The worst case of sharking?

NCSLIM1

NCSLIM1

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Well, I woke up this morning, and I'm still just steaming over this, so I thought that if I shared I could get some ideas on how to handle it. Last night in my APA leauge match I had the displeasure of playing one of the most arrogant people I've ever met. It started out with him downplaying his rank, which was a 6, like he was way overrated. OK, whatever, I know BS when I hear it. Then the match starts and I'm down on my shot taking my warmup strokes and he yells out "Don't shot that ball, take a time out". Well, I don't know about yall but that upset me just a little. Then after that rack he decided to take on the responsibilty of being a coach to both teams and procede to tell me what I did wrong on my run. I just smiled and nodded, they whole time just stewing on the inside. Next rack I get down to the 8 ball and he grabs the rack and stands right in my line of sight waving it back and forth but I nail it home. I guess that he still didnt think that he had quite crossed the line far enough, so when a song comes on the jukebox (that is blasting) that he likes, he runs to grab a cordless mic from a back room and procedes to sing karaoke in between shots. Then he sings karaoke DURING his shots. He comes to the table singing, SITS THE MIC ON THE TABLE and then shoots, picks the mic back up and continues singing. At this point my head is about to explode but I tried my best to stay focused on the game but I admit it got to me. I thought it was disrespectful to me and the game. I worked hard and got to hill-hill but lost the match. I have read alot of posts on here bashing the APA and the social players but I couldn't relate because I have had a great experience (in my 2 sessions) untill now. I now understand everyones gripes and complaints. I take pride in everything that I put effort into including my growing pool game but to play against someone that makes a mockery out of pool is just infuriating. Thank you for letting me vent and any advice on how to handle these situiations would be great. Thanks.
 
I'm amazed no one said anything. I can tell you that if you told KT what happened she would slay him.
 
I feel your PAIN Brother

I have put a few Sharking Rants here myself.

IMHO the guy sounds more like a First Class A hole than a shark. How does his team members put up with him is my question?? Who was his captain and what kind of reaction did they have to all of this????
 
Just take the mic, club him until he's unconscious. Then play around the body, use it to stand on to reach a distant shot. :grin:
 
1. You should have said something early on
2. If not, your captain should have spoken up
3. If he didn't, the other captain should have taken the reigns

This isn't one of those sneaky sharks you don't realize until the next day.....when it's blatant, the key is to say something immediately....in all fairness to you, I'm sure it seemed like a trainwreck that just kept getting unbelieveably worse and you were in awe that is was actually happening....

Man up, speak your peace and stop the idiot....did you ever say anything???? At the least, contact your LO, it's likely this guy is just gonna try it again otherwise....

Boldest league shark I have heard of yet....the midgame karaoke shark :grin:
 
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Wow! He could sing karaoke while shooting pool and still win the match?
Now that's what I call concentration!!!:grin: By the way, was he a pretty good singer?
 
One of the more odd incidents posted. It will take a while, one of these days it will seem very funny. When considering league play there is a wide band of personalities involved. Not everyone takes it serious, to a lot it is just a social night out where you happen to play pool. In my experience with league one has to have four or five different modes to switch to depending on what folks you are dealing with. You have to be pretty thick skinned and don't stay wound too tight. .....Karaoke singing...That's funny....Maybe he's saving his "so you think you can dance" moves till the finals....What a nimrod
 
I would have sat down and said 'When you are done acting like an ass, I will continue to play. Until then I'm not moving'. To many people put up with this stuff cause they think it's part of the game. You know, 'the I can only be good if I learn to ignore this' kind of attitude.
 
lmao that is pretty funny. A true APA moment if there ever was one.

if your gonna play league, I think you have to learn to fade pool idiots. There is a high concentration of them in league play.
 
Your right, at the time it did seem like a trainwreck and I was completly taken aback. IMHO I dont think it was my place to say anything, but one of the captains. I thought at the time that the best thing to do would be just to try to disregard the notion to club him down and try to stay focused on my task at hand which would be to beat him on the table. I thought that if I expressed my anger that he would know that he had me rattled which was excactly what I didn't want. I tried my absolute best to stay focused on the game and not what was going on around me and show him that he could dance on the table for all I cared and I would bank the balls around him. And at the very least show him that he may be more talented, but I have more class. In the moment that seemed like the right thing to do, but this morning I dont know.
 
hdgis1 said:
I would have sat down and said 'When you are done acting like an ass, I will continue to play. Until then I'm not moving'. To many people put up with this stuff cause they think it's part of the game. You know, 'the I can only be good if I learn to ignore this' kind of attitude.
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These idiots exist at every level of pool, but this guy sounds like he was out of control.

I like the option quoted above, but clubbing him senseless with the mic would have worked just fine too.
 
I have a hard time believing nobody said anything to him. Isnt there rules against this sort of behavior. Like a FORFEIT!!!

I know if i was there i would have definetly gave him a page right out of the tooth's book
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swrooster said:
One of the more odd incidents posted. It will take a while, one of these days it will seem very funny. When considering league play there is a wide band of personalities involved. Not everyone takes it serious, to a lot it is just a social night out where you happen to play pool. In my experience with league one has to have four or five different modes to switch to depending on what folks you are dealing with. You have to be pretty thick skinned and don't stay wound too tight. .....Karaoke singing...That's funny....Maybe he's saving his "so you think you can dance" moves till the finals....What a nimrod
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Swrooster

You have the answer. This will be the Laugh for many a night to come. I posted about get in a fight over sharking a couple of weeks ago. Last night in league play My buddies teased the hell out of me in good fun. After League we all went to a Bar with Young girls and While I was talking to one girl, a buddy who doesn't play came up and said "watch him he is a fighter not a lover" with a smile. It actually broke the Ice and I did OK. Of course he was trying to snake her for himself.
 
RunoutJJ said:
I have a hard time believing nobody said anything to him. Isnt there rules against this sort of behavior. Like a FORFEIT!!!

I know if i was there i would have definetly gave him a page right out of the tooth's book
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We were playing at their home bar which was a F.O.P. lodge and they ran the whole place. As for my teamates, one came up in between games and said "let him keep singing and get his head out of the game" but he knew what he was doing. Who knows maybe they enjoyed his singing:shrug::shrug:
 
My Worst Case of Sharking

I was playing in the APA about 10 or more years ago and I was playing a guy who was with his girlfriend. She was wearing a super miniskirt and sitting on the bar stool in front of the table. Well she made it known that she was not wearing any underwear. I won the first 3 and when I went to break I see this guy smile and puts a fan behind her. Let me tell you, this lady had the worst yeast "problem" my nose has ever encountered. I beat him and went to shake his hand and I was embarrassed to learn it was his breath. Those where the days.
 
The beginning of your post started out with "APA" and I knew it was bad. I have been playing for years but only in tournies, just recently have helped some guys out with league. I have never had any these ridiculous tirades in any tournament I have played in, if there ever was one the tournament director would kick him out. Simple and effective. On league these guys just dont even care. The worst of it is these guys get this mentality that the can beat any pro out there. Than I ask how big is the table pros play on, they never have a clue. Bar box champion mentality. I love putting them in their place.

I cant stand trying to play a safe on these f'ed up bar tables either. The balls always roll off and your speed control , no matter how perfect it is, gets thrown off by the mud ball, dirty felt, shitty rails, and horrible roll off. It drives me f*cking nuts. There are going to be games where you have to play safe. Unless i carom the cue ball into another ball as a back stop to stick it some where, no other type of safe goes as planned. I will aim for a half ball hit and try to roll the cue ball and miss the whole f'ing ball.
Ridiculous. Diamond bar boxes would be nice and I can do everything on these that I can do on a big table.
 
I think you could of handled it a couple of ways.
Say something
Try to embarrass him by pointing out his actions.
Telling your captain to speak up
telling his captain
telling the league manager
sitting down
CRACKING A SNEAKY PETE OVER HIS HEAD!!
JMO:grin:
 
Buds

Ball Banger said:
Swrooster

You have the answer. This will be the Laugh for many a night to come. I posted about get in a fight over sharking a couple of weeks ago. Last night in league play My buddies teased the hell out of me in good fun. After League we all went to a Bar with Young girls and While I was talking to one girl, a buddy who doesn't play came up and said "watch him he is a fighter not a lover" with a smile. It actually broke the Ice and I did OK. Of course he was trying to snake her for himself.
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Hey, thats what friends are for...:grin:
 
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