I shook hands with a guy after a match and he said, “thanks for the lesson”
Kind of cold but all I could come up with was, “no charge “
We had a few beers after that so all was good!

single elim starts tomorrow right?

Crasher said:

Publicly disparaging the table sponsor, management, and arbitration?

shucks, I don't know, what would you call it?

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I think dirty laundry relates more to personal private matters. All of what you mention is work/ business related

bpeacock said:

@dr_dave is this a foul or no? It looked good to me, but ref said no good.

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Pongers called over the ref and he said something after inspecting the balls. I have to assume he called it frozen or Pongers wouldn’t have shot through the balls.

If so, shouldn’t be a foul (nothing in the WNT Rules overrule the WPA rule on this). My only guess as to Marcel is that he might have said he can’t overrule the referee. WNT rules say:

“If Table Referees are in charge of the matches, there shall be no right for either player to ask for a second opinion; the referees are in sole charge of the matches and their decision is final”.

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@dr_dave is this a foul or no? It looked good to me, but ref said no

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That was Quinten Pongers' shot against Glont. If the balls had been declared frozen, there was no foul in the contact itself. Shooting into a frozen ball is legal. The speed is irrelevant.

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@dr_dave is this a foul or no? It looked good to me, but ref said no good.

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6 days for this? they should just televise last 2 days and last 32 single elimination and spare us the boredom. Who wants to watch slow matches , lots of dead money massacre first few days, Joke is MR press release announcing so called World Number 1 Gorst thrashing 9-0 his dead money opponent like it is big deal

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CocoboloCowboy said:

I tend to be honest, sorry I hurt feelings. People should be happy having place to play.


If it is not to liking equipment is crap, dirty, owner is a-hole, or payouts or andded monies are not as advertised.

Don’t complain, speak with wallet. Don’t go, dont participate, less stress.

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I disagree a bit here.
Yes, we should be happy that we have a place to play, BUT it’s not for free… we pay good money per hour and expecting decent equipment and maintenance is pretty basic.

DrCue'sProtege said:

If they were both in perfect condition. Same cloth, same room, same balls, etc, etc. In a perfect world I'd take the GCIV.

But, as I've said alot lately, I just don't think my GCIV plays good. Again, not sure why.

So if I - ME - had to choose which one I - ME - would get rid of I would sell the GCIV and keep the Diamond Professional.

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Can’t go wrong with either.

skogstokig said:

it is also what basically all other europeans would consider those countries. cultural/historical differences in languages and traditions etc. it's not controversial to me, i'm partly from the czech region and i love the culture.

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Here's what the internet had on the subject:

Several definitions of Eastern Europe exist in the early 21st century, but they often lack precision and may be anachronistic. These definitions are debated across cultures and among experts, even political scientists, as the term has a wide range of geopolitical, geographical, cultural, and socioeconomic connotations. It has also been described as a "fuzzy" term, as the idea itself of Eastern Europe is in constant redefinition. The solidification of the idea of Eastern Europe dates back chiefly to the French Enlightenment. There are almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region.

OK, looks like I learned something here. Never too old to learn. Thanks to all for their input here.

trob said:

Culture. Why do most Europeans play insanely slow. Who knows… maybe their snooker background.

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no, "we" euros are not slow because of snooker. most europeans have zero snooker background, snooker is mostly a UK thing. watch some top snooker, they do stats for average shot time and it's generally much faster than pool. a guy like ko pin yi would be in the bottom of snooker AST lists.

i don't know the exact reason why the slow method has become so prevalent in european pool. i play fast myself, and i think there's a tendency from coaches and other players to see a missed shot from a rhythm player and say "he missed because he played fast". even if he then beat the methodical player that missed more balls. when the methodical player misses it's something else, right? the aim or whatever. but there's an obvious fallacy there. had the rhythm player broke his rhythm to play methodical he wouldn't have won or gotten to that semifinal, etc.

not everyone can be speed demons and not everyone is suited for methodical play. but there's a middle ground and i personally think the game itself should discourage too much deliberation. i like the shot clock.

Or you could corn blast entire table takes 45 minutes, light sanding another twenty minutes then stain to your choice then 2 coats of clear.
Below is a GCII