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The sequence of events:

  * The old man pots the two balls
  * The younger man attacks him just as they are potted
  * The old man dies (or is knocked out or something) in the fight
  * Young man returns to the table and proceeds to pot the rest of his balls

After the old man pots the balls, surely it's still his turn as he scored? Or
did the rules of billiards that they were using not necessarily have turns? Or
maybe he used the old man's body and made him miss?

Is there any proper answer to this, or is this just a big plot hole that was
skipped over?


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How did the young man take his turn? (spoilers)


Sure it was the old man's turn... except he was incapacitated at the time, so
he couldn't do anything, which is why the bartender allowed the young man to
continue the game. In a normal game of billiards, if a player is knocked out
and no one is able to substitute for them, then the game would naturally end.
In Death Billiards, however, ending the game was not an option, so the young
man decided to take over the old man's turn and finish the game


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Taking episode 1 of the TV series _Death Parade_ (which is based on _Death
Billiards_ ) into account, **except for the scoring rules and winning
condition, the games don't have any other restrictions in the first place**.

As revealed in episode 2 of _Death Parade_ , the game is just a means to an
end. It is designed so that as the players play the game (under the belief
that their lives are at stake), they gradually regain the memory before death
and expose their emotions and their true nature as they try to win the game by
any means necessary. And the arbiter observes their actions and emotions
displayed throughout the game to judge whether they should be reincarnated or
sent to void.

Therefore, although his action violates the rules of the game in real life, it
is totally valid here for the young man to knock out the old man and "steals"
his turn to pocket the rest of the balls.


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