Zerksies said:

This looks like another novelty gadet that does not fix the underlying issue.

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It won't even diagnose the underlying issue, and could potentially worsen it because it isn't a true test of anything that matters on a pool table.

El Toro said:

A lot of you are mentioned using the pocket reducers, instead of this aiming tool, but pocket reducers won't tell you that you still have a garbage stroke and can't shoot straight.

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I guess that raises the question: If you are consistently making balls in tight pockets, can you have a 'garbage' stroke and not be shooting straight?

I can't do the whole 'shoot between two objects' thing to save my life, but that is because I don't have what I consider to be a useful aim point.

You see, I learned to pocket balls and make shape. I can shoot between two balls to hit an object ball beyond the split because I have the ball to aim at (or a spot if I'm kicking).

Shooting between arbitrary obstacles doesn't teach anyone a thing about playing pool. If you want to dial in shooting straight, shoot from the spot to the middle diamond and make the cueball come back through the spot. Free, even on a bar table. Fast because there is nothing to set up. Accurate because the rail tells you if you have spin.

With any 'training' device, one has to ask whether the device is actually doing anything toward the final goal of being a better player. This isn't. Maybe it will give you a warm and fuzzy feeling, but nobody will care that you can roll a cueball through posts after you lose a match.

All 4 of my horses made it through. Zhao and Xiao would have to play each other if they both make it to the QFs though.

Black-Balled said:

You're missing out on a beautiful part of the TV world.

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Hard pass on sitcoms and Batman for sure. lol.

BeiberLvr said:

I might be one of the few people not related to Selby that actually enjoys watching him play.

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i booked him and still just zap over to his match and go yes do your devilish thing mark, zap over

ChrisinNC said:

I dispute your assertion that use of an overhead close up slow motion video of the contact would ever result in a errored call.

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It’s already happened several times, well documented.

Damn Bob!!!!!! Brian.

El Toro said:

Did you not read what he said? He flat out trashed it. How do you not understand that? He has not even tried using this aiming aid.
If you're selling a used car online, and I comment and say, "Man, that car sucks, there's better, cheaper cars elsewhere". That's pretty rude of me to say that, right? Especially when I've never even tried your car out. But hey, this is a discussion forum and I can talk shit about your car, right?
We're all here because we like pool, right? I didn't know that it was a requirement to speak up and ignorantly talk trash about something a person is trying to sell.

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@El Toro I understand how you are feeling. Emotionally separating yourself from your ideas is a learned skill. Like anything else it is something that you have to practice and get better at over time. I know all too well.

Everybody in the world has great ideas from their own perspective. Ideas are free and valueless, essentially step zero. The very first step of innovation is to make a prototype and validate it yourself (cost and feasibility). You at least did this instead of talking about it, so good. The second step is to make a minimum-viable-product (MVP) and validate it with the public. This is where you are. Your public-validation stage results are telling you that the idea is not worth pursuing with a lot of capital because the response is underwhelming. You need to realize that his is reality and use it to properly place your product into the correct space (low production numbers, stay 3D printed, don't invest in a steel-cut mold, 50 sales per year target, etc).

You can't defend your idea yourself to force validation with the public. It is like trying to fight the laws of nature.

The nice thing about this forum is that you get critical feedback pretty much for free. In the engineering world you usually need to pay for it.