I need a tie breaker: Pool or ping pong table?

They're both fun, but I have to go with: Pool Table

~Ping pong sounds are annoying unless you are playing it. ~Ping pong balls are more likely to fly around the room and get lost than pool balls. ~I would be more likely to strike up a game of pool with a client or colleague than ping pong. Pool is a good game for maintaining conversation while playing.
~Pool tables (usually) look nicer.

Or get both ;)

Pool.

What Sarah said. And, pool seems more thoughtful and strategic, less frenetic, and it's more fun to watch other people playing pool than to watch other people playing ping-pong.

You can get a pool table with felt in colors other than green. Tempest Lounge has theirs in scarlet. Very sexy. Oh yeah, there's that--pool is more sexy than ping-pong.

( http://tempestlounge.com )

Okay! I had to jump in on behalf of all table tennis lovers!!!

Almost everyone can play ping pong and have fun, which isn't always the case with billiards. Some people may not want to look like a blooming idiot if they can't get a ball into a hole with a stick, and they would certainly shun your pool table! Probably the most important reason for my chiming in on this tie breaker: Growing up, I could never beat any of my five older brothers at pool, but put us in front of a ping pong table and I smoked their asses! (so i'm partial....) =)

It dosent matter what kind of balls you like to play with! Just dont spill your glass of wine on the pool table.

-Rich ;)

Do your clients come alone or in groups? I'm more likely to use a facility like CubeSpace by myself which means I might take a break to shoot some pool alone (with the option of letting others join in if the occasion arises). But I can never play ping pong by myself so I would never use a ping pong table. And I'm not about to go from cube to cube asking total strangers, who are busy working, to play ping pong with me.

Um, don't they make combinations of pool tables with a table tennis top you can easily attach to the pool table? "Best to have EVERYTHING you really want!" I always say...

I agree with Adrienne. And, having been in CubeSpace, I'm wondering about the sound comment Sarah mentioned. If I was working there, and kept hearing ping pong in the background, I think that would drive me crazy...

billiards aka pool is my vote.

ya know- My first instinct was to say ping pong because it is a bit more lively and fun. You do need other people around to make it lively and fun. Having tried solo ping pong a few times, I'll have to go with pool table. Otherwise, it gets a little "Forrest Gump".

P.s. How fun that you are considering either of those things! I've never worked in an office with games.

Pool gets my vote because it's a game that everyone can attain instant mediocrity at, but you can spend the rest of your life trying to master. It's also more social than ping pong - you can talk about business over a pool game, but I think it would be a challenge to do that while playing ping pong.

I would be concerned about hte noise too but yes- I have seen pool tables with ping pong tops that fold up. Could be the solution.

We had both a fold-up ping-pong table, pool table, and foosball table at my old office (yes, this was at the peak of the dot com era). Though I was always open to the office games tri-athalon, it was the pool table that always got the most action. It's also the quietest of the three.

I am short. I therefore do not play pool very well so ping pong would be preferable. I love foosball but it can be noisy. I also love air hockey. If you can find some old arcade games like Ms. Pacman that would be AWESOME!!!! Just always think of those of us who are height challenged.

pool table hands down. nothing like the crack of a good shot/break.

pool