I do apologize but the Hard Times Tournament results are SKEWED. You see statistically SVB and Dennis both lost ONCE, thus, must play a tie breaker to set the record book straight.
Jay P.
USA, all the way?
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I do apologize but the Hard Times Tournament results are SKEWED. You see statistically SVB and Dennis both lost ONCE, thus, must play a tie breaker to set the record book straight.
Jay P.
TheThaiger
Banned
Two bans, actually.
You've been here double the time and have 25% more posts. But let's do a word count shall we, to see who really spends more time on here.
I'm sure there are several thousand fascinatingly long posts on all manner of nerdery to wade through first, however. The last one - some sort of pointless anecdote about playing bass guitar, I believe - was particularly riveting.
Ah, I see where you're going with this -- I'm not going to play your troll "carrot" games. You can try to ding me because I'm a fast typist all you want -- ain't going to get you anywhere. And interestingly, you seem to have found that "pointless anecdote" "particularly riveting" because you even responded to it. Nice try, though.
I really couldn't care less what you think of what I write. What I do care about -- and why I respond to you -- is to correct these "facts" you spout out of that evaporated air you live in.
And you know something, Tim? I was giving you the benefit of the doubt in the face of what appears to be widely known about you -- that you're just a troll. I thought you actually have (or had) something to contribute. But now I realize that was just wasted effort and misplaced belief.
-Sean
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Freedom of speech has been pretty "liberal" in the US since 1791, when it was included in the First Amendment to the Constitution, AKA The Bill of Rights. Though I think "liberal" is the wrong term for it. Either you have freedom of speech or you don't - not conservative, not liberal, just the right thing to do if you want to have a democracy.
And the food's good. Try a good gastropub or maybe even The Fat Duck, which is considered one of the three best restaurants in the world.
And it's Muslim, not Muslem. And they don't chant anti-government rants all day, even on Edgware Road, London's "Little Arabia." I've even had some good meals there.
agreed, I'm sitting here on my shitty little island, drinking tea, waiting for the next post, havent had time to knock any centuries in, with my perfect stance n all,........ they do realise its a wind up.....right?
Haha. That's another thing in favor of the Brits. You have a sense of humor.
After reading this thread I have come to a few conclusions. The declaration of independence was signed in 1776 but the battle never ended 
. The only POOL related point of real discussion is whether POOL needs to learn from snooker. If you are talking organized professional tours there is no doubt that snooker is doing something right as compared to pool. As far as whether pool players should mimic snooker players technique? In my opinion NO. Snooker and Pool are two different games involving different skills and equipment. The stroke in pool is different for a reason, the balls are bigger and heavier. The best living pool player in history is Efren and he doesn't stand or stroke like a snooker player, he plays like a pool player.
. The only POOL related point of real discussion is whether POOL needs to learn from snooker. If you are talking organized professional tours there is no doubt that snooker is doing something right as compared to pool. As far as whether pool players should mimic snooker players technique? In my opinion NO. Snooker and Pool are two different games involving different skills and equipment. The stroke in pool is different for a reason, the balls are bigger and heavier. The best living pool player in history is Efren and he doesn't stand or stroke like a snooker player, he plays like a pool player.
What??????
And here I believed Al Gore when he said he invented the internet.
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And here I believed Al Gore when he said he invented the internet.
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I've bitten my tongue long enough on this one. There's blood in my mouth.
The answer to your question is, NO. The "world" of pool doesn't need the USA. However, the USA doesn't need the "world" of pool, either.
Why?
We have DCC, the U.S. Open, SBE, Hard Times, etc. We have the APA, TAP, BCA, VNEA, Independent Leagues. We have guys and gals that will play, gamble, sweat and talk about pool until the sun comes up and then goes down again. We have 90% of the best custom cue and case makers in the world (Barton included. I don't care where he lives and works, he's American and maybe the best case maker ever).
We have Pat Fleming, Justin, Fast Lenny and Big Truck. We have Hustlin apparel. We have Dragon Promotions (regardless of how you feel about Charlie) promoting just as many events here as they do abroad.
We have Johnny Archer, SVB, Corey Deuel, Hillbilly, Earl, Hatch, Dechaine and the list goes on.
We have AZ Billiards. I think the "AZ" stands for Arizona, which is who the website was started for, pool players in Arizona and just exploded into what it has become. We have Phil Capelle, Dave Sapolis, Scott Lee, Dominic Esposito, Tom Simpson, Bob Henning, Jerry Briesath. Not to mention Billiards Digest, Pool and Billiard Magazine and Inside Pool.
We have akaTrigger's (Melinda) blog.
Do you know what else we have? Allison Fisher, Darren Appleton, Efren Reyes, Orcullo, Klatt, Morra, Souquet, Immonen, Ga Young Kim, Gerda, Xiaoting, Ouschan and every other international player coming here to live, work and play pool in the USA. They all come here chasing tournaments and play. So, we obviously have a lot more to offer than you think.
Tell me, who flocks to the UK for the same?
Does the "world" of pool need us? Maybe not. Do we need the "world" of pool? Absolutely not!
-Jeremy
The answer to your question is, NO. The "world" of pool doesn't need the USA. However, the USA doesn't need the "world" of pool, either.
Why?
We have DCC, the U.S. Open, SBE, Hard Times, etc. We have the APA, TAP, BCA, VNEA, Independent Leagues. We have guys and gals that will play, gamble, sweat and talk about pool until the sun comes up and then goes down again. We have 90% of the best custom cue and case makers in the world (Barton included. I don't care where he lives and works, he's American and maybe the best case maker ever).
We have Pat Fleming, Justin, Fast Lenny and Big Truck. We have Hustlin apparel. We have Dragon Promotions (regardless of how you feel about Charlie) promoting just as many events here as they do abroad.
We have Johnny Archer, SVB, Corey Deuel, Hillbilly, Earl, Hatch, Dechaine and the list goes on.
We have AZ Billiards. I think the "AZ" stands for Arizona, which is who the website was started for, pool players in Arizona and just exploded into what it has become. We have Phil Capelle, Dave Sapolis, Scott Lee, Dominic Esposito, Tom Simpson, Bob Henning, Jerry Briesath. Not to mention Billiards Digest, Pool and Billiard Magazine and Inside Pool.
We have akaTrigger's (Melinda) blog.
Do you know what else we have? Allison Fisher, Darren Appleton, Efren Reyes, Orcullo, Klatt, Morra, Souquet, Immonen, Ga Young Kim, Gerda, Xiaoting, Ouschan and every other international player coming here to live, work and play pool in the USA. They all come here chasing tournaments and play. So, we obviously have a lot more to offer than you think.
Tell me, who flocks to the UK for the same?
Does the "world" of pool need us? Maybe not. Do we need the "world" of pool? Absolutely not!
-Jeremy
JC
Coos Cues
I gave the exact sentiments back in post 99 in just 3 short sentences. For some reason some folks didn't "get" that I was in fact talking about pool. I could care less how many muslims come to UK each year to populate the next generation of ballot boxes. Was it the "shitty little island" comment that muddled the message?:rotflmao:
JC
TheThaiger
Banned
Oh.
We have plenty of overseas snooker players come here, but American pool is too small a game here to draw many in, although GB9 goes from strength to strength, and is likely to attract more European players in future.
It's really very difficult to express how much of a minority game American pool is here in the UK.
TheThaiger
Banned
At last - someone with fight in them! Good post.
JC
Coos Cues
We love snooker here in America. That's why 9 out of ten of our milliions of pool players don't even know the basic rules. Oh have you heard? We love soccer too. And tea. So this entire troll thread is pretty much as irrelevant as the aforementioned items.
JC
TheThaiger
Banned
I was merely responding to your point about no one rushing to the UK to play American pool.
If you're suggesting football and tea are "irrelevant", you live in a very enclosed world indeed. Football is the most popular sport on the planet by a country mile, and the most consumed beverage in the world is tea, by a city and country mile.
The purpose of this thread is to broaden horizons. Sadly, there are some people that cannot be reached.
Maybe I am wrong but your intentions did not appear to be designed to broaden minds, it came off more like disrespect and argumentative. You really seemed like you wanted to pick a fight just like 90 % of your other threads.
Your post and replies came of more like this : US pool sucks, you all cant play right, we brits do things smarter and better than the USA therefore you should do it like us.
I have a feeling that you think Brits are superior to Americans in every way. I look at it more on a individual level. Everyone has something to offer. I feel as if I can learn something from anyone and everyone. I even feel like I could learn something from you. But your attitude prevents me from even trying to bother.
The tone of your posts has made me react in a way that makes me wish I didn't even bother.
Gas is nine dollars a pint, No money left for table time.
Socialism sucks arse....
Socialism sucks arse....
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