the thing about pool players they were kinda different than other people.
Some of them didnt fit in anywhere else. We had our crew and nothing to do, of a night , friday at the pub where I lived on the dockside I would play with friends. My best friend was a player and he carried me around with him to pool comps for something to do. He could win. I played in lots and won some. I liked the individual challenge of it. Not dependent on any corporate directive. Just do your thing and its all up to you. Theres no teamwork and no one to blame and if you win, its your win.
Then she asked me to play in her pool team while hitting balls around. I was recognised as a good player by association. I mean that some of my friends were very capable on the green. And I was judged as their friend and must have talent too or something for them to be with me. They were my kinda people.
I liked the people who played competitively as teams. Memorable drinking sessions afterwards. Playing with a team in a league was interesting cause it meant I had to practise and it meant I was somebody if I won. Then I met all the players who play pool on another level. The purists in the pool hall just doing their thing without any competition motivation.
Then getting rewards. Cash, beer, tshirts. That was pretty good.
Its a pure form of hunting. I'll go with the hunting instinct.
I was going to say that I was hanging out with a black guy who would get me stoned to shoot pool with him. Then when we go to the white bars for him to win, I was his minder. But thats fiction.
I think I wanted to be good at something. And here was my chance.
Some of them didnt fit in anywhere else. We had our crew and nothing to do, of a night , friday at the pub where I lived on the dockside I would play with friends. My best friend was a player and he carried me around with him to pool comps for something to do. He could win. I played in lots and won some. I liked the individual challenge of it. Not dependent on any corporate directive. Just do your thing and its all up to you. Theres no teamwork and no one to blame and if you win, its your win.
Then she asked me to play in her pool team while hitting balls around. I was recognised as a good player by association. I mean that some of my friends were very capable on the green. And I was judged as their friend and must have talent too or something for them to be with me. They were my kinda people.
I liked the people who played competitively as teams. Memorable drinking sessions afterwards. Playing with a team in a league was interesting cause it meant I had to practise and it meant I was somebody if I won. Then I met all the players who play pool on another level. The purists in the pool hall just doing their thing without any competition motivation.
Then getting rewards. Cash, beer, tshirts. That was pretty good.
Its a pure form of hunting. I'll go with the hunting instinct.
I was going to say that I was hanging out with a black guy who would get me stoned to shoot pool with him. Then when we go to the white bars for him to win, I was his minder. But thats fiction.
I think I wanted to be good at something. And here was my chance.
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