Purple Five Ball Question

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Ok, I just got done reading the orange five ball thread where fatboy wants to start a petition to use the traditional colors.

Me? My thoughts turned to the table at the local bar, a watering hole that has just the right amount of skuzzyness and rowdiness that you can still smell the tobacco even though the state prohibited public smoking twenty years ago. Typical seven foot long, quarter operated bar box where beer is ordered by the pitcher and burgers and pizza are on the menu. Monica has been behind the bar for 40 years when she took over from her mother, and Monica's daughter helps her out on the weekends.

I wonder what would happen if I snuck in a set of the new television ballset with the purple five ball?


Well............lets imagine that I would be able to sneak in a TV set and not get discovered (in which case my lifespan would probably be measured in minutes).


I betcha there would be 100% dissatisfaction with the new pool balls even though the old ones needed to be replaced when Clinton was president.

What would happen at your place?
 
You should take the Aramith Black ball set and the 7' table out back and light them both on fire. IMO, 7' tables are worse for pool than that abomination of a ball set.
 
I play mostly in two places.

At one spot: the sports bar / league hall - I’d switch out the balls and give them back the tray when I’m done. The next person to get the balls for the 9’ would almost assuredly be a couple friends that bang balls semi often or a couple that does the same.

They would be confused as to why the striped balls are all black, then they would proceed to play as normal and would consider the 5 ball to be the 4 the entire time without ever questioning since they only play 8 ball. They’d possibly complain that all the stripes look like the 8 ball and that the entire ball set casts a dreary pall over the table.

If it was a couple playing, they may well break up or one murder the other in their sleep that night with no memory of the event.


At the other spot, it’s more of a serious pool hall: someone would wonder at the strange striped balls, be slightly disgusted at the 9 ball they have to use, then proceed to play pool with a “pink 5” and an “ugly 9”.

After a few racks one player would notice the four ball accidentally has a 5 on it and they would take pictures for Instagram and tag aramith with a pithy line about quality control.

Likely one or both of the players involved would suffer some kind of final destination type accident on their way home from the pool hall.

These are dangerous sets of balls my friends. I’m not saying that aramith made a deal with the devil to infuse bits of his personage into the resin, but I can’t exactly rule it out yet either. Stay vigilant ✌️
 
To create more billiard games more billiard sets are needed.

The standard grouping is 1-15 with two coloring schemes.

Beginner set is two colors. Expect players to break these down. Most for practicing and damage mitigation.

A set with color groupings. 3 shades from each color.

I would love to mix and match my billiard ball sets like trading cards.

i havent seen trading billiard ball collectibles as popular.
 
If Matchroom really wants pool to be popular long term, they need to go to UNNUMBERED traditional colors. Can you imagine the outrage if snooker added numbers to their balls? Snooker balls are a thing of perfection, every little old lady and kid over 10 knows how many points a pink or a blue is worth.

Numbers do nothing on pool balls. You can't see them at home anyway and any player should know what comes next in a rotation game. I mean, please, please let me play the person who has to look at the number on the ball to know which one to hit next! I'll BET HIGH!!! ;)

In all seriousness, we're in the 4K/HD era of display technology. Nothing looks better than a perfect sphere of a solid color.
 
I have two tables in my basement and will never, ever buy a set of those fugly balls. And I will not play anywhere where those pathetic abominations are used.

Petition with your wallet, it's more effective than signing a piece of paper.
 
JazzyJeff87 said:
I play mostly in two places.

At one spot: the sports bar / league hall - I’d switch out the balls and give them back the tray when I’m done. The next person to get the balls for the 9’ would almost assuredly be a couple friends that bang balls semi often or a couple that does the same.

They would be confused as to why the striped balls are all black, then they would proceed to play as normal and would consider the 5 ball to be the 4 the entire time without ever questioning since they only play 8 ball. They’d possibly complain that all the stripes look like the 8 ball and that the entire ball set casts a dreary pall over the table.

If it was a couple playing, they may well break up or one murder the other in their sleep that night with no memory of the event.


At the other spot, it’s more of a serious pool hall: someone would wonder at the strange striped balls, be slightly disgusted at the 9 ball they have to use, then proceed to play pool with a “pink 5” and an “ugly 9”.

After a few racks one player would notice the four ball accidentally has a 5 on it and they would take pictures for Instagram and tag aramith with a pithy line about quality control.

Likely one or both of the players involved would suffer some kind of final destination type accident on their way home from the pool hall.

These are dangerous sets of balls my friends. I’m not saying that aramith made a deal with the devil to infuse bits of his personage into the resin, but I can’t exactly rule it out yet either. Stay vigilant ✌️
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I was considering making a similar post!
 
boogieman said:
If Matchroom really wants pool to be popular long term, they need to go to UNNUMBERED traditional colors. Can you imagine the outrage if snooker added numbers to their balls? Snooker balls are a thing of perfection, every little old lady and kid over 10 knows how many points a pink or a blue is worth.

Numbers do nothing on pool balls. You can't see them at home anyway and any player should know what comes next in a rotation game. I mean, please, please let me play the person who has to look at the number on the ball to know which one to hit next! I'll BET HIGH!!! ;)

In all seriousness, we're in the 4K/HD era of display technology. Nothing looks better than a perfect sphere of a solid color.
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I would love this so much. I’m always harping on how pretty snooker looks. With a solid colored ball it appears to just glide into the pocket.

Snooker has been successful I think because of how simple it is but how there is still so much game involved in each frame - and how beautiful the table setup is. That green contrasting with the bright blood red balls and the black especially.

If matchroom wants to change pool balls I’d be more than happy with a numberless set of traditional colors. I’d buy a set immediately
 
What would happen to you if you did that? Well since Biden signed law making lynchings a hate crime, probably nothing.

As far as the bar smelling like smoke? I’ve walked into bars in small towns that reeked of cigarettes, and everyone at the bar was staring at me. As soon as they figured I wasn’t a threat the bartender would throw the ash trays back onto the bar and people continued smoking
 
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OP. It sounds like your balls may very well disappear by the end of the night.

I’ll shoot with anything. I actually brought my super pros and a set of the marble balls to the hall one day because I throw them a few bucks to send the sets through their polisher. Had a few people make comments on the marble balls. They seemed to like them.
 
rexus31 said:
You should take the Aramith Black ball set and the 7' table out back and light them both on fire. IMO, 7' tables are worse for pool than that abomination of a ball set.
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Silliness.

Many people would rather play pool on a smaller table that fits an available space, than not play pool at all. Especially those who play in a neighborhood bar simply as a form of entertainment while they enjoy a cold beer or two…

As to the OP’s question, I imagine some of those same people might comment for a day or two, but then halfway through the second pitcher they’d simply continue to enjoy themselves as usual.
 
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