What games do people play?

clive bradbury · 07-03-08, 01:51 PM

Just wondered what you gentlemen get up to when you are not playing computer games.

Personally:

cricket
snooker
chess

Whilst I am at it, is snooker played much in the USA? I assume that pool dominates, but snooker is an excellent game, and I would have thought it has an appeal in the US - a much more difficult and complex game than pool, which over here is seen more as a pub game played when people do not have the time or the skill to play snooker.

Platapus · 07-03-08, 03:14 PM

I used to be big into tournament chess but have not played in any for quite a few years.

Now my favourite non-computer game is throwing the tennis ball for my Black Lab!

VipertheSniper · 07-03-08, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by clive bradbury

Just wondered what you gentlemen get up to when you are not playing computer games.

Personally:

cricket
snooker
chess

Whilst I am at it, is snooker played much in the USA? I assume that pool dominates, but snooker is an excellent game, and I would have thought it has an appeal in the US - a much more difficult and complex game than pool, which over here is seen more as a pub game played when people do not have the time or the skill to play snooker.

Hmm I've watched I think one year ago, Ronnie O'Sullivan at the Pool Worldchampions in the USA, and he played miserable, so I maybe it is viewed that way in the UK, and I agree that snooker is certainly a more difficult and complex game, but I guess you can't say that a skilled snooker player will automatically also excel at pool, because snooker is the more difficult game.

As for the games I play:

Soccer, Pool, Cardgames and dice games.

clive bradbury · 07-03-08, 04:45 PM

I agree, I don't think there is an automatic crossover between the two games. I quite like pool myself, and it does have the massive advantage of a smaller table, whcih means it can be pretty much played anywhere. I just prefer the deeper tactics of snooker.

I don't play much competitive chess over the board anymore, but can still be found on 'instantchess' most days, although I only play blitz nowadays. Perhaps I'm becoming more shallow (or have a shorter attention span) as I get older...

antikristuseke · 07-03-08, 04:55 PM

Play a bit of pool, though most ot the time when I go out to play pool with a certain friend I have to sit near the exit so his oponent wont leave without paying

. Other than that I play a bit of chess

Sailor Steve · 07-03-08, 05:38 PM

I play several tabletop wargames: Civil War miniatures, Naval miniatures (mostly WWI) and an airplane game with models that spans the whole thing - from WWI to modern jets.

Biggles · 07-03-08, 05:40 PM

At the time: Only one:

(don't play any real games atm.)

Monica Lewinsky · 07-03-08, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by clive bradbury

Just wondered what you gentlemen get up to when you are not playing computer games.

Uno

Skybird · 07-03-08, 06:05 PM

Chess, and occasionally Abalone and Backgammon. I also like Skat, but almost never get together the two additional players I would need for that - so I haven't played it for many years. I perform decent in chess, mediocre in Backgammon and sub-optimal in Abalone. I also tried out Chinese chess and Go, but did not really get the taste of the two.

Heavy Pool playing during my university years.

Two games I totally hate are Ludo (=Aggrevation), and Nine-Men's-Morris.

Platapus · 07-04-08, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

occasionally Abalone

Abalone?

I did not think that anyone else in the world but my girlfriend and I played Abalone.

Most cool!

rifleman13 · 07-04-08, 09:16 AM

I've been playing chess and Monopoly with friends and family.

Since SH3 arrived in my life, I never looked back!

clive bradbury · 07-03-08, 06:05 PM

Uno is a good game. Like you Steve, used to play a lot of tabletop wargames, mostly WW2. Good fun, but what a pain to setup and put away again in the same afternoon - and hard work on the back muscles leaning over that damn table! I guess that pc-based wargaming has largely pushed it into a minority activity now.

I spent some hours painting figures for wargaming in my time, I'll tell you!

Tchocky · 07-03-08, 06:15 PM

I like hurling, but I don't play with any club. Not the best at team sports :p

Used to play a lot of tennis and rugby (no good at rugby, but it was a lot of fun

)

Skybird · 07-03-08, 07:06 PM

I just used the search-button (for the term "chessmatch") and rechecked the six chess matches some of us had two and a half year ago live on this board. It was a nice idea, and a lot of fun, I think, and for some weeks served this board well.

Boy, time is fleeting...

kiwi_2005 · 07-03-08, 07:34 PM

Tried out golf the other day, my swings are completly useless i think i made a pretty large hole in the ground trying to hit the ball and when i did hit the ball it went sideways

I use to play rugby for the over 30's team where we would meet up on saturdays tuck in our stomachs push out our chests and try to look mean on the field, by end of the 80mins most of us were stuffed and looking it. Soon as that whistle went we would head of to the club rooms to get drunk. :rotfl: Probably the only reason we played.

07-03-08, 01:51 PM	#1
clive bradbury Captain Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: stoke-on-trent, UK Posts: 492 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	What games do people play? Just wondered what you gentlemen get up to when you are not playing computer games. Personally: cricket snooker chess Whilst I am at it, is snooker played much in the USA? I assume that pool dominates, but snooker is an excellent game, and I would have thought it has an appeal in the US - a much more difficult and complex game than pool, which over here is seen more as a pub game played when people do not have the time or the skill to play snooker.

07-03-08, 03:14 PM	#2
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,373 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I used to be big into tournament chess but have not played in any for quite a few years. Now my favourite non-computer game is throwing the tennis ball for my Black Lab! __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

07-03-08, 05:38 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I play several tabletop wargames: Civil War miniatures, Naval miniatures (mostly WWI) and an airplane game with models that spans the whole thing - from WWI to modern jets. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

07-03-08, 05:40 PM	#7
Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	At the time: Only one: (don't play any real games atm.) __________________

07-03-08, 06:05 PM	#9
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,642 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Chess, and occasionally Abalone and Backgammon. I also like Skat, but almost never get together the two additional players I would need for that - so I haven't played it for many years. I perform decent in chess, mediocre in Backgammon and sub-optimal in Abalone. I also tried out Chinese chess and Go, but did not really get the taste of the two. Heavy Pool playing during my university years. Two games I totally hate are Ludo (=Aggrevation), and Nine-Men's-Morris. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

07-03-08, 04:45 PM	#4
clive bradbury Captain Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: stoke-on-trent, UK Posts: 492 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	I agree, I don't think there is an automatic crossover between the two games. I quite like pool myself, and it does have the massive advantage of a smaller table, whcih means it can be pretty much played anywhere. I just prefer the deeper tactics of snooker. I don't play much competitive chess over the board anymore, but can still be found on 'instantchess' most days, although I only play blitz nowadays. Perhaps I'm becoming more shallow (or have a shorter attention span) as I get older...

07-03-08, 04:55 PM	#5
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Play a bit of pool, though most ot the time when I go out to play pool with a certain friend I have to sit near the exit so his oponent wont leave without paying . Other than that I play a bit of chess

07-04-08, 09:16 AM	#11
rifleman13 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2008 Location: Depth-charged to Kingdom Come Posts: 927 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	I've been playing chess and Monopoly with friends and family. Since SH3 arrived in my life, I never looked back!

07-03-08, 06:15 PM	#13
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I like hurling, but I don't play with any club. Not the best at team sports :p Used to play a lot of tennis and rugby (no good at rugby, but it was a lot of fun ) __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

07-03-08, 07:06 PM	#14
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,642 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I just used the search-button (for the term "chessmatch") and rechecked the six chess matches some of us had two and a half year ago live on this board. It was a nice idea, and a lot of fun, I think, and for some weeks served this board well. Boy, time is fleeting... __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

07-03-08, 07:34 PM	#15
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Tried out golf the other day, my swings are completly useless i think i made a pretty large hole in the ground trying to hit the ball and when i did hit the ball it went sideways I use to play rugby for the over 30's team where we would meet up on saturdays tuck in our stomachs push out our chests and try to look mean on the field, by end of the 80mins most of us were stuffed and looking it. Soon as that whistle went we would head of to the club rooms to get drunk. :rotfl: Probably the only reason we played. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.