CaliRed
Verified Member
wincardona said:How can you possibly make the statement that you can't learn to play one pocket , and it won't help your game doing commentary?
Do you know how many people have come up to me and thank me for helping them with their game through commentary?
Commentary is having a conversation with the person next to you, you basically talk about the match, score, and options that are and may be available. It's the best tool available to learn off of, and 1,000"s of people have improved their game listening to commentary as they watch what is happening.
I have had conversations with the best players in the world doing commentary for the past 25 years, probably longer than that. I have learned many, many things about one pocket, 9 ball, and even straight pool through commentary.
What's more instructional than to watch a game being played (any game or sport) while listening to two knowledgeable people discuss the pro's and con's of the choices made by the players competing?
I have had the luxory, and privilidge to sit next to at least 30 differen't champions and do commentary. How can you possibly think that I didn't learn any thing?
When ever some one makes that kind of a statement like the one you just made, it makes me wonder.
Billy I.
wow, I just wrote 2 long posts.. I decided against one post, then I wrote a whole new one, that went on for awhile. I decided against posting that one too.
So I will force myself to say what I wanted to, in 2 sentences. (I just came back up here to write that I failed again at keeping it at 2 sentences)
Artie, you telling the best commentator in the pool industry, how to commentate and taking jabs at him for how he does it.. is very self centered and delusional.
I have wrote many posts on how Billy is the best commentator by far, that I have ever heard. He is a great teacher and very knowledgeable and very pasionate on people learning. He also has a natural ability to translate all of that knowledge to a wide range level of pool players.
Artie.. I have kept my mouth shut for a few years, and I know I've told you this before, but it was a while ago. So I need to feel like I say it at least once a year, because I read it everyday and it grates on my nerves over time, but I suck it up. I got to release it every now and then, because I am saying it, not to be mean spirited, but to hopefully cause you to take a brief moment to think about what I said. That' it.
I enjoyed meeting you at the Derby. You seem like a nice guy and you actually seemed quiet and polite over there by Freddy's booth. Maybe you're only like this on the forums..... but here's my suggestion......
Please stop promoting yourself as the greatest, smartest, most perfect playing onepocket player every known to man, to us regulars at least once every day. We all understand how you feel about yourself when it comes to onepocket and casino betting. We understand because you tell us every day somewhere in one of your posts. It's almost as if you are selling something. That something is you... and how great you are. It's ok that you feel that way about yourself.. but there is really no need in trying to sell your belief to us every day, thinking that eventually everyone will buy it.
That's it.... !!! One simple little small thing.... When you start to drift off into the bragging about yourself... just stop and say to yourself...
"Hey... no reason to tell these guys about how I know the perfect way to play onepocket and how great I was at it. I've already told them a bunch of times and if I tell them again, I might start to get on their nerves"
Please..... do not take it personal... I'm just being honest and truthful. It's perfectly ok if you disagree with me too. I can accept that.