What would you do?
- Thread starter Neil
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Look, Neil, since you maintain that this is not a difficult out, for you, why don't you go downstairs and make a video? I'm a doubter and I would love to see you try this 10x in a row.
Eric
That isn't what I said, you need to re-read my post. I said "tickie" not "carom".
Tickie: http://www.billiardsforum.info/billiard-terms-definition/tickie.asp
Eric >do it on video, Neil
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This run out attitude is present in a lot of people around here too. I just wish they gambled more.
I play to win, have a background in statistical analysis, and shoot pretty sporty too. Your arguments have not swayed me.
why am i still reading this thread? this is the last bait i fall for, i swear.
-s
I play to win, have a background in statistical analysis, and shoot pretty sporty too. Your arguments have not swayed me.
why am i still reading this thread? this is the last bait i fall for, i swear.
-s
There's what you said Eric. One of my students just got here. I set this scenario up, and she made the one on the first try, and got shape on the two. By the way, she's an APA 6.
Neil, apparently, your definition of tickie and everyone else's differ:
Tickie= Tickie Definition
A tickie is a type of shot in cue sports where the cue ball is driven initially to one or more rails, after which it strikes a legal object ball before rebounding back to the last rail it was in contact with. A tickie is a common shot in carom billiard games, and the term can also be applied to any shot that meets the above requirements in any cue sport game.
http://www.billiardsforum.info/billiard-terms-definition/tickie.asp
Eric >wants to see Neil do it on video (and hopes Neil's student isn't PAYING for those lessons)
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If i was playing just for fun on this type of layout...I might try and run, but I highly doubt it....
If its a money game or tournament, your silly for even trying it IMHO...I say shoot, duck and make the other person work his ass off on trying to come up with something and hopefully breaking a cluster out so you can get get in good position to run......
If its a money game or tournament, your silly for even trying it IMHO...I say shoot, duck and make the other person work his ass off on trying to come up with something and hopefully breaking a cluster out so you can get get in good position to run......
Easy as pie. Kick at the 1/7 pair sending the 7 into the 9, splitting the upper right pocket. Acknowledge the crowd as they give you a standing ovation.
Fred
Son of a B!&ch...:thud: I didnt see that.....Hell, this thing they call pool is easy.
The run out looks way too difficult for almost anyone. Definitely beyond my ability. I think the best shot here is to just bank the 1-ball 1 rail towards the 9 and freeze the cue ball on the 7. Try to get ball in hand and a combo on the 9.
Neil;
Disagree with you completely. This is a difficult out at best. You actually did the tickie as indicated, thats why your CB is on the end rail and the 3 ball went up table so far. Making a carom or tickie on a frozen, or very close, ball over a diamond from the pocket on a diamond table is a difficult shot at best.
Read Franks post again, you suggest he supports your position that this is an easy out. When it clearly is not.
Would love to see you do it on video.
Neil, I know you're a really good pool player but are just trying to pull everybody's leg here? Running out from the layout on that diagram looks almost impossible.
VIDEO! VIDEO! VIDEO! or else stfu.
And, you condescending ... (forum rules prevent me saying this part), I know all those shots at least as well as you, I'm just not egotistical enough to try to run that out when I want to win.
In the first post you asked 'What would you do?'. I added my (IMO, useful) opinion to the discussion. You've been preaching your opinion since. Back it the fck up with some video or let this drop.
-s
Neil,
Perhaps it might quiet all of us down if you made a video showing you trying this 10 times in a row. You have a table downstairs and I assume you have a $200 camera with video capabilities (or smart phone). You obviously have a computer (from your many posts on AZB).
In all seriousness, I honestly would like to see you make this runout look easy. Truly. Maybe it will make me reconsider my opinion on table layouts. If your goal here was to teach us, I'm willing to learn.
Eric >youtube?
Perhaps it might quiet all of us down if you made a video showing you trying this 10 times in a row. You have a table downstairs and I assume you have a $200 camera with video capabilities (or smart phone). You obviously have a computer (from your many posts on AZB).
In all seriousness, I honestly would like to see you make this runout look easy. Truly. Maybe it will make me reconsider my opinion on table layouts. If your goal here was to teach us, I'm willing to learn.
Eric >youtube?
And, to clarify, you have a reading comprehension issue.
I said to play a tickie. A tickie involves shooting the CB into the rail first. I mentioned to play a tickie(rail first), then carom off the 3 ball, then into the head rail again (making it a Tickie), hitting the 6. Geez, louise. It's in writing, I can't believe that this is actually being debated, lolol!
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showpost.php?p=2477211&postcount=29
Eric
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I would personally like to thank you for doing your best to antagonize Neil in this thread. You sure have done a good job of it. Quite an accomplishment, ticking off someone who is trying to help others learn the game better.
It is too bad you can't let it go. If you want to doubt him, sure, go ahead, it's an open forum after all. But to continue to poke and prod for no constructive reason is troll-ish. I would think it could be done in a more civil manner, but hey, this is the internet, where folks LOVE to speak with other people in a manner to which they would NEVER do face to face with.
Neil, I appreciate your thread and your attempt at teaching here. Personally I wouldn't attempt this run-out in a match given my current ability level, but I certainly would like to try it in a practice environment. I realize that I'll never be able to do it until I try and practice this, or any other type of difficult shot sequence.
In short Neil, don't let the trolls get you down. Rest assured you have many more people reading these threads that do appreciate what you are trying to accomplish here. You have my thanks for doing so.