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 POOL                                                                           

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In play: 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.

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  pool table                                          
  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. Only you see your aim. 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 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>]

Move the aim to the left. One step is two degrees.

pool right

pool right [<steps>]

Move the aim to the right. One step is two degrees.

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.

pool scoop

pool scoop

Remove the balls and end the game.

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