Scotty Townsend Rumor
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playboy said:
LOL.....Gay Z....
Russ Chewning said:
Yeah Troll buster 1.0 was pretty rough.......the kinder gentler 2.0 was actually not bad... I would have barked back at you forthe first post.. not to this guys level.... either way...loved the GAY Z comment
Russ Chewning said:
To me no, because I felt the same way you did. It certainly wasn't as bad as his response to you and VIP. You certainly made an accusation and assumption, but you pointed out why you were making it (two reasons) and your accusation (of smelling a troll) was fairly void of any personal attack.
Kelly
Well in the offering "friendly advice" scheme of things......I know this playboy guy was a time-bomb waiting to explode, but lets not try and judge someone just b/c they are new or only have a few posts. How can this forum continue to grow if we do not allow new members to add their advice and opinions on pool related subjects? The "trolls" will weed themselves out eventually like this guy did.....JMO.
Southpaw
Southpaw
NYC cue dude
Banned
i have a slightly different take on this.
Regardless if playboy was a troll or not, Russ's intial response to him was uncalled for.
As a new poster, he should have been extended every benifit of doubt, along with tolerance, that he was well intentioned.
Instead, russ replied with a very negative response, calling him a troll. the reply was edited, and after playboy responded angrily, other posters who read russ's edited version, wondered aloud that playboy was overreacting, adding more fuel to the fire.
Yes, ultimately playboy overreacted and used innapropriate language. His ban was well deserved, imo. But it seems to me that it was instigated by russ, who certainly carries a history of borderline abusive (and certainly obnoxious) posts.
rg
Regardless if playboy was a troll or not, Russ's intial response to him was uncalled for.
As a new poster, he should have been extended every benifit of doubt, along with tolerance, that he was well intentioned.
Instead, russ replied with a very negative response, calling him a troll. the reply was edited, and after playboy responded angrily, other posters who read russ's edited version, wondered aloud that playboy was overreacting, adding more fuel to the fire.
Yes, ultimately playboy overreacted and used innapropriate language. His ban was well deserved, imo. But it seems to me that it was instigated by russ, who certainly carries a history of borderline abusive (and certainly obnoxious) posts.
rg
NYC cue dude said:
(In my best Elvis Presley impersonation..)
Uh thankyah... Uh thankyah ver much!
Russ
I spent a lot of time w/ Scotty in Reno and the stories he told me were the most entertaining I've ever heard in the pool room. I can't vouch for the snake biting story - although the theme of that falls right into his quirkiness.
NOTE: All of these stories are directly from his mouth - and verified by Hopkins - as we were all drinking beer at the local pool room, after the IPT event.
- Scotty used to pull alligators out of the bayou swamp by the tail, and throw them into the trunk of his car (obviously, ones that would fit). He would then drive for hours selling them to farmers with ponds on their land. Why, I have no idea.... but apparently farmers wanted them for SOME reason back then. Scotty would then use that money to put himself into pool action. He once sold 3 alligators for $100 (something like that) and flipped that into $3000 playing 9-ball. Not a bad trade-route / system.
- Scotty used to jump off bridges for money. Not a small bridge, mind you, but bridges that spanned the Mississippi River. Not sure how the "barking began," but after Scotty beat some guys out of pool, they wanted to win their money back.
Scotty said something like, "I'll go double or nothing by jumping off the *WHATEVER THE NAME IS* bridge over Route *WHATEVER* that goes over the Mississippi River. Appalled and shocked, the guy said there's no way you'd jump off that. Instigated, the mark had to get multiple people together as a corporation to put up the money.
As a large group, everyone drove to the middle of the suspension bridge (which, I was told was EASILY over 150ft off the water - maybe 200. Scotty made the guy give the money to someone (gf, Hopkins, McCready, not sure who) before he went. Once the money was handed over, he climbed to the edge... and WHOOOOP. There he went, plummeting into the Mississippi River. He swam (a ways from I heard) to a river-side restaurant and climbed out to meet the group--- and rattling the shit out of the restaurant patrons, I'm sure. Everyone who had put up money was shocked, awed, and pissed that they just lost all of the money - which they thought was a locked-bet.
While everyone was crying to death, Scotty told him he'd go double-or-nothing again, and this time climb up the cable on the bridge another 50 feet (above the street level) before jumping. This time, the group shut up and dispersed. I asked Keith McCready at a later time about this and when he was done laughing, he said "Damn right that's true. Scotty will do ANYTHING for money."
- Scotty learned how to play position well by playing in his fathers tavern. The tavern was swamp-side, and may flies would begin to land and congregate on the table during the hotter summer days. If you swatted them away, they'd just land again and keep congregating. He figured out that if he went into the swamp and caught a bull frog and put it on the table, the frog would start tonguing-up the may flies so he wouldn't have to keep swatting them away. Wherever the frog went, he just played around the frog. If the frog was sitting on his tangent line, he'd twist the cue ball around the frog to get to where he needed to go. After a long time doing this, his frog-avoiding-accuracy was super-high, which translated over time to accurate position play.
- He sleeps in trees (w/out a tree house). Yes, on a branch. I've seen it.
- He used to make money swimming tremendous lengths under water, without taking a breath. Not through pool water, through swamp water and bayou water.
- He is without a doubt the nicest and most entertaining guy I've ever met. He's the only guy that told non-stop stories the entire night, and when the night ended, it was frustrating that the stories stopped. I had some pool questions for him and before I knew it, he grabbed a table and stood there answering questions until I couldn't think of anything anymore. After that, gave me his # in case I thought of any more pool questions on the way home.
He's one-of-a-kind, a GENTLEMAN, and Crocodile Dundee is a wannabe Scotty Townsend without a doubt.
NOTE: All of these stories are directly from his mouth - and verified by Hopkins - as we were all drinking beer at the local pool room, after the IPT event.
- Scotty used to pull alligators out of the bayou swamp by the tail, and throw them into the trunk of his car (obviously, ones that would fit). He would then drive for hours selling them to farmers with ponds on their land. Why, I have no idea.... but apparently farmers wanted them for SOME reason back then. Scotty would then use that money to put himself into pool action. He once sold 3 alligators for $100 (something like that) and flipped that into $3000 playing 9-ball. Not a bad trade-route / system.
- Scotty used to jump off bridges for money. Not a small bridge, mind you, but bridges that spanned the Mississippi River. Not sure how the "barking began," but after Scotty beat some guys out of pool, they wanted to win their money back.
Scotty said something like, "I'll go double or nothing by jumping off the *WHATEVER THE NAME IS* bridge over Route *WHATEVER* that goes over the Mississippi River. Appalled and shocked, the guy said there's no way you'd jump off that. Instigated, the mark had to get multiple people together as a corporation to put up the money.
As a large group, everyone drove to the middle of the suspension bridge (which, I was told was EASILY over 150ft off the water - maybe 200. Scotty made the guy give the money to someone (gf, Hopkins, McCready, not sure who) before he went. Once the money was handed over, he climbed to the edge... and WHOOOOP. There he went, plummeting into the Mississippi River. He swam (a ways from I heard) to a river-side restaurant and climbed out to meet the group--- and rattling the shit out of the restaurant patrons, I'm sure. Everyone who had put up money was shocked, awed, and pissed that they just lost all of the money - which they thought was a locked-bet.
While everyone was crying to death, Scotty told him he'd go double-or-nothing again, and this time climb up the cable on the bridge another 50 feet (above the street level) before jumping. This time, the group shut up and dispersed. I asked Keith McCready at a later time about this and when he was done laughing, he said "Damn right that's true. Scotty will do ANYTHING for money."
- Scotty learned how to play position well by playing in his fathers tavern. The tavern was swamp-side, and may flies would begin to land and congregate on the table during the hotter summer days. If you swatted them away, they'd just land again and keep congregating. He figured out that if he went into the swamp and caught a bull frog and put it on the table, the frog would start tonguing-up the may flies so he wouldn't have to keep swatting them away. Wherever the frog went, he just played around the frog. If the frog was sitting on his tangent line, he'd twist the cue ball around the frog to get to where he needed to go. After a long time doing this, his frog-avoiding-accuracy was super-high, which translated over time to accurate position play.
- He sleeps in trees (w/out a tree house). Yes, on a branch. I've seen it.
- He used to make money swimming tremendous lengths under water, without taking a breath. Not through pool water, through swamp water and bayou water.
- He is without a doubt the nicest and most entertaining guy I've ever met. He's the only guy that told non-stop stories the entire night, and when the night ended, it was frustrating that the stories stopped. I had some pool questions for him and before I knew it, he grabbed a table and stood there answering questions until I couldn't think of anything anymore. After that, gave me his # in case I thought of any more pool questions on the way home.
He's one-of-a-kind, a GENTLEMAN, and Crocodile Dundee is a wannabe Scotty Townsend without a doubt.
Scotty is definetly unique
I was in the Corner Pocket in New Orleans last night and the owner, Glen Robin, told me the snake thing is definetly true, he witnessed it. He said Scotty let a water mocassin bite him and said it won't kill you, it just makes you throw up. I've known Scotty for over 25 years and he is absolutely one of the best guys I ever met, he has the heart of a lion.
I was in the Corner Pocket in New Orleans last night and the owner, Glen Robin, told me the snake thing is definetly true, he witnessed it. He said Scotty let a water mocassin bite him and said it won't kill you, it just makes you throw up. I've known Scotty for over 25 years and he is absolutely one of the best guys I ever met, he has the heart of a lion. 
jungledude said:
I call him jewel of the south.
Wow, I really really want to meet this guy now, he sounds like a hell of a fun guy to be around and the stories must be unbelievably entertaining.
SpiderWebComm said:
No pool player in history is more fun to be around than, Scotty. He loves life and makes you enjoy it too when you are around him. A book written about Scotty would be a best seller. Problem is it would have to be in the fiction catagory because no one who didn't know him would believe most of his antics.
Scotty is my friend and I am very glad to be his.
Scotty is my friend and I am very glad to be his.
hemicudas said:
I second that. I've never met anyone more entertaining and sincere than Scotty. There are so many smaller stories it's hard to remember them all.
He once said while walking around a hotel at a tournament he saw a bat sitting on top of a 6' light post along the walk-way. He continued by saying:
"I went up to dat der bat, jumped up and smashed it dead."
Of course, I had to ask why. (wouldn't you after that comment???)
He replied:
"Because, bats ya see....they 'exist in congregation.' See one bat, ya seen hundreds of bats. Ya seen one bat alone like that der bat... well, he's been ex-congregated.... which means he's about to kick the bucket. So ya see, I done him a favor."
(Makes sense to me now, in all seriousness - right?)
The same guy, if you spend some quality time with him, will give you the most indescribably insightful aspects of the mental game you could ever imagine. If you think you're plateaued, talk to Scotty. He'd be eager to share with you how to condition your mind to play better.
Southpaw said:
Agreed! We have to remember that everyone was new at one time. We would not have the forum we do, if every new member was reacted to like this. Russ, I looked at some of your early post too, and people could have reacted to you the same way you did to this guy. Of course, it is probably better that this one is gone, but why don't we try to welcome people rather then tell then the rules and how things are to be around here. I think that is the moderators job.
lifebyfire21 said:
Scotty's prowess with the fists are very well known too. However, he has been known to show great compassion for those ignorant souls who have had too much to drink and whose words have become bitter.
I witnessed Scotty talking with another guy about his age. This guy had a girl with him and was trying to impress his girl (I think). He had a bit much to drink and was looking at Scotty's cowboy hat and cowoby boots and short pants and after one too many drinks remarked to Scotty who had also been drinking, "You know I oughta just take you over on that pool table and whip your ass for a hundred". The guy was not a player and did not know Scotty. Scotty just grinned and said "Well maybe you could try that" and left it at that. The guy and Scotty continued to drink and Scotty is not pushing this guy's buttons or anything. In fact Scotty was being very nice to this guy and I never understood why except that I think Scotty has a lot of respect for other people especially guys with a girl who have had too much to drink and have overstepped their ability to back up their mouthy remarks designed to make them look good in front of their girl. Anyway, the guy continues on after a couple of more drinks and now he is looking at Scotty and his short pants, his cowboy hat and his cowboy boots and finally decides that he doesn't like drinking with or what he has been looking at for at least an hour or so and tells Scotty in a very serious tone with evil on his mind, "You know what I oughta do? I oughta just grab a hold of you and whip your ass. What do you think about that?" Now the guy is DEAD SERIOUS. Scotty never gets defensive and never gets angry, he just smiles at the guy and says "Well, you could try that, but I don't recommend it". While the guy kept pushing Scotty to the limits of what a person can take, Scotty for some reason just didn't feel the need to chastise this guy but trust me, it wouldn't have been a fair contest. I've seen him in action before, light stuff, but enough that I could tell he would be more than what you expected even if warned in advance.
Scotty gave this fellow a lot or room and it wasn't because he was scared but I will ask him about this guy if he remembers him when I see Scotty next time. I don't think Scotty knew him. I do know he didn't want to take the guy's money nor whip his a**. I think Scotty just didn't want to embarass the guy in front of his fairly quiet lady friend.
Yeah, Scotty is a good guy.
JoeyA
SpiderWebComm,SpiderWebComm said:
That was one of the funniest posts of the year. What a character!
I think what made it seem so funny is I imagine it's all true...
Man, I really want to meet him now, he sounds like such a multi-faceted guy, probably one person you could learn so much off of not only about the game of pool but about live in general....wow
Wish I lived in whatever area you all are in lol.
Wish I lived in whatever area you all are in lol.
JoeyA said:Scotty's prowess with the fists are very well known too. However, he has been known to show great compassion for those ignorant souls who have had too much to drink and whose words have become bitter.
I witnessed Scotty talking with another guy about his age. This guy had a girl with him and was trying to impress his girl (I think). He had a bit much to drink and was looking at Scotty's cowboy hat and cowoby boots and short pants and after one too many drinks remarked to Scotty who had also been drinking, "You know I oughta just take you over on that pool table and whip your ass for a hundred". The guy was not a player and did not know Scotty. Scotty just grinned and said "Well maybe you could try that" and left it at that. The guy and Scotty continued to drink and Scotty is not pushing this guy's buttons or anything. In fact Scotty was being very nice to this guy and I never understood why except that I think Scotty has a lot of respect for other people especially guys with a girl who have had too much to drink and have overstepped their ability to back up their mouthy remarks designed to make them look good in front of their girl. Anyway, the guy continues on after a couple of more drinks and now he is looking at Scotty and his short pants, his cowboy hat and his cowboy boots and finally decides that he doesn't like drinking with or what he has been looking at for at least an hour or so and tells Scotty in a very serious tone with evil on his mind, "You know what I oughta do? I oughta just grab a hold of you and whip your ass. What do you think about that?" Now the guy is DEAD SERIOUS. Scotty never gets defensive and never gets angry, he just smiles at the guy and says "Well, you could try that, but I don't recommend it". While the guy kept pushing Scotty to the limits of what a person can take, Scotty for some reason just didn't feel the need to chastise this guy but trust me, it wouldn't have been a fair contest. I've seen him in action before, light stuff, but enough that I could tell he would be more than what you expected even if warned in advance.
Scotty gave this fellow a lot or room and it wasn't because he was scared but I will ask him about this guy if he remembers him when I see Scotty next time. I don't think Scotty knew him. I do know he didn't want to take the guy's money nor whip his a**. I think Scotty just didn't want to embarass the guy in front of his fairly quiet lady friend.
Yeah, Scotty is a good guy.
JoeyA