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Rebuttal by Johann Chua re Waxgate

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skor said:
The thing with MR rules is that almost every frame starts with a safety battle, which takes a bit from the heart and soul of 9-ball and sometimes makes the game quite boring to watch. Yes, I do appreciate a good safety battle, but not on every rack. Races to 9 take 1.5 hours with a 30-second shot clock... they were shorter without the shot clock when the 1 was on the spot.

If I were a pro playing by MR rules, I would find a different break, something that will keep the 1 on the table and pocket something else.

In Europe they also restrict the 2-ball position in the rack; it could be in the back spot or at the wing spots, so a player can still pot the 1 ball but needs to learn 3 breaks to get position on the 2. Not randomising the 2-ball position is a bad idea in my opinion.
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At Large stats do not bear this out. Per his stats, 49% of the racks included at least one safety, and some of those safeties start later than on the shot after the break, so probably only two racks out of five begin with safety play.

Of course, it is entirely a matter of opinion how wide open the play should be to maximize the entertainment value of pro pool, and I respect that you'd like things a bit more open, but I think having safety play in nearly half the racks makes the game more, not less, entertaining.
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Waxing the cue ball? WTF is Kaci talking about now?

J
Gorst talked more about waxing on his podcast yesterday. He says it has been going on for decades. Players have complained about it for quite some time, but nothing was done. Now it is being addressed, he said.

Evidently there are no rules in place against it now, not officially, his partner, Sword, claimed.

Sword related a story about how Diamond had to wax balls/tables some years ago in the Philippines because the heat and humidity caused balls to frequently jump off the table. True? I have no idea.

Sword also insisted the ball/table was being waxed in last year's Hanoi final. He didn't name names, but we know who he was talking about.

I am unconvinced, having watched the full match twice.
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