Tired of the cry babies

[vincentwu817]

LOL. Good analogy. Yea, I don't think pool on TV is that effective. Really, only those who play would watch it consistently. Its not like football, baseball, and basketball that everyone can pretend to be an expert on it. Online streaming is great for pool!

 

[Jallan]

Because alternating break is exciting and results in lots of 9-8 scores.
Everyone gets to play and if you are using that famous wing break then you can guarantee that all you need to work on is your lag, or coin flipping ability.

I think we can all agree that tight races are exciting. However, we need to remember not all fans want to only see back and forth matches. There is a segment of pool spectators who want to see big packs laid down. Just think about all of the streamed TAR matches with money flying around on what the longest pack will be. Spectators want to see a set ran out as much as they want to see a back and forth hill-hill battle.

Both of them have their places in the pool world.

 

[9ball]

I am a no one in the pool world. My longest pack is a 4 pack, off a Magic Rack no less. I get scared when I play players better than me. My opinion is worth nothing and my reputation is better than I think it should ever be... but here goes.

I am so tired of this "breaker shoots after a legal break" bull. I have busted my rear to make my break better. I have spent hours racking and breaking because I wanted to earn that wing ball.

9 ball has been played by nearly the same set of rules for how long, and never would you have heard any of the greats say, "you know what, that was a legal break and even though you didn't make a ball go ahead and shoot out the rack."

This is the same issues as little league teams who don't keep score because they don't want any of the kids to think they lost. "Lets give everyone a trophy because they tried." I didn't get any awards as a kid because I tried.... and if I would have I would have had the common sense to throw them away. I would have known they were pitty awards and would have been insulted they got tossed my way.

You come to the table and you break and you make a ball and if you don't, sit your sally rear in the chair. No pitty, no rewards. Stop throwing a fit about what isn't fair and make it fair.... you know why they break better than you? Because they worked at it, thats why. You know how you level the playing field? You practice too.

This thread will die in 4 hours and that may be a good thing but I wanted to let all you know how I feel about this touchy feely crap that half, or at least a verbal group is embrassing... stop being a bunch of cry babies and play the game the way it is suppose to be played. You break, you make, you run.... you break, you don't make, you get beat.

Jered Allan

Well said!

I did not know of this rule if it is being implemented anywhere, Have you seen it in play?


H.P.

 

[AtLarge]

Well said!

I did not know of this rule if it is being implemented anywhere, Have you seen it in play?


H.P.

I think the OP is reacting to part of the "No Conflict Rules" proposed by Paul Schofield and discussed in several threads here over the past half year or so.

Before reacting negatively to the idea, one should first try to understand the reasons for the proposal and exactly how it works. Just go to user name "Paul Schofield" and look up some of the threads he has started. The rules have been used in a few tournaments in his room, and the reaction apparently has been positive.

 

[Jaden]

YEs it is....

That's funny...I thought racism, corrupt government officials, being played by the news media (all of them), ignorance, poor education and general apathy by the public was ruining America.

Shows what I know!

But liberalism and progressivism is used as a vehicle to keep the masses putting the corrrupt in office and fighting amongst each other.

Jaden

 

[Roger Long]

This week, the NFL implemented new rules regulating helmet-to-helmet hits. A few minutes ago, I heard a defensive player on TV crying about the unfairness of these new rules. He claimed there are already too many rules that protect the quarterback, and now they have these new rules to contend with. He said, "We might as well just quit playing football."

Sounds familiar.

Roger

 

[Jallan]

This week, the NFL implemented new rules regulating helmet-to-helmet hits. A few minutes ago, I heard a defensive player on TV crying about the unfairness of these new rules. He claimed there are already too many rules that protect the quarterback, and now they have these new rules to contend with. He said, "We might as well just quit playing football."

Sounds familiar.

Roger

With all due respect, the comparison of helmet to helmet hits and making a ball on the break is a bit of a reach at best. Now if the pool room owner or TD wanted to regulate break speeds because too often the cue ball was flying off the table and giving head injuries to unsuspecting railbirds I would see the point.