The billiards world needs to cater to women!

Sweet Marissa

Sweet Marissa

www.Bella-Muse.com
More and more women are playing pool. Here are just a few that post here.

Thus, the forums should cater to both genders and stop allowing the guys to use offensive avatars. Otherwise, we should be able to use the same kind images, male versions, of course.
 
Sweet Marissa said:
More and more women are playing pool. Here are just a few that post here.

Thus, the forums should cater to both genders and stop allowing the guys to use offensive avatars.
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I think you are right, they certainly should cater more to women, and if I were in charge there would never be a Billiards Ad unless there was a great looking women in it.

Seriously though, I certainly think that billiards is a sport where there should not be a separation between men and women. Gene Balukas certainly showed us all that women can compete on a mans level.
With that said, and the fact that Billiards is not what it once was by splitting funding between men and women it is only hurting the sport in general.

As for the Avatars, there is some truth in what say, but you of all people must admit that the women chosen are Hot!!!!!!!!!!!!:thumbup:

Take care
 
Doesnt bother me, if i dont wanna see it i scroll down. maybe you should do the same.
 
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I like scantily clad,good looking women,as much as the next guy but that is not why I come to AZBF.There are plenty of other forums and websites that offer whatever it is you like.To me putting pics of other people on every post you make is just a waste of bandwidth.

I like the fact that women visit this forum and post here.If female is offended by a pic I put up on my signature I would simply take it off as a courtesy to others.
 
A public forum does not reflect the billiard world. A persons choice of avatar is like a persons choice of tshirt. It reflects on them as a person(for better or worse), not the billiard world. Because, after all, that IS the point of an avatar. To reflect on the person. If you walk into a pool room and Im wearing a tshirt with a half naked lady on it... will you turn around and leave? Of course not. It was my choice to look foolish for the day and that should effect you.

I can surely understand where you are coming from, but censorship can only be taken too far. Where is the line? Thats an important question to know. You cannot cross a line if there is no line. And if there is a line, it needs to be specific not blurred as it seems to be.

You cannot please everyone, and some people are more easily offended than others. But honestly, why should an avatar turn people away from pool or this site? I see avatars that I dont agree with... usally political. Do I say anything? No, of course not. If that is what that person likes, then it helps me form my personal opinion... no need to get all sad about it.
 
manwon said:
I think you are right, they certainly should cater more to women, and if I were in charge there would never be a Billiards Ad unless there was a great looking women in it.

Seriously though, I certainly think that billiards is a sport where there should not be a separation between men and women. Gene Balukas certainly showed us all that women can compete on a mans level.
With that said, and the fact that Billiards is not what it once was by splitting funding between men and women it is only hurting the sport in general.

As for the Avatars, there is some truth in what say, but you of all people must admit that the women chosen are Hot!!!!!!!!!!!!:thumbup:

Take care
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Yea I agree....Id rather have a hot women in my avatar than a ugly woman...
 
If I get to 250 post....I may quit for the day....I think I am getting carpal tunnel syndrome
 
Good Lord!

This really HOT woman sitting beside me just let fly an air biscuit....MAn O Man...it stinks like none I have ever smelled.....HOLY COW!....women..I tell ya......she sure is HOT though:thumbup:
 
ftgokie said:
This really HOT woman sitting beside me just let fly an air biscuit....MAn O Man...it stinks like none I have ever smelled.....HOLY COW!....women..I tell ya......she sure is HOT though:thumbup:
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Ok, I believe you!!! You are definately bored :D
 
Then if that is the case, why was Barbara's avatar deleted? And mine? They were the same kind of avatar but with men in them. It's a double standard and is unfair.
 
Sweet Marissa said:
More and more women are playing pool. Here are just a few that post here.

Thus, the forums should cater to both genders and stop allowing the guys to use offensive avatars. Otherwise, we should be able to use the same kind images, male versions, of course.
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I do admire SM for standing up for what she believes in. But unfortunately AZB is run by private owners who are going to run their site how they choose to, and I except that. I do not agree with this decision, but I certainly dont hold any ill will against Mike and Dave.
OK, cmon guys, BRING ON THE T AND A :D
 
It's Better Than Spending A Night In The Box

ftgokie said:
This really HOT woman sitting beside me just let fly an air biscuit....MAn O Man...it stinks like none I have ever smelled.....HOLY COW!....women..I tell ya......she sure is HOT though:thumbup:
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I just got this popup message:
"Smorgass Bored, you must sit on the Group W bench for 24 hours before passing out a Red Rep Bomb to ftgokie."

Doug
(so, I will)
 
Add me to the Don't Give a Shit column.

I actually repped SpiderWebComm for his avatar. I guess because I thought it was cutting edge and extremely cool.

An avatar is a unique insight into someone's sense of humor/identity. It's a Freak Flag - take from it what you will...
 
Sweet Marissa said:
More and more women are playing pool. Here are just a few that post here.

Thus, the forums should cater to both genders and stop allowing the guys to use offensive avatars. Otherwise, we should be able to use the same kind images, male versions, of course.
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Marissa:

Points you make are very valid; what's good for the goose, is good for the gander. Methinks there's a fine line here. The person that wrote that avatars are reflective of the person, not the forum, is right on. Also, the discussion of "what you wear when you enter a forum" also applies, IMHO. (Kudos to cleary on that point.) However, I don't think some of the folks that have some of the avatars they do, will say they'd walk into a pool hall wearing a T-shirt with that avatar plastered on it. Most pool halls I go to, have a prominently-displayed dress code; it's not so much of a dress code per se, but contains a list of things that you cannot wear in the establishment. For example: flip-flops, hats or bandanas that unquestionably display gang colors, shirts or pants with extremely suggestive, sexual, violent/militant graphics or pictures, etc. These places will more than likely either ask you to leave, or sometimes if they know you, they'll reach under the counter, hand you one of that establishment's custom T-shirts, tell you to put this on over what you're wearing while you're in there, and return it when you leave. (Ah, I can just see it now -- the rebellious ones are going to read into that, editing their avator picture in GIMP / PhotoShop / other graphics editor, and make it look like they "hung a sheet" over the picture. ;-) )

Anyway, there's always that option in one's profile configuration settings to not display avatars or signatures to begin with.

Personally, when I *did* have avatars displayed in my profile settings, I just ignored the ones that were off-color or in questionable taste (I call mine "calloused eyes"). Don't get me wrong, Marissa, I'm a red-blooded guy and appreciate tasteful avatars of females, but I also know that women have the right to do the same -- as long as it wasn't pictures of [concealed or unconcealed] genitalia. I'll bet if a guy had a questionable avatar (e.g. picturing women's genitalia -- concealed or unconcealed), the mods would quickly intervene -- especially if complaints were lodged against it. As I think about this, I say to myself, "gosh, this *really* is a very fine line -- what determines 'questionable'?" Perhaps that which causes complaints to be lodged? I wish I had the answer to that one...

Hope this is helpful?
-Sean
 
Sweet Marissa said:
Then if that is the case, why was Barbara's avatar deleted? And mine? They were the same kind of avatar but with men in them. It's a double standard and is unfair.
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Would that be the one where the guy was fishing for trouser trout?
If so I can understand that.

However if it was just a good looking guy posing there should be no problem.
 
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