Comments on: A Fond Farewell to Pasadena: Pasadena-Rules Foosball http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/03/a-fond-farewell-to-pasadena-pasadena-rules-foosball/ I will not explain what this weblog is all about in a few words. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:39:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Tony http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/03/a-fond-farewell-to-pasadena-pasadena-rules-foosball/#comment-71 Tony Mon, 19 Dec 2005 17:03:58 +0000 #comment-71 <p>I see your branch of foosball evolved in the opposite direction of the PETsMART.com scene. We played a more "civilized" game, which just meant those ingrained cheaters among us had to come up with more creative ways to bend the rules. That previously mentioned score-off-the serve became known as the "KMart" or "blue light special" because it was "cheap." When it was banned, yours truly practiced hours and hours perfecting a spin-serve that got the ball directly to the 3-man. A direct score off that serve (perfectly legal) was known as the JMart (after the J shaped path the ball took).</p> <p>Other "civilized" rules included: no rolling the ball while it was trapped between the 5-man and the floor (all 5-man to 5-man passes had to be bumps).</p> <p>After a while, though, the game is just too slow, so we invented 2, 3, 5 and 7 ball variants. For 2-ball, both players serve simultaneously and you only get a point if you score both balls. If one ball leaves the table, play continues until a dead ball or a score, at which point 1 or both balls are reintroduced. For 3+ ball variants, N-2 balls are placed on the centerline and 2 balls are served simultaneously. Whoever scores the most balls in a round gets the difference in # balls scored (i.e. in 5-ball, if I score 4 and you score 1, I get 3 points)</p> I see your branch of foosball evolved in the opposite direction of the PETsMART.com scene. We played a more “civilized” game, which just meant those ingrained cheaters among us had to come up with more creative ways to bend the rules. That previously mentioned score-off-the serve became known as the “KMart” or “blue light special” because it was “cheap.” When it was banned, yours truly practiced hours and hours perfecting a spin-serve that got the ball directly to the 3-man. A direct score off that serve (perfectly legal) was known as the JMart (after the J shaped path the ball took).

Other “civilized” rules included: no rolling the ball while it was trapped between the 5-man and the floor (all 5-man to 5-man passes had to be bumps).

After a while, though, the game is just too slow, so we invented 2, 3, 5 and 7 ball variants. For 2-ball, both players serve simultaneously and you only get a point if you score both balls. If one ball leaves the table, play continues until a dead ball or a score, at which point 1 or both balls are reintroduced. For 3+ ball variants, N-2 balls are placed on the centerline and 2 balls are served simultaneously. Whoever scores the most balls in a round gets the difference in # balls scored (i.e. in 5-ball, if I score 4 and you score 1, I get 3 points)

]]> By: cp http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/03/a-fond-farewell-to-pasadena-pasadena-rules-foosball/#comment-70 cp Fri, 04 Nov 2005 18:15:04 +0000 #comment-70 <p>Yeah, there are a bunch of different named shots, all the variants of "the curse," and about 1,000,000 other rules (I didn't want to just come out and say "we play Calvin-ball at the office), but it was getting late and I was getting tired, so some important things got left out. Clearly I'll need a followup post on Foosball.</p> Yeah, there are a bunch of different named shots, all the variants of “the curse,” and about 1,000,000 other rules (I didn’t want to just come out and say “we play Calvin-ball at the office), but it was getting late and I was getting tired, so some important things got left out. Clearly I’ll need a followup post on Foosball.

]]> By: SLS http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/03/a-fond-farewell-to-pasadena-pasadena-rules-foosball/#comment-69 SLS Fri, 04 Nov 2005 12:30:33 +0000 #comment-69 <p>Weren't there names for specific shots, too? I seem to remember the line-drive goal off the serve being a "Marcia". Pravda?</p> Weren’t there names for specific shots, too? I seem to remember the line-drive goal off the serve being a “Marcia”. Pravda?

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