In the game: help pool Also pool table pool status pool rack pool accept pool decline pool line pool left pool right pool power pool spin pool shoot pool place pool scoop
Play pool on a pool table in the room.
pool table
pool table
Show the table, who has which balls left, and whose shot it is. Only you see
your aim. Both players are shown the table when a game starts and after every
shot. Alias: pool status. A screenreader session gets a text listing of
the balls instead of the drawing.
pool rack
pool rack <player> [eight/nine]
Ask a player in the room for a game. The game starts when that player
accepts. The player who accepts breaks. The game is eight ball by default;
name nine to play nine ball instead.
In eight ball the first ball you sink on a legal shot picks your group. Sink
all of your group, then the 8. Sinking the 8 early, or on a foul, loses the
game. A foul gives the other player the cue ball in hand. The 8 sunk on the
break goes back on the table.
In nine ball the rack is a diamond, you must hit the lowest numbered ball
first, and pocketing the 9 legally wins.
pool accept
pool accept
Accept a game request. You break.
pool decline
pool decline
Decline a game request, or cancel the request you made.
pool line
pool line <ball>
pool line x<0-198> y<0-99>
pool line
Aim the cue at a ball, or at a point on the table. Name a ball as the view
does: @3 for a solid, #9 for a stripe, 8 for the eight. With no
argument, report your current aim. The point labels are in centimetres and
match the table view: x runs left to right along the top ruler, y runs top to
bottom down the side. Give them in either order.
pool left
pool left [<steps>]
Swing the line to your left, as you face down the table. One step is two
degrees, and fractions work. It tells you what the line is on now.
pool right
pool right [<steps>]
Swing the line to your right. One step is two degrees, and fractions work.
pool power
pool power <1-10>
Set the force of the stroke.
pool spin
pool spin <place>
Set where the tip hits the cue ball. The places are top, bottom, left,
right, and centre.
pool shoot
pool shoot
Shoot. You must have aimed first.
pool place
pool place x<0-198> y<0-99>
Place the cue ball on the table. You must have ball in hand. The labels match
the table view and work in either order. A point too close to a rail is moved
in to the nearest spot where the ball fits, and the reply says where it went.
pool scoop
pool scoop
Remove the balls and end the game.