One Pocket Ghost
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I wrote/posted this on onepocket.org 4-5 years ago....most of you weren't on here back then and never saw/read it.....Matt's recent thread/question about why you do you love One Pocket made me remember it, and since it's related, I thought I'd post it up again....here it is >>>
" Here's what I've always thought is an interesting, never mentioned aspect of One Pocket playing mentality, that for me is a huge part of it's appeal in being the best and most interesting pool game, ( and I think this is probably also the case for most one pocket players )....and this 'One Pocket-pool-players-personality-trait' that I describe, is the opposite of a 9 ball players mindset....
In 9 ball, you never, ever, have any choice in which ball you shoot at - the lowest number ball that's on the table is what you HAVE to shoot at - you don't get any choice in the matter - for me, for that reason, 9 ball has always been way too dictated, restrictive, repetitive and thus, boring....it's the same-old, same-old, rack after rack.....I think of 9 ball as the pool game equivalent of working on the production line in a factory, or being a filing clerk, or at best, an accountant....
Whereas One Pocket appeals to the pool player-personality types who are intelligent free thinkers, who are adventurous, who are strategic thinkers, and who like to think for themselves and don't like being told what to do......One Pocket's work world equivalent might be, among other things, to be an artist, a scientist, an NFL offensive coordinator, a musician, or a world explorer......And when you play the ABSOLUTE BEST pool game in the universe >>> ONE POCKET <<< , you get to do whatever you want...rack your brain, use your imagination, shoot at any ball that you want, kick a ball 3 rails, carom two balls cross-corner, create a masterpiece, run out, or don't even hit a rail and scratch if you want to! - and in so doing all of this, One Pocket players are exercising that good old...*AMERICAN FREEDOM OF CHOICE*.
And so in closing, I guess we could say here on onepocket.org, that since there's so little freedom of choice in 9 ball....9 ball is, THE COMMUNIST POOL GAME !......
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- Ghost <<<----------- Hopes there's no insulted 9ball players lurking around here.....
" Here's what I've always thought is an interesting, never mentioned aspect of One Pocket playing mentality, that for me is a huge part of it's appeal in being the best and most interesting pool game, ( and I think this is probably also the case for most one pocket players )....and this 'One Pocket-pool-players-personality-trait' that I describe, is the opposite of a 9 ball players mindset....
In 9 ball, you never, ever, have any choice in which ball you shoot at - the lowest number ball that's on the table is what you HAVE to shoot at - you don't get any choice in the matter - for me, for that reason, 9 ball has always been way too dictated, restrictive, repetitive and thus, boring....it's the same-old, same-old, rack after rack.....I think of 9 ball as the pool game equivalent of working on the production line in a factory, or being a filing clerk, or at best, an accountant....
Whereas One Pocket appeals to the pool player-personality types who are intelligent free thinkers, who are adventurous, who are strategic thinkers, and who like to think for themselves and don't like being told what to do......One Pocket's work world equivalent might be, among other things, to be an artist, a scientist, an NFL offensive coordinator, a musician, or a world explorer......And when you play the ABSOLUTE BEST pool game in the universe >>> ONE POCKET <<< , you get to do whatever you want...rack your brain, use your imagination, shoot at any ball that you want, kick a ball 3 rails, carom two balls cross-corner, create a masterpiece, run out, or don't even hit a rail and scratch if you want to! - and in so doing all of this, One Pocket players are exercising that good old...*AMERICAN FREEDOM OF CHOICE*.
And so in closing, I guess we could say here on onepocket.org, that since there's so little freedom of choice in 9 ball....9 ball is, THE COMMUNIST POOL GAME !......
.....- Ghost <<<----------- Hopes there's no insulted 9ball players lurking around here.....
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