Say, that reminds me of another amusing anecdote. One of the more popular games on Quexxiji was a game called pool, which involved hitting a white ball with the tip of a stick in order to knock the other balls- what? You're telling me you know what pool is? Well aren't you the knowledgeable one? Anyway, RoboRabbit decided to hone his skills and become one of the best pool players on the planet, which took much practice, perseverance, and dedication, but he achieved it. He was soon among the top seven pool players on Quexxiji, and there was a tournament soon. Unfortunately, RoboRabbit found that after a long time playing pool his skin was full of wrinkles and his eyes burned from too much chlorine. After a little asking around, he was directed to a book entitled "Chronic Pool Syndrome: You've Probably Got it," which described an interesting condition from which he appeared to be suffering. This book supported its claims with lots of anecdotal evidence, which was good enough for RoboRabbit. So he decided to only play a little bit of pool every day until the tournament. His symptoms slowly faded until he was feeling completely fine when the day of the tournament arrived. He was not coarse at all.
While RoboRabbit knew that he was one of the top players, about twenty signed up for the tournament, so he had to spend half of his time playing with less skilled players. His first game against a similarly skilled player was with Killer Kangaroo. It was a rather close game, but RoboRabbit managed to make an extremely difficult double shot which he had not expected to make. After that, he had the advantage and was able to finish the game before Killer Kangaroo had a chance to. In the next game against a competent player RoboRabbit broke and made in five in a row due to the balls being arranged in such a manner as to allow him to easily do so, thus sealing his victory.
RoboRabbit's next game was a semifinal, and it was against Dolf. RoboRabbit knew Dolf to be an extremely skilled player and so he tried his best to win, which seemed to work at first as he knocked in three in a row, then his fourth shot failed to go in. Dolf showed intense focus as he began his own turn. As he took his first shot, RoboRabbit noticed that he lifted his pool stick up after every shot in a way that suggested rooting for the cue ball. Dolf's shot missed, but it put his target in a very good position. RoboRabbit had no very viable shot, so he took one to prevent Dolf from having a shot. Then Dolf attempted a trick shot and managed to be completely successful and position himself well. He took another shot and made in another ball. Then he made another, and another, but finally he accidentally hit the cue ball off the table, allowing RoboRabbit to hit in two more balls. Dolf hit in a ball on his turn and somehow managed to hit the cue ball off the table once again. This allowed RoboRabbit to finish with the rest of his balls and position the eight ball. Dolf made in three more on his turn, but he missed on the fourth shot, thus allowing RoboRabbit a place in the finals.
RoboRabbit knew who he would be up against in the finals, one who had garnered a reputation as the best pool player on Quexxiji. He was known to often win on his first or second turn. Thus RoboRabbit had no expectation of winning, as he could not hope to compete. He was glad to have somehow secured second place. Still, he tried his best in his final game.
His opponent took the first turn and made in four balls. RoboRabbit knocked two in and put the cue ball in a difficult position. Thus his opponent's next turn was wasted on repositioning, though he came somewhat close to hitting one in. RoboRabbit hit one in but missed the second shot, allowing his opponent to make two more shots. RoboRabbit found himself in a very difficult position and decided to put his opponent into a more difficult one. He hit the eight ball with just the right amount of force so that it was on the edge of a corner pocket, with the cue ball right next to it. His opponent was forced to use his next turn getting the cue ball away from the eight ball, which allowed RoboRabbit to hit one in and, from there, put his opponent's last ball right next to the eight ball. This caused his opponent to hit the eight ball in by accident, and thus RoboRabbit won the pool tournament with superior strategy, earning the title of best swimmer on Quexxiji and giving him a terrible case of Chrinic Pool Syndrome.
