Thursday, March 10, 2005
Wednesday Night
Pool Outlaws @ UnitedPool - Don't be fooled by the above paragraph some folks did play well in their games...UnitedPool wasn't too shabby. Except, well..._Ground__Zero_, he won...MJ against badking...MJ won... Full_Blast vs. Pauls_Gift_to_you and now we know why QZ's Paul didn't play, Outlaws just got something to settle with all Pauls. 3-0 at this point...Um...UnitedPool sends up arguably their best, ketan...sit a little play a little report a little to coria_snake_eyes. Can I just say the Outlaws...Well, it wasn't all 8ballings, but on paper that's just not right...they would go on to win 7-0, wins from achris_soccer, Poth, and Dan. So uh...Outlaws uh...Well they won, I'm trying to be nice here...and I'm no certified sports analyst or anything, but I'd say as far as individual wins and losses...by the end of the week they might only be 2nd to PoolFighters. They were 13/8, they're now 20/8, except um...Well, 2-way ties don't really come down to individual games, MZ still has the Outlaws' number if they win Saturday. For UnitedPool they'll go from 3 games over .500 to...4 under .500 in the win/loss, Outlaws that was just cruel shame on you.
HappyPool @ CueKeepers - HP sends up Deja Vu...Cuekeepers send up johnnyJock...Johnny wins, no more HP players. Yes, 1 HP player was willing to say I'LL TAKE YOU ALL ON CKP! Except...win or lose ya only get 1 game. So, timer...timer...timer...timer...Yeah, you get the point. 6 matches go byebye on timer, CKP wins 7-0...1 game played. So CueKeepers are a dead .500, 2-2, 14/14, 1-1, 1-1, that can't make Kayla happy...Yikes, an unhappy woman? I'll stay off to the side, thanks...But there was a ma...er...there was a series of 7 games played in the 8:00 slot though...
Bearskin Eightballers @ Break and Run - New league, sorta. Last time we saw the Bearskins? Well something went a little controversial in season 3, they withdrew and if I remember right, the admins didn't take their wins away because...they had none. So basically, you're looking at the team with the longest ever MLP losing streak, from the end of season 2 to throughout season 3, that's a -15...After missing a season, coming back with that -15, you probably gotta vent a little...Poor Break and Run I bet they miss EZ8 after this one. game 1 they got a lot of unfamiliar faces so let's introduce them all to you, first off we have e3m2d against badalnighter back to that starting spot. Vince actually pretty much had the game bagged after getting a questionable ball in hand, problem is he didn't finish it. e3 did eventually, BNR now 15/70 in their last 13 matches. Next up we have Gregbadboy against capwhanda, hi nice to meet you Greg, everybody say hi. Hi. Now, onto business, cap gets control after Greg narrowly misses a long 8 shot, but her shot selection a little...Well, not perfect. Gives up a table full of easier shots, runs short on the cut, Greg downs the 8, BE now 16/70 in their last 13 matches. Next case? We have this player, Frak9981, and for opponents? brown_skinnedgirl...She gets down to 1 ball before the 8...needs no english, adds half backspin, self-snooker. Bank missed, almost got a safety... No. Frak would go on to win, BE now 17/70 in their last 13 matches. This is about the time where I left to get ready to ump BBM-CHP...end result? Oh by the way meet BearsRU, pudsybear_2004, sportamp1, and david_26ok. BE now? 21/70 in their last 13 matches! Well, it's still a bundle below .500 but you know what they are in their last 1 match? 7/0. I say we erase those other matches, forgot about 'em! They're changed! Losing streak finished, just like Notre Dame. BNR culd've easily been up 3-0 or 2-1 early, but that's why ya make your opponents shoot every shot. Are they something to watch? Well, don't slack against them.
BeerBallers @ ChampionsPool - We need a close one...Game one, The_Reaper2 vs. CHP captain lvlr_c0mputer, on the 8ball? Yes, CHP player on the 8 against BBM...game! Continues! Because, see, he missed, that explains the whole continues thing. Reaper finished eventually, 1-0 BBM...Game 2? Clogz beats Dedrick27 after Clogz got a liiiiittle frustrated about the "noobs out to get him." Little scuffle, didn't last long, game on, Clogz would safety a few times, y'know, get that easy run, Clogger a winner, 2-0...OK, this is getting bad...Next up, xzhibit_q against baddboyz45, and badd had a few chances to get CHP on the board himself, not to be. BBM up a triple. This is really getting ugly. CHP puts up desperately_seeking_suzan against leeds_united14...He's 101 days idle in MLP but that idle stuff only applies to home league. Last time leeds_united14 played an MLP game, wasn't Leeds still in the premiership? Brandi, Sophie, help me out here. The MLP rust showed. had a ton of difficulty potting anything, Suzan with the nice win, THANK YOU WE DON'T HAVE A SWEEP! ...Except it still wasn't close. Salik_bilal though really took it to BBM captain C0rrupter, down to 3, good chance for a run, down to 2, no shot. Scott finishes a little later, 4-1, match decided, "kula." and towelie would pick up the other 2 wins in this match...6-1...That's the closest, tightest, most thrilling and exciting match of the night. Home teams won 2 of the 4, no-brainer how many the away teams won...27 losses to the losing teams dish out during tonight's matches...Suzan the only member of a losing team tonight to win, she gets extra mention.
So, chokes, wrong decisions, timers thanks to horrible preparation, but none of the 8 teams playing tonight were really perfect. Though, how CKP woulda done who knows? These were all matches that could've been 4-3s or 5-2s, and possibly the BNR match could've gone the other way. So the best thing for the 4 teams that...Uh...lemme see here...Lost substantially to do is, put it behind you, go into next week, you got a few bad breaks, made the little mental errors and ya got caught. CHP, BNR, and UP definately didn't play like idiots by any stretch of the imagination. So if it sounds like I'm poking fun at them and saying "gah, you all suck", think again. I'm not saying any of them exactly played like pros either, but for the most part I think if the 3 teams that played the full 7 and came out losing can just put it all behind them for next week, they could come up with big recovery wins...Except BNR has to play AbsoluteFinest, but UnitedPool and CueKeepers could be a good one, and I think ChampionsPool can rebound big with a win over Breakers Alley. Now, the reason I explain myself for once is because I understand ChampionsPool got kinda shafted in interleagues in the past, by uh...Y'know, that lovely, fair, and organized, and controversy-free 7 vs. 7 that had the Cases Cup and stuff, and a few times I jumped the gun on a couple of their players, and a CHP player and I had a good talk about it, so I'm just saying I'm not ridiculing anyone, that only happens now when you call someone an aimer just because they beat the snot out of your arrogant rear. :) So, matches Thursday, love thy neighbor, make peace not war, and...ah, being nice sucks. GL EVERYONE.