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Tascarella Cue questions...for owners and previous owners...

miramachine
7stud said:
Several years ago, I had some pictures from the seller of a Tasc, which I really liked the looks of, but it was bumper-less and the specs were not to my liking. About six months later, I decided to order a Tasc, and I sent Tascarella the pictures of the cue I liked via email, and I asked if I could have that cue built with a 1.29" butt along with a bumper, and whoever I corresponded with blew a gasket. I was told I had to send them a letter with every detail of the cue construction. I'm not a cue maker, and I don't know how to build a cue, I just wanted a cue with a fat butt. I'm not sure why the sharp pictures and the request for a 1.29" butt and a bumper weren't enough detail from a non cue building customer. I was expecting them to say something like, "The pictures will make it easy to know exactly what you want, please send us $X deposit and we'll put you on the list." Because I didn't know what to write in the letter (describe the pictures?), I ended up not ordering a cue from them.
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Had the same experience. My first contact with him was when I called him one evening around 6:00 his time to ask him about building a cue and he lost it at me because it was after his business hours.... Like legitimately lost it, I was speechless. Second time I talked to him he called to lose it at me for sending him a picture of exactly what I wanted. I am not a cuemaker at all and have zero idea what to spec out so I thought that a picture of EXACTLY what I wanted along the weight would have been good enough but boy was that a mistake lol. Just a general tool in my opinion who doesn't know how to talk to people but I am from Canada so maybe I am just used to being courteous to people. I have spoke with a few since then who had similar experiences.

But he does great work so there I said something nice lol
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Double Hit or Not? You Make the Call.

dr_dave
DeeDeeCues said:
Those are things you understand, but I've known enough players who don't understand and will want to video everything and analyze it.

Do you really think the benefit outweighs the cost? No need to answer, we all know your stance. For me, it doesn't. Sure, maybe I 'catch' a foul that I may have missed otherwise. On the other hand, if I would have missed that it was a foul, was it egregious enough to call? I would rather miss a few fouls than be the guy who mistakenly goes to video even once. Allowing people to further slow down our game is in nobody's best interest.

Why don't you address this issue? You blow it off by saying things like, 'it only takes a quick look at the video', but that 'quick look' will take the same amount of time as it takes me to make three shots (a conservative average, I'm a fast player). Why would you want to promote this without acknowledging the downsides? That is basically the way of all of your content like this, which makes it hard to believe that you were ever an engineer.
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Slo-mo video should be used only for suspect shots, and only when both players agree. Otherwise, a ref or neutral party needs to be asked to watch the shot, and both players need to agree to accept their call, even if it is wrong. There is much less chance of the call being wrong if slo-mo video is used instead.
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Unaware of mismatched ball sets in upcoming tournament.

gregcantrall
Black-Balled said:
How about the rooms that had multiple table types? That always bugged the shit out of me.
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That brings memories of the Good Ole Days and playing $5 tournaments every night of the week. One place had 2 different brands of tables with different pockets, rails and cloth and of course one small cueball and the other the oversize ball. 🤷‍♂️ Player awareness. 🤷‍♂️ another reason to get there early enough to hit balls and scout the conditions.
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Double Hit or Not? You Make the Call.

D
dr_dave said:
... not every shot ... just the shots where a double hit is likely (and tough to call) or where a wrong-ball-first call might be close. These shots don't come up often and the filming and review is fast (much faster than arguing with inadequate info). The correct call is usually immediately obvious with the first look at the slo-mo video.
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Those are things you understand, but I've known enough players who don't understand and will want to video everything and analyze it.

Do you really think the benefit outweighs the cost? No need to answer, we all know your stance. For me, it doesn't. Sure, maybe I 'catch' a foul that I may have missed otherwise. On the other hand, if I would have missed that it was a foul, was it egregious enough to call? I would rather miss a few fouls than be the guy who mistakenly goes to video even once. Allowing people to further slow down our game is in nobody's best interest.

Why don't you address this issue? You blow it off by saying things like, 'it only takes a quick look at the video', but that 'quick look' will take the same amount of time as it takes me to make three shots (a conservative average, I'm a fast player). Why would you want to promote this without acknowledging the downsides? That is basically the way of all of your content like this, which makes it hard to believe that you were ever an engineer.
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EUROPEAN OPEN 2026, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, March 10-15

J
New format this year for all the 256-player WNT Open events (European, UK, U.S., Florida and Hanoi opens).

Single-elimination round begins at 128 instead of 64 as in the past.

A Matchroom event manager said the Philippines Open taught them that earlier single elimination got rid of some "dead" matches under the prior format. Matches will count a lot more, starting earlier in the tourney.

At the same time, the top-seed players all got a first-round bye - that's pretty much any player you ever heard of. I counted 53 players as getting a first-round bye. Nathan Childress of the US (Fargo 744) even got a bye.

The unseeded players will have to play more matches against each other for a chance to go up against a top pro.

All the top players with first-round byes, however, will play their first matches today. Some already are playing.
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EUROPEAN OPEN 2026, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, March 10-15

sjm
jbart65 said:
We don’t call every WNT event a major. Neither does Matchroom.

Matchroom has lots of events. Some it calls majors, or Gold events. Others are deemed ranking or Silver or Bronze events. The Pattaya Open fit into that category. So did the Caraboa in February, or the upcoming Diamond Expo event in Philadelphia.

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I generally consider the UK Open, European Open, WPC, US Open, Florida Open and Hanoi Open as Matchroom majors.

The WPC has the biggest prize fund, toughest field and a history. The U.S. Open is next for similar reasons.

The UK, European, Florida and Hanoi opens are newer, but all have the same fairly large prize funds and 256-player fields that usually attract most of the best players.

Matchroom is calling the Philippines and Arizona opens Majors, but I don’t think they are. Smaller prize funds, 128 players and single elimination.

By the definitions I use, Qatar would qualify as a major pool tournament.
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Well said. Agree with pretty much all of this. The no-longer played Spanish Open was a major, too.

Another factor in whether an event is considered a major by Matchroom is the producer. Other than the invitationals, the events produced by Matchroom themselves are the ones they view as majors. Such events are never played in poolrooms and have large production budgets.
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EUROPEAN OPEN 2026, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, March 10-15

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jay helfert said:
In case you haven't noticed it's not life as normal on this planet anymore. We are in chaos mode! Far better to stay close to home until we get through this. That's my advice.
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Come now, Jay, life is never normal. You've been around long enough to know that!

We had a brief "holiday from history" after the USSR imploded, to use the words of a famous political pundit. But the world is always chaotic.

I think of my father when I hear people complain about the state of the world. He grew up in the Great Depression. One of his parents died young as was common. He fought in WW2 against the Nazi and Japanese menace. Lived through the Korean War, Vietnam, the Cold War, political assassinations, the end of the Bretton Woods global financial system, Watergate and a world of mutually assured destruction.

Tumult indeed!

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As for the European Open, I don't think it was realistic to cancel. Weaker field than usual, but life has to go on, especially outside any immediate war zone.
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Unaware of mismatched ball sets in upcoming tournament.

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Mensabum said:
If you had signed up and payed your entry and on game day find the balls they're using are actually mismatched sets with slight discrepancies in size and weight, what would you do??
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I drove over 2 hours and had paid my entry prior to book a spot and ended up with some light crappy balls. It got to me and I played pretty bad. I looked and there were a couple sets of those balls and I just won't go back there
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Double Hit or Not? You Make the Call.

dr_dave
maha said:
and the if in doubt it goes to the shooter. who is in doubt. the opponent says its not a good hit. so the shooter says it is.
so is that the doubt. if so the shooter determines all close calls. is that fair when no ref..
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If no ref or neutral party is watching the shot live, a slo-mo video is very helpful. The call is usually obvious in the video. If not, a neutral party or ref can be asked to make a call from the video, but this is usually unnecessary.
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Favorite/easiest diamond banking systems.

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iusedtoberich said:
I disagree. I tried learning some of the math based systems and they were a pain in the butt to remember. On the other hand, visually seeing where the balls will go is as natural as looking straight ahead. Zero numbers to add, zero "is this system thru the diamond or across from it?",etc etc.
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If your approach works for you, great. Different folks ...

For my part, I benefited from learning the principles of banking and learning a numbering system. It was pretty easy. Now I am at the point where I instinctively know by feel how the numbers add up.

The real question is what approach would benefit most people more. The answer to me is obvious.
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