Biloxi Boy said:

Does an Index to Joss Cues by Serial # exist? With photographs? With written descriptions? I would love to find out where my Joss is in the family of Joss Cues. I would love to know more about my Joss's "brothers and sisters" but as far as I know, there is no such resource. Did Joss make "runs" of similar designs or was it just a scatter shot? Any ideas?

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Serial numbers are unique to the cue made. My cue started as an OP42. I had the rings from a 10-01 with steel joints . The Model number wouldn't do any good. Op42c20 is the official model number assigned from Dan. Only google results are for my cue. The current 20-42 listed on the website after my cue was built, is the closet you will find. Mine has the old time stitch ring joints. There are plenty of brochures with model numbers listed from the 80s up to 2002 in the cue and case gallery. There's also an album on social media with 70 or so photos.

easy-e said:

I don't care much for chip tournaments. As long as you keep winning, you get to keep playing. I've played in some where you have to wait over 30 minutes to get called up again after a loss. Players have won this tournament with a record of like 8 wins/6 losses. I may go 35-3 and not cash. They're brutal, especially when you see players going as slow as they can get away with just to have to win less games.

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This is now off topic, but...

We do it the opposite. If you lose, you stay on the table and break the next game. Weaker players are out the door pretty quickly because they lose, and lose, and lose...

Yes, if you win you go back to the top of the list and do have to wait. You socialize. You watch matches. You know what you are in for when you choose to play. Then you get called to a table and immediately have to switch on for what is basically a hill-hill game. I think it is a real opportunity to test your game and your mental strength.

Finally, the tournament manager will rearrange the wait list to even out games, so there is no incentive to slow play. By the last few rounds (getting toward the money) everyone will have very close to equal games played.

It's not for everyone though.

riedmich said:

... For these arguments my conclusion is: Weight of playing cue and break cue should be identical.

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And maybe also the balance.

epoxypop said:

Your cutter tip is not at the center of the piece, that's why it is leaving the small piece in the center. You will need to raise your cutter up. To keep it from moving away without holding the wheel, there is a thumb screw directly behind the cross slide this will lock it in place

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Saved me some typing

lakeman77 said:

stick with one stick, basically all cues play the same after you use them a couple weeks

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The first part of that is: pick your first cue carefully. You may be able to adapt to anything, but some work faster than others.

vintagecollectibles831 said:

That is really cool. I think I would hate Chip tournaments, unless they call you fairly quick, to play the next guy. If not, then you just play 1 game, then wait. Then play 1 game, and then wait again. Hard to get any kind of rhythm going, I imagine, if that makes any sense. With that being said, you played him 1 game, so it made your odds so much better, of winning, then if you had played him, a race to 3, for example.

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I don't care much for chip tournaments. As long as you keep winning, you get to keep playing. I've played in some where you have to wait over 30 minutes to get called up again after a loss. Players have won this tournament with a record of like 8 wins/6 losses. I may go 35-3 and not cash. They're brutal, especially when you see players going as slow as they can get away with just to have to win less games.

jtompilot said:

Flying into Richmond Friday. Any 1P around or maybe a good local tournament Friday or Saturday? Kicking around the idea of driving to Q-Master.

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Let me know how it goes! I'll be heading there in the next couple of months.

skogstokig said:

... but it was my impression that he shouldn't need to in a reffed final? ...

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In the chat, someone stated that the refereeing format was area referee for all matches, so it's the opponent who must give the warning.

I think there are advantages to not changing to fully refereed in the latter stages.

Frosty said:

Clearly it’s not, but I also think there’s no great advantage gained by using these $20+ chalks over standards that have been around for a long time such as Master, Triangle etc.

I truthfully believe most of the exorbitantly priced chalks sales are driven by buzz of being the “hot new thing” than performance. At the end of the day, just have some courtesy and use a chalk of the color of the cloth you’re playing on out of respect of the room owner, seems simple enough.

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I agree that most of the sales are for that reason. I've had a home table many times over the years, and they stay much cleaner with the Taom. To each their own, but $20 is nothing nowadays when everyone seems to have thousands of dollars worth of gear. My current piece has lasted me several months now and it's maybe halfway done.

Strange choice to be profiled at Buffalo's participating in illegal gambling while awaiting trial for illegal gambling.

The doofuses in this article say that officials don't prosecute insider trading on Wall Street. They do, all the time.

galipeau said:

I like this guy. Chalk up is so easy. You've never cleaned rails before if you put chalk down.

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I clean rails at least once a day at the pool hall. I don't have a kitten if somebody else puts chalk face down though. As already mentioned perhaps the GOAT puts the chalk face down, deliberately. Has for a lifetime. I sometimes wonder if it is tongue in cheek towards all the people making a big deal out of face up. It certainly hasn't hurt his play!

Look at typical street play from the Philippines. A quarter cup or more of powder on one rail, chalk turned every which way, third parties jumping in to mark ball locations, hollering and whistling, bets shouted back and forth across the table while somebody is shooting, the list never ends. Doesn't keep the Philippines from turning out monsters, I think encourages it.

I think the US players being hothouse players that expect everything perfect and exactly the same as everywhere else they play has hurt their competitiveness worldwide. It doesn't take a Diamond in perfect climate control to play competitive pool. However, people who panic when conditions aren't exactly what they expect hurt their own chances and improve everyone else's.

I am a hothouse player just like most US players now. I expect conditions exactly to my taste. I have been this way for years. I think it is a serious handicap if I step into a ratty old place or just one with conditions I am not used to. I think playing in all conditions makes a more rounded player.

Hu