i poseted this video once before, and some people did not like it.
I play pool for a year and got good equimpent 3 months ago.
If you have 2 minutes watch it and tell your friends about it if you liked
the link :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGGv0SYb-qQ
You just posted this 2 days ago. I know you're young, but I"m sure you've learned in those 14 years, that there are rules and etiquette in the real world that you need/should follow.
Some etiquette in forums, is that you can't keep creating new threads every couple of days advertising the same links over and over. Nothing wrong with you starting a link every time you create a new video, but not new threads for the same video, especially only 2 days apart.
You can't cram videos down people's throats or force them to watch them, they will get turned off to you and not even open your threads anymore. You just have to take you chances.
Start a thread. Tell people a little bit about the video and give them something interesting to read in your post, to make them want to watch it. Don't say "here's a video, watch it, tell everyone about it" Then you have to wait and hope some people reply to it and keep it in the 1st page or 2. If it scrolls off to page 4 after one day, I subscribe to the belief that you should get one free "bump". Although I don't believe in putting Bump in there and that's it.. say something :smile: If someone posts something worthwhile to respond to, then you can reply after a day and it gets "bumped" back up again.
Although that doesn't mean every time someone replies, you come back and say Thanks and that's it. I know a few people that do that, and it's lame.
It's a gamble. You can spend hours and hours working on something and if no one replies to it every 6 or so hours, then it's going to scroll off into nowhere, never to be seen again. That's just the gamble you take.
It's my belief that the large majority of people do not read more then a page or 2 of posts when they stop by here. I suppose it depends on if they find anything interesting in the 1st 2 pages or not. But by the time someone reads 4 or 5 threads, clicks on a few links and watches a few short videos or bookmarks them and maybe replies to a post or 2 and visits a forum of 2, they may of already spent a hour or more here. That may be all the time they have to spend in pool forums for the day.
There in lies the importance of your post being on the 1st page or 2 for a couple of days. It gives you a fair chance of some people watching it, even if most of them don't reply to it.
When I post a video, all I want is for it to stay on the first page or two for a few days. If that happens then I know it got exposed to many people and hopefully a lot of them decided to watch it or at least bookmark it to watch later. I feel like I got a fair shake and it was worthwhile to me then. The only way that will happen though, is if someone replies to it every 6-8 hours or so. Like I say it's a gamble though. If no one replies though, all that hard work could go right down the drain and only a few people may have even seen it in the first place.
You also have to remember, most people are pretty bored with trick shots. We've all seen them hundreds of times and a lot of them don't take a lot of skill. It's just a matter of setting them up right. Or people lay down sticks so it doesn't matter how bad you hit it, it's going to get guided by the cuestick to knock a ball in, that's hanging in the hole. Myself, I don't care for trickshots at all, after decades around pool. The only 2 people I will watch are Venom and Jesse's. They both bring something new to the table (no pun intended) and keep pushing the bar and continue to be creative. I will watch stroke shots though, because I appreciate the skill involved.
I'm sure you got interested in pool, watching masse shots or watching someone line up 8 balls and hit it blindfolded and all 8 go in a pocket. I can see where a young kid would think that is "cool". I think it's cool for any kid to take a strong interest in pool. Those that do, and do it seriously at such a young age, can get really good at it. But I hope you focus on learning the games, getting good fundamentals down, and focusing on being able to play all games good. Also, learning about the history of the game. Just focusing only on trick shots, I think is going to limit you.
I applaud you any direction you take, as long as you are having fun and staying out of trouble. But you need to work on your social skills a little too. You're coming off as being a bit pushy. Also, when people give you some constructive criticism, you give off the impression that you can't believe that everyone isn't blown away by what you're doing.
I'm just telling you these things, in hopes that you absorb some of it. You cant' just come on here and push all these videos on people and that's the extent of your participation here. Start some threads that have nothing about anyone watching your videos, tell people about yourself, ask questions. There is a wealth of knowledge here, soak some of it up. There's nothing that turns people off more, than someone that just creates a account here and pushes their product on everyone. We get enough of that in the real world.:smile:
So slow down partner! You got your whole life ahead of you. Let people get to know you a bit and remember one thing.... it's about quality, not quantity.
Good Luck!
