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My favourite movie is "The Shining" by Kubrick. Very different from the novel. A fantastic film that has levels atop of levels. You can get lost in it and every time you watch it you discover something you missed. Film making is different from novels. What works for one doesn't always work for...

Real life doesn't translate well to film. Car movies have people shifting gears 8000 times. Any "realistic" pool movie would be insanely boring to the average spectator. Watching some guy get run over with no trick shots. Or two gamblers woofing at eachother with no intention to play? Who the f...

Do you have a thin brass ferrule? Because with a hard enough shot, it WILL dig into the shoulder of the cue. I've seen it several times.

As someone who plays both snooker and pool (and all other billiard games apart from Pyramid), let me tell you why tip size matters. A snooker cue generally has a thin walled brass ferrule. It's thin in order to limit deflection somewhat. Unfortunately, when you strike a heavy ball hard, the...

I don't care how bad this movie (probably) is, WHAT a treat this is! To see a film of such notoriety, lost for 50 years and seemingly destined never to be seen again! Thank you to all that made this possible. Now I'm going to watch it!

14.1 is a brutal game when it comes to revealing weaknesses. It takes a certain kind of stroke to open a big cluster. If you are at all uncomfortable or timid, you'll get stuck, you'll hit the cluster in the wrong spot or too weakly. I think you may be babying your shots. You are holding off on...

Meh..I bought some of these tips years ago in various sizes and tried them on almost all my cues. On my snooker cue, I thought they were all right. Nothing spectacular, but playable. Not too dissimilar to an Elk master. If I had the choice I'd rather have an elkmaster or even a lepro, though...

I'm sorry but many of those views are from 3. world countries, for instance the Phillipines with regards to Efren. These peoples views aren't worth much, if anything, to Western advertisers. Once you charge even a single dollar, any stream is lucky to get to 4 digits. Most hardly break 3.

I'm trying to play some pool again after a couple of years myself, due to problems with my joints. I think what usually has been the problem, coming from breaks such as these, for me, has been body stillness. Keeping my body perfectly still throughout the stroke and keeping the stroking arm...

I can tell you've played mostly in upscale rooms....If you leave the cloth on for too long, the most common break spot will be worn through. Unfortunately using a break cloth will only protect this spot and not the 1 ball spot, which will also at this point approach being worn through. Using a...

Some older models of Universal cues use uni-lock. I have one, and used to own another. They're decent quality, too.

I don't like any of the modern twists on snooker, because the original game is not broken. Also, letting braindead consumers direct your games development never works out. Look at the mess that has been made of pool. We used to have 14.1 on 10 foot tables. Tables that used to be tall like...

Of course it's the Saudis, and of course its gold, because why wouldn't it be? So tacky and classless. Nobody wants gimmick snooker. It's been tried over and over again and is always rejected. The British are very protective of their traditions, and rightfully so. This will go nowhere.

Nap effects are most pronounced on thicker cloth with more nap, while the snooker cloth used on tv and the cloth used on a chinese 8 ball table are shorn which reduces the effects. They are still there, but to a lesser degree. On a c8b table which is essentially just a small snooker table, due...

Honestly there are not so many good examples on use cases in either snooker or chinese 8 ball. There are more uses in English billiards where you can get points from scratching. There are many effects that are caused by the nap. Shooting slowly diagonally or perpendicularly to the nap, causes...

OK, I may be able to save you some money, but I'm guessing I won't, based on the information in your post. You don't like LD shafts. You don't buy one. It's really that easy. There are no "magic" shafts. Any improvement to your game is going to be very subtle, and you would probably have...

It's your decision. People play for different reasons. Some play for the challenge of becoming better, winning etc. Some play because they love the game. I think many people are overly concerned with what others think of them and their status. They're afraid of being judged. This btw, is one of...

Sure man, I was a fargo 649 when I quit after playing less and less for years, but at the moment I haven't played for 1 year+ because of ongoing health issues. My best game is not pool but snooker, blackball and Chinese 8 ball, so I believe I can speak with some knowledge about tight pockets. In...

I've allready aired my idea for a pool movie, a gritty tale about the life of Earl Strickland, played by a character actor and with some slight exaggerations and embellishments I think it would make a great movie. Even if he is found to be an unsuitable subject, I think a modern pool movie would...

Agreed. The more I hear people in the pool hall whine about needing tighter pockets, the harder it gets to shut up. The fact is, I know these peoples games and they are by far, not able to run out regularly on ANY kind of pool table. Running 2 balls on a tight table should not be more...