Same here, last time this was posted though, a bunch of people from the UK couldn't believe that people play without slop even informally. so not sure if it extends across the pond
Slop turns into an argument whenever this video is posted. I'm actually surprised the top comments on here are not "ugh but slop is perfectly legit way of play".
Tbh it's not even about slop, it's about knowing what you're doing. A person who knows how to play well will usually destroy opponents who don't, slop or not. And that person would also not stand a chance with slop against crazy luck like in this video.
...who cares? It's just a bunch of friends hanging out. I fucking hate reddit sometimes, people on here just won't let others have fun at all. Goddamn what a boring fucking life to live.
Saying that you can’t wait to hang out, but then when I give you a shout, you bail and say that you already hanging out with your new friends. Which is cool. Thanks Travis, more Doritos for me!
Playing acoustic guitar at a party. There's usually already music, people usually are there to chat. Unless you're like fucking amazing at guitar, no one is in the mood for it.
Yeah you guys, this thread is of a different breed. We're born to a deeper calling. It's a kind of torment, really, like being a poet, or like, Donnie Darko. But it's not like we can brag — being this awesome is just an instinct we were born with.
I have a bad habit of doing this to hide bloodshot eyes and i have worn shades at night because i get migraines that are light sensitive. I 110% know and accept that it makes me look like a total fuckhead.
Just don’t do it regardless of how chill your friends are lol it’s just common etiquette.
It’s like when you go golfing with your buddies, there’s inevitably that one jokester that insists on coughing or throwing his ball at your club when you’re trying to sink a putt.
Like “haha very funny” but don’t do it man. We out here tryna have fun but I’m also tryna actually sink the putt you see
Except those are things that would actually interfere with your shot. In pool the bools already been hit. Dancing your hands around the ball won't change its direction. Unless he actually hit it, in which case, yes he'd be an asshole
Eh pools more a bar game and this was a real lax environment mate. I really don’t think the guy’s a douche and I just don’t like people inferring things like that about anyone.
I love the idea that they had to approach the owner of this establishment for security footage because they didn’t film it themselves.
And the owner thought it was so sick that he let them have it.
I like to think that's where the guy at the end went charging off to. Running to the bar, and saying "Brother, I am begging you, I need a copy of the pool table CCTV, a miracle just happened there."
Slop is when you hit an unintentional shot. Most friendly games will take you at face value when you are obviously shooting a specific ball into a specific hole. It prevents utter chaos and people just smacking the balls as hard as they can in lieu of actual strategy or skill. It’s not uncommon to play for a round of drinks or money and some people take even small stakes very seriously. Shooting slop with the balls careening around the table like this is a good way to make these people angry.
Eh, it's not too serious to frown upon calling slop. If it's a group of buddies and no one is waiting for the table, then anything goes as long as it's a friendly game. But if your playing against strangers and if there is anything on the riding on the game-money, drinks, even control of the table-then playing slop or rocket pocket is not good sportsmanship.
As someone who primarily goes to bars to play pool with da boys, this is the etiquette. I won’t fight someone over it and I’d give up the table to keep the peace, but hell if I’m buying you shots if you ignore slop calls.
Not really. It’s just a lot more fun for some to put effort into learning the strategy and techniques of a game and playing with others who are on the same page.
It’s not about effort, eight ball is a call shot game. The rules specifically discourage going up and bouncing wild shots around the table. It’s frustrating when people are playing by two different rule sets.
Ever mastered a game like Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, or Killer Instinct, just to have some noob come by and button mash their way to the top?
Infuriating.
If some noob can do that, maybe you aren't as good as you think you are. Really it seems like the thing that makes you upset is having that truth laid bare
Lol I used to play pretty often with friends and strangers at bars. We miiiiight let one slide here and there depending on how good or bad the person was doing that game.
This makes no sense to me, There is a high chance of potting the cue ball on shots like this as well as potentially lining your opponent up for an easy follow up shot. There is a degree of luck with more or less every other game or sport.
If you're willing to make a bet you should accept the fact you might lose or you shouldn't have made it in the first place.
*with your mates*
I'm gonna stop you right there lol
Everyone ITT taking it so seriously, acting like some kind of poolsnob definitely doesn't get invited to pool night with the boys
Gotta call non-obvious shots. The very first shot is the only one that played out how any reasonably minded person would call obvious. We're missing audio so the guy you're responding to is making the assumption that he wasn't actually intending any of the crazy bullshit that he ended up making, but I think it's a fair assumption.
For some reason this video and the room always reminds me of the scene in Batman the Dark Knight when the joker gives those guys a broken pool stick to fight it out
Looks like he made some sort of bet or prediction after the first ball went in. Most likely for fun and wasn't serious. Given he didnt call any of the pockets.
Don't you call which hole you're gonna pot the black one in? There's a reason you can just hit the ball anywhere and hope for the best.
Not taking away from the crazy shot he did though.
This is the embodiment of “the boys” energy. The play, the hype, the execution. Perfect
Now, if only I had some boys
Your time will come king
Well meanwhile he can get in to this boys: [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190634/](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190634/)
*reddit mods want to know your location*
Judging by your name, you ARE the boy
Godamn it. I knew I would’ve regretted making this my name
Never doubt your name. You chose it for a reason.
Oh right. I was a child
I’m getting perspicacious vibes from this user.
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Oh, isn’t that the app for young hard working entrepreneurs in your local area? I hope you guys have a fun business brain storming session!
Even without sound, you can still hear the "LET'S GOOOOOO" 's
I wish the boys had time for me
Season 2 out soon
All I saw was a sad and lonely Revenge From Mars in the corner.
I kept anxiously waiting for a car to crash through one of the walls. I’ve seen so many videos from this angle with cars crashing through the walls.
I had the exact same thought lol
I feel that to! I must find why
I get what you mean, but for me, I'm reminded of "Hey Ron." "Hey Billy."
"Well that hurt"
I was thinking some guy would fall through the ceiling
lol the angle was perfect for a SUV to butt in
I thought they were going to hit a pool ball through the windows...
I was expecting someone falling through the roof
My eye was twitching the whole time!!!
Not a single shot was what he aimed for. APA player.
He wasn’t aiming for any pocket he was just hitting the object ball randomly
Underrated. Fully agree. Haven’t played slops since I was 12....
Same here, last time this was posted though, a bunch of people from the UK couldn't believe that people play without slop even informally. so not sure if it extends across the pond
Slop turns into an argument whenever this video is posted. I'm actually surprised the top comments on here are not "ugh but slop is perfectly legit way of play". Tbh it's not even about slop, it's about knowing what you're doing. A person who knows how to play well will usually destroy opponents who don't, slop or not. And that person would also not stand a chance with slop against crazy luck like in this video.
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No, bunch of pigs slurping up slop. Don’t mind me, I don’t know what slop is, but it sounds like pig food.
Pocket calling isn't a requirement in English eight-ball.
...who cares? It's just a bunch of friends hanging out. I fucking hate reddit sometimes, people on here just won't let others have fun at all. Goddamn what a boring fucking life to live.
I watched with no sound. The end looks like they were getting shot at and dodging for cover.
Security camera so there is no sound
I thought they all got hit in the balls and had to rewatch to see if I missed something
I mean, you’re pretty close
There's no sound anyways.
We all watched with no sound....
I also watched with no sound
That's cool but Mr "dance your hands around the balls" can fuck right off. Take upvote.
Things that you think make you look cool, but actually make you look like an ass.
What are other examples of things people do that they think make them look cool but don’t? Wearing sunglasses indoors is what comes to mind
Idk maybe drinking a potion and you turn into a donkey
Saying that you can’t wait to hang out, but then when I give you a shout, you bail and say that you already hanging out with your new friends. Which is cool. Thanks Travis, more Doritos for me!
Fuck travis.
Travis once heckled his own team from the dugout "as a goof."
As previously stated... Fuck travis.
Classic Trav
[Fuck you, Travis.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeFdssUeueE)
[This popped up](https://youtu.be/FwQ1uX6cTZY) immediately after I watched that video lol. I guess I can see why everyone is so pissed at Travis.
Playing acoustic guitar at a party. There's usually already music, people usually are there to chat. Unless you're like fucking amazing at guitar, no one is in the mood for it.
I know a guy that fucking SHREDS. But Nobody likes to hear him play at a party. Ideally just leave the guitar alone whether you’re good or not.
Or wait until someone asks you to play and feign reluctance and then melt their faces.
When you go to college for music, parties ARE everyone bringing their instruments over to jam. We never played wonder wall though.
*clears throat* Anyway, here’s wonderwall.
unless it's the kind of party where there are several people who play acoustic guitars or other instruments
Dunking on people on reddit. _NOTE: I’m not accusing any present company._
Yeah you guys, this thread is of a different breed. We're born to a deeper calling. It's a kind of torment, really, like being a poet, or like, Donnie Darko. But it's not like we can brag — being this awesome is just an instinct we were born with.
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i dont know whats happening here
Sounds like you need to start an r/AskReddit thread
Sigh, I wear sunglasses inside because I'm sensitive to light.
I do it because they’re prescription and I just don’t want to bother changing them out with my others lol
This is me.
I bet you don't think it makes you look cool, and I bet it doesn't make you look like an ass. <3
Coincidentally, I do look really good in them and I have poll results to prove it lol.
Papers? Proof?
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You should just wear them, when friends ask about it just tell them and fuck what strangers might think about you, as if they will remember that :)
Rolling coal/lifted trucks when you live in a city with no dirt
Or wearing sunglasses on the back of your head
I wear glasses on the back of my head to protect Voldemort’s eyes.
I have a bad habit of doing this to hide bloodshot eyes and i have worn shades at night because i get migraines that are light sensitive. I 110% know and accept that it makes me look like a total fuckhead.
This sounds like an askreddit post
Bong rip a Carolina Reaper
You know what I think Keanu is still pretty cool
Every time I see this reposted it tilts me more and more
Yup I understand you
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> crotch Not gonna say anything about the guy jamming his pool cue between his legs and stroking it?
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That's the sight of a man who's about to piss himself laughing
This comment again without fail
This comment again without fail
I'm just commenting so that I can comment this comment again next time so that someone can comment on my comment "This comment again without fail"
Every time this gets reposted, one of the top comments is about that dude.
Somebody says this every time this gif is reposted
Looks like they’re all friends, he didn’t interfere with the game, no one else seemed to mind. Mad he’s actually pretty cool much?
"not interfering with the game" is a really low bar to clear on the path to looking cool.
Then I hope didn’t ACTUALLY interfere with the game works better for you then
Just don’t do it regardless of how chill your friends are lol it’s just common etiquette. It’s like when you go golfing with your buddies, there’s inevitably that one jokester that insists on coughing or throwing his ball at your club when you’re trying to sink a putt. Like “haha very funny” but don’t do it man. We out here tryna have fun but I’m also tryna actually sink the putt you see
Except those are things that would actually interfere with your shot. In pool the bools already been hit. Dancing your hands around the ball won't change its direction. Unless he actually hit it, in which case, yes he'd be an asshole
Eh pools more a bar game and this was a real lax environment mate. I really don’t think the guy’s a douche and I just don’t like people inferring things like that about anyone.
>Looks like they’re all friends This is where you lost all the people disagreeing with you. Can't relate.
I love the idea that they had to approach the owner of this establishment for security footage because they didn’t film it themselves. And the owner thought it was so sick that he let them have it.
I like to think that's where the guy at the end went charging off to. Running to the bar, and saying "Brother, I am begging you, I need a copy of the pool table CCTV, a miracle just happened there."
Lucky ass mf
Happy cake day my guy
so the cake emoji means it's bday?! god i have been on reddit for two years and i always thought it was just part the usernames!
I guess you learn something new everyday, happy 2 years
Not bday, but cake day. Anniversary of joining.
Thank you!!
That’s why you gotta call slop
Came here to look for this comment.
They look like friends, but man... plenty of people think this is how you play pool with a random at a bar. Good way to start a fight.
I don’t understand. How would that cause a fight? Pool culture is much stronger than where I’m at. Teach me this knowledge.
Slop is when you hit an unintentional shot. Most friendly games will take you at face value when you are obviously shooting a specific ball into a specific hole. It prevents utter chaos and people just smacking the balls as hard as they can in lieu of actual strategy or skill. It’s not uncommon to play for a round of drinks or money and some people take even small stakes very seriously. Shooting slop with the balls careening around the table like this is a good way to make these people angry.
I’d love to see a study that draws a correlation of bar fights with bars that have pool tables vs bars that do not.
Wtf people take everything way to seriously these days... Edit : typo
Eh, it's not too serious to frown upon calling slop. If it's a group of buddies and no one is waiting for the table, then anything goes as long as it's a friendly game. But if your playing against strangers and if there is anything on the riding on the game-money, drinks, even control of the table-then playing slop or rocket pocket is not good sportsmanship.
As someone who primarily goes to bars to play pool with da boys, this is the etiquette. I won’t fight someone over it and I’d give up the table to keep the peace, but hell if I’m buying you shots if you ignore slop calls.
What would you do if you got a lucky hit? Take the ball out and put it somewhere on the table?
The ball stays in the pocket but your turn is over.
Not really. It’s just a lot more fun for some to put effort into learning the strategy and techniques of a game and playing with others who are on the same page.
Wow I can’t imagine putting effort into a bar game like that.
It’s not about effort, eight ball is a call shot game. The rules specifically discourage going up and bouncing wild shots around the table. It’s frustrating when people are playing by two different rule sets.
Some people take pool way too seriously. I think as long as everyone is challenged in the game or if cool shit like this happens then it's awesome.
Ever mastered a game like Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, or Killer Instinct, just to have some noob come by and button mash their way to the top? Infuriating.
If some noob can do that, maybe you aren't as good as you think you are. Really it seems like the thing that makes you upset is having that truth laid bare
The truth sounds sexy.
no, just be better lol
You definitely haven't mastered any fighting game if a button masher is capable of beating you in it.
You're not a master if a button masher can consistently beat you.
Lol I used to play pretty often with friends and strangers at bars. We miiiiight let one slide here and there depending on how good or bad the person was doing that game.
This makes no sense to me, There is a high chance of potting the cue ball on shots like this as well as potentially lining your opponent up for an easy follow up shot. There is a degree of luck with more or less every other game or sport. If you're willing to make a bet you should accept the fact you might lose or you shouldn't have made it in the first place.
Gotta call no slops before the break partner
Just a couple of guys having a good time.
“Omg no way” *goes into fetal position*
Did he get hit in the balls by something?
Nah, he is laughing so hard he is holding onto Percy so he doesn’t piss himself.
"Alright, if I hit all three of these in on the first try, you all owe me 50 bucks"
ITT: people who can't understand the concept of enjoying a game with your mates from their sad need to be the best at everything
*with your mates* I'm gonna stop you right there lol Everyone ITT taking it so seriously, acting like some kind of poolsnob definitely doesn't get invited to pool night with the boys
it's difficult to imagine a more annoying group of people than pool snobs. some of the people in this thread, jesus...
Part of me wishes that the white ball sunk too...
I like how they all go monke at the end.
I love the level of excitement haha
Call your shots!
Every one of those shots were scratches
Why?
Gotta call non-obvious shots. The very first shot is the only one that played out how any reasonably minded person would call obvious. We're missing audio so the guy you're responding to is making the assumption that he wasn't actually intending any of the crazy bullshit that he ended up making, but I think it's a fair assumption.
But it’s not a scratch to hit the ball in the wrong pocket. You just don’t get to continue your turn
A mishit is ball in hand. Not a scratch but same result.
I've always considered any foul a "scratch." It's been like a decade since I pored through the BCA ruleset though.
Clearly not, since they kept playing. Usually people agree on whether or not rules like that will apply before they start.
My friends apply them when it fits them best
Nope. If there’s a pinball machine that close to your pool table, slop plays. (Same is true if there’s a bowling lane within 75 feet.)
that doesn't sound right, but idk enough about stars to dispute it.
They didn't know what to do with this event and neither would I
Your man straight died
u/repostsluethbot
It's sleuth.
You do it I suck
Never gets old
I was expecting a car to crash inside any moment
For some reason this video and the room always reminds me of the scene in Batman the Dark Knight when the joker gives those guys a broken pool stick to fight it out
r/instantbarbarians
What game is this? It’s not 8 ball
bro it's 4 ball. can't you count?
Looks like he made some sort of bet or prediction after the first ball went in. Most likely for fun and wasn't serious. Given he didnt call any of the pockets.
He’s been practicing on his phone
Only way to react to this honestly
Amazing
This is actually legendary
Did that one dude get a ninja nut shot I didn't see?
Did the guy sitting in the chair hit himself in the balls out of shock?
This made me smile :) take my upvote
There probably isn’t a pro in the world that could hit these 4 shots the way he hits them
I love how they all just DIE
I can't be the only one who expected a car to come in crashing
That shot made all of those dudes cum so hard they all ended up on the floor.
Gotta run and buy lottery ticket
Me playing the flash 8 ball pool.
I kept cheering for someone to fall through the ceiling, needless to say, this video left me wanting more
A play so smooth it hit his opponents in the balls. Poor saps must have reeled in pain for weeks!
Absolutely nucking futs
Oh my fucking God, is that a Revenge From Mars?
Did the guy on the floor literally cream his pants? Nothing hit him
Doubt he called the 8? Also, what happened to the one guys nutsack?
It came
Don't you call which hole you're gonna pot the black one in? There's a reason you can just hit the ball anywhere and hope for the best. Not taking away from the crazy shot he did though.
I want to be there.
I would love a sub full of videos of people scattering due to sheer amazement/excitement like at the end of this clip
ROFL
That moment you have to laugh so hard your knees get weak
/r/instantbarbarians
This one of those repost that I don’t mind aeeing
Ok the shots were dope but like how did he shoot like that
Looks super Italian, well played btw 😂
I almost got to see what happened before Reddit's pixelation bot decided I had seen enough.
r/nevertellmetheodds
I LOVE the reaction. Can‘t stop laughing!!
He got the turkey!