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** Why not? The pool table is difficult to damage, and simple tech that's readily available in the setting. Plus, holographic displays can be easily custom-modified to alternate playing styles. Want to mix up the game? Adjust the balls' relative weights, the direction they move, arrangement, etc. |
** Why not? The pool table is difficult to damage, and simple tech that's readily available in the setting. Plus, holographic displays can be easily custom-modified to alternate playing styles. Want to mix up the game? Adjust the balls' relative weights, the direction they move, arrangement, etc. |
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** Stops drunks, idiots and/or miscreants nicking the balls. Speaking as a former bartender, this is a bigger problem than you may think. |
** Stops drunks, idiots and/or miscreants nicking the balls. Speaking as a former bartender, this is a bigger problem than you may think. |
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*** And that's leaving aside the problem that pool balls are ''deadly'' in a bar brawl, which given the kinds of places that the crew drinks in is definitely going to be a concern. |
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** No reason it has to be just a pool table, just a giant iPad type thing with [[Hard Light]] projectors, so the same table can easily be used for snooker, bar billiards, air hockey, [[Sim City]]... |
** No reason it has to be just a pool table, just a giant iPad type thing with [[Hard Light]] projectors, so the same table can easily be used for snooker, bar billiards, air hockey, [[Sim City]]... |
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== Book's Denomination == |
== Book's Denomination == |
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