why is 9 balls billiards not popular in the U.K.?
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because we get too drunk and cant count to 9, we can barely tell the difference between yellow and red (as for black . . . )
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Everyone I've ever spoken too who got the idea into their head to make their own table have always come to the same conclusion...not worth the effort.  Pub-sized tables are cheap and readily available.  Just buy a good one from your local billiards retail store.  Cheers.  M.D.-BCA Instructor/Referee.
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I feel I need to clarify a few points.  Snooker balls are 2 1/16" and pool balls are 2 1/4".  Pub tables in the UK are different than in America.  I've heard that the cue ball is smaller than the object balls on pub tables in the UK.  This is almost never the case in America.  The cue ball and object balls on American bar tables are almost always the same size (2 1/4").  The cue ball is usually heavier or has a magnet  or iron plug inside to separate it from the object balls.  Of course, if you're playing on anything other than a coin-op table, the cue ball and object balls will be the same size and weight, whether or not the game is snooker or pool.  Whether you are playing on an American snooker table (5'X10') or a full size English snooker table (6'X12') the balls should be 2 1/16".  M.D.-BCA Instructor/Referee.
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here may be help\n\nhttp://www.bestbilliard.com/rules/game_rules.htm\nhttp://www.bca-pool.com/play/tournaments/rules/rls_8bl.shtml\n\np.s check the pool game at yahoo games here you wont regret  so can play pool at home ;) \nhttp://games.yahoo.com
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After the last Ashes series? Yes Cricket is second to Football in the UK but it is still loved by millions. The new version of the game 20-20 is proving very popular and the after first 20-20 world cup I think you'll find the game on the rise once again.
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It depends on the game you are playing, but there are two very popular games played on the standard pool table.  Eight ball features15 balls one being the black eight ball, seven solids and seven stripes.  The object is to sink all of your balls (either solid or stripes) in any of the six pockets before sinking the eight ball.  A player may continue shooting until he misses a ball.  If a shot cannot be made, then it is to the players advantage to "hook" his opponant leaving the cue ball in a spot where a shot is difficult or impossible, thus regaining control of the game.\n\nNine ball is played with the balls numbered 1 through 9.  The object is to sink each ball in numerical order, sinking the nine ball last.  Each ball is worth one point, the nine is worth two.  In competative pool, players have to reach a certain number of points before their opponant. In tournament play it often goes by games won-like the first to win eleven games, as opposed to recording points.  A player may win the game early if they sink the nineball using the numbered ball they are hitting.  For example if I am shooting the one ball, I can hit the one into the nine and pocket it, winning the game.  Strategy is important in nineball, along with cueball control.  It is a great game to play to practice banking, hooking, and cueball control.\n\nBesides these two games there are other variations that can be found, and many bars have their own house rules. In an unfamiliar place it is a good idea to check what the rules are before play.
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Indoor soccer will normally be refereed to as 'Five a side football' - yes it's popular in Europe.  Certainly the UK and Germany, France, Holland, Belgium, blah blah I would say most countries
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While it may be played in many countries the main target areas for video games are the united states and northern asia (China , Japan, Korea, etc.) and there not enough players/fans, in those areas, to make the game profitable. Another point is that there is no large scale professional league in field hockey which makes it almost impossible for the sport to have a large market. I don't think there will ever be a field hockey game unless there is some sort of field hockey revolution that sweeps the world.
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May I suggest you try Google,\nIf you're after the rules of snooker, try searching for 'snooker rules'.\nIf you're after rules for the various forms of pool you could try 'pool rules'
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The whole point of the Game is to keep people phoning up at the 75p/£1 per shot,nothing to do with mathematics. Obviously if we apply normal operator precidence to the sum we would all get the right answer and the game is over. This isn't very proffitable so they use what ever arbitarary rules of math they invent to get the figure so they make more money. In reality this makes your guess just that a guess not an answer. The whole rub on this is that if this game was a game of chance which it really is then you need to have Odds of 0.7 of getting your money back if it's a game of skill like they report then you don't need to give 0.7 of the money back thus its better to have a skill game than a game of chance!\n\nJohn
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Here are a few shops I found on line:\nhttp://www.tatteredrabbit.com/cgi-bin/Store/store.cgi?product=michaelmiller_new&productid=MM1828_BLK&pid=1#MM1828_BLK\nhttp://www.bearpawquilting.com/cgi-bin/Store/store.cgi?product=novelty_group_3&productid=novg_87501_15&pid=1#novg_87501_15\nhttp://www.qbuprairieshop.com/cgi-bin/Store/store.cgi?product=novelties_games1&productid=shamash_p4362_billiardballs_&pid=1#shamash_p4362_billiardballs_\nhttp://www.buttonholeshop.com/cgi-bin/Store/store.cgi?product=Sports2&productid=sptwo_7&pid=1#sptwo_7\n\nThere are probably more.
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you will not find hard numbers because there are millions of players around the world. also there is no international paintball registry so im afraid youre out of luck
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Simon Buckingham has written a great article at SnooHoo, telling us the basic difference between pool and snooker. Such information is often assumed known, but many professionals will fail to accurately distinguish between the two. So, here are the major differences between these two amazing cuesports.\nPool and snooker are two similar sports which both entail using sticks called cues to pocket balls of different colors into six holes on the sides and corners of a rectangular table. Yet these two sports go a long way to illustrate the difference between the old organized world and the new unorganized world.\n\nSnooker is a sport from the age old organized tradition. You are much more likely to get dressed up when playing snooker, often in a dinner suit and bow tie. You play snooker on a long table of well over two meters in length and a meter wide. You hit the balls gently, relying on their smooth passage across the slate-bedded table to reach their destination pocket.\n\nBecause the table is so large, success (known as "break building": an unbroken series of pocketing the balls) depends upon using spin to position the white cue ball for potting the subsequent ball. There are set rules which are strictly adhered to, for example, if you accidentally tap a snooker ball with the end of your cue you "foul" and forfeit your shot.\n\nSnooker is played at a thoughtful, leisurely pace and some time can elapse between shots. One frame between average players can take up a good hour. \n\nThe contrast between snooker and pool is clear. Pool represents the unorganized world. You can play in any clothes that you find comfortable. The pool table is much smaller, just over a meter in length and less than a meter wide. The pockets are larger relative to the size of the balls. Paradoxically, even though the pool table is smaller, you tend to hit the balls harder because the cloth on the table (which can be and often is blue or red as well as green) is more coarse. The rules are less strict, insofar as the acceptance of minor mistakes when setting up a shot tends to be greater. The pace of pool is quicker: you don't need complicated implements such as "spiders" which are supplementary cues that let you reach areas of the snooker table in order to play shots that human size would otherwise preclude.\n\nGames between good pool players can be over in 10 minutes. There is less break building because the table is small enough for the good players to pot a few balls and win. \nPool is a sport which is much more attuned to today's quicker, faster unorganized world than the more organized world of snooker. Our goals remain the same: personal prosperity (potting the balls) and the infrastructure of the world (the table) is smaller and more accessible. As with the world, pool games are played at a faster speed, the rules are fewer, innovation rather than strategy much more important. The entry barriers are lower: people who have not played pool or snooker before can pick up a short pool cue and have a go and pot something. \nNew beginners could be playing snooker a long time before they pocket a ball. The start up costs for the pool equipment are lower, and the ease of carrying around a pool cue greater.\n\nWith its smaller table and wider pockets, pool is like technological capitalism, giving its players both the opportunity and the opportunity to pursue that opportunity.\n\nThe image of the pool player in the movie "The Hustler" contrasts with that of the gentleman in his country mansion playing snooker. As someone once said, "The best things come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle". Rack up those pool balls, and play on, play on.
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I assume that New Sealand is a typo, and you meant New Zealand?\n\nFor those who are confused (jobo), foosball is actually the correct spelling of an actual game.  It's even in the dictionary.  It's played on a table, and basically it's meant to be like soccer but you have plastic guys on rods going across the table and you turn the rods to 'kick' the ball.\n\nAs for finding people who play it, try your local pub.
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here you go: http://www.billiardworld.com/snooker.html
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you have a better probability of winning if you buy all the squares!\n\nBut seriously, the pools I have been in, people sign their name BEFORE the numbers are drawn. That is so there is no better square on the sheet- its all in how the numbers are drawn- seems like it would be hard to fill a sheet if the numbers were already written on the sheet. Everyone who bought the first squares would take the 0's, 3's 4's and 7's - a lot of people wont buy squares if they are stuck with numbers like 2 and 8 or 9- because they suck (not as bad now that we have 2 pt conversions though)\n\nstay away from the edges??? hmm, I'll have to remember that. hehe
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I always use LePro tis on my cues...they are hard and may work for you.  They are inexpensive and you can get them from Meuller (on-line or catalog), or probably any good billiards store near you.