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A scaled Ice rink with 6 pockets sets the scene. There will be two teams facing off here not including the Que Ball or the 8 Ball.
The main strategy of the game would be to block (body check?) opponents out to give a clear shot for the Que Ball player (who is a member of neither team) to knock
an opponent into one of the pockets.
The game is won when all opposing players have been knocked into pockets AND the Player 8 Ball can be also knocked into a pocket. (Player 8 Ball is also a member of neither team).
4 teams, then, will be at play. Stripes, Solids, Que Balls, & also the 8 Balls. Similar rules for scratching & inadvertent sinking of the 8 ball follow billiards rules.
Players scored as being pocketed must be considered pocketed by impetus of the Que ball. (I call it the Que ball in reference to Quebec as Hockey seems to me undeniably Canadian.)
Give us this day our hockey, Lord.
Billiards [Plural Noun]
http://dictionary.r.../search?q=billiards
See second definition. [contracts, May 24 2005]
Alas, halfbaked by yours truly
People-Stuck-in-a-Large-Ball_20Billiards
Though without the ice; [DesertFox, Feb 27 2006]
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And what should happen if the Que ball were to be pocketed? |
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There seems an awful lot of reasons why this wouldn't work. |
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If I recall correctly (and I rarely do), I once had an idea very similar to this with the notable exception of involving 15 Volkswagen Beetles and one large white Buick. |
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Who on earth would volunteer to be the cue ball? |
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[Mad Dog] I, for one, would readily volunteer to be the cue ball. And [UB] is correct; the game described here is pool, not billiards. |
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The term "pool" is, I believe, a shortened version of "pocket pool" and is therefore the correct generalization. Had he referred to the game as "pocket billiards" it would have been equally as correct. |
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On cue there then, Murdoch. |
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Which is why most folks simply call the games "pool" |
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I'd delete mine, but then the "pocket pool" comments would be entirely out of context. |
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There, that's better. Civilized, even. |
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I changed the name from Billiards to Pocket Pool due to my enlightenment from the annos. |
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This game sounds great and i am going to try it this weekend, giving you credit ofcourse. |
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