What's your pet peeve?
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slow play, upside down chalk, and getting home from a fast food joint and finding out they left something out of my order. I mean really, how hard is it to get a damn order right in a drive through? Apparently its amazingly hard because it happens to me all of the time and I call and cuss them out every time.
Upside down chalk is definitely my first pet peeve, like Jay stated. My second biggetst pet peeve is people that constantly woof and woof and woof and then their last sentence is "....all I need is.....". IF you're gonna woof, be prepared to play even. JMO.
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Southpaw
Tapping The Head Ball
People who think its necessary to tap the head ball while it's in the rack, supposedly to make the rack tight. About all that I can tell this tapping does, is put a big ass dent on the footspot.
LEARN HOW TO RACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
People who think its necessary to tap the head ball while it's in the rack, supposedly to make the rack tight. About all that I can tell this tapping does, is put a big ass dent on the footspot.
LEARN HOW TO RACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1. As a cuemaker, I hate it when I am just banging balls with my friends and someone figures out who I am and then wants to play/show off.
2. Bangers that shoot an impossible 4 rail shot and them look upset when they miss.
3. People that walk around with their cues assembled and sticking out of their cases. If you spend that kind of money of your cue, take it apart and protect it!
4. People that type numbered lists.
2. Bangers that shoot an impossible 4 rail shot and them look upset when they miss.
3. People that walk around with their cues assembled and sticking out of their cases. If you spend that kind of money of your cue, take it apart and protect it!
4. People that type numbered lists.
bangers
Warning, LOL, I can't help it, I'm about to vent
NO offense intended, but this is a manifestation of my own frustrations.
You don't go to a restaurant and order lemonade and then complain that it tastes bitter.
You wanna play a game like nine ball then this is a natural by-product Lucky rolls, ridiculous safeties, even more ridiculous escapes from good safeties. World class breaks with poop kicks that scratch your cue ball, or lock up your shot. A game quick and dirty with a ton of uncertainty.
God, I hate that game.
If you played him straight pool or one pocket and if you were a better player, that entire scenario would not have been an issue. Learn the game well enough to hit him with a "fifty" and he can stick his lucky roll you know where.
Nine ball IMO has reduced the beauty and potential of the wonderful game of pocket billiards and this is just one example.
Its like the folks who can't play any position end up going bowling, it seems the folks who don't want to devote the effort to the wondrous depth of the infinite game of straight pool end up playing 9 ball.
If you like it, then you like it, but you can't fault a bee for having a stinger. It is what it is. In my opinion, an empty, redundant, boring game.
Sorry, there, whew I vented ha.... I'm better. Hey what the hell, I'm old and I'm watching every damned value I grew up with decay away, why not carry it over to a great past time like pool.
A few more generations and no one will even understand real pool. That's my pet peeve.
Warning, LOL, I can't help it, I'm about to vent
NO offense intended, but this is a manifestation of my own frustrations.
You don't go to a restaurant and order lemonade and then complain that it tastes bitter.
You wanna play a game like nine ball then this is a natural by-product Lucky rolls, ridiculous safeties, even more ridiculous escapes from good safeties. World class breaks with poop kicks that scratch your cue ball, or lock up your shot. A game quick and dirty with a ton of uncertainty.
God, I hate that game.
If you played him straight pool or one pocket and if you were a better player, that entire scenario would not have been an issue. Learn the game well enough to hit him with a "fifty" and he can stick his lucky roll you know where.
Nine ball IMO has reduced the beauty and potential of the wonderful game of pocket billiards and this is just one example.
Its like the folks who can't play any position end up going bowling, it seems the folks who don't want to devote the effort to the wondrous depth of the infinite game of straight pool end up playing 9 ball.
If you like it, then you like it, but you can't fault a bee for having a stinger. It is what it is. In my opinion, an empty, redundant, boring game.
Sorry, there, whew I vented ha.... I'm better. Hey what the hell, I'm old and I'm watching every damned value I grew up with decay away, why not carry it over to a great past time like pool.
A few more generations and no one will even understand real pool. That's my pet peeve.
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Why?
People play 9 ball because it is the fastest game to make money at, and therefore a hustler's game, because that is what they want, fast and easy money.
Ever watch beginner's shoot Pool on a big table, they take an hour to play 1 game of 8 ball. It's like the Dentist telling you your root canal will last 3 hours.
Most places in the Midwest do not have big tables or only have 1 big table.
Most have only oversized 7 footers, so 14.1 or 1 Pocket is out, at least aty the action places.
Most league players may not expand their games past 8 or 9 ball, but REAL
Pool players do because they know they have to to make money.
People play 9 ball because it is the fastest game to make money at, and therefore a hustler's game, because that is what they want, fast and easy money.
Ever watch beginner's shoot Pool on a big table, they take an hour to play 1 game of 8 ball. It's like the Dentist telling you your root canal will last 3 hours.
Most places in the Midwest do not have big tables or only have 1 big table.
Most have only oversized 7 footers, so 14.1 or 1 Pocket is out, at least aty the action places.
Most league players may not expand their games past 8 or 9 ball, but REAL
Pool players do because they know they have to to make money.
Stones said:
No, I just wouldn't play with you.
corvette1340 said:
I always open that bag and take a look at everything, while I'm parked at the window. About half the time it's right.
People who HAVE to stand in the spot where the cueball has to be shot after they miss their shot.
Bangers. (Hence, I stopped playing 9-ball with my friends who play casually and stick to games where shots are called)
People who always stand in line of sight when told to move from where I have to stand to shoot the cueball.
Know-it-alls.
People who don't know the difference between a personal two-piece and a house cue and just grab any cue to play. (Just place your hand on my cue and you'll receive major dental work free of charge)
Bangers. (Hence, I stopped playing 9-ball with my friends who play casually and stick to games where shots are called)
People who always stand in line of sight when told to move from where I have to stand to shoot the cueball.
Know-it-alls.
People who don't know the difference between a personal two-piece and a house cue and just grab any cue to play. (Just place your hand on my cue and you'll receive major dental work free of charge)
gpeezy
for sale!
Playing Slow
I can't stand to be in a ring game with someone who plays slow. A fellow here locally that isn't a bad player but doesn't gamble much was playing in a ring game with us. He would have a rountine out and pace around the table as if he was in the finals of the Tournament of Champions. Everyone that has played a ring game knows that its tough to get in stroke. I was playing bad enough on a tight, junkie actually, and he's getin down, gettin back up, gettin down, ect. That drives me nuts. Every one is out from there SHOOT THE DAMN BALL,lol.
I can't stand to be in a ring game with someone who plays slow. A fellow here locally that isn't a bad player but doesn't gamble much was playing in a ring game with us. He would have a rountine out and pace around the table as if he was in the finals of the Tournament of Champions. Everyone that has played a ring game knows that its tough to get in stroke. I was playing bad enough on a tight, junkie actually, and he's getin down, gettin back up, gettin down, ect. That drives me nuts. Every one is out from there SHOOT THE DAMN BALL,lol.
Upside down chalk is probably the worst for me, but a close second is when you are ready to pull the trigger, an unexperienced waitress interrupts you to ask if you want a drink, or worse yet, squeezes past you becuase there is little space to pass, when all she would have to do is wait until you take your shot. Most act like they are in a hurry, but you normally have to walk to the bar to get a drink because the waitresses are occupied elsewhere and don't wait on you properly.
1. First and foremost, chalk face down on table. Pisses me off to no end.
2. People that shoot a shot and then look at you and ask if it was a foul knowing darn well it was a foul.
3. People that stand in front of the pocket I am shooting at.(Usually done by people that don't know any better.)
Just tip of the iceburg but these are the worst
Preston
2. People that shoot a shot and then look at you and ask if it was a foul knowing darn well it was a foul.
3. People that stand in front of the pocket I am shooting at.(Usually done by people that don't know any better.)
Just tip of the iceburg but these are the worst
Preston
gotta get you in the pit with Old Joe
It would have been fun to watch you and Old Joe play. I have said it before but Old Joe took an eternity to walk around the table, you could go get a beer and come back while he was bending over to shoot and every shot was hit so softly that an object ball would never have rolled another half turn if it didn't fall. I would have guessed his age as in his late seventies or eighties, perhaps even older. The bad thing is that he was capable of running out on you and the chinese water torture couldn't match watching one of his runouts for long drawn out suffering. If he had a long run to make and an open table you could slip out and check on the action up the road and be back before he shot the money ball!
He whupped on me for about our first half-dozen meetings when I was a youngster and then I finally figured out to sit down, kick back, and be a spectator until he either ran out or missed. Learning to shift gears has made me many a dollar over the years and I owe that to Old Joe. That was over a generation ago but somehow I wouldn't be surprised if I bumped into Joe again, still shooting pool. He seemed like he planned to go on forever.
My only real peeve is not playing to the level I expect to. Minor annoyances are loud people, loud music especially loud bad music, and cigarette smoke. Low ceilings and heavy smoke are my number one reason for dodging a place.
Hu
Johnnyt said:
It would have been fun to watch you and Old Joe play. I have said it before but Old Joe took an eternity to walk around the table, you could go get a beer and come back while he was bending over to shoot and every shot was hit so softly that an object ball would never have rolled another half turn if it didn't fall. I would have guessed his age as in his late seventies or eighties, perhaps even older. The bad thing is that he was capable of running out on you and the chinese water torture couldn't match watching one of his runouts for long drawn out suffering. If he had a long run to make and an open table you could slip out and check on the action up the road and be back before he shot the money ball!
He whupped on me for about our first half-dozen meetings when I was a youngster and then I finally figured out to sit down, kick back, and be a spectator until he either ran out or missed. Learning to shift gears has made me many a dollar over the years and I owe that to Old Joe. That was over a generation ago but somehow I wouldn't be surprised if I bumped into Joe again, still shooting pool. He seemed like he planned to go on forever.
My only real peeve is not playing to the level I expect to. Minor annoyances are loud people, loud music especially loud bad music, and cigarette smoke. Low ceilings and heavy smoke are my number one reason for dodging a place.
Hu
Slow People
Slow people piss me off, either the ones I am playing, or the ones on the table next to me that always seem to be adjusting or looking or even doing the 10,000 strokes. Nothing takes me out of a rythm more than having to wait between every other shot.
Slow people piss me off, either the ones I am playing, or the ones on the table next to me that always seem to be adjusting or looking or even doing the 10,000 strokes. Nothing takes me out of a rythm more than having to wait between every other shot.
Slow play....I don't mind someone being deliberate, but there is a distinct difference between that and taking 3 minutes inbetween each shot....IMHO, it's unacceptable.....
People chalking over the table....yeah, that's just what the table needs, more chalk, or even better yet, a chunk of chalk in the field of play.....people, chalk your cue over the carpet, respect the table...
Oh, and ditto on the fast food comments
Edit....OH, and people who keep calling people "monkies", I just don't get it???
People chalking over the table....yeah, that's just what the table needs, more chalk, or even better yet, a chunk of chalk in the field of play.....people, chalk your cue over the carpet, respect the table...
Oh, and ditto on the fast food comments
Edit....OH, and people who keep calling people "monkies", I just don't get it???
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Oddball said:
I've had a bad experience with guys who stand in your line of sight. I was playing some one-pocket against this guy who thoroughly shouldn't have been beating me. He's the kind of guy who banks at anything he has an angle on, even if it's downtable, on top of the fact that he can't bank well, and always gets lucky with the leaves.
Anyway, he leaves me a long straight-in shot. At the business end of the table, there's a door leading to the back, which he opens and stands right in the doorway, which just so happens to be right in the way of my shot. I asked him to move, and he has the balls to say "Dude, we're in a pool hall. I can stand here."
I don't play him anymore. He can keep his money if I can keep my sanity.