Ooof. I left MD almost 4 years ago and a lot of the rooms have closed down. Frederick used to have Champions but it closed a while back. There's no room that I know of in Frederick anymore. Closest spot that has nice 9 foot tables is probably 7 Billiards in Shady Grove, but that's probably 30-40 mins from Frederick.

Ellicott is another area that doesn't have pool halls near by. You need to head towards Baltimore to Top Hat for a real nice room. There are also pool halls with plenty of bar tables sort of near that area? Off the top of my head you're looking at Brews & Cues and Bank Shots. Triple 9's used to be my closest spot in Elkridge, MD but its more of a dive bar? Plenty of 9 foot tables though.

billiards_watch said:

They really dropped the ball. Jeddah was a great event and then they transitioned to Florida Open that has potential to be another great event.

Give Collins from Postup a call and he can broadcast it correctly for you guys. Hire him.

He's a one man show and puts out great streams.

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Delivery of multiple feeds to dozens of international broadcasters (excluding WNT TV) amongst a myriad of other technical factors are a step up from streamers. That's no disrespect to the slew of fantastic streamers out there, including Collins.

Broadcast is a specialist field.

Bob Jewett said:

If I had to guess, I'd say livesb.io is looking to get their name in front of a lot of sports fans. The site is in Thai and Vietnamese only. Maybe the huge response to the pool tournaments in Vietnam got their attention. I have not heard of much (any?) Thai billiards, but Vietnam has become an international player only recently, so maybe there's a market there.

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thailand is snooker territory. but until recently i thought vietnam was just three cushion. maybe pool is spreading through the region, and these countries will fall like dominoes if we don't put a stop to it

decent dennis said:

My bad. I was looking under on demand. Although there are only 3 videos I think.

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We are thinking of getting rid of the on demand section as the event buttons effectively do the same, but organise them into events, which is much better.

garczar said:

I would ban asking what three things should be changed. Seriously, why keep asking about things that will never happen. Live in 'the now' and don't worry about minutia like this.

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garczar said:

Folks, too many of you live in some sort of pool-crazed fantasy land. Just deal with 'what is' today and you'd be better off. I'm bowing out of this with three things: 1.bar-boxes are never going away, 2. 14.1 is never making a comeback. and 3.FargoRate is here to stay. Deal with it.

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Soooooooo….., let me get this straight. None of these things are going to change so everyone should just let it go and accept it, deal with it, they’d be better off not worrying about minutia like this? You know what, it occurs to me that you’re right.
Then again, it also occurs to me that there are those that are going to resurrect old threads, those that will post threads that you find useless and stupid, those that will be so audacious to have opinions that you don’t agree with. These things are never going to change either, so perhaps you should just follow the advice you give here and just accept it, let it go, don’t worry about minutia like this, just deal with it. You’ll be better off for it, your blood pressure will be lower and that vein on your forehead won’t pop up and throb. Sorry, I mean no offense, but if you can’t see the irony here then you’re just not looking.

billiards_watch said:

Noticed I said he puts out a good stream. Just limit some of the things he says.

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Just take away his mic and no video of his face either.

8cree said:

Yes, Collins is no commentator, he will be one of the first to tell you that as well.

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BS. He is too arrogant to say that.

we dont need game turned into rocket science!

Bob Jewett said:

Let's start with:

Pro players must know the rules.

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Killjoy.

Let's start with:

Pro players must know the rules.

Tyler back to playing like Tyler

More importantly, we have a rematch of last year's classic. Earl vs delawder, I hope it's available

Black-Balled said:

AI, ya dum mfer
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I notice that when I 'Google ' anything now, the first responses are always AI generated.
This is going to get much worse!

Gio Sr. said:

FYI the ding was under a big glob of blue chalk. I use V10 green

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That was probably a serious miscue on a power shot. Sometimes those even leave discolored brown marks. Maybe don't play with angry people?

garczar said:

Folks, too many of you live in some sort of pool-crazed fantasy land. Just deal with 'what is' today and you'd be better off. I'm bowing out of this with three things: 1.bar-boxes are never going away, 2. 14.1 is never making a comeback. and 3.FargoRate is here to stay. Deal with it.

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I’ve had to adjust my attitude about some stuff. Not just in pool but in other areas of life. I tend toward curmudgeonly traditionalism in various things. It is generally unrealistic and leads to disappointment. So yes, you can set up your pool utopia in your basement and play 14.1 alone. Or you can go play in the real world. Playing in the real world offers more opportunities for competition and, yes, fun.

And Minnesota Fats was correct that straight pool was dead by the ‘50’s or ‘60’s. That was 60-75 years ago.

or1pkt said:

Cue balls are disposable in my opinion. I feel they last a month or so of hard play. I order Measle cue balls direct from aramith by case.

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In the very old days, it was standard to have a dedicated cue ball for smash breaks. I bet your cue balls would last longer if you tried that. Maybe buy sets of Casino balls and use the yellows and reds.