Topic: Definition of a Skunk?

[Foos4Life69]

My work foos partner and I were playing a savage game against our arch rivals and went up 6-0. House rules dictate that if you skunk someone they have to get you drinks for the rest of the day. We ended up pwning them 10-1. They maintain that it is only a skunk if you win 10-0. I was always under the impression that 7-0 or 10-1 are both skunks. Who is right? Either way pure pwnage was doled out, they have been demoted to newb status and are now our trick ponies.

[FoosInYorASS]

You play foos at work?

[GeneT]

not sure what rules you are using.  the game is usually to 5.

[PatRyan]

For skunks, it would depend on your "house rules".  I guess you might need to define them more clearly.  Where I play, our games go to 5 points, so 5-0 is a skunk.  But the "house penalties" and "house rules" vary.  

[WillD92]

On a quarter table, a skunk would be 5-0 since there are 9 balls and you play to 5 (Ref: ITSF Rules).  On a home model, it would also be 5-0 since the game would be over at that point.  When playing on a quarter table at a bar, you also would then have the chance to win 9-0 if you play the balls out.  9-0 would be an "American Hog-Nosed Skunk" since that is the largest skunk in the world.

Technically, if the table you are playing on has score keepers that exceed 5 on each side, then you would have to set your own rules as to whether a skunk occurs at 5 or when all the balls are played out but historically in the USA, a skunk is 5-0.

[bstone]

On a quarter table, a skunk would be 5-0 since there are 9 balls and you play to 5 (Ref: ITSF Rules).  On a home model, it would also be 5-0 since the game would be over at that point.  When playing on a quarter table at a bar, you also would then have the chance to win 9-0 if you play the balls out.  9-0 would be an "American Hog-Nosed Skunk" since that is the largest skunk in the world.

Technically, if the table you are playing on has score keepers that exceed 5 on each side, then you would have to set your own rules as to whether a skunk occurs at 5 or when all the balls are played out but historically in the USA, a skunk is 5-0.

AMERICAN HOG NOSE SKUNK! - awesome.

In my opinion a skunk is not letting the other team score a goal during the course of the game. Since there are 5 scoring beads on a tornado table then 5-0 would be a skunk. If there are 10 markers then I would call it 10-0 would be a skunk. If there were 100 beads then 100-0 would be a skunk. A skunk stinks and can't score a point. Just my opinion.

[wildcard]

We always played that a skunk was 5-0 and it doubles the bet (if you're playing a cash game)

[korisu]

You play foos at work?

You don't? We have a table at work, and most people play during lunch hour or after hours.

[mudfarmer]

what, you guys work?
so whats a skunk if your playing on a t-3000 with 2 score markers on each end. one with 8 and one with 3?  i'm guessing the itsf plays 3 games with 15 balls/table?

[bbtuna]

answer:  obviously it depends...you are not playing by "official" rules but rather "house" rules so in that case, whatever you decide is what it is, there is no "traditional" or universal definition

even if you were playing games to 5, as official rules require, you could make up your own skun rule

with that said, i have played a fair length of time in a number of places and a skunk has always been 5 to zero...any way you decide, i'm of the opinion that for anything to be an official skunk, whatever the score winning game is to, it requires that the one team score all points and the other team to score ZERO...

zero is skunk..."you got nothin, you stink" skunks stink, thus you got skunked