NH Steve
Administrator
It has been more than seven years since we first adopted our Official One Pocket rules. A lot has happened since then. Our rules have become pretty consistently the standard for many tournaments, leagues and head-to-head matches since we published them. I have also noticed the influence (plagiarism, lol?) of our rules in several other versions of more recently written rules.
I would like to take the time over the next weeks or months to review our rules completely, to make sure they serve the One Pocket community as best they possibly can. This review can include minor wording adjustments that add clarity, new items that we deem necessary and even the possibility of specific rule changes -- if we agree that changes would improve the game experience.
Our rules do not have to agree with the other written rules out there in every instance, but I do think we should look closely at the other "legitimate" rule versions to think about whether they have any good points in areas that they do not completely agree with our rules. The other rules versions that I am especially referring to would be the BCA rules, the Derby City Classic rules and the Cue Sports International rules. Please feel free to add another version for us to look at if you know of one (I mean another different version that gets significant successful use somewhere).
Here are some useful links:
Our Official Rules: http://www.onepocket.org/one_pocket_pool_rules.htm
BCA General Rules: http://home.bca-pool.com/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=54
The BCA does not seem to include their One Pocket rules on their official site any more, but I found a pdf here which looks right: http://www.stuorg.iastate.edu/billiards/Docs/BCAOnePocketRules.pdf
Cue Sports International: http://www.playbca.com/portals/0/rules/1Pocket.pdf
Derby City: http://www.dcctickets.com/OnePocket/tabid/71/Default.aspx
I would like to take the time over the next weeks or months to review our rules completely, to make sure they serve the One Pocket community as best they possibly can. This review can include minor wording adjustments that add clarity, new items that we deem necessary and even the possibility of specific rule changes -- if we agree that changes would improve the game experience.
Our rules do not have to agree with the other written rules out there in every instance, but I do think we should look closely at the other "legitimate" rule versions to think about whether they have any good points in areas that they do not completely agree with our rules. The other rules versions that I am especially referring to would be the BCA rules, the Derby City Classic rules and the Cue Sports International rules. Please feel free to add another version for us to look at if you know of one (I mean another different version that gets significant successful use somewhere).
Here are some useful links:
Our Official Rules: http://www.onepocket.org/one_pocket_pool_rules.htm
BCA General Rules: http://home.bca-pool.com/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=54
The BCA does not seem to include their One Pocket rules on their official site any more, but I found a pdf here which looks right: http://www.stuorg.iastate.edu/billiards/Docs/BCAOnePocketRules.pdf
Cue Sports International: http://www.playbca.com/portals/0/rules/1Pocket.pdf
Derby City: http://www.dcctickets.com/OnePocket/tabid/71/Default.aspx