beatle said:
too each his own. i am a cold blooded hustler at times but i feel it is my job to always have a stellar rep. my opponent knows he can go to the can and come back and he gets the right count.
if i scratch i put one up with out anyone saying a word. i expect the same from my opponent. if he plays the other way i watch him like a hawk.
if it is okay to not call one on yourself then it follows that every time you scratch that may not be clear you should quickly shoot again so you miss the penalty. is that okay as well.
in a tournament i feel it is entirely different as there are srict rules and sportsmanship isnt involved. as long as you do not violate the rules its fair game.
I played Bugs a lot off times . We never did anything against each other. We never checket the rack. We never would sleeop balls , And we never called a foull on each other.
I paly the same way. I played John And I went too the bath room I told him he could shoot. I no who I was playing. And I dont win by taking shots or makeing false clams.
But just because I dont do anything that does not mean that someone who is. That didnt breack no rules. And the player slepte it. I still make the correct choice.
And if a player sleeps his responsability. Its that persons faulte. Its not the players responsability toogive himself up. And help the other player.
Just like if a person cant win and looses a lot off money. its nobodys faulte but the person who lost the money. If he wats too be a fool or a sucker.
Then so be it. If he wants too give his money away. He is the person doing it. He made the choice too play. We have too be responsable for our mistakes.
We are not responsable forother peoples mistakes. We are responsable for our mistakes. And in life some mistakes we make we get away with .
And we call it luck. We cannont be held accountable for what another person is suposse too do.
Just like if I throw a winning ticket away and i thought it lost. Nobody id responsable but me.
And have have done that more then once. It happines in the casinos and race books. And even droping money out off our pocket.
If I drop 1 hundred dollaer bill. And someone picks it up. They didnt do anything wrong. I made the mistake. And if I get lucky enough too get it back.
I give them 10 or 20 dollars But if they would have keepte it. They didnt do
anything dishonest. Im the fool for droping it.
Or if I play pool and my opponent foules and I dont see it. Its all on me. Integraty has nothing too do with my stupitity.
If someone goes too the bath room and tells me too shoot and I Foul. Then Its my responsability and other players too.
Too make the right call. Because you are bonding a agreemont with trust.
And thatsa different sercomestance. And when a player tells mre too shoot I never shoot tell he gets back.
Because I dont want no dought on weather my shot was legele or not. Because a sweather mite tell him that I cheated him while he was in the bath room and I shot and even moved a ball with my hand.
I dont want no dought in the players mind that I am playing. And I will never shoot tell he comes back. And thats how I feel. And thats doing the wright thing taken all the dought out what happened.