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Message: [QUOTE="Huge, post: 2294006, member: 1992"] Fair enough Coxy...snooker/billiards has been around for 2 centuries with pool a much later addition. Billiards kicked it off ( 2 whites,one plain,one with spot and a red ball) although you can trace it's origins to even before that with the French aristocracy. The colours used in snooker have their roots in the outdoor game of Croquet . The French loved bashing balls around on the lawn outside but were'nt fond of shitty weather so they brought an abbreviated game indoors and up on tables. They actually used to use the blunt(thick end) of the cue to push the balls around !!! If you look at most cues you'll see there's a chamfer on the thick end, this was never intended to be the makers badge but the actual surface that rested on the table so as to be stable when they pushed the balls around ! Eight/nine ball is a much simpler game with snooker pros easily transferring their skills and success to the top of the rung when the money started going into the game. No pool player could ever cut the mustard in top level snooker but the top in snooker find the transition so, so easy. That tells you all you need to know with snooker easily requiring much greater levels of skill. Pools a poor cousin but fun nevertheless especially with a few mates and some piss. It's a sport all right and as you acknowledged it sure takes some skill and mental toughness and it's a complex sport too. Darts etc not nearly so much but nevertheless ,darts too would take some mastering. [/QUOTE]

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