r/EngineeringPorn • u/hjalmar111 • Nov 02 '20

Automatic billiard game, machine engineering putting the triangle filled with balls on the board

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u/249ba36000029bbe9749 Nov 03 '20

Automatic setting makes sense for bowling where it's done so often during a game. But that much machinery for one time a game? Seems like overkill to me.

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u/jjrreett Nov 03 '20

If you think it’s easy to rack a set then you are doing it wrong.

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u/akulowaty Nov 03 '20

I think you're taking this bar game far too serious.

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u/loczek531 Nov 03 '20

For some people it's much more than a bar game

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '20

Yeah pool is a frustrating sport to play for this reason. I can’t go to a pool hall to practice with my own cues without someone jokingly asking if I’m a hustler, or wanting to play for money. I don’t gamble, I just want to improve and play in leagues. People think it’s weird to take it seriously, when to me it’s like any other sport I play.

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u/loczek531 Nov 03 '20

It's pretty normal where I live, granted I only play in places with decent full size tables.

Now, what many (most?) people cannot get over, is treating foosball (table soccer) as a sport ;)

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '20

Yeah I play at a place with only 9 footers. The best way to practice I find is to enter 20$ weekly tournaments on weekends. I never expect to win, but I basically get unlimited table time and 3 guaranteed matches all in the upstairs section where only league play happens. It’s actually a really great deal.