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"Jeremy Reaban" <trancejeremy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Bluegenie2 wrote:
>> "Jeremy Reaban" <trancejeremy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>>> vickyvickerson wrote:
>>>> "Jeremy Reaban" <trancejeremy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>>>>> This is really cool. This is what I pretty much bought the EP
> for,
>>>>> and I haven't been disappointed. They really seem to play pool.
>>>>> They even call their shots sometimes.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have to wonder though, will they change this for the UK? (They
>>>>> play it differently over there, I believe).
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, we play it the correct way over here. ;o)
>>>
>>> Well, it's definitely quite a bit different. I think it's called
>>> "Snooker", while most people in the US play 8-ball. Snooker might
> be
>>> too complicated to do in the Sims - 8 ball is pretty simple.
>>
>> 9-ball is what is played in a lot of pool tournaments.
>
> Yeah, but most people who play for fun play 8-ball, as it's easier.
> You just have to knock in the balls of your own group, not knock them
> in in order.
>
> Anyway, my point was, snooker has a completely different set of
> equipment. Most of the balls are red, no numbers, and I think the
> table is larger.
>
> Never having been to an English pool hall (or to England), I dunno if
> they even have 8/9 ball pool tables or not, but everytime I've seen
> them play pool on British TV, they play snooker.
>
>
same game pool in uk is same as pool in the US, there is billiards here too
(been around for years think since roman times) snooker is more of mind game
than pool, pool is just bang bang and ur done, snooker takes time and a
little bit of brains, which is why i dont play it, lol
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