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

 

[Kane One]

Lost today in the 10-ball match 9-5. I played like shit to be honest.

/thread =P

Snooker players are on another galaxy when it comes to kick shots.

 

[LORDE]

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.

Funny you say that... they just dropped me back to a 5 lol

We play again tues night... we'll see if that helps any.

 

[LORDE]

Sandbaggers suck

I've played them & I KNOW they're bagging it.

Once or twice I even said something. Not to instigate or anything & I wasn't an A-hole about it. Just kinda in passing.

It's really sad.

I doin't give 2 shits about Vegas. I've been... it sucked. Too many hookers & too much smoke lol

I just wanna play & have fun, meet people & get folks' best games.

IMO If you're bagging so you can go to vegas, I'll buy you one of the MANY cheap ass tickets there

 

[TheWrongWay]

Funny you say that... they just dropped me back to a 5 lol

We play again tues night... we'll see if that helps any.

That seems like great news. It's not ideal when a thing you love also becomes a source of mild turmoil

 

[Captain Monglobster]

Im not a hardcore player but used to love to go to Steinway Billiards. Sucks that it shut down.

 

[Takeahnase]

We had a table growing up but I don’t play anymore. They closed this pool hall I used to go to after college where bottles were a dollar and that was the last time I played. Place was kind of shady, the Asian owner would bounce out the back door every so often to the alley after some dudes walk in to conclude some kind of business arrangement. But a dollar for longnecks who am I to ask questions.

I don’t trust pool halls, especially ones in the back of barbershops.

 

[Harbour Dog]

Absolutely. Everyone who's even semi-serious plays defense & it wins games for sure. I struggle with when to play defense at times, always thinking "I can make this shot". Sure... maybe I can but it aint easy & IF I miss the game's probably over.

My captain says "I'll take ball in hand 8 or 9 times if I need to" but his ability to see & play those shots is amazing (He's a very good 7... close to a super 8 which they don't allow in league play because theyre too good lol)

I think learning how, when, and why to play safeties is potentially the biggest area of improvement in SL3s and 4s. If you can start viewing the game in terms of those risk/reward choices, it's nearly a full level of advancement all on its own imo.

I always try to explain exactly why I'm asking a player to play safe, but I can tell that most people who stick around 3-4 just aren't really that interested in playing that way. Which is fine, but it does create a bit of a hard cap to how high you can get. I've beat some much stronger players than myself just because I think the safety game at their level... and equal them in no other aspect of the game haha.

 

[Ben Grimm]

Sandbaggers suck

Nope, guys that can't have fun w/o alcohol and/or gambling being involved, suck.

 

[TheWrongWay]

Nope, guys that can't have fun w/o alcohol and/or gambling being involved, suck.

I don't drink or gamble. I'm not sure what your reference is toward. I still think people who lose intentionally to be pitted against weaker opponents suck.

 

[Ben Grimm]

I don't drink or gamble. I'm not sure what your reference is toward. I still think people who lose intentionally to be pitted against weaker opponents' suck.

If the weaker opponents are playing for $, they're not exactly geniuses and get what they deserve.

 

[Harbour Dog]

I don't drink or gamble. I'm not sure what your reference is toward. I still think people who lose intentionally to be pitted against weaker opponents suck.

Or add extra innings, or not record safeties, or whatever else they can do to keep them and their teammates' ratings down. They're parasitic.