His name is Greg. I received a PayPal request from him and the name on the request is

OLASUNKANMI MICHAEL AJAYI

sciarco said:

The future is here the Chinese are coming strong.

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Most definately!

DrCue'sProtege said:

This thread was started because I noticed there seemed to be 3-4 balls sort of clustered together quite a bit. As in the original post. The intent of this thread was to ask others that use a template if that is something that is normal for them as well.

But again, others have twisted it around and gotten away from the original post.

Lately the break has been working better. I've been running out a few times as well. On Friday afternoon I got out five times including three breaks in a row at one point. This new Diamond Professional is giving me more chances than my Gold Crown IV.

r/DCP

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Typical for a worn out or defective template rack...3-4 balls will come out almost paralell and end up clustered. It really has to be either poorly designed or shot to hell before this starts happening, but I HAVE seen it happen with ancient template racks. I even had it happen to me for a couple of days, until I replaced the rack.

Buy a new one, an original Magic rack. If you can't get a good break with a rack like that (the magic rack "loads" the balls), then you are beyond hope. You allready replaced the best table ever made, a GC4, with a Diamond table because you didn't like the result of your breaks, what is a few bucks for a piece of plastic? Better still you could check if all your balls are the same size and weight, better get new ones, just to be sure. Then buy a new house just for the heck of it.

In terms of competition - a tournament - the over 70 guy needs to stay in the win bracket through the first several matches. The less matches that they play - the better chance for stamina to stand up to the end.
Going into the one loss column early on is a huge obstacle to a win for the much older player.

Cuebuddy said:

Maybe try and play shape?
Sounds like that might be the only thing that is not like the previous shots.
Pick an easy spot to get to after potting the eight and shoot with that spot in mind for the cue ball.

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Montana things, too. Learned that 30 years ago.

Also:

Don't name that dog.

Smile before you get down on the shot.

Don't play eight ball.

j2pac said:

The last couple of weeks, I seem to have fallen into a pattern. Putting together decent patterns, and then going "mind-blind" on the 8 ball. I don't feel like I'm doing anything different on the 8, than I am on any other shot during the rack. Pre-shot routine seems fine, I don't feel like I'm rushing, breathing feels the same, etc...I'm just missing. Do any of you Mosconis out there go through this? What do you do to "flip the switch?" At this point, I'm considering witchcraft!

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Just a bit more seriously, try this: the next time you're running down to the 8ball and get to it, look at the shot, decide how you want to hit it... and then take a walk.

Not a long walk, just maybe take a stroll down one side of the table or the other and then walk back to the 8ball and shoot.

Let me know if that helps.

Lou Figueroa

Mr. Joshua said:

Scott's been posting beautiful new work on Facebook since at least 2023,

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Few cue builders have cue shafts as pretty as this. Cue shaft with points? What the devil?

Even for Smorg representatives, Straightline's aiming method may have utility finding the aiming line when object ball is very close to cue ball: Find object-ball contact point and the midpoint between object and cue balls. Connect the two points --- that is the aiming line before the center-point roll to cue-ball center. If the balls are very close together that last adjustment step may be ignored.

It is a rough estimate for me.