And while I'm at it, you're also an idiot if you believe any of the following:

-That ring around the rosie is a song about the black death
-That coca cola artists popularized the modern image of santa clause
-That visine eye drops induce the runs

I'm think that the OP had his money taken from him by a redneck.
BCA rules are an equalizer and it's tougher to go from that to bar room rules than it is the other way around.

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Amavsfan not everyone plays BCA/APA. roll with the punches. besides, you missed a key difference in your original post.

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What if we were playing baseball, and I insisted that if you hit the ball less than 30 feet, you must hopscotch to first base rather than run? Would you do it anyway despite it being a totally made up rule?

you're kidding right?

Are you asking if I'm kidding?

Also, I embrace the genocide of spades players who think they can pass 1 card on a blind nil even if they aren't down 200 points. The correct way to play is either no pass (this is how real men play), or else 2 card pass, but only if you're down 200 points

Wow. I never knew there was a "THAT GUY" in pool. Now i do.

I bet he also calls and/or tires to pick up the 'charge' in pick-up basketball.

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Are you asking if I'm kidding?

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no you goober, the other goober

Nope, not kidding. I assume that most of you play the vast majority of games by the officially designated rules. Why is pool an exception?

(And as a sidenote, why is Monopoly an exception. No, you dont get money for landing on free parking)

i bet you're a blast at parties.

"NO YOU CAN'T BOUNCE THE BALL INTO THE CUP IN BEER PONG"

I hear ya Mavs fan. I hate it when someone tries to challenge me and my two friends to a game of 3 on 3 at the rec....

I HAVE to tell them "We can't play without 5 players on each team! It's in the Rules. And we need 3 refs as well, and there must be an official "jump ball", and a timekeeper, and I'm fairly certain these balls aren't regulation size and weight, and the NBA rules say you can't wear low-top sneakers...."

I can never understand why I always end up bloody and crying in the corner by myself. I'm just trying to play by the rules....

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Why is pool an exception?

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Because most people have NEVER even heard of the BCA. How are they supposed to follow rules they have never heard of. They are playing the way they grew up playing. Bar-rules are just different..period, end of story.

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actually you can, but your opponent can swat the ball away if you try and bounce. With that in mind, bouncing is only a viable strategy if you can distract your opponent (for instance, claiming that the chick he has a crush on is standing behind him topless)

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Wow...his boat is getting full of fish.

super, that's a really poor analogy. Bar rules are literally counter intuitive. Nobody should get rewarded for being a poon and scratching on purpose to set their opponent up for an impossible shot.

Perhaps a better analogy would be this. If I foul you in a game of basketball, you have to take a free throw from the OPPOSITE end of the court rather than from your own free throw line.

[This message has been edited by AggieMavsfan (edited 2/27/2008 11:43a).]

i bet you never play "bank to win" or "last pocket" either. you're probably a crappy pool player that just likes to complain.

"these aren't the rules"
"the table is uneven"
"this isn't my stick"
"i worked out today"
"you were talking during my shot."

*****

i'm done feeding the troll

I wish to god this had been a troll, but I'm fairly certain it's not.

mavsfan- have you ever had sex? I'm gonna guess no.

Rules are the foundation for the game. Without observance of them, you dont have a game at all.

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super, that's a really poor analogy. Bar rules are literally counter intuitive. Nobody should get rewarded for being a poon and scratching on purpose to set their opponent up for an impossible shot

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APA rules state that you continue shooting as long as you strike the cue ball first and pocket any other ball other than the cue. you're "getting rewarded for being a poon."

generally accepted "official rules" have some discrepancies, as well. if you think BCA is definitive, then you obviously don't play in halls much.

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and leave me with with the dilemma of either playing a game of middle school pool with him, or telling him to buzz off

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Pretty simple answer actually...just tell them to buzz off. If you think they are going to pose this sort of dilemma, then is it actually worth playing them?

oh and quit with the strawman arguments.

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What if we were playing baseball, and I insisted that if you hit the ball less than 30 feet, you must hopscotch to first base rather than run? Would you do it anyway despite it being a totally made up rule?

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Derek, are you illiterate by chance?

http://poolplayers.com/8-9-ball-Rules.pdf

THESE ARE THE ONLY FOULS RESULTING IN
BALL-IN-HAND:

b. Failure to hit your object ball first. (A player who is
shooting stripes must hit a striped ball first.)
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Reading is FUNdamental.

Do you even know what a strawman is?

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Derek, are you illiterate by chance?

http://poolplayers.com/8-9-ball-Rules.pdf

THESE ARE THE ONLY FOULS RESULTING IN
BALL-IN-HAND:

b. Failure to hit your object ball first. (A player who is
shooting stripes must hit a striped ball first.)

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i never disputed this.

you're erecting straw men with that statement.

we're not advocating playing by made-up rules. just other generally accepted rules sets.

I didn't say you were (hopscotch baseball that is), that's why I posed it as a hypothetical.

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This is actually entertaining. I want to say "Take it to the 'I'm a pool dork thread'", but it's funny, anticipating what coming up next.

just wondering...do you call '3-seconds' in a pick-up game? I think i know the answer.

then why are you calling me illiterate and citing a rule i never disputed?

http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=1099065&forum_id=12

I only have sex with women who have a deep rooted respect for the ergonomic purity of the different sexual positions. I prefer to maintain rigid penile integrity throughout the process.

[This message has been edited by AggieMavsfan (edited 2/27/2008 12:20p).]

if the rule you're referring to is what happens after someone aims at the wrong ballset, then your post doesn't make any sense. Hitting in the wrong ball helps your opponent, it doesn't hurt them.

read my post again, please.

please enlighten me as to what discrepancy you think exists.