One complaint I don't care for

Watching an old Accu-Stats match last night as I fell asleep. Just before drifting off, I heard Danny make the comment in the link below. The link should take you right to the shot, but it's at 21:32 if it doesn't. It would appear that Danny is thinking the same way as me.

 
easy-e said:
Watching an old Accu-Stats match last night as I fell asleep. Just before drifting off, I heard Danny make the comment in the link below. The link should take you right to the shot, but it's at 21:32 if it doesn't. It would appear that Danny is thinking the same way as me.

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Players don’t want to say, but Chalk-off made the tables break bad.
 
I'm just a middling player, so if I have an option in the sequence that allows me to leave a tough shot for opponent should I miss I will do so. If my opponent gets upset then "Wah, poor baby!".
 
eg9327 said:
I'm just a middling player, so if I have an option in the sequence that allows me to leave a tough shot for opponent should I miss I will do so. If my opponent gets upset then "Wah, poor baby!".
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I think that's different than a guy who wildly misses and scrambles the balls and leaves you nothing or even snookered.
 
middleofnowhere said:
I think that's different than a guy who wildly misses and scrambles the balls and leaves you nothing or even snookered.
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I find making it look like a wild miss and random scramble the most fun kind of safety. Even better if they have one low percentage shot with absolutely no way to get shape from it. Even better yet if they have to shoot in a blocker or bust a cluster.

I know what you mean, some players literally could fall in shit and smell like a rose, but there can also be a subtle art to making it look like luck. Get em in their head and you have an advantage.
 

The link should take you straight to it, but at 28:16 listen to Jeremy's comment after the jump shot. He's of the same mindset I am. Always happy to have another shot at the table!
 
middleofnowhere said:
Golf analogies regarding pool often don't hold up, because in golf you're playing against the course not directly competing with your opponent. Everything that happens good, bad or lucky in golf only directly affects you. Your good, bad or lucky play will affect the score and who wins but your opponent still gets to play his game regardless.
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not sure I agree...

- a lucky roll in golf can blow up your opponent just like a lucky roll in pool can blow up your opponent. String a few together in either game and you can get into your opponent's head

- knowing your opponents game in golf comes in to play, e.g. when do you need to take chances, when do you need to hold steady and play conservative. No different in how you play pool against an even, lower ranked or better player. Golf: calling for wind tomorrow & opponent is a better wind player so I need to get aggressive today while I have an advantage. or, I'm longer off the tee but my opponent has a better short game so I'm going for par 5's in 2 and cranking driver on all par 4's Pool: I know if I miss, he will run out so I need to play tight and play safe on lower percentage shots or, this guy can't string 3 balls in a row, there's not a shot on the table I won't take

people are always saying "just play the table" or "just play your game" but I think "understand your own game and match your playing strategy to your opponent" is a smarter way to go
 
joelpope said:
not sure I agree...

- a lucky roll in golf can blow up your opponent just like a lucky roll in pool can blow up your opponent. String a few together in either game and you can get into your opponent's head

- knowing your opponents game in golf comes in to play, e.g. when do you need to take chances, when do you need to hold steady and play conservative. No different in how you play pool against an even, lower ranked or better player. Golf: calling for wind tomorrow & opponent is a better wind player so I need to get aggressive today while I have an advantage. or, I'm longer off the tee but my opponent has a better short game so I'm going for par 5's in 2 and cranking driver on all par 4's Pool: I know if I miss, he will run out so I need to play tight and play safe on lower percentage shots or, this guy can't string 3 balls in a row, there's not a shot on the table I won't take

people are always saying "just play the table" or "just play your game" but I think "understand your own game and match your playing strategy to your opponent" is a smarter way to go
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Two players in a golf match could conceivably play at different times. And it could even be that the player who's playing second never knows what player number one did until the whole match is over.

Judging the psychological effects one player may have on another is of course a real thing, but it still doesn't prevent either player from performing as best they can. Nobody gets to go over and kick the other guys ball into the rough.
 
middleofnowhere said:
Two players in a golf match could conceivably play at different times. And it could even be that the player who's playing second never knows what player number one did until the whole match is over.

Judging the psychological effects one player may have on another is of course a real thing, but it still doesn't prevent either player from performing as best they can. Nobody gets to go over and kick the other guys ball into the rough.
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both true

different games entirely
 
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