skor said:

I’ve always failed to see the advantage of this tool rather than get you to spend more money…
There are no shortcuts, a chef needs to chop onions for a year to start his way to the top.
A pool player should rack and break for a year to master the break. How can you learn how the balls spread with this tool?

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A chef can practice mastering onions one day and practice frying eggs another day, just like someone can practice their break shot precision and power one day and practice learning how balls spread another.

I think a lot of people, (especially older, erhm) confuse training aids and drills as shortcuts to a goal, instead of realizing they are for focused training for a part of the game. If one doesn’t believe in learning things by “divide and conquer” at all, they should learn how schools and colleges work.

easy-e said:

It's clearly not for you. Watch what you like.

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that’s very kind of you, but dismissing me and my questions doesn’t change the fact that the event’s website is poorly organized and the ref’s interpretations of the rules is inconsistent

jtompilot said:

Who did your sub rail extensions?

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(club billiards) Josh Ebert 937-609-2049 (References & Pictures)

markjames said:

sometimes an eight ball on the break is a win, sometimes not?

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Rhetorical. If it's not one or the other you have an argument. Never played this way but I'm leaning toward the breaker having to commit to an 8 on the break by finishing one group, made or open. Not getting out would be a loss. That could be relaxed to the breaker having the option to spot the 8 and declare standard play.

straightline said:

Winning and losing are the only points in contention.

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sometimes an eight ball on the break is a win, sometimes not?