Knowing that I have a few Adam cues, a youngster at the pool hall asked me about an Adam he has.
It's rough, and needs some TLC. He put tape on the unraveling wrap. He is wondering how much it might be worth. Can anyone tell me:
- Is this truly a very early Adam? (I am dubious on his claim.)
- He says this has mother-of-pearl. Tru dat?
- What would it be worth restored?
- What would it be worth in its present condition?
Don't forget about the Big Horn River the moss is starting to grow and the fresh water shrimp and all the other interesting bugs will be hatching like there's no tomorrow !
A 9' 5 weight forward fly line on you're fly rod is a good idea for most days , on others a 9' 3 weight can be a fun time with plenty of backing !
TMAIDR* - pool player never-went-to-class misspellings and bad grammar have much more charm and are far more readable than this generic AI generated stuff.
Why does it matter? I don't think Evan is holding himself out as Ernest Hemmingway.
He posted that to his FB page, because that accurately articulates the message he wants to communicate. Whether he wrote that or agreed to its accuracy doesn't mean it isn't true.
Choosing to concentrate on whether this message is generated by AI rather than the accomplishment of beating Fedor in the biggest one pocket tournament known to man says more about you than Evan's alleged use of AI to express a deep sense of accomplishment and gratitude.
To me, this is like noticing a baseball player has dirty and wet clothes after winning the world series. The story is not champagne-covered dirty clothes, it's that a new champion exists. Choosing to take notice of something other than the hard-fought victory is its own communication.
Wow, they really spared no expense to restore that room and table. I wonder about what they were saying about chalk for the cue sticks though, I didn't think chalk became a thing until at least a century later.
I wasn't there, but reportedly players discovered about this time that the points of the cues would work better if they rubbed them into the ceiling plaster. Tips were still about 30 years away. The chalk holder was needed because the ceiling in that room is inconveniently high.
Different pocket sizes and shapes make potting balls harder/easier. Speed of the cloth can make a big difference (though at pro level I think all tournaments will have pretty fast cloth no matter the brand). Ball can bounce of cushions/rails different on different brands.
Personally think a good player is a good player on any table, but tighter pockets will allow the most accurate players to have an advantage and slower cloth might give someone with more cue power an advantage.
Though this tournament was organised by Matchroom who use Rasson tables, so not sure why the person you were responding to was talking about goofy Predator tables.
And Filler has had plenty of success at the Derby which uses Diamonds. So I don't really agree with MarkJames viewpoint at all.
You're spot on with all your assessments. I know how well Swanee played, not because I played him but because I know pool and the intricacies involved to play upper echelon world class speed. Swanee was one of my favorite players to watch when he played, he made an impact on every top player that he was noone to fool with, he was well respected as a top top player and a man.
Designer/developer of 3 decades here + pool player. I've been building out a system that combines live ball tracking via mounted camera and projection.
This unlocks interactive drills and games.
I demo'd it a couple weeks ago on my channel: Login to view embedded media Note: Since that video, I've solved the issue of ball tracking. You won't have to train your own models, I was able to create a universal model that detects balls by generating 10k+ synthetic renders of layouts and trained the model on that.
Obviously, the biggest pain point of this project is hardware setup. Not just a projector, but a camera and PC as well. I have this system working here in my studio, but also my brother's house.
I am very close to recruiting some more beta testers. You can check out FusionCue for more videos. There's also the drill editor there that you can use, to see what it's like to create drills that are instantly playable on your table:
There's also an interactive hardware configurator to help you determine if a given projector/camera will work in your environment (not fully tested just yet):
Some of the features:
- 3D Drill Editor for creating unique and dynamic drills types.
- "Snapshot" feature where it captures all ball locations on the table so you can easily respot
- Target Pool game
- Instant Recall game - Break a rack of balls (or throw them out), and it takes a snap shot of every layout after each shot, enabling you to reverse/rewind until you can run them out. Good for being able to "replay" layouts to fine-tune your way to a full run-out.
- Ability to request cue ball path (show me stun/neutral/draw/follow, add/remove right english, left english, 'extend path 4 rails')
- Ability to play offline or online.
- Online access to drills other people created, ability to share your own.
- Community stats per drill, individual stats per drill that track your success over time.
- Optional voice control with a microphone
- "Start recording" will record a video from your overhead camera, and attach stats to the video and include system audio
Price point will likely be $299 to own the software, and a $15 optional monthly subscription to access online features.
I will have recommendations shortly for projectors and cameras that will work.
