Here are just a few of my thoughts and experiences while playing cyber (Yahoo) pool.

Some of it you may find funny, some you may not, this is not a definitive study of everyone on here, nor is it meant to be a "oh so clever" psychological profile either, its just my own personal observations, nothing more. I deliberately haven't included the many hundreds of ordinary, nice, people who frequent the cyber pool rooms simply because they ARE nice, in that they are less interesting to read about because of that. And to be honest I'd prefer to play those types of people any day of the week! So if you can honestly read these descriptions and not see yourself here it means you're one of the good guys. :-)

If you have come across anyone like this playing pool let me know, we'll add it to the page! Don't forget to include their screen name for the quotes. At the bottom of the page are some quotes I've heard that amused me, send me some more if you can remember them!

Email me at: angie_thats_who@yahoo.com

Serious Man: This one is the most common, you can spot him a mile off. He has a high rating, comes to your table without a word, not even Hi, says 'damn', or 'sh*t', or worse if he misses a shot, is ONLY interested in the points and will do ANYTHING to avoid losing, blocking, playing his ball off yours to pot it, anything to avoid defeat, including using cheats. If he loses he won't say GG he will simply type 'again', if you say no he will keep typing 'again' as fast as he can, well he has to get 'his' points back doesn't he! I find this one the saddest of the lot, its a game for heavens sake, its not life or death. These guys are too serious for their own good and I don't believe they really have fun playing, being too worried about their rating. He is to be avoided at all costs unless you think you can beat him, then do so and boot him off the table, I don't suppose he'd like that!

Dull Man: Heres one I hadnt previously mentioned. This guy thinks playing safety is fun! Almost from the break he is trying to hide behind his own balls hoping for a miss so hell get a free shot, no attempt to take a shot on in case he misses, he prefers to be able to move the cue ball where he wants it, can't miss that way! More often than not he'll type sorry or I had no choice or I didn't mean that when you know full well he did. These guys will often get upset when you refuse to play them again, I mean, who wants to spend 3-4 games trying to hit your own balls off of three different cushions? I don't find that fun. They usually say thing like "the professionals play that way" or "its strategy", so it may be but it isnt any FUN! This is supposed to be recreational, which means it should be fun, playing dull, boring games isnt my idea of fun. Listen guys, winning is not everything, nor is losing, but the manner in which you play is, it defines what type of person you are and if you're this type dont visit my table, you won't get more than one game.

Sex Change Man: this one is funny, he has a normal, male, profile but uses a female avatar in order to pretend (for whatever reason) that he's really female. I can only assume its to try and gain an advantage, which I find strange really. When asked his/her asl (I do that to put them on the spot, well, I like to see them squirm a bit!) they sometimes change the avatar quickly or still insist they are female! You'll get all the excuses like: 'this is my husbands/boyfriends/Dads/Uncles profile, I'm just using it at the moment' Never mind the fact it literally only takes 2 mins to create a profile of their own if that was the case! A classic example of this is batistuta_39, for ages he played with a male profile but using a female avatar then, on Sept 5th, the profile gender changed to female! (Do you think he had the Op?) He also put a silly porno picture up as well that obviously came from a website, sad. Talking of guys pretending to be females there seems to be a current flood of guys creating female sounding profile names but NOT answering the gender question. To be honest I've never met a girl who was ashamed to answer the gender question, the only reason I can see not to answer it would be if you wanted to hide something. The names will be things like, 'cutechick' or 'raunchylegs' or 'bitchybabe', names we just wouldn't give ourselves. Just boot these sorry people off of your table.

Sex Change Man 2: Much harder to spot this one. This one will have the gender on his ID as female but the ID (screen) name won't sound right. As well as that they will make an attempt to write a plausible profile for a girl but, again, it won't quite ring true (not to me anyway, maybe guys are fooled and that's the whole point?) and will say things a girl wouldn't say, usually its too (over the top) lovey dovey. I don't know why they do it but I can only hazard a guess thats its the fun of 'getting away with it'. You may have played one but never knew it, I'm sure I have. Another oddball.

Cyber Man: This one is tricky to spot. He appears normal, has an average rating and uses one of the more 'normal' avatars. Will be polite, say Hi and start a normal conversation as the game starts. Half way through he suddenly becomes 'sex crazed cyber man'! (must have a phone booth in his house) He'll ask what you're wearing, are you 'hot'? or simply 'you wanna sex?' the only thing you can do with these idiots is to iggy them, beat them and boot them off. If they want to cyber then go to a chat room dedicated to that, don't try it on in the poolrooms please!

Scary Man: This one will try and intimidate you, he has one of the 'scary' avatars (devil etc) will say things like 'you're gonna lose' or 'I'm gonna whoop you' I have had them type a stream of comments like this all through the game, sometimes I read it (it looks so silly this end) or, generally, put them on iggy, you KNOW they're still typing away but they don't know you can't see it! A very very sad type this one.....

Indignant Coward Man: Heres another funny one. You may have played this one before and not cared for the game (dull, blocking type) so when they arrive at your table you just boot them. They ALWAYS take offence at this and will keep coming back to the table in order to try and type something. This is usually in the order of: bitch/whore/f**ker/hoe etc etc. When they have managed to type what they want they will run away quickly in case you say something to them! Can't handle a proper conversation I suppose. Definitely to be avoided if you can!

Silent Man: Another odd one. This one will arrive at the table and say nothing at all. He will play the game and, win or lose, will not type GG when its over even if you have typed GG yourself. He simply refuses point blank to say anything, I usually say something like 'the silent type huh?' but this rarely gets anything from them. (the worst ones are those you see typing in the room but will not say anything to you). After the game they will sit at your table, in silence until you get fed up and boot them or they go on their own. Now I don't even bother booting them, I just let them sit there while I create another table. Boring but harmless.

Chatty Man: Another harmless one this one. He doesn't really want to play, not worried about ratings at all, just wants to chat. Before you know it you've told him your life story after 3 or 4 games. It usually starts off with the old 'asl' question, the moves on to 'married?' and then, of course, 'boyfriend?', then its 'where do you live?' and so on and so on.... Pretty soon he's asking for your mobile number 'just in case'.....Overall this one is ok although on occasion he can be annoying and difficult to get rid of!

Yo-Yo Man: An enigma this one, he comes to the table then promptly leaves, comes back, then goes again......on and off like a yo-yo, finally though they disappear up their own tailpipe....

Cancel Man 1: Another coward this one. What he does is play the game then, as he is about to lose, he will click request cancel. I used to click refuse when this happened but all that brought about was they hit cancel again, and again. What I do now is to move the cancel box to one side and finish the game, what this means is you can't lose, because if they're about to win you let them have their cancel! A classic case of this was kingof_thecourt3, having lost two games in a row he started a third one. Ten seconds into the game he hits cancel, the excuse? The timer was TOO long! Well, I can understand if I were playing on a short timer, which I don't, but this was a 30 second one! But, apparently, this was too long for him as he could only play given LESS time. I did my usual, moved the box to one side and carried on, much to his credit he figured out what had happened and knew he couldn't win the game, the moral of this? If you dont want to lose, don't hit start in the first place. I just hope losing and/or getting the cancel as they about to win annoys them as much as what they do annoys me.

Cancel Man 2: Another odd one, this one will join the table, start the game, see your rating and promptly request a cancel. Fools rush in I suppose.

ASL Plz Man: As his name suggests he joins the table, says 'Hi, asl plz' before you've had a chance to do anything. Quite annoying this one (too lazy to read the profile I guess) so I usually boot them.

'Hi' Man: This one joins the table, say Hi quite politely, then starts the game. Unfortunately this is ALL he says, no matter how hard you try he won't say any more. Its almost as if the mere act of saying 'hi' is enough, he's done his bit, been polite (as he sees it) and thats all he needs to do. Just does the barest he needs to to feel he hasn't been rude. Sometimes 'Hi' Man will ask your asl, when you tell him he never makes a comment, let alone tells you who HE is! Strange but again, harmless.

Run Away Man: This one is a bit of a coward. Hell play the game, usually a close one, without saying anything. He'll win the game the run away, no GG, no anything, just runs off. Just a low life coward this one, I really dislike them.

Invite Man: This one can be really annoying at times. He'll invite you to his table, usually while you're in the middle of a game. When you decline he'll invite you again, and again, and again, and again, and again... Some guys really have a problem with the word no.

5 Sec Man: A real low life this one. He'll create a timed table and set the timer at 5 secs. The idea is that you don't get a chance to shoot in 5 secs and he then gets 3 minutes to line up his shot and take it. He then taps a ball of his own and you have to try and shoot in 5 secs again. What he's banking on is that he's used to playing 5 secs and you're not. He usually looks for a high ranked player to invite to play hoping to get the most points from his 'win'. basically this type of player is the reason I won't accept any invites from anyone. To me its pure cheating at its lowest form. Give them a wide berth and, preferably, as much abuse as possible!

Porno ID Man: I hate this one a lot. You must have seen the ID's I mean, 'nineinches' or 'bigwilly' something like that. Americans seem to be the worst for this (an awful lot of them seem to have the word pimp somewhere in their names) but the English guys are pretty close behind them. There is also the frequent use of the number 69 in guys ID's, can't think why..... Females vary rarely have porno ID's, if you see one its usually a guy pretending to be female anyway. These guys get the boot every time.

Come Back Man: This one is a pest. They arrive at the table and say nothing. They usually have a low rating or a silly name, if I don't fancy the game I'll boot them (useless trying to ask them to go) but they come back. Not only that but they just sit there, silently. Boot them again and they'll do it again, and again and again, never saying a word. Very tiring this one and hard to shake off.

Lesbian (?) Woman: Ahh, a female at last, or is it? I get invites from 'women' all the time, god knows why. I can only assume they're not really female at all, the easiest way is to look at the profile, if the gender question has 'no answer' then they're male, 99.9% of women will put their gender on the profile. I run away from these odd balls.

Con Man: Another one of my most disliked types. This one will be a guy who has played a lot of games and got a high rating, he will create a new ID then look to take on other players with high ratings knowing that he now has a very low one. The object of this is to take as many points from a player as possible just for the fun of it. Usually gloats about it once the game is underway. Particularly nasty this one.

Gloating Man: Yet another on my most disliked types. He will announce to the room what his (high) rating is, tell everyone what his streak is and ask for the next 'victim' to come to his table. Human nature I suppose but no one likes a gloater.

Voyeur Man: Another odd one (there's just so many!) this, what he does is to join your table and watch, nothing more. Doesn't say anything, just sits there, watching. Creepy one this one.

69 Man: As previously noted literally thousands of guys have 69 in their screen names, sometimes they'll have _69696969 just to make the point clearer! Must be a male obsession with the #69, I have no idea why.....(then again, maybe they aren't getting it so all they can do is type it?...me cynical? never! :-)

Profile Reading Man: This one is quite annoying too. What he does is arrive on the table and click start. If he gets the break he won't break off right away, he uses some of the 3 minutes he's allowed (a couple of minutes or so) to get your profile up and read it. While he does this youre left sitting there waiting. You know he's done this because when he's read it (and before he breaks) he'll say 'nice pic' or 'where you from?' (my location isn't on the profile). Very annoying this but nothing much you can do about it.

'Dare' Man. I like this one, he always makes me laugh! Guys will come to the table with a really low rating, so, as usual, I boot them off. Then I'll either get them come back or send me an IM along these lines..... "scared?" "lets see how good you are" "you can't beat me" "chicken" "lets play, I'll beat you" The fact that they have a 1100-1200 odd rating and I want to play 1500 ratings seems to have escaped their notice! Guys, you may be able to 'dare' another guy into playing but it really doesn't work with me, I'm just not interested in "showing you how good I am" because that isn't me. This one is usually a crossover with Indignant Coward Man as they will swear and verbally abuse you as well, perhaps these guys get their rocks off abusing women, what AM I saying, no perhaps about it, of course they do! Childish behavior but it gives me a laugh all the same.

Angie's Type. And what about me? So many of you have read this page and asked why I'm not here, in other words what type am I?

Well, you may have guessed from this page that I don't suffer fools gladly, unfortunately there seems to be more than our fair share on Yahoo Pool. This is not elitist or male bashing on my part, there just are, its an observation that's all. I tend to be flighty, always skipping around, rarely playing someone more then twice (must get bored easily!) I use the boot function a lot, probably more than I should but sometimes I have no choice. I like to pick and choose whom I play, like it or not but that's me. Most guys don't seem to like it but there's nothing I can do about that. If you try asking them to go they don't so I boot, it gets back to the problem of some guys not understanding the word no.

Who I Play: I prefer 1400 -1600 range players to play, the higher up the rating guys are the more protective of that rating they become. This leads to some very dull games with too much defensive (blocking) play going on, not much fun at all so I try to avoid them. Pretty much the same with the lower rated players, but this time its the opposite, the games tend to have no shape and end up with the balls hit all around the table most of the time. However, I have recently started playing in the Intermediate rooms and if I'm in there I prefer to play higher rated players, I'm consistent in my inconsistency if nothing else!

Avatars: On the subject of avatars (the picture next to your name). There are some that I like and some I really hate. The horrid red/yellow thing has to be the worst followed by the blue devil. The stupid punk ones aren't much better either. I prefer the guy to have a 'normal' avatar and a 1400 - 1600 (except in the Intermediate rooms!) rating, so if you got booted now you know why! I don't like the quiet type, and I don't like the dumb 'ASL' question, it smacks of a lack of communication skills.

Invites: I don't accept invites at all due to the 5 sec timer cheats.

Losing: On the question of losing well, who likes losing? Generally, as a rule, if I lose I prefer not to play again. One reason for this is the use of aiming programs by a lot of guys. I got caught once; losing 4 or so in a row before I realized the guy was using an aiming program! Too easy to get into a situation where you end up losing 2-3-4, or more, trying to get those points back. So, you get one win from me, thats all! That's me, take it or leave it.

Quotes:

From ranger1695 - 'I was rating hurting'

From mardi9fr - 'ok miserable' (when I refused to play him).

From saye22485 - 'hey, my name is matt, whats yours?' (my ID is angie_thats_who).

From allerzay - 'allerzay's the name f*ckings the game thats who'

From lance_cole2002 - 'sup betch' (this was his way of saying hello)

From ifctreble2002 - 'for you it was good, I got cained' (after I typed gg when I'd won).

From wannasnuggle_2000 - 'I clicked start you didn't' (this is after he ran off after winning a close game) wannasnuggle_2000 managed to create a new type for himself 'Lame Excuse Man'!

From shloppy_villy - 'your still beautiful' (terrible grammar but this one I liked!)

From sk8er11223344 - 'do u got big tits?' (this was his opening line)

From mc_kiwi_nz - 'who made you a goddess?' (me, a goddess? heaven forbid, but he may have a point....)

From jazzamac7 - 'you got not bad tits' (I don't know how he knew...)

From daibluebird69 - 'U BITCH!!!!!' (all because I wouldn't play him, note the 69 in the name too)

From john21philly - 'I promise not to play dirty' (then what does he do? yes, you guessed it, play dirty...) Actually john21philly surpassed himself, he came back to the table and proceeded to give me a stream of verbal abuse after his defeat, nothing original, just the usual name calling, I don't think john is a very well balanced person.

From zeus10182002 - 'dike' ('cos I wouldn't play him, note the interesting spelling of 'dyke')

From ryder_the_god: "do you wear thongs?" then "what bra size are you?", perhaps he wanted to try on my underwear?

From Brad: "people like you are the reason why we have become a second rate nation"...this one was told to me by angie_thats_who after she berated me for 20 minutes about not saying good game...lol, but she was cool.

I wouldn't say berated as such......actually to tell the truth Brad is right, I did berate him! I don't like people with a lack of manners, win or lose, good game or bad, you should still type "gg" at the end of it.

Favorite Rooms:

Best Room - Has the be 'East Side Cafe'

Worst Room - Has to be 'English' by far. There seems to be permanent swearing and American bashing competitions going on in this one.