Hello Everyone,
As some of you may know from my past postings on here Im technically a member of the APA and an associate member of the BCA. I have never joined any specific bar league teams. I have never been ranked or handicapped as a player. I do however own a table and practice pool regularly. I have a general idea of how good I am and I think I would fall somewhere in the SL4 or SL5 range. I have not joined a team up to this point due to my current employment shift. However, I read a lot of negative thing on here about the leagues. I have never been a fan of handicapping systems that are prone to manipulation. The idea of playing a shot so that if you miss you do not leave your opponent a good shot is part of the game and doing so should do nothing but improve your rating but in some leagues that might be marked down as a negitive thing called playing defensive. Even though the rules say if you intend to make your shot then it is not defensive. Does the typical league night have a lot of people complaining about players no being rated or handicapped correctly? What are the chances of being able to leave the bar by 10 or 10:30 every night?
I honestly do not think the leagues are for me as I am far more interested in individual play than team play. I also have a strong desire to advance my game to the highest level I possibly can. What I would like to know is what is league night like? Is it simply a commitment to meet up with people at a bar and party and play pool with friends for hours at a time? Some of the things I read on here make league night sound like you go to a bar and hang out waiting to possibly get a turn at the table if your team handicap max is low enough to allow you to play at all. Then after you play most times you would hang out and bs with your new found friends. I don't know what to think of them.
As some of you may know from my past postings on here Im technically a member of the APA and an associate member of the BCA. I have never joined any specific bar league teams. I have never been ranked or handicapped as a player. I do however own a table and practice pool regularly. I have a general idea of how good I am and I think I would fall somewhere in the SL4 or SL5 range. I have not joined a team up to this point due to my current employment shift. However, I read a lot of negative thing on here about the leagues. I have never been a fan of handicapping systems that are prone to manipulation. The idea of playing a shot so that if you miss you do not leave your opponent a good shot is part of the game and doing so should do nothing but improve your rating but in some leagues that might be marked down as a negitive thing called playing defensive. Even though the rules say if you intend to make your shot then it is not defensive. Does the typical league night have a lot of people complaining about players no being rated or handicapped correctly? What are the chances of being able to leave the bar by 10 or 10:30 every night?
I honestly do not think the leagues are for me as I am far more interested in individual play than team play. I also have a strong desire to advance my game to the highest level I possibly can. What I would like to know is what is league night like? Is it simply a commitment to meet up with people at a bar and party and play pool with friends for hours at a time? Some of the things I read on here make league night sound like you go to a bar and hang out waiting to possibly get a turn at the table if your team handicap max is low enough to allow you to play at all. Then after you play most times you would hang out and bs with your new found friends. I don't know what to think of them.