anonymouscoward
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Most of us aren't pro players or even any where near that level. The game changes in some amusing ways once you get really good.
1. It's hard to find anyone that is fun to practice with. If they are as good as you, they probably don't want to put their reputation down on the line for fun. If they are way under you (and most of your practice opponents will be), you just cream them.
2. Say scenario two plays out as it often will. You are playing some one you can cream. Well, they get to sit on the side lines and chat with everyone while you are up there running out. You don't miss, atleast not very often. However, they miss all the time. So this just leaves you at the table doing ALL the work. YOU have to run out all those balls while they sit and chat. Annoying...
3. You can't smoke a cigarette while playing. If you light one before your turn, by the time you miss again, your cigarette is completely gone. Burned into thin air. So you have to take breaks from practicing to smoke a damned cigarette.
4. To get this good, most people have to play TONS. A pro (especially in his time moving through the shortstop to pro stages) will probably play 20-30 hours a week. Can you imagine the pool time? $5/hr * 25hrs = $125/week... JUST TO PLAY POOL! Lets hope the local poolroom owner and you are friends and he'll cut you a deal.
5. If you don't take time to practice with your friends, who want to learn from you, you are an ass. If you do practice with them, then there are 80 of them wanting to practice. You can't practice with them all so you are still an ass. Viscious cycle, I say.
6. You know those $5-20 games around town that you love so much. What about those $5 and $5 ring games? Not big money games. Just those piddly ones to have something to do. Well, you get NO more of those. Everyone knows who you are and they don't want to play. Back to practicing...
7. We all know the pro that made a living hustling and retired to buy his poolhall or whatever. Well, those were different times. The times before casinos being in every other city. A time when people who enjoyed gambling would take their $100 to the pool hall and play some cheap pool. They did it because they loved gambling. And you loved the money.... But now most of them blow that spare $100 at the casino. Back to practicing...
8. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry has some opinion about your game loves to tell everyone how much you suck. You can't play for the beans. Can't win a tournament... it really doesn't matter how you play, people see what they want to. And when you are way better than them, they love being able to take a stab at you.... Since they can't get up and play themselves.
Or... maybe I'm just an awnry shit...
Honestly, pool was more fun in the beginning. When I could walk in the poolhall and find a cheap game every night. Now I guess I just have to get my rocks off from stroking my ego or something.
1. It's hard to find anyone that is fun to practice with. If they are as good as you, they probably don't want to put their reputation down on the line for fun. If they are way under you (and most of your practice opponents will be), you just cream them.
2. Say scenario two plays out as it often will. You are playing some one you can cream. Well, they get to sit on the side lines and chat with everyone while you are up there running out. You don't miss, atleast not very often. However, they miss all the time. So this just leaves you at the table doing ALL the work. YOU have to run out all those balls while they sit and chat. Annoying...
3. You can't smoke a cigarette while playing. If you light one before your turn, by the time you miss again, your cigarette is completely gone. Burned into thin air. So you have to take breaks from practicing to smoke a damned cigarette.
4. To get this good, most people have to play TONS. A pro (especially in his time moving through the shortstop to pro stages) will probably play 20-30 hours a week. Can you imagine the pool time? $5/hr * 25hrs = $125/week... JUST TO PLAY POOL! Lets hope the local poolroom owner and you are friends and he'll cut you a deal.
5. If you don't take time to practice with your friends, who want to learn from you, you are an ass. If you do practice with them, then there are 80 of them wanting to practice. You can't practice with them all so you are still an ass. Viscious cycle, I say.
6. You know those $5-20 games around town that you love so much. What about those $5 and $5 ring games? Not big money games. Just those piddly ones to have something to do. Well, you get NO more of those. Everyone knows who you are and they don't want to play. Back to practicing...
7. We all know the pro that made a living hustling and retired to buy his poolhall or whatever. Well, those were different times. The times before casinos being in every other city. A time when people who enjoyed gambling would take their $100 to the pool hall and play some cheap pool. They did it because they loved gambling. And you loved the money.... But now most of them blow that spare $100 at the casino. Back to practicing...
8. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry has some opinion about your game loves to tell everyone how much you suck. You can't play for the beans. Can't win a tournament... it really doesn't matter how you play, people see what they want to. And when you are way better than them, they love being able to take a stab at you.... Since they can't get up and play themselves.
Or... maybe I'm just an awnry shit...
Honestly, pool was more fun in the beginning. When I could walk in the poolhall and find a cheap game every night. Now I guess I just have to get my rocks off from stroking my ego or something.
. I actually really like your comments and I do agree, but on the up side:
