Hey your both from Lizard Acres, do you guys match up? As for Kolbys tournaments the lowest we go rating wise is a 6, if your lower then that you can play but the set minimum is 3 and the max 5. In the Sunday tournament which is an 8 and under the 8's go to 5 with the 7's to 4 and 6's and under to 3 games.
In Tuesday's tournament we do not go lower then a 6 either, but if your playing Scott Frost you get the 6 out if your a 6 or below so tell me that is not a fair game. Mitch would be giving those 6's the 7 out and a game I believe. I would be giving the 6's the 7 ball.
It seems that people do not want to get better, if your a 5 then you really are not playing pool at a competitive level at all. A 5 cannot run 4-5 ball regularly and are D players perhaps low C players. 6's are low C to a C, the 7's are high C to low B players with the 8's being B to B+ players, if your a 9 your an A player with 10's being open players. Scott is a 10-2 being a pro, Mitch is a 10-1, not sure who else is a 10-1 but a 10-1 IMO would be shortstop speed.
IMO you guys who are 5's should just play better so you can become a 6. I think if your a 9 or above your game is respected, as a 7 or 8 you can have your moments. To put it into perspective Angel Paglia is a WPBA pro and is an 8. I am just trying to give people an idea of what the rating system is like compared to ABCD that is used in more places.
The rooms have seen more people playing tournaments IMO, Kolbys gets 32 or more weekly at the Tuesday night 9 ball. I think you have more of the former 8's and 9's playing in the 8 and 7 and under tournaments so now you have bigger fields, it might be unfair in your eyes but now the tournament has perhaps 5-10 more players then before. This past Tuesday we had a 13 year old young man who is a 6 win the whole tournament with many good players in the field of 32.
I just think you need to dig deep and just get out and play with the better players, you realize you need to make less mistake and miss less shots along with playing better position and safes. What your saying is you do not want to improve but get more weight to have a chance, it is like the guy who is playing bad and keeps asking for more weight/adjustments every set, play better.
