What annoys the most about some players?

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adammcnatt

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I hate players that chalk for extended periods of time after each shot. Coincidentally, while doing so, they are the ones that consistently prodice that high-pitch noise that brings your game down to the level of a ballbanger (if in doubt about that horrible place, see the thread "You might be a ballbanger if...")
Do you guys have similar experiences?
 
Nothing much bothers me anymore. Some things used to... stalling, standing in front of my shot, standing behind me on my shot, etc., but hell, I'm old(er) now and I just play pool. If they want to take forever on a shot, so what... I'll just wait for my turn at the table. If they want to stand in front of me, no problem, I'm focused on the object ball, not the screwball. If they want to talk to me, I can't hear them anyways when I'm in focus, so I just let 'em talk.

I guess the older I get, the less anything bothers me. Only thing that gets to me now is LOSING! I STILL hate to lose!!!

Later,
Bob
 
TALKING!! I don't want to hear about your shot, what you plan to do with it, what you planned to do with it, what you think you did, what you think you might do, how bad your dog's fart stinks, how you hit the shot, what you should do, what you saw someone do, etc. etc.

When I play I am there to play, not give advice, patronize, feel sorry for you or anything else. I have enough people in my head talking to me, I don't need another one at the table.
 
Guys that circle the table while I'm up. Especially if they start moving in my eyesight when I get down to shoot. I used to try to zone them out and play but I had limited success with that. Now I stand back up look em in the eye and ask if there okay with the shot I've called. So far thats put a stop it.
 
1. Players who play to slow

2. Players who talk to much

3. Players who try and instruct you when you want no instruction
 
adammcnatt said:
I hate players that chalk for extended periods of time after each shot. Coincidentally, while doing so, they are the ones that consistently prodice that high-pitch noise that brings your game down to the level of a ballbanger (if in doubt about that horrible place, see the thread "You might be a ballbanger if...")
Do you guys have similar experiences?
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You would absolutely hate me. I chalk incessantly between shots. It's just something I do while I am thinking. Though, I do NOT "squeak" the chalk!

About the only thing that really annoys me is someone who misses a shot, then picks up chalk cube you were heading towards (especially if it is the only one you have or the other one is on the opposite side of the table from your shot) and takes it back to his chair and lays it on the table next to him, without even chalking up.
 
Cane said:
I'm focused on the object ball, not the screwball.
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Bob, that should be on every pool quotes list!! Unfortunately, in my case, it is I who is usually the screwball...:(

Doc
 
Guys standing around next to the table I'm shooting at and talking about golf all night.

Whiners
 
1. Players who chalk while it's your shot, especially if they take the only piece, or the one closest to you.

2. Players who put the chalk upside down so the chalk side is in contact with the table. This makes the table, and eventually my hands and pants very dirty.

3. Talking while i'm shooting

4. Moving in my eyesight

5. Players that have their hot girlfriends purposely sit right next to the table in a very low cut shirt in an attempt to distract me...... and it usually works
 
JoeyInCali said:
Players who don't shower.
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In what time frame??? I know one player at the big tournament they had at Shooters at Riverside that wore the same clothes both days, and looke like he did not take them off when he went to sleep;) :D
 
Funny stuff!

There's a guy that comes into the hall I play in that does everything listed in this thread!!! Well, everything except the "hot girlfriend" part...

Talking, standing in front, behind, moving around, grabbing the chalk, leaving it upside down, cell phone going off every five minutes, never appears to shower, giving advice, mumbling about his shots... I wish I was joking! He has even grabbed my little patch of leather I use to burnish my cue with to wipe down his grubby stick!!!

The most annoying thing with him though is that he's a pretty good shot!:mad:
 
teens and their smokes

Teenagers who come in and take a pack of cigarettes and start smacking them in their hand...:mad:
 
cuejoey said:
Teenagers who come in and take a pack of cigarettes and start smacking them in their hand...:mad:
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I think they figure that if the cigarettes are going to beat the crap out of their lungs...they want to get the first lick in....(the cigarettes always win that fight in the long run)
 
Personally, people who put the chalk upside down, or they take the chalk and after using it place it everywhere but on the table.

Or the ball bangers who bring thier whole group of friends and they all stand around the table while your trying to shoot.

Or the people who try to shark you, and say everything to try to get you off your game, like how badly you racked for them when its Hill-Hill, or they say something like hey lets put 20$ on the last game or whatever it maybe.

dave
 
1. players who lean against the table while your shooting. Especially when they do it close to you and his crotch is at your eye level.

2. Moving in my line of sight.
 
JoeyInCali said:
Players who don't shower.
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Boy, ain't that the truth. There are two people that come into the pool room a lot and they ALWAYS need a shower. People actually leave when they come in. Disgusting.

Lunchmoney
 
If Efren is doing well in a tournament he is known not to shower for multiple days in a row. Guess he doesn't want to wash off the good kharma.
 
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