JohnnyOzone said:

Lighten up, Francis.

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C'mon now, his "opinion" is correct and everyone who doesn't agree is of the wrong "opinion".

bpeacock said:

You could have stopped with nothing wrong with these balls.. What do you mean by it's time for a change? Ball color should change every so many years because old timers like them?

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Next the color of footballs and basketballs will be changed for the reason that "old timers" think the original colors are fine.

Swighey said:

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The 11-10 expected result (i.e the most likely of all outcomes - although 11-9 and 10-11 would also be likely) only kicks in at a difference of 15 fargo points. 11-11 is still a fair race with a 13 point difference.

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According to the Fargorate odds calculator, an even race to 11 for two players 13 FR points apart favors the better player by 58% to 42%. While that's not horrible odds for the underdog, I'd bet on the other guy.

chuckpilegis said:

Why didnt you just buy a larger headstock

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The motor was too small

Fine for the tournament, but I’d never buy these.

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Anyone here know if Gulyassy ever did a collaboration with Samsara on a Jump/Break cue.

I think it's nice, but honestly Joss makes a bunch of other cues that are more unique and look even nicer IMO.

The 2601 that they released recently is now my dream cue.

It’s nice of Oscar to be so gracious about this. Pure class.

bpeacock said:

Sorry, i don't get your point. Rolling is natural, but it slides before it rolls. If its sliding on contact with the object ball, you know exactly the path the cue ball will take no matter how fast it is moving. This concept was huge for me when I first learned about it.

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Yes, the idea of stun shots taking the tangent path is much simpler than knowing the follow angle for each cut angle. The problem is that exact stun -- no follow or draw at the instant of impact -- is much, much harder to achieve under a variety of conditions than having the cue ball rolling smoothly on the cloth. A stun shot played from a foot away needs different spin/speed than from three feet away. For follow, the two shots are nearly identical.

The Wagon Wheel drill is a good demo of the relative accuracy and ease of the two shots. To get back to the subject of this thread, I wish I had known about the Wagon Wheel when I was first learning to play.