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So, today's your first day on the internet, you say? :p

More like, "TA TA!"

I guess this is for movie/TV starships (and space stations) If you want to include other large man-made structures in space from SF in general, you've got to have a hell of a lot bigger picture. Two off the top of my head are: Rama. Makes all the others look small. Cylinder 50km long, 16km...

Maybe it was his table, and he assumed that you were challenging him by racking the balls? Did it start a fight?

Better exercise than sitting and staring at AZB for hours, that's for sure.

Return or drop pockets? Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Did you consider just using the oven? That's also a dry heat, and would work in any climate, any season.

Sorry you don't agree, but it is what it is. I'm about 99% sure that we discussed this with the head ref from Vegas when he was in Lincoln a year or two ago, among some other strange situations we had come up in play. You can certainly petition the rules committee to change it, but until they...

steev, I see your point, and I have also played at a high level for at least as long as you. I never came across this situation until I started reffing 5 or 6 years ago, and then had to ask the head ref in our area about it. It does seem a bit strange at first, but it is in line with safeties...

Again, these two sentences from the rules are what you're asking about: The choice of group is determined only when a player legally pockets a called object ball after the break shot. A safety shot is defined as a legal shot. Yes, there have been some vehement, vociferous discussions when I...

These sentences from the rules above cover what you are asking about. The choice of group is determined only when a player legally pockets a called object ball after the break shot. For tactical reasons a player may choose to pocket an obvious object ball and also discontinue his turn at the...

Yep, been a ref in Lincoln, NE and Midwest VNEA, and Junior International tourneys. We have had this call several times in the last 3-4 years.

This is a valid call in VNEA. You can call a ball, pocket, and safety on an open table. After the shot, (assuming the ball is pocketed), it's the other player's turn at the table, and they have the other group. Edited to add this from the VNEA rules: C. OPEN TABLE The table is “open” when...

^^^^^This. I hate watching matches on TV that skip over all the "good" stuff.

Links? I want to see the cue that caused so much angst.

^^^ This.

I'm relieved it's that close to you. Take some pics when you get it, show it off for us. Keep us up to date, let us know how it plays!

We had 24 players, so 2 divisions, split by ability, more or less. Myself and the other organizer, (POCKETWOLF here on AZ), flipped a coin to see which of us was going to be getting our ass kicked in the upper division. He "won". Now we're just starting our 5th week, and one division is...

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Thank you Mike. This is our first season of Straight Pool leagues, and it's an experiment. Some people are more vocal, but everyone seems to be enjoying playing a great game in a competitive league. I hope we can make some changes for the next go-round that will make it even better.