How To Play Sharky's 8 Ball Pool

Question 

How do I play Sharky's 8 Ball Pool?

Answer

Sharky's 8-Ball Pool is a two-player game with optional ratings and chat. The winner of each game receives 100 GV Rewards.

• To win, be the first player to pocket your set of object balls, 1-7 (solids) or 9-15 (stripes), then legally pocket the 8-ball.
  
• To hit the ball, place your pool stick using your mouse. Control your power using the left mouse button. The longer you hold the left mouse button, the more power you will have.
  
• For a break to be legal, the player who breaks must strike the rack with the cue ball.
  
• If the player makes an illegal break, it becomes the second player's turn.
  
• Any balls pocketed on the break remain pocketed.
  
• The choice of stripes or solids is determined when a player legally pockets the first ball after a break. If the player pockets both a solid and a stripe in the same shot, he/she must choose which group of balls they wish to play.
  
• Once balls have been assigned, it is a foul to strike the other player's ball before your own. If this happens, the player's turn is over and any balls pocketed remain pocketed. The next player also gains ball in hand.
  
• A player's turn continues as long as he legally pockets legal object balls.
  
• A player's turn ends when he takes a shot that is illegal and deemed a foul, fails to pocket a legal object ball, or pockets his opponent's ball.
  

• Players initially start with a rating of 1500. This can only be affected by playing.
  
• Players can choose to rate or not rate their game by checking "Make this game rated" in the Table Options window when setting up the table. Note: In games that permit robot players, you cannot play rated games against robots. Choosing a rated game deselects the "Start game with robots" option and vice versa.
  
  
• Players can limit their opponents to players of a certain rating level by clicking the colored rating level buttons in the Table Options window.
  
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  Our rating system takes into account the difference between two players' ratings. If you have a much higher rating than your opponent, a win actually will lower your rating (and a loss will lower it a lot). To avoid this, make sure you only play opponents with a rating that is similar to yours.
  

• If the player returns, then the game continues as if there was no interuption.
  
  
• If the remaining player Quits, Stands Up or Leaves, then the remaining player gets the Win. The first person out is credited with a Quit and a Loss. Ratings are adjusted accordingly.
  
  
• If the remaining players allows someone else to join them in the place of someone who has left, the one who left has no changes in their player stats or in their rating. The new player accepts responsibility of finishing the game.