uk_9_ball_convert said:

Davis and Hendry dominated their era in a way Ronnie hasn't. Just don't think Ronnie has the same temperament and grit of those serial winners, though nobody can deny his talent.

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Not to take anything away from Hendry, but how dominant you are has a lot to do with who you have play against. I enjoy these discussion because it lets me geek out and look up the data.

I compared Hendry's dominant 5 year run to the last 5 WC's that Ronnie won. (highlighted names are World Champions)

Well I see "available soon" on 3 matches. Hope Judd Trump comes up soon. He is #1 ....at this time.

mikepage said:

He went from 814 (#31) to 830 (#16) in the last year. That's a big jump.

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Is that from him suddenly having more FR matches in the system, or has he been overperforming that much? Not sure how big the data set was before then.

skogstokig said:

the masters crowd used to be quite tribal back in the days when the scots played.. ding got a dose of that tribalism at his first masters 20 or so years ago. it has changed a lot since then, to the better. maybe with ticket price gentrification, but i like to think not

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Okay, i understand now. Keeping a conflict on the fields of Friendly Strife allows a genuine congratulations at the final handshake. Most of my side wagers ha: been for a beer.
Life was good back in the day when I had a $5 Friendly wager on each table at the Reno Sands Open. Oh let's see? That was the late '80s.
A lust for competition doesn't require victory. Victory is however easier to celebrate.
My goal in competition is....do my best and let lady luck do the rest.
Keeping my mind right is Huge. Coming back from down 6-2 going to 7 is my best. Heck I saw Dan Louie come back from 6 none going to 7. AND! The kicker was his opponent was 2 degrees off of straight on his final 9 ball. He was so pumped and drilled it.....but whitey drifted to scratch. Oh what a lesson he got from Danny. I can call him Danny as we are friends.

They are also using video to get the call wrong.

gregcantrall said:

Well Scott is my heritage and I am unaware of a dispute or diss of any nature.
He Guoqiang must feel sacrificial down 5-0 going to 10.

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the masters crowd used to be quite tribal back in the days when the scots played.. ding got a dose of that tribalism at his first masters 20 or so years ago. it has changed a lot since then, to the better. maybe with ticket price gentrification, but i like to think not

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Allot of other pro events these days.... are using video to go over situations to get the call right.

Bump.