Waxing the cue ball? WTF is Kaci talking about now?

It is exactly because of the gambling issue. Pool is highly tainted by the reputation around dirty gambling, probably more than any other sport, and it can destroy any chance the sport has to grow. These guys probably didn't learn to wax balls playing for fun.
Yes, that's a good point. The importance of in-game improprieties can be magnified when a sport already carries a tarnished reputation.

World Pool Championships 2025, July 21-26, Jeddah

You're right about their uniformity. It's starting to look like the same tourney over and over again, just at a different place. Matchroom does seem to have a road map though with their team events, WC of Pool, and the Premiere League. The only thing they are missing is star power. They figured it out on the snooker side long ago, or maybe they were just lucky to have so many characters that even non-snooker players took an interest. The characters in the pool story haven't been developed yet, maybe with the exception of Earl but he's obviously done competing at this level. Even Shaw seems to be losing interest and he's quite the character. Filler should play the villian. Too many Cinderellas to name. The background stories on many of these players would be amazing to hear.

Guess we're just talking about the game though, and there you're right -- variety is good, even if it's just to distinguish the different events from each other.

people say the same about the current crop of snooker players. yes there were more characters in the 80's and 90's. but some of them were on blow and most of them were drinking.

but i agree. and it's definitely a challenge with this multitude of nationalities to portray their background stories.

Templates vs usual wooden racks and break balls

I think the Delta-13 is the best of the triangle racks if you want a tight rack. It's also pretty thin. But for the sake of your ears and those around you, get the inserts to damp the sound.
I have a wood rack that is angled, and designed to go over the balls and push them together. It works well for me, but I had to cut down the outer edges to prevent it from being way too large and interfering with 14.1 racking. Can't find anyone selling them now. Anyone else remember those, or have thoughts on how well they worked for other people?

Thank you kindly.

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