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Does top spin and bottom spin affect the cue ball's path after hitting a cushion?

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Bob Jewett said:
No, it's the top spin on the ball but just rolling smoothly is enough. Try waxing a ball if you want to see more dramatic bending. Faster gets wider bends.
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Considered changing "topspin" in my earlier post to "follow", but they feel interchangeable to me....although, I *do* appreciate the (capital-P) Physics of the "peeling out" description, vs. "smoothly rolling". :)
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Bavafongoul said:
Perhaps but as you’ve learned, there always is an alternative sooner or later that comes along.
Besides the bottomline is I am the customer, it’s my money and I am entitled to get what I want.

If what I want is inferior to how he’d otherwise build a cue, you still build it my way since I am
hiring you to build a cue and not to build just any cue, especially if it’s different than what I want.

To decline building a cue my way is a cue maker’s choice & a pretty dumb business approach, IMO.
It seems arrogant, especially since more talented, heralded cue makers build their cues differently.

Maybe it was my loss but I doubt it. I’ve played with one of his cues and I liked a Schmelke SP more,
3/8 x10 flat faced, 12.75mm (4 oz.) & 14.5 oz butt. I’m sure Al has his fans and I happen to not be one.
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Yeah, I'm not having a black tuxedo tailor made to be told red looks better on me...
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Does your Fargo Rate get "bound" to the company you keep?

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Oikawa said:
... From a psychological perspective: Yes, there are factors (that have nothing to do with the Fargo math) that make players more likely to end up around same skill level as those they regularly play with.
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Is it that they don't want to be perceived as different from the rest of the group? Does that make them let up on weaker players?

Another factor is that if you're surrounded by turkeys, it's hard to learn how to fly like an eagle, but that represents a real lack of skill development. It's not a quirky suppression of your real FargoRate.
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dendweller said:
I suspect he's referring to this from your post.

"To decline building a cue my way is a cue maker’s choice & a pretty dumb business approach, IMO.
It seems arrogant, especially since more talented, heralded cue makers build their cues differently."

You could argue that he took it out of context maybe but he doesn't appear to be making it up. You kind of did say he seems arrogant, makes dumb business decisions and is less talented than other cue makers.
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Making dumb business decisions does not make someone a dumb person and I would say that there is a certain arrogance in telling someone that they are not qualified to know that what they want in a cue to be correct.

Yes, somebody wanting a 32 ounce cue built could invite some questions and suggestions from the maker but saying a 19 ounce cue cant draw so you need a lighter one is simply absurd especially since it's common knowledge that Reyes and Bustamente have used 21 ounce cues for most of their careers.

If a cuemaker would tell me that I would reply with '' Oops, sorry, wrong number''
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