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He told em to beat it (startrek.website)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 139 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Because it's a Billiards table

https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carom_billiards#:~:text=Carom%20billiards%20tables%20have%20no,two%20balls%20on%20the%20table.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I first learned about billiards from the wonderful video Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land, specifically this part which has a great explanation of the strategy.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Yep I'm bad at math so would be bad at the game, but damn that's really cool. Like when he was first doing it I was amazed at how good he was just eyeballing everything

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You unlocked an old memory of mine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

When I posted it I was hoping that would happen to someone :)

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago

And here I thought that was fancy talk for pool.

[–] ratman150 14 points 11 months ago

TIL

[–] [email protected] 45 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That’s because you don’t need any holes to beat it

( Ν‘Β° ΝœΚ– Ν‘Β°)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Wha..What the fuck???

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Maybe they're carom billiards tables?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Version 1 of any realise will have bugs and not be as good /s