Pronunciation of "Aloysius" (Yapp)

Phil Yates read this thread. He commented on the live stream that some people pronounce the name al-oh-WISH-us but he said that he asked Yapp and he pronounces it uh-LOY-shus.
I think @VTEC John and @Biloxi Boy will be quite interested in that info.

The pronunciation of Yapp's first name came up when he first finished high in a major. I thought it was settled at that time.

Would love to buy a diamond pool ball cleaner

A friend of ours has a Ballstar and cleans her Centennials after every day's play. The balls look incredible, in fact better than new, yet they are many years old.
When we go over to her house to play, it's a real adjustment. They are really slippery, break and spread apart fantastic, and the draw is unbelievable.
It's quite an adjustment till 3 or 4 games have been played on them, and even after 10 or more games they still play noticeably different than the balls that I use at home cleaned on my homemade Diamond type cleaner using Aramith cleaner.
She's a very good shooter, past state championships, shoots tournaments most weeks. One time when we were at her house, I mentioned that she she might try not cleaning them for a few days before tournaments so they would react more like what she would be playing with, but I think she has become so addicted to how nice they are when cleaned that she is unable to let them get used for more than a day at a time.
That is anal lol I’m to lazy for that. I have a home made bucket cleaner that’s works great for my once a week use. It’s no where near as good as a diamond or what these gentlemen made but it gets the job done. I don’t have the skill to build something like they did and I can’t justify spending $1000 on a ball cleaner I only need once a week.

Pia Filler hates wood shafts

I have never experienced any change in the diameter of my cue shafts increasing from being exposed to humidity,
especially in a pool room simply playing with my cues. Maybe if the pool room’s sprinkler system unexpectedly
went in and I continued playing regardless of the increased humidity. You should probably talk with your cue makers.
My shafts don’t increase diameter but if they did, due to humidity or the earth’s gravitational pull, it’s imperceptible..

APA finals diamond table

Orange, 🍊. The man announced that it reminded him of Harley Davidson. Plus I saw it. I can’t see the diamonds when down on a shot. They don’t stand out it’s not a bad looking table , but the diamond need to be white. Congratulations to all that made it, and to the winners. I also seen some people shoot way above there handicap.
Yeah the diamonds on top of the table need to stand out more.. it’s to dark on that grey

World Games, Chengdu China, Aug. 7-17, 2025

I’m following the process. It’s the end result that bugs me. 12 players. TWELVE PLAYERS. It’s a meaningful prize for a meaningless field. One argument heard in Snooker is that if The Olympics is not the pinnacle of achievement in your sport, it shouldn’t be in The Olympics. I’m confident The World Games answers that question.
They have a state games in CO ea yr, different disciplines.
Billiard was Won :) of em.

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World Games, Chengdu China, Aug. 7-17, 2025

... It also makes sense to me that there would be a limited set of participants in the Olympics. This should be a showcase of the best each country has to offer, and there should be qualifiers or qualification criteria to whittle down the field BEFORE the Olympics...
Yes, the top athletes should be there, but for cue sports there are a couple of reasons why that didn't happen this time.

One issue is that there has to be world-wide participation. Some regions are just weak. At pool, there are few, if any, 750+ players in Africa, for example.

Another issue is political stuff. There were no top snooker players at the World Games in either division. The pro and amateur organizations, which had co-membership in the WCBS years ago, are feuding.

Finally, there is scheduling. The Florida Open and the World Games had major overlap. The scheduling at pool is partly political stuff.

The number of players in each division is lower than in the past because of the addition of more divisions. That includes the new women's divisions and heyball.

CALLING ALL CUE DETECTIVES… ID NEEDED!!!

So, did someone put an ivory butt cap on an import? Have cheap imports ever came in with ivory butt caps? I'm legit asking. I've never seen it. But I'd bet I've not seen way more things on this earth than I have seen. So anything is possible.

Overall, that's a pretty odd cue. And, holy hell, that's ferrule looks long. It's almost like someone doctored up an import cue or something. I don't know. It's a head scratcher for sure.

World Games, Chengdu China, Aug. 7-17, 2025

I’m following the process. It’s the end result that bugs me. 12 players. TWELVE PLAYERS. It’s a meaningful prize for a meaningless field. One argument heard in Snooker is that if The Olympics is not the pinnacle of achievement in your sport, it shouldn’t be in The Olympics. I’m confident The World Games answers that question.
might as well shelve the idea of cue sports in olympics. all this effort for something that pops up every four years.. better to focus on making pro pool financially viable every year (preferably without dependence on government money) and a junior / feeding tour that's clear and well structured

Plenty of sports don't have the Olympics as the pinnacle of their sport. I think that's actually the sign that a sport is healthy and financially viable.

It also makes sense to me that there would be a limited set of participants in the Olympics. This should be a showcase of the best each country has to offer, and there should be qualifiers or qualification criteria to whittle down the field BEFORE the Olympics.

For example, for the 100m sprint (probably the most popular event), only 56 runners participated. Given the number of runners in the world, this is obviously an incredibly select group of athletes, as it should be.

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