A similar mechanical device to insure a perfectly straight stroke (with laser-light sighting attachment) should likely be allowed, since the template rack has become common. Soon we will have AI robots who can calculate cutting angles & shoot for us, no doubt.

VarmintKong said:

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Still means the same thing...

Wayne was a great guy. Used to talk to him all the time. When I started making cues he would give me a lot of pointers and ideas. There was never a design or industry secret with him. You could ask him anything. Need more people like him.

Kinda felt when he passed a whole era passed with him.

I was able to find one that has only been used once. Thanks yall.

The beauty of once having notoriety and now being older, is that young guns now think they can take you, and look at you as a way of developing a reputation.

As Maha said, there’s a lot of money that can be made showing them that was a foolish thought, without ever having to catch a gear.

straightline said:

A place that won't bet if you can draw? The obvious thermal is don't win or else.

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Not so much in the pool halls in the area I was in but if you showed you could draw effectively in a pub or bar you were considered a "player!" In the pool halls you weren't going to play other bangers or cowboys, you were announcing you were pretty serious there too and would be lumped in with the action guys! The owners would protect their recreational and semi-recreational players from you until they had seen you play enough to rate you.

The equipment we played on made it hard enough to draw that being able to draw with control was a sign of a lot of hours on a pool table. I would agree to that. Hadn't thought about it until mentioned by someone else but most owners at least gave a bolt or two of cheap green cloth from the local millery store a try. Poor performance and short life meant most didn't stay with these experiments long but what would be decent cloth on a dining table was sometimes encountered and my Sears and Roebuck table I bought used when I was fifteen was covered in plain green cloth. Garbage! Of course I paid $125 for a four by eight table. I paid twice that for the balls and was ready to go!

Hu

GoldCrown said:

Dead Horses Live

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Experience makes you wise.

P.S. It’s the penny… the penny, that get’s the shape.

Pick your initial shape, maybe it’s a drachma or a rupee, and start playing. After you play for awhile, there you have it.

Unless the sides are mushrooming past the ferrule keep getting after it and don’t sweat the bullspit.

if you are a stranger and look like you can play well you wont get action. you are not a gambler so wouldn't understand how to make yourself playable to the gamblers. not the best player in town.
i played the best player in the world and never drew my ball for two full days of playing and broke him twice for big scores.

Rocket354 said:

watching the remainder of the match...wow those racks were loose. Varner snaps the 9 twice in a row. Each time the 9 is moving right off the break. The first time it then gets kicked into the side, and the second time it just goes straight into the corner pocket with nothing touching it.

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Lots of good matches on that channel

Mulambo said:

My website is online! I just need to get advice from an administrator where to put a link and start a thread (or folder) to discuss the games i put online…

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Just put a link in this thread. I would imagine your intended audience are the folks who visit this thread.

I don’t believe you will face repercussions for directing traffic away from this site. You’re just grooving a niche, and in fact, directing traffic back to this site when folks who visit yours first look to expand their horizons.