Even before you walk into the game room inside the student recreation center, you can already hear the chattering and billiard balls clashing into each other. Because I usually walk inside the room around 5 pm with my friends, the game room is packed with Georgia State students. Most of the students have their book bags tossed to the side of the room or on their backs, which indicates that they came straight from their last class. Each student here came to the game room to have fun and socialize, and the games in the room help all of us connect with one another.  For my friends and me, that game is billiards. As my friend and I begin a billiard match, we also stir up conversations with neighboring billiard players. Sometimes, experience students give us advice on a play while others stand back and watch. There are even times when there is a circle around a billiards table, especially if there is a particularly aggressive match occurring. Students come here with their friends to play a friendly match and often leave the game room having met new people. Even a person who is usually quiet may find it easier to make friends at the student recreation game room. At the end of each match, I always look around the room and smile. Any GSU student can come inside the room to play and be immediately welcomed with laughter of friends and smiles from strangers. Like everyone else who comes in to play, I love playing billiards because the environment helps me relieve my stress from school and I like to socialize with old and new friends.