Damn people my question was simple...can the ball be pinched against the wall after two walls were used and then call timeout on the 5 row.

X, If 10 bumps off the wall on the 2 to 5 bother you, you might want to take up sewing. ;)


Trashylimitlesswallbounces

I sweat foos, you don't. Says it bores you.

Nippon slugs within .020 of MLB but I get your point. I prefer long ball but I also remember you prefer small ball more then me. A combo of both increases demand, IMO.

Get out of the 70's Walter and stop reading things with your Jedi colored glasses. There isn't a substantial foos fan base nor will there be with whatever changes you come up with short of players MMA fighting in the middle of a match. Foosball has passed it's prime for some time now. Xbox and Play Station rule the roost. Kids are not brought up in a foos society. There are not foos tables in arcades like when we were kids. Look at any restaurant/bar with a foosball table in it and see how often it is played by non-foosers. There is a pizza restaurant in my neighborhood , Illegal Pizza formerly Pizza Public, that had a foosball table. Nobody played on it when I was there months ago and it is gone now. There another restaurant that I went to months ago Lo Hi Steak House, that had a foosball table in it that nobody played on while I was there. Who knows if it is there now. Patrick Carrols, an Irish Pub in my hood, took out the table that was in there some time ago.
The rollover is something that non-foosers I have played against over the last couple of years have thought was cool, but foosball was still not a game they wanted to take up seriously. Reality my friend.

Jim, your IMO is based purely on assumption since nothing has ever been tried to change the format of the game. The game of foos was brought to America by means of rehab for American soldiers. It was meant to be dynamic. Since it was new the game became a trendy rage, then TS involved big money. The main way to cheat a dynamic game down is to apply static to it and this is what the percentage players did, to get the money. Now, could be to late, but I'll always wonder how the game today would be if it was more dynamic like it was intended to be. Players for the players sure hasn't worked with a rule book way to thick.

I sure would watch a more dynamic format at state if they had one. And I don't mean a novelty event. I'd want to watch the top players play for a purse that was equal to OS. IMHO, some promoter should try it. Look at the success TSKB, had with the King of the Ring.

Edit: I'd like to add that Flair has tried to help the game and look at all the negative crap he gets. Plus the guy has a sincere love of the game IMO. A different table becomes a push after a certain amount of time, same goes for the rollover.

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The only people who enjoy watching foosball are foosers. It is not a spectator sport...I don't care if you're doing 5-bar aerials...It's not a spectator sport. Forget about sponsors, etc. The point is to bring in new talent, without limiting the game to bars. The only way I'm putting a table in my establishment (bowling alley, fun city, dave & buster's, student union), is if I know there will be people playing on it. The way I make this happen is to get myself and 3 of my fooser friends to play at strategic times...try to gather a few onlookers...then pass on some knowledge...then encourage them to show up for a larger event. I guess this is what Davin does. I'm guessing he shows up at the Attic on other occasions to stoke the foos fire a bit. I don't know for sure. This is what I try to do at my work place, though it can be hard to coordinate 15 minute breaks into foos development. It's a slow process, but I have a few people I'm working with.

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LMAO! Man we are going old school now!

Btw, get off our thread.

There is good reason only foosers watch foosball. Not one thing has been done to make it more appealing to a fan. Like I've said a million times, 99.999999% of the world think its a dynamic game. The other 0.000001% play the cheated down static version. Seems like no governing body of foos has caught on to this.

This Friday at BC's is a BYB(bring your beginner) and the format is 1-ball rollerball. The beginners will man the front handles. The fan will go crazy, attendance will double!

Trashy, please stay off topic!

I'm lost.

You're a good player though Roger. You know what goes into the game. Now the main intent for the patrons of a bar is to party, but I've noticed thru the years that they'll stop and watch a ball or two played, then move on. My main point is a faster style has never been tried with a pay matching OS or OD, or each ranks top pay. IMO, the precision won't be the same but besides the players, no one else would notice. Also IMO, after a set period of time, the world beaters would be the same players. Spree beats most Pros one handed that he matches up with.

For a growing fan & player base that could lead to more money for players. A faster style has never been tried. One different format sure wouldn't hurt. Look at the rage demand MMA has over Boxing for the younger fans. All I know for sure is that tour/local foosball is dying out without 1 local/tour promoter not trying something different. I ain't talking a complete rebuild, just one game with a different format where the static/percentage isn't used. Pool is as static as it gets but at least they have different games. Foosball= race to 5/2outta3 most of the time. I know what goes into tourney foos but I'd sure like a different format to watch.

I think it was Jerry Todd who told me the Italians have a format close to 1-ball rollerball.

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