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You would see videos titled "Pool Nation RELOADED - 7 Rails Masse." Players would spend twenty minutes setting up a shot where the cue ball would curve around a chalk cube, hit the edge of a pocket, bounce off a spinning coin left on the table (a decorative asset), and sink the 8-ball.

Forums dedicated to "Pool Nation Benchmarks" sprang up. "I get 87fps on the break with a GTX 680," one user wrote. "Disable v-sync and watch the cue ball stutter if your CPU is weak," warned another. Pool.Nation-RELOADED

The RELOADED version became a demo. A high-fidelity, unlimited trial for people who would never spend $10 on a pool game. And it worked too well. You would see videos titled "Pool Nation RELOADED