Awwwww.... shucks
Awwwww.... shucks
thanks guys for all the very kind compliments. It means a lot to me, to know that people do appreciate and recognize the work that a person does. We have a lot of those people on this site, that offer their time and experience, to benefit us all. It's what makes this site so special.
It can sometimes be a confusing proposition, when your love for pool drives you to constantly want to contribute to the game and the fans of the game, you can slave over creating a 30 min video for 6 or 7 hours straight, upload it and create a thread about it, then only get 2 or 3 responses to it. You wonder to yourself, geez... did anyone even watch it? Your hits on your video might indicate that hundreds of people visited your video, but no one comments on it. So, you're left with kind of a empty feeling. You don't know if anyone really did watch it, or if they did, was it only for a minute.... or if they did watch it, did it suck for them? Was it really cool for them? You just never know, and sometimes you feel like it was all for nothing.
Then that one person will post just a little comment, something that hits the nerve in you, that lets you know that it meant a lot for them to be able to see your creation, and then it gives you some satisfaction and some anknowledgement that it was all worthwhile.
Your guys's comments did that for me on this project.
Thanks,
No, really, thanks
Greg
Just for that.... I'll give you Day 2.
I have another video for all of you, this morning! Thanks to all of you that responded in my other thread, your positive comments are very uplifting! I am a pool fan, like everyone else here, and I love to watch DVD's, streams, watching pool live played by the best in the world and reading pool forums, so this opportunity presented myself with a chance to do something different and add a different dimension to what we normally have available to us.
[ame="http://vimeo.com/21837113"]Day 2 Video Link[/ame]
Some pics I took Link
Sorry about Day 1 not being as clear as I liked... I hit the wrong encoding button and it wasn't in HD, like it was supposed to be.
Day 2 started around 2:00, when they brought in the table and set it up. Earl and Johnny arrived and started hitting a few balls on the table. They did not believe it was playing as "hard" as they had expected it to. Talk about the shelf, the material and not being as "springy" as it should.
I got a interview with Nils, the room owner. The majority of this video (about 30 mins), is the Players meeting with the players and the ref, to go over the rules. I included this in it's entirety, because it was a interesting view into 2 professional players that have been playing for several decades, and what rules they needed to agree upon. Whoever would that thunk there were so many rules?
They have a top level ref in this match, Bill Stock from CSI. (actually I just found this
link, where Bill answers 154 questions about rules in pool) They went over every possible scenario and agreed on what rule would be applied.
This video weighs in at 46 mins. I hope you enjoy the behind the scenes look into a big event. I know I do, and judging by the positive responses from you guy/gals, I'm not the only one.
Here are a few things I took note of, over the past few days.
1. These things take a lot of planning. You can think you've thought of everything and you'll find out you haven't. You can't rely on anything, you need to be able to roll with the punches thrown at you, and adapt and find a solution. These are not for the weak of heart, you need to be able to deal with a LOT of stress. You need to have the mindset, that a problem is just a opportunity for you to find a solution. So for all of you in the pool world that organize events, my hat's off to you.
2. Earl really does have 2 different personalities. One is the off the table Earl, who's as kind and respectful as can be, and the on the table Earl, who is a fiery competitor and a perfectionist, so much so that he goes over the top sometimes.
3. There a lot of passionate pool fans out there, that are willing to put forth money, time and their service for hardly nothing, just to help our game out. These people hardly ever get noticed for what they do, but if not for them, it would be difficult to make a lot of these events happen.
Get the PPV for both days at
http://www.tvmike.tv/
Or stop by Drifters Pool Room in Lincoln, NE
