Responses to my thread about APA entitlement on For Sale forum

blackboarowner said:
In response to some of the negative comments - I am extremely polite to each and every player. I always shake hands and tell them good game. I pride myself on that aspect of my game. There's more to the story also.

They have a weekly tournament at the room I shoot out of. It is for skill level 6 and under. Sevens are not allowed to play. We convinced them to let us play for 2 weeks. The stipulation was that we had to give everyone a 9 - 2 spot! That's pretty tough action - but we were just happy to play. Then we got boycotted again. It's BS. I am not elite. I just would like to compete. We tried to have a tournament between the sevens and there aren't enough if us. It's the first time I have ever heard - you can't play because you are too good. Come on - it's not like we are pros...
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i guess you dont have any open tournaments in your are if any. we have 1 or 2 in my area almost every week that usually has 32 players in it and most are 6's and above plus serious non league players. its a shame you dont have enough players in your area for some thing like that.

as far as being too good. i went to a local bar tournament and won it. went back the next week and was told i was barred. i am only a 5...its all relative on what some one determines ...too good i guess.
 
In before Kim posts another ignorant, stupid response.

Perhaps you can try to create a different format and run your own tournament at your local establishment. 5s and above with games on the wire to even it out or something. Think you could get a dozen or more players for something like that?

Good luck finding a satisfying game.
 
lorider said:
i guess you dont have any open tournaments in your are if any. we have 1 or 2 in my area almost every week that usually has 32 players in it and most are 6's and above plus serious non league players. its a shame you dont have enough players in your area for some thing like that.

as far as being too good. i went to a local bar tournament and won it. went back the next week and was told i was barred. i am only a 5...its all relative on what some one determines ...too good i guess.
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lorider, he's further away from everything than I am, by another 30-35 miles.

Fortunately the room he plays in is much nicer than anything we have. Still, being in a small community, its pretty much just league in our part of the world.
 
2strong4u...Your figures are WAY off, but I expect that from APA bashers who obviously don't know what they're talking about.

Scott Lee ~ former APA LO who does know the score
http://poolknowledge.com


2strong4u said:
APA handicaps and real pool are not even the same game. Sir you are never going to get satisfaction in the league because you are beyond it. You are not a jerk for thinking this because it's just a fact. Everybody plays and everbody wins....especially APA headquarters and league ops taking 40% of the pie.
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Scott Lee said:
2strong4u...Your figures are WAY off, but I expect that from APA bashers who obviously don't know what they're talking about.

Scott Lee ~ former APA LO who does know the score
http://poolknowledge.com
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I've heard similar numbers from different sources. I'm not expecting a payday from the apa, so im not too worried. I think that they could still profit off of a better model and that they're simply opening the door for competitors.
 
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