Post by BB Warrior on May 1, 2017 20:05:36 GMT
I am sure that many members of the forum have witnessed examples of bad behaviour / poor etiquette during matches over the course of the years, sometimes this is done in blissful ignorance, on other occasions deliberately.
We are perhaps fortunate that our game does not seem to suffer from this as much as many other pub games, especially darts and pool where (in my experience) it is quite widespread.... but it does happen occasionally and it does leave a bad taste in the mouth when it does.
The most recent experience I have had involves "excessive noise" and was at a national tournament.
Before I say any more, obviously we play a "pub game" and we play for fun.... we are not professional players and it is perfectly normal for there to be "noise" in the background.... whether that is general talk, music from a juke box or anything else. I am the first to admit that I often join in with friendly banter during the course of a league game and have enjoyed that as part of the "social side" of the game.
However, I feel that this steps over the line when the "banter" is shouted (very loudly) at the time when a player is about to play a shot and feel that is not in the spirit of the game, clearly it can be a distraction and is certainly something that I would never do. I am sure that there are very few players (if any at all) here that would deliberately do that while their opponent is about to take a shot.
In my particular recent case, the "banter" was being addressed to the player on the table next to the one that I was playing on, but the person responsible was certainly not speaking (okay, let me correct that - shouting loudly) while his opponent was actually playing a shot, it was immediately after almost every shot had been played. I should perhaps also point out that the game they were playing had been long decided and they were effectively just playing to the end of the second leg for fun and the noise levels and banter was increasing all of the time.
Unfortunately, my game was still very much "live" and in the balance with my trying to chase down my opponents 5k lead with about 6 minutes to go.... I was struggling with concentration (due to the noise levels from the table next to me) but had got up to about 2.5k and had left the one up in the right position.... I was just playing my split shot when the shout came from behind me - "OH NO, YOU AREN'T TAKING THAT ONE ARE YOU"!!!!
I jerked the shot and left the ball short up the middle, managed to save the score but came off the table and didn't get the break back again - game lost.
I do NOT blame the person that shouted for my defeat.... up until that moment my opponent had played the table in our game much better that I had and he thoroughly deserved his win in the match. BUT.... I had given myself a chance to come back and I do feel that the incident did affect that particular shot and was a major contribution to my missing it.
I am quite sure that the person responsible for the "noise" would not directly shout at their opponent as they were about to play a shot.... and would probably be quite upset if somebody did it to them..... so why would they not extend that same courtesy to all of the other players that are about to take their shots during a national open?
No, I do not expect (or even want) total silence during a match or competition.... but a little bit more respect for other people would be appreciated on occasions from certain people.
We are perhaps fortunate that our game does not seem to suffer from this as much as many other pub games, especially darts and pool where (in my experience) it is quite widespread.... but it does happen occasionally and it does leave a bad taste in the mouth when it does.
The most recent experience I have had involves "excessive noise" and was at a national tournament.
Before I say any more, obviously we play a "pub game" and we play for fun.... we are not professional players and it is perfectly normal for there to be "noise" in the background.... whether that is general talk, music from a juke box or anything else. I am the first to admit that I often join in with friendly banter during the course of a league game and have enjoyed that as part of the "social side" of the game.
However, I feel that this steps over the line when the "banter" is shouted (very loudly) at the time when a player is about to play a shot and feel that is not in the spirit of the game, clearly it can be a distraction and is certainly something that I would never do. I am sure that there are very few players (if any at all) here that would deliberately do that while their opponent is about to take a shot.
In my particular recent case, the "banter" was being addressed to the player on the table next to the one that I was playing on, but the person responsible was certainly not speaking (okay, let me correct that - shouting loudly) while his opponent was actually playing a shot, it was immediately after almost every shot had been played. I should perhaps also point out that the game they were playing had been long decided and they were effectively just playing to the end of the second leg for fun and the noise levels and banter was increasing all of the time.
Unfortunately, my game was still very much "live" and in the balance with my trying to chase down my opponents 5k lead with about 6 minutes to go.... I was struggling with concentration (due to the noise levels from the table next to me) but had got up to about 2.5k and had left the one up in the right position.... I was just playing my split shot when the shout came from behind me - "OH NO, YOU AREN'T TAKING THAT ONE ARE YOU"!!!!
I jerked the shot and left the ball short up the middle, managed to save the score but came off the table and didn't get the break back again - game lost.
I do NOT blame the person that shouted for my defeat.... up until that moment my opponent had played the table in our game much better that I had and he thoroughly deserved his win in the match. BUT.... I had given myself a chance to come back and I do feel that the incident did affect that particular shot and was a major contribution to my missing it.
I am quite sure that the person responsible for the "noise" would not directly shout at their opponent as they were about to play a shot.... and would probably be quite upset if somebody did it to them..... so why would they not extend that same courtesy to all of the other players that are about to take their shots during a national open?
No, I do not expect (or even want) total silence during a match or competition.... but a little bit more respect for other people would be appreciated on occasions from certain people.
%) were having their picture picture taken and it was a touch rowdy. We all had to politely yell at then to be quiet to which they obliged. 
