I doubt anyone in over 15 years intentionally went " Pro" !
It just happens because you did well in an event and had a good day! Start making a name and reputation for yourself.
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What's hurt pool since I've been working in and around it for the last 34yrs.
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It just happens because you did well in an event and had a good day! Start making a name and reputation for yourself.
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I like you posts. I only play video poker at the casinos. Maybe if I am in Vegas on vacation I will throw a $20 in a machine to see what happens. There's one I kind of like, can't remember the name of the game. I thought about a pool room when I retired from my real job, but the wife said no. I think I would have been ok with it where I live now, but happy wife, happy life, besides she never complains about me going to play pool. I grew up when there were a ton of pool rooms everywhere and there was actually a lot of gambling in them. It would be nice to meet a player now and then that would actually "gamble" on pool a little, but I think the chance of that happening now is between slim and none, and Slims on vacation.
Very wise of you to have chosen pool as your lifes endeavor..Maybe you should have been a cowboy, then you could have bitc*ed about how stupid cows are!..Face it, you were just born to complain..Its what you do best!
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Wow. The Pot calling the Kettle Black.
Damn, that's pretty racist...
What you talking 'bout Willis?
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We are maybe getting into semantics here but there sure seem to be fair few who chose not to go "pro".
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
I said semi-pro, not amateur. Semi-pro is more clearly defined in team sports where you get paid by someone else - and yes you make more than pros at the lower end, less of a gamble.
Granted, semi-pro is semantically vague in individual contests (but so are amateur and pro) but my point stands and I think you need to start thinking about pool as just another thing in the wider context. You can be wrapped up in it and see it as special - these two viewpoints are not mutually exclusive. You could even be an ambassador for it.
What? What you said makes zero sense.
I doubt he wants to meet Justin to play any pool. He probably has some secrets from Robin to share with Justin to help him pocket balls better.:thumbup:
The same formula? Then maybe you can tell me why the Super Aramith Pros won't hold a shine, while the Centennials don't lose theirs
1) Let me ask you this, after installing Simonis cloth on 1,000s of bar tables i know as a matter of fact that the coin income jumped 10-15% higher....why do you think that happened?....because the tables became harder.....or easier to play on?
2) Never in all my years of working on pool tables has there been as much complaining about the level of pool tables as what has taken place after the introduction of worsted woolen cloths....why is that?
Have you ever seen a worsted woolen cloth grain track balls? Because it's like you're reading off a sales pitch sheet. I don't dislike the worsted woolen cloths, but they have brought about changes in playing pool that i don't really care for such as making less skilled players better at the game because the speed of the cloth has helped their lack of stroke, its helped with their break shots because of lack of skill breaking the balls. It'smade it harder to run a ball down the nose of the cushions because not letting the cloth form a little ditch along the cushions to help track the balls along the nose of the cushions and replaced that shot with dirt build up that actually prevents that shot from being able to be used the dirtier the cloth gets. The extended wear of the cloth and the expense of using it has also allowed the bar and room owners to delay the changing of the cloth forcing players to play on cloth that should have been replaced a long time ago. Here in Spokane the only room owner here hasn't replaced the Simonis on his 9fts in 3 years, but does on his bar tables at the begining of each league season.
The same formula? Then maybe you can tell me why the Super Aramith Pros won't hold a shine, while the Centennials don't lose theirs
Prior to selling them, I had no problem keeping my SAPros shined. Just took some Aramith ball polisher and a few minutes every few months.
Any other questions, you'd be better off taking it up with Saluc.
I would put on the list any rule or equipment change done for rotation games to make the game more "fair" or "take luck out of the game". All that does is take away some excitement from the game. If you want to take luck out of the game play 14.1, or decide on your own rules while gambling. Doing it at the pro level was a mistake.
The sole purpose of changing all the rules of the game are designed to keep the amateurs interested in playing with the Pro's point being, a single race to 21 with a 3 hour time limit for a pool tournament with winner breaks, 10 game lead is a early win by knockout, would eliminate every amateur player from even thinking about paying an entery fee to play, leaving only the Pro's to compete.
Did we ever get the answers why the OP's original items are hurting the game? I know we got a few of the answers. I did trade the Aramith Pro balls for Cyclops. I did feel the grittyness of the Arimith balls and finally found out that is the finish gradually wearing off. Glen also showed me what the Arimith ball cleaner was doing to the cloth so I quit using that. I've learned a lot.
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