OT: Pool/Billiards

[noncents]

it was Rempe

with the Little Table

in the Billiard Room

 

[PANARIN BREAD FAN]

warning to apa players here:

there may come a time when you play a player who is ranked as a 4 is really a 6 or a 7. is 7 still considered being the highest? and you will not be able to detect it either. may successful apa teams that make it to vegas playoffs have players like these to play the role of a 3 or 4.

regarding defense-start getting used to it. the people who take this game seriously do not care if you hate defense or not. they could have ball in hand and still play a safe where the cue ball is locked right next to another ball, which forces you to kick at an object ball using 3 rails. and the better the player you face the more nastier the safes will be.

 

[TheWrongWay]

I'd love that.

I was made a 6 (in APA the highest is a 7 in league but I'm not that good honestly) Since I've been a 6 I get destroyed by 7s all the time & even good 5s. It's a weird handicap system.

I mean I'm decent & I practice fairly regularly but don't have a table at home or anything.

I kinda feel like I've plateaued because I don't play with MUCH better players, & I'd love to.

I guess like any sport (or game if you want), the better you get the more nuanced it becomes & the harder it gets to just reach the next level.

I'm pretty down on my game lately because I just lose... a lot & let my team down.

But I still play whenever I can no matter how bad the table might be.

Shit, my wife & I had our honeymoon in Jamaica... over the water bungalow, butler... the whole deal.

We ended up playing pool at times on their AWFUL table... outside, it was literally falling apart actually.

That's how much we enjoy it lol

The two highlighted sentences can be a huge challenge. It's why I stopped playing organized chess when I reached Expert level. It felt like the parts I loved - the organic play, creativity, and artistry - were being replaced by insane amounts of rote memorization and started demanding far more practice and study hours than I wanted to commit to.

I hope you can always maintain that fun and joy that you mentioned at the end.

On your comment "I just lose... a lot & let my team down," that sucks. If losing continues in that manner, is it possible at some point that you get moved back to a 5? Or do you feel it makes more sense losing at 6 until you hopefully eventually acclimate to it?

I always find that difficult terrain, because those plateaus do come where it can feel not practical or possible to play and/or practice enough.

 

[tlk]

/thread =P

 

[TheWrongWay]

warning to apa players here:

there may come a time when you play a player who is ranked as a 4 is really a 6 or a 7. is 7 still considered being the highest? and you will not be able to detect it either. may successful apa teams that make it to vegas playoffs have players like these to play the role of a 3 or 4.

regarding defense-start getting used to it. the people who take this game seriously do not care if you hate defense or not. they could have ball in hand and still play a safe where the cue ball is locked right next to another ball, which forces you to kick at an object ball using 3 rails. and the better the player you face the more nastier the safes will be.

Sandbaggers suck