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3 things you would change about pool

TeddyKGB
Texas Carom Club said:
the very best 8ball i ever watched was on valleys in vnea masters, some really incredible run outs from some hard spots that come up
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Have you watched ultimate pool USA? Some of the outs are really impressive, and I'm not easily impressed. Id like to see some more pros give it a try. Its no doubt a different game, just like 9 ball and one pocket are different games. Imagine watching Gorst vs Filler in barbox 8 ball.
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WAXGATE and the Effects of Slick Cloth and Waxed Balls

Jaden
vincett said:
I agree with you, and I dont think it is any form of cheating at all. There can only be so much "variations" to the game to make it interesting. If you are inexperienced....then you are an inferior player, period.

I picked up my cuestick when I was very young and I knew many people calling "trick shots" a trickshot because under "normal circumstances" you can not replicate. It includes wiping the Cueball with Talc powder, or wet towels as you said. Especially in Phillipine and rural areas, people Hustle with tables full of Talc Powder.

The local kid can beat a pro, does that mean the local kid is better when playing pro conditions ? Of course not. This is what we are all saying , There can only be 1 king in the forest. If it is your forest, then you are the King. If it is your conditions then you are the King

Honestly, with all of that said. I am pretty sure most players from other slow growing countries are at a much more disadvantages when playing in "Pro World Tour Conditions". Because most players from those countries "do not have the luxuries" to play on such "Luxerious conditions"....slick brand new cloth, fresh smelling Rails, perfect Humidity, ideal AC condition, and quiet room.....etc
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Who in the hell, smells? the rails?
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Question about Jose Parica

Jaden
Positively Ralf said:
I was talking to an older coworker who followed pro pool on TV in the 80s and 90s and it is really fun always talking to him. He followed the game pretty hardcore and even went out to some non TV tournaments like the big ones out in California.

Anyways, he mentioned Jose Parica. He told me that he feels that Efren's star power, how everyone loved him and how much the TV executives always preferred him over others due to ratings overshadowed how much better Parica was than Efren. Now dont get him wrong, he knows TV is about entertainment and outside of Strickland, it was hard to find a better showman for the game than Efren.

So my question is for all of you who watched both at their best, was Parica considered the better player between he and Efren? Or is this the case of my coworker just liking Parica's game more?
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It depends on the game. I think Parica was a slightly better nineball player and Efren was a better player at everything else. Parica played the best match of nineball I've ever seen in person at the 03 swannee. Started with a 6 pack, broke, played safe got bih, ran out, and broke and ran 2 more to win the set 9-0.

Jaden
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Billiard Industry needs

G
I'm a big advocate of getting the amateur or non elite players more chances to compete. It'd be cool if pool players could enter a tournament with the same outlook as amateur poker players. I think aggressive shot clocks help level the playing field and offer a more watchable product by reducing overtly slow play and adding drama. Tournaments based on Fargo are also nice to allow for a more open competition. Adding gambling options on matches would also be huge. Even if it's just on the last few matches of a tournament. Something on a micro-stat level like PrizePicks would also be awesome.
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Mark Tad?

Frosty
hello said:
I'm just saying the name Mark Tadd never really comes up in conversation of the best players tournament or money games.
If he was that great of a player there would be confirmed stories of his matchups and their outcome.I don't even know if he beat
everyone on a regular basis.I mean, I haven't heard that he beat Buddy, Earl or Efren once let alone regularly...his speed reminds me
of that of George Sansouci, who beat a lot of top players but was never elite either.
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I don’t know what your take is that would qualify a player as elite in your mind. I’m also not going to, as someone else so aptly put it, tear a player down, but since you equate Mark’s speed to that of Ginky, here’s something to think about. Ginky didn’t pick up a cue until he was almost 19. 6 years later he was named Billiard Digests pro rookie of the year. In a nine month stretch from late ‘98 into ‘99 he won the Camel Pro Charlotte 10 ball championship, the BCA Open 9 ball championship, and National Straight Pool Championship. Then the 2000 Derby City Classic 9-ball. Sadly an injury shortly after this stretch derailed his game and career. In 2009 he ran 343 balls in 14:1 at Slates, 10 years after that accident that took his best game. While his career was short, he was elite and he was a friend I’d never disparage. Having said that, Mark was a LOT faster than Ginky, Mark wasn’t elite, he was freaking intergalactic, and more unnerving was, he made it look effortless, at times almost seeming disinterested, bored with it. There was a point that he’d play anybody for the cash, and no one had to like it.
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