So i posted a thread about story telling. Not sure how the mods feel about it, but i figure ill post my story here.
After work i went over to my uncle's house to hang out in his man-cave. sure enough one of his buddy's come over and shoot the ___ with us
Eventually the conversation of pool comes up. My uncle's buddy by the name of T speaks upon his skill in 8 ball (which is the main game we play outside of straight pool). lots of trash talk starts and T says "I got my stick in my trunk, i take it with me every were i go!! we can go play right now!!"
I told him lets go! and me my uncle my cousin and his friend T head to the tavern.
As soon as we get there i play my cousin and T and my uncle play. I win my game and my uncle beats T.
I walk over to the winner table and beat my uncle. T see's my game and pulls out his stick, i go check it out and it is a very nice lucasi. Game starts, i break and nothing falls :frown:. he takes the next shot and knocks in the 8 ball on his first shot.
lol "you suck" is what i told him. come on unc lets play again. I once again beat my uncle and now its T's turn to play me again. this time i break and knock down a stripe and a solid. i got for the solids and knock down 4 balls straight. the placement of my cue ball was off by a couple inches and i missed my 5th shot. T gets on the table and runs 3 balls. on his 4th shot he once again knocks in the 8 ball.
"your garbage buddy, get off the table lol" and of course what do i hear?
whats the most classic reason someone gives for loosing a game in pool??
"I beat myself"
I'm like, cmon T! can i get some credit here? T says "Not until you beat me, you have not beat me yet! i beat myself"
I then tell em that great players have enough ball control not to scratch the 8 ball, a loss is a loss. no worries, i would have run my next 3 balls and 8 ball out regardless.
Now T wont let up, he continues to talk about how good he is and how lucky i am. sore looser!
T says "put up some money" I tell him im broke, dont have money to bet with. My uncle gladly accepts his bet.
T wins the next 3 games in a row, just barely but he wins. now i'm hearing from him "Listen, i'm the best you ever seen. when you put up money its a whole different story. if you think of the 5 best players in the world, your lookin at one of em!"
gimme a break T i see your game, your not as good as me and i'm not even close to my dads level in his prime. so you pretty much suck.
My uncle ups the bet and comes back to beat T 3 games in a row.
My uncle says to him "listen man, your garbage, i see your game and your garbage"
My uncle then puts up the money for me to play him and he tells us he has to go pick up his children. I must admit during our entire venture he was constantly on the phone speaking to his wife as if he had to do something, so i do believe him.
I had 3 more games later on today and won all 3. much better than yesterday when i only won 1 of 3. today i am 8-0
8ball is the game. But one thing i hate, i mean a pet peeve of mine, is someone saying they beat themselves and will not admit defeat.
After work i went over to my uncle's house to hang out in his man-cave. sure enough one of his buddy's come over and shoot the ___ with us
Eventually the conversation of pool comes up. My uncle's buddy by the name of T speaks upon his skill in 8 ball (which is the main game we play outside of straight pool). lots of trash talk starts and T says "I got my stick in my trunk, i take it with me every were i go!! we can go play right now!!"
I told him lets go! and me my uncle my cousin and his friend T head to the tavern.
As soon as we get there i play my cousin and T and my uncle play. I win my game and my uncle beats T.
I walk over to the winner table and beat my uncle. T see's my game and pulls out his stick, i go check it out and it is a very nice lucasi. Game starts, i break and nothing falls :frown:. he takes the next shot and knocks in the 8 ball on his first shot.
lol "you suck" is what i told him. come on unc lets play again. I once again beat my uncle and now its T's turn to play me again. this time i break and knock down a stripe and a solid. i got for the solids and knock down 4 balls straight. the placement of my cue ball was off by a couple inches and i missed my 5th shot. T gets on the table and runs 3 balls. on his 4th shot he once again knocks in the 8 ball.
"your garbage buddy, get off the table lol" and of course what do i hear?
whats the most classic reason someone gives for loosing a game in pool??
"I beat myself"
I'm like, cmon T! can i get some credit here? T says "Not until you beat me, you have not beat me yet! i beat myself"I then tell em that great players have enough ball control not to scratch the 8 ball, a loss is a loss. no worries, i would have run my next 3 balls and 8 ball out regardless.
Now T wont let up, he continues to talk about how good he is and how lucky i am. sore looser!
T says "put up some money" I tell him im broke, dont have money to bet with. My uncle gladly accepts his bet.
T wins the next 3 games in a row, just barely but he wins. now i'm hearing from him "Listen, i'm the best you ever seen. when you put up money its a whole different story. if you think of the 5 best players in the world, your lookin at one of em!"
gimme a break T i see your game, your not as good as me and i'm not even close to my dads level in his prime. so you pretty much suck.My uncle ups the bet and comes back to beat T 3 games in a row.
My uncle says to him "listen man, your garbage, i see your game and your garbage"
My uncle then puts up the money for me to play him and he tells us he has to go pick up his children. I must admit during our entire venture he was constantly on the phone speaking to his wife as if he had to do something, so i do believe him.
I had 3 more games later on today and won all 3. much better than yesterday when i only won 1 of 3. today i am 8-0
8ball is the game. But one thing i hate, i mean a pet peeve of mine, is someone saying they beat themselves and will not admit defeat.
First 5 in the World...? Lucasi? T?
