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[Matlock]

Just out of curiousity:

Who plays pool?
How often do you play?
Do you own your own cue?

<- shitty webcam of my own cue

 

[Triumph]

At least once a week, and no I don't own my own cue. Drunks shouldn't have nice things, that's something I firmly believe.

 

[J2 Cool]

I played today! I don't play often though, first time in so long but it was fun so I might go again.

 

[tenchir]

I played pool with my friends about once a month. Got a pool table in my garage so we often play for a long times.

.......I suck at the game though.

 

[demon]

I'm alright at pool, except for breaking......for some reason I suck so much at breaking, it's embarrassing. Whenever I play I always let the other person break or if I'm alone I wait till no one's looking. :lol It's like I either don't use enough power, or I use too much and can't control it and sometimes even nearly miss the fucking cue ball. Fuck that shit's embarrassing....

 

[Matlock]

I remember one girl jumped it perfectly onto the top of the rack, didn't move any of the balls. :lol

 

[Socreges]

Got a table in the garage.

Play at least once a week.

Would rock all of you consistently.

Can talk big since he'll never have to walk it.

 

[iceDragon7]

Pool is great, I've played since I was little. If those damn old jews would let me play on there pool table without complaining that I was too young and will scratch the table, then maybe I would be pro by now.
My friends and I play pool once a week if we can. If not that then Bowling...I need get my own cue stick. The only thing I suck at in pool is chalking the stick, I don't have the right movement in my wrist to chalk it.

 

[sefskillz]

I grew up in a bar so I played pool quite a bit while growing up. I haven't kept up my playing habits the last few years though, my skills have fallen off quite a bit.

 

[Mr Gump]

I have a table in the garage, and have friends over to play all the time.




















Oh yeah, i fucking rock.

 

[psycho_snake]

Those who dont play pool should be shot. iu have a pool table so i get to play whenever I want but I sometimes go out and play pool with my friends. I have my own pool que, but I got it with the table, so its a really shitty one.

 

[Poody]

i've been shooting pool 3 times a week for the past 3 years. I would say i'm pretty good.

 

[w0o]

I usually play pool (8Ball/9Ball) at least once a week, and have been doing so for almost 10 yrs now. I'm pretty good but not great if you take into account the number of hours I've spent playing the game over the years. I will definitely never tire of the feeling I get when I break & run the table. I can see myself still enjoying pool 50yrs from now.
I started playing snooker a couple years ago, and if I ever buy a house, a requirement will be it must be able to hold a full-size snooker table in the basement.

 

[B-B-Bomba!]

Yeaman, pool is a great game! Four cheap but serviceable pool tables is a large part of the reason why my local pub is my local pub (it also has a fucking kickarse atmosphere and an appreciable 'honeys-only' policy on barmaids).

The thing I find with pool is that you get into a zone when you play, when your shots start to sink and you go on a roll, and walk calmly round the table from one shot to the next, not hesitating for a second, never in doubt over which shot to take, and the entire room becomes your stage for excellence.

Like most zones (heh) it's a difficult place to permanently inhabit. I find I can get excellent results by drinking Guinness, and occasionally nipping over the road for a spliff. These are the moments when I really, really feel the beat, as the beer and skunk elevate my senses and allow me to see the shapes on the table in astonishing ways, such that when I take my move it is a decision based on the position and spread of all the balls on the table, and it becomes clear that there is usually only one shot that will bring advantage my way.

However the use of artificial stimulants was ever a poor replacement for skill or dedication, and I usually fall out of the zone this way as quickly as I fell into it Winners don't use drugs ...

 

[B-B-Bomba!]

:lol I split my smiley ...

Edit: Uh, on the display I have at work, that is ... uh ...

 

[AlphaSnake]

Yep. I play a little too much, honestly; I love it, though. My favorite part is breaking, I have a really, really, reaallly hard break; it's something I worked on for a while at my brother's house.

 

[Jason]

Pretty much spent my last 2 years at university playing at the local pool hall. Paper due in a few hours? Let's go play some pool. Study for exams? Screw it, pool time.

I have a pool table at home thanks to my sister. She wanted to go to one university but my parents wanted her to go to another one (York vs. UofT). The only way my sister was going to the one my parents wanted was to get a pool table. Needless to say, free pool rocks. :lol

 

[FortNinety]

Pool is awesome if everyone is at the exact same level of suckiness.

 

[Deleted member 1235]

I play pool whenever I get exactly the right amount of beer in me and there is a table nearby. to little beer and it's bad news. to much beer and I'm not really sure what happens after that.

I had my own cue for a while but half way to the kebab store this guy was all "Hey that's the property of the ball room" what a killjoy.

 

[tt_deeb]

I play at least a few times a week since I have a table in my house. I've become pretty good.

 

[Asbel]

Got into pool when I started college and played it practically every day. Even joined a dedicated pool hall (no booze, no smokes) and had a tourney there. Bought a nice Players (not the pub) brand stick and learned how to fix the tip of the cue.

Well, the place closed down and bar tables just aren't nearly as well kept. I still love playing but it's usually cutthroat with my friends these days.