Watch some of it on YouTube and I had to turn it off it was unwatchable. I can't stand the way the audience acts and I can't stand the way the players act. Maybe there's a market for that maybe that's what people enjoy but not me.
I think it perverts the sport.

highkarate said:

Why are you wasting your time posting if you don’t care? Could’ve saved yourself some valuable time

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Are you the post monitor?

nmh2008 said:

She's 15 and has improved tremendously in the last 2-3 yrs.

Fedor is indeed quite entrepreneurial, but do you think anyone >700 Fargo in the United States not named Shane (and maybe Tyler Styer) spends more time trying to improve their game than Fedor?

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Not sure yet if others have piled on to skor, but while Savannah and Fedor both have very active online presences, I think it's nigh impossible to make an argument with a straight fact that either one doesn't work tremendously at their respective games. Savannah is becoming a real player, and is a threat to take down even some of the top women in the world. She's gone from "being pretty good for a 13-year-old girl" and at the level of a typical decent league player to one of the top few American-born women in the span of two years. Fedor is Fedor, just watch some of his practice sessions. I think someone just has a thing against self-promotion--which I agree with to some degree.

Bump for some bubinga

Do you still have cue #6

HawaiianEye said:

My takeaway:

Who cares?

To me, it is nothing more than a glorified APA league match up.

Meant for entertainment purposes only.

Circuses are fun.

They should all swig a few pints and shots while it is going on.

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Why are you wasting your time posting if you don’t care? Could’ve saved yourself some valuable time

Mobiker said:

Tyler needs a shot of whiskey.

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2 beers!!?
He is a sconnie...

What do you have to trade that is 58 inches?

This is the latest design. The screw is 5/8" long instead of 1/2" it originally was for more strength. There is now an undercut at the root of the screw thread to shift the weakest point of the thread internal to the butt, rather than exactly on the mating line between the extension and the butt. 2.5" just fits in my $20 1x1 tube case from Amazon without removing from the butt. That's what I've been playing with the past couple of weeks. Don't be a gorilla tightening it, it is plastic after all. But I haven't had any issues. I do make sure it's snug every time I take it out of the case.

My takeaway:

Who cares?

To me, it is nothing more than a glorified APA league match up.

Meant for entertainment purposes only.

Circuses are fun.

They should all swig a few pints and shots while it is going on.

My takeaways today:
1. US just straight up doesn't have the talent depth, ESPECIALLY tactically. Euros could play keep away all day against us.
2. Fucking hell Filler is a murderer.
3. Shaw breathes this stuff. Egg him on at your own peril.
4. Moritz is the next Filler. He's the whole package. Scary good and he seems really well centered.

BobPA said:

Because what if I find it to be a bad playing cue? "Good playing" is relative to the player, not to the cue. Sorry I hit a nerve about your precious Becue.

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You didn't hit a nerve with me.

I bought mine from a friend and I actually tried it before I bought it.

I had tried a few carbon fiber shafts before I bought it and never thought I would own one, but after hitting the Becue I wound up buying it.

I think it may play better than the others I tried is because the butt is carbon fiber as well as the shaft. It plays different than the on a wooden butt.

SSP said:

There is a difference between a "bad playing" cue and a cue that you "don't like the hit" of, I would never invest in any product hoping to be able to sell it if I don't like it, you always lose when selling used unless it is a collector's item that someone else just has to have.

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Why are you making this about your opinions? I merely posted an example of why I would not pull the trigger on a relatively unknown, expensive cue. It as nothing to do with YOUR purchasing habits. Some people care about resale, others do not......So what?

Predator, Schon, J Flowers, Cuetec, Meucci all make for easy and quick sales in the used market. Predators and Schons hold their value quite well.

Somebody said this already maybe jbart but I think they need USA needs to shut up and take it seriously if they want to win. Let Europe do the shit talking at the press conferences etc. I think they’re too focused on “we need to thrive in this environment”. Just play real pool don’t play into the crowd. Europe is good enough to do that you’re not. If you want to win forget the press ops and be silent killers like you are in any other tournament. Way too much focus on building a team element when the best US players are all lone wolves. That being said, sky has no business being captain, Billy and Tyler have no business being in the event. Show me Oscar, show me some class

Shaw is hilarious. For some reason the people who hate him also slurp Strickland whose behavior makes Shaw look like a choirboy.

garczar said:

I'm starting to like Shaw. He's a colossal jackoff but he knows it and just loves being the tool. Hard not to like a cat that knows exactly his spot.

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Outside of pool he seems like a legit good dude (like many of them), but in this case: is you want him to shut up, you gotta shut him up.
No one in the US has that ability at Mosconi, certainly not Sky.

Tied at 2.5 to 2.5