Who hates slow players?
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I have a special hatred for slow players. I'm not talking about methodical players who spend around 30 seconds between shots, but those who take much longer than that on all shots.
I actually quit masters because of a team who did that. Any time we played them we didn't leave till 8pm at the earliest (started at noon). Keep in mind we had to play other teams that played them. Basically every month of masters I was there for 8-9.5 hours because of that team.
One month we finished our second of three sets before 2pm. I thought that was awesome and we should be out of here before 6pm. We finished at 930pm because we were waiting on that team. After that session I quit and it was because of them. One person on there team is a retiree. I obviously gave him a pass because he is in his 70s. He is the fastest player on the team. The rest of the team is younger than me and I am 40.
I actually quit masters because of a team who did that. Any time we played them we didn't leave till 8pm at the earliest (started at noon). Keep in mind we had to play other teams that played them. Basically every month of masters I was there for 8-9.5 hours because of that team.
One month we finished our second of three sets before 2pm. I thought that was awesome and we should be out of here before 6pm. We finished at 930pm because we were waiting on that team. After that session I quit and it was because of them. One person on there team is a retiree. I obviously gave him a pass because he is in his 70s. He is the fastest player on the team. The rest of the team is younger than me and I am 40.
I hate sniveling cry-babies that can't make a ball unless they're in their "rhythm".
When I play someone that wants me to hurry-up, I slow down.
When I play someone that wants me to hurry-up, I slow down.
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I also hate slow players, not methodical players. They should see their doctors, old school, to get something to speed up their cognitive ability and understand what they're looking at in a timely manner. LOL.
All tournaments that I know of give a player the opportunity to be put on a shot clock if the tournament director deems it necessary.
This is how I keep my rhythm. I sit down and rest my cue. Not holding it. When my opponent misses I don't get up until he sits down. I then get up, grab my cue, go to the piece of chalk furthest away from me, then survey the table. Works for me. The biggest problem rhythm players have with slow players is they rush to the table. This procedure slows YOU down and keeps you from rushing.
Lack of common sense."Common sense is the ability to make the right decision,QUICKLY" !!!
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If it's a gambling situation, don't play the player. You can't do anything about it.
If it's a tournament situation, that person is stealing time from his opponent and the entire tournament. Matches will be delayed because of this player. Play needs to move along at a reasonable pace. If the TD refuses to do something about it, you've got a bad TD on your hands. Either he does something about it, or you can wait until the tournament eventually dies out due to disgusted players, and start over with a new TD.
I heard a guy who plays faster than you say that he hates your slow play.
We have one slow player in town. I nicknamed him Cobweb 30 years ago and it stuck. He still plays very slow and that's why most people refuse to play any game with him. He's a nice fellow too and well liked. We've all seen this guy take over a minute on a hanging 9 ball while he chalks with two pieces of chalk and walks all around the table.
I can see a player being cautious in One Pocket and it may cause them to take their time, but it's a game where one poor choice at shots can cost you, so I grant extra patience with every player in that game.
A slow 9 ball player, I'll have him kicking most of the time when he comes to the table and chances are I'll refuse to play him in the future.
Nothing's worse than feeling you're trapped in a time warp in the Twilight Zone.
I can see a player being cautious in One Pocket and it may cause them to take their time, but it's a game where one poor choice at shots can cost you, so I grant extra patience with every player in that game.
A slow 9 ball player, I'll have him kicking most of the time when he comes to the table and chances are I'll refuse to play him in the future.
Nothing's worse than feeling you're trapped in a time warp in the Twilight Zone.
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Agreed Buckzapper. I play a guy from time to time that is very slow but on top of it he gives you a play by play on every shot and shape. I call him Vin Sculley.
There's a fine line between a genuinely slow player and a methodical player.
Slow players I don't like, methodical players I actually like watching.
After all I love this game and don't care who it is, if they're good I enjoy watching them go to work.
But the slow players can be annoying.
However you can NEVER let it get to you because the game is so psychological that if you do your game goes down.
Try to just 'enjoy' those as well.
Oh it's usually the loser of the match who will be the one complaining of "slow play". Also it's highly doubtful that anyone takes a full 4 minutes between every single shot. 4 minutes is a pretty long time.
I don't like them either
It used to bother me so much that it affected my own play; I would sometimes start to shoot faster than normal just to show the slow player that you don't need all that time to shoot; all that did was mess up my own game, though, and it didn't speed him up any at all....
As others have said, if he knows the slow playing is affecting you, he may use it to his own advantage anyway...
I really like the idea of using a time clock; that seems to me to be a good solution.
It used to bother me so much that it affected my own play; I would sometimes start to shoot faster than normal just to show the slow player that you don't need all that time to shoot; all that did was mess up my own game, though, and it didn't speed him up any at all....
As others have said, if he knows the slow playing is affecting you, he may use it to his own advantage anyway...
I really like the idea of using a time clock; that seems to me to be a good solution.
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The only thing that bothers me is someone that plays like Charlie Williams...
Spend 2 minutes deciding what to do while chalking your cue 16 times while thinking..Then getting down on shot ready to shot but suddenly get up and start the same routine over again...And do that 4 or 5 times before actually shooting..Thats annoying.
Spend 2 minutes deciding what to do while chalking your cue 16 times while thinking..Then getting down on shot ready to shot but suddenly get up and start the same routine over again...And do that 4 or 5 times before actually shooting..Thats annoying.
A Slow Player
What does a slow player think about as he/she stands beside the table, staring at the ball layout? Does their thought process undergo a gradual metamorphosis from total incomprehension to something resembling a plan?
Outwardly, they move slowly, as if mesmerized by the layout.
Sometimes, they pick out one ball and look at it from various angles, as if one perspective will provide a degree of clarity lacking in other viewpoints.
Often, they form the fingers of one hand into strange shapes and place that hand on top of the rail, flopping it from one side to the other, as if in so doing the basis of a brilliant thought will emerge from the depths of their consciousness.
Then, there are those that, after a minute of silent, unmoving contemplation, will take the chalk and purposely rub it against the tip of their instrument, place it against the rail, lean over and sight along a motionless cue stick then, stand up and again stare at the balls.
I want to know: Are they thinking of anything while they stand there like some apparition that could at any moment fade away from reality?
I'm grateful of the shot clock and praise the person who first implemented that idea as a solution to the seconds, minutes and more of time devoted to statue-like concentration.
Watching grass grow or paint dry or a pool player contemplating who knows what is a mystery to me.
Please, I beg of you: Enlighten me!
Shoot safe.
John
PS - Hey! You know who you are! Please share what's going on in your head during those moments of apparent catatonia. I'm begging! NO! I'm Pleading. Please!!!
What does a slow player think about as he/she stands beside the table, staring at the ball layout? Does their thought process undergo a gradual metamorphosis from total incomprehension to something resembling a plan?
Outwardly, they move slowly, as if mesmerized by the layout.
Sometimes, they pick out one ball and look at it from various angles, as if one perspective will provide a degree of clarity lacking in other viewpoints.
Often, they form the fingers of one hand into strange shapes and place that hand on top of the rail, flopping it from one side to the other, as if in so doing the basis of a brilliant thought will emerge from the depths of their consciousness.
Then, there are those that, after a minute of silent, unmoving contemplation, will take the chalk and purposely rub it against the tip of their instrument, place it against the rail, lean over and sight along a motionless cue stick then, stand up and again stare at the balls.
I want to know: Are they thinking of anything while they stand there like some apparition that could at any moment fade away from reality?
I'm grateful of the shot clock and praise the person who first implemented that idea as a solution to the seconds, minutes and more of time devoted to statue-like concentration.
Watching grass grow or paint dry or a pool player contemplating who knows what is a mystery to me.
Please, I beg of you: Enlighten me!
Shoot safe.
John
PS - Hey! You know who you are! Please share what's going on in your head during those moments of apparent catatonia. I'm begging! NO! I'm Pleading. Please!!!