I was just trying to help out though, told ya everyone's noses were running cause they all had colds.
Rhea vs OMGWTF
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I was just trying to help out though, told ya everyone's noses were running cause they all had colds.
Blast from the past. OMGWTF shoots too fast back then for the $$.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zereJyFKRCc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zereJyFKRCc
guess she's ignoring me
too bad, try to learn, etc.....
I still support her rights, equality and shemale rights
too bad, try to learn, etc.....
I still support her rights, equality and shemale rights
" she " is a very lose term nowadays. If you are speaking of a specific person whom I'm guessing you are then you are 100% correct - hse is in fact a transgender type. But you already knew that right and just stirring the old pot of genetics?- Not that there's anything wrong with that lol....
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To me it doesnt matter that Rhea is transgender, it wasnt her choice that her brain was born into a male body so I wouldnt bring that fact to the table again and again as some people here tend to do, I am just happy for her that she is now satisfied with her present identity. On the other hand I am basically shocked that Rhea has survived on the road for whole 9 months with such low quality of her game (not speaking about the match itself but about her fundamentals). Either she had quite substantional savings prior to that road trip or she became extremely street-wise/great match-maker (Gene Albrecht influenced Rhea I guess) or the road is not as tough as I though it is. Anyway Rhea had courage (and naivity as well) to go out and try herself and thats more than 95% of people here can say about themselves. This says a lot about Rhea as a human being.
Rhea - find a good instructor (not a good player, good INSTRUCTOR) and work for 6 months exclusively on your fundamentals without playing any tournaments, money matches or friendly games. Do this and your games will jump up several levels. And then you may try the road again if you wish to, you may actually more than survive then.
Well said marek. I also think geno did the best he could.
It takes discipline to match up correctly and work on your game the right way. It seems rhea couldnt follow the rules.
She did well to get third. And handles the flax around here as good as anyone. Kudos to her.
It takes discipline to match up correctly and work on your game the right way. It seems rhea couldnt follow the rules.
She did well to get third. And handles the flax around here as good as anyone. Kudos to her.
Well as for Rhea getting the third place I guess it says more about her opponents than about her own game to be honest. And with her level of play it had to be really tough to match up the way she would end up in black numbers on the road
But as I said - she had the courage to go for it so yeah, kudos to her 
To me, ultimately, it doesn't matter either. I am a nobody in the pool world and the real world but I do think it is great and admirable that she is brave enough and also able to be the person she wants to be...
However...
If a sport/activity/hobby has a Women's division then doesn't that mean that the activity would have a sex based handicap, whether it be a positive or a negative for a woman? If women are able to compete evenly in any activity that there are women's only events, then why bother having women's only events at all?
Would it make it 100 percent fair for transgender people to compete in the activity as the opposite of how they were born specifically if the gender they now identify as is traditionally the underdog?
Personally, I don't care either way as I will never be good enough to compete at a level where this matters. These do seem to be questions for the ages that will never truly be answered I think.
Edit to add. Congrats to Mel on snapping this event off!!!!
Also get rid of the "$50 entry fee, $40 for women" thing if there is any. Just because you are a woman, or someone under 18 does not mean you are automatically special. Base it on skill level. Otherwise every tournament that offers a discount to women just because, is actually promoting sexism.
To me it doesnt matter that Rhea is transgender, it wasnt her choice that her brain was born into a male body so I wouldnt bring that fact to the table again and again as some people here tend to do, I am just happy for her that she is now satisfied with her present identity. On the other hand I am basically shocked that Rhea has survived on the road for whole 9 months with such low quality of her game (not speaking about the match itself but about her fundamentals). Either she had quite substantional savings prior to that road trip or she became extremely street-wise/great match-maker (Gene Albrecht influenced Rhea I guess) or the road is not as tough as I though it is. Anyway Rhea had courage (and naivity as well) to go out and try herself and thats more than 95% of people here can say about themselves. This says a lot about Rhea as a human being.
Rhea - find a good instructor (not a good player, good INSTRUCTOR) and work for 6 months exclusively on your fundamentals without playing any tournaments, money matches or friendly games. Do this and your games will jump up several levels. And then you may try the road again if you wish to, you may actually more than survive then.
I agree .... 99% couldn't last one state over or 1 week ! I do flooring during the week and 1 weekend a month I'll drive or fly to a big tournament somewhere and play strangers and it's TOUGH but fun !!! Try it sometime or PM me I'll come to you .....Im your Huckleberry ....Hang in there and do whatever makes you happy Rhea !
Because they are insecure, anonymous cowards.
Look there Justin finally got banned, no wonder this thread hasn't exploded
I feel both players acquitted themselves well.
I also believe most out there haven't experienced being put on camera with commentary, in the knowledge that their performance will be shipped into cyberspace in perpetuity for present and future generations to watch and kibitz. On the TV table all the shots you would normally fly in abandon you. Simple position plays go from getting on the next shot to getting on the right half of the table.
Pool is wicked tough and what that link shows is what two amateur players look like. We all get so spoiled watching pros that we expect to see runs and every shot whiz in. That's not the way it is in real life and if you are a nonbeliever all you have to do is wander on down to your local pool room and take a gander.
I would also have to say that as much as we all, as men, revel in our neanderthalness, in today's day and age we should all be able to accept transgender folks without making it a big deal or referring to a "condition." And if we accept that, then we should be courteous enough to not take a shot at a woman's weight.
Lou Figueroa
and that's all
I have to say
about that
I also believe most out there haven't experienced being put on camera with commentary, in the knowledge that their performance will be shipped into cyberspace in perpetuity for present and future generations to watch and kibitz. On the TV table all the shots you would normally fly in abandon you. Simple position plays go from getting on the next shot to getting on the right half of the table.
Pool is wicked tough and what that link shows is what two amateur players look like. We all get so spoiled watching pros that we expect to see runs and every shot whiz in. That's not the way it is in real life and if you are a nonbeliever all you have to do is wander on down to your local pool room and take a gander.
I would also have to say that as much as we all, as men, revel in our neanderthalness, in today's day and age we should all be able to accept transgender folks without making it a big deal or referring to a "condition." And if we accept that, then we should be courteous enough to not take a shot at a woman's weight.
Lou Figueroa
and that's all
I have to say
about that
At 1:02 the balls have just been racked for the first game. was the 1:02 a typo? I was curious to see the shot.
KMRUNOUT
I think there are certain, ahem, qualities that make all women special compared to men. I think what you are describing here promotes the idea that pool is mostly guys, and guys like girls, and many feel it would be cool if there were more of them around. That's how I see it.
KMRUNOUT
i was recently corrected and reminded that the term I used is not considered politically correct
who knew, lol
who knew, lol
To me it doesnt matter that Rhea is transgender, it wasnt her choice that her brain was born into a male body so I wouldnt bring that fact to the table again and again as some people here tend to do, I am just happy for her that she is now satisfied with her present identity. On the other hand I am basically shocked that Rhea has survived on the road for whole 9 months with such low quality of her game (not speaking about the match itself but about her fundamentals). Either she had quite substantional savings prior to that road trip or she became extremely street-wise/great match-maker (Gene Albrecht influenced Rhea I guess) or the road is not as tough as I though it is. Anyway Rhea had courage (and naivity as well) to go out and try herself and thats more than 95% of people here can say about themselves. This says a lot about Rhea as a human being.
Rhea - find a good instructor (not a good player, good INSTRUCTOR) and work for 6 months exclusively on your fundamentals without playing any tournaments, money matches or friendly games. Do this and your games will jump up several levels. And then you may try the road again if you wish to, you may actually more than survive then.
Well this might be harsh but life if harsh ,, it's not the ability of the brain that separates men and woman in sports is thier physical ability and that's where men have a distinct advantage,,
Only one person is affected by the choice of making them play as their birth gender while many can be affected the other way around
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