milwaukee Mike in our pool room. You can't have Electric Mike as it is already taken along with Little Mike, Big Mike etc.

Besides nicknames, at least in our part of the country is most always a positive recognition of who you are.

 

[Eric.]

...I was thinking about Vin Diesel in one of those racing movies Fast Five or Fast & Furious when he driving a Mazda RX-7 and he opens up the nitrous oxide and the car takes off like a rocket, when I donned the nickname NITRO for Chris...

Nitro is short for the fuel that top fuel dragsters and top fuel funny cars burn in the NHRA. Not like the fuel enhancer that you put on a car to make more horse power. It is spelled right. It is short for nitromenthane.

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Regards,
Lock N Load.

Well, since we are getting into it, let's put this in context. Nitro is short for nitromethane BUT "nitro" is not short for *nitrous oxide*. If Vin Diesel had nitro in that bottle and he unleashed it like that, into his RX 7, we would be adding "R.I.P" to Vin Diesel's name. :sorry:

Long story, short... The Bishop threw up an air ball on that one.


Eric

 

[pt109]

Long story, short... The Bishop threw up an air ball on that one.


Eric

Call a man by his right name, buddy....:angry:
...it's Joey with a Tie....:smile:

 

[Hungarian]

You asked for an explanation of the story behind the NITRO nickname. At the time, I wasn't about to give it to you or anyone else, until I spoke to Chris and got his permission to do so. It involved "NITRO" beating one of our top players into the ground in a very short period of time.

If you're looking for some other facts, there aren't any. I was referring to your request (and the request of others) for an explanation about the "rest of the story" on the nickname and you got it. What else could you possibly want?

Joey,

You are mistaken Sir. Show me where I specifically asked for info on the name NITRO?

You are confusing my request for info on your other boondoggle thread about $50k action with Efren where you half told the story about Cliff.

I called you a "cliff hanger"

 

[Hungarian]

There you go Joey.

Nice story.

Great nickname:wink::wink::smile:

Ok,
I received the permission to provide the story behind the nickname "NITRO" for Chris Gentile.

Chris had been looking for some higher dollar action at Buffalo Billiards and was interested in playing some banks, when another pool room called with an offer to play some high dollar bank pool.

While I didn't see the match, I was regularly being updated with text messages and phone calls etc about how the match was going. But wait, let me go back a bit. The match was for 25 balls ahead playing bank pool for $4500.00. Chris Gentile against Jamie Farrell, the Red Rifle. Jamie is known for his solid bank pool game and has been known to break even with guys like Tony Fargo playing banks so there was a lot of local interest in seeing Jamie play Chris Gentile. Chris is a top player from Chicago, Illinois and we all know how many bank pool players come out of that area.

Anyway, they agree to a maximum of 10 hours of play at Jamie's pool room in Kenner, LA. At the end of 10 hours they would pro rate the amount of money that was due.

I was playing pool at my pool room Buffalo Billiards but was receiving text messages left and right, Jamie up 6 games, back to even, Chris up 4 games, etc all evening long. It sounded like it was going to end in a draw the way each player kept fighting back.

After 9 hours of play the players were dead-even. Now the match would be over with if either player reached 25 banked balls AHEAD but with only 1 hour and 15 minutes left, that was highly unlikely based upon the two players past 9 hours of play. Anyway, that when Chris let loose a barrage of banks that was not seen for the entire previous 9 hours. In fact one of the spectators said he has never seen anyone play banks at that level. In the last hour of play, one of Jamie's backers said Chris was "RAINING BANKS" from everywhere. It was like he couldn't miss a bank. The last hour was a torrent of banks with Chris getting 25 banks ahead in little more than an hour against a VERY solid bank pool player in his own pool room. I was thinking about Vin Diesel in one of those racing movies Fast Five or Fast & Furious when he driving a Mazda RX-7 and he opens up the nitrous oxide and the car takes off like a rocket, when I donned the nickname NITRO for Chris.

That is how Chris Gentile became known as NITRO. BTW, he and Scott Frost like the nickname for Chris, so if you want to make Chris smile, just call him NITRO. :smile:

 

[JoeyA]

Joey,

You are mistaken Sir. Show me where I specifically asked for info on the name NITRO?

You are confusing my request for info on your other boondoggle thread about $50k action with Efren where you half told the story about Cliff.

I called you a "cliff hanger"

No, that's true that you didn't specifically ask for info on the name NITRO but in the other thread but you accused me of "cliff-hanging all the time" which I had to assume that you were referring to ALL OF MY cliff-hanging", "story telling bully ways", :killingme: