skor said:

did they publish the teams? where can we see who's on the teams?

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maha said:

doc you buy for fun and collecting . cool hobby. i was talking about buying a cue to play with.
that is crazy doing it off the internet without being able to hit it.
at least in my thoughts.

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I agree that for the most part you won't know how well you will like a cue until you can hit with it.

One good reason for buying online anyway though is that it significantly widens the options that are available to you. For most people you can see a hundred times more cues and cue makers online that you can in person. Some people might never come across the right cue for themselves if they are limited only to what they will come across in person.

Another good reason is for the convenience. A few button clicks and shortly thereafter you have a new cue to try without having to expend much effort or endure much hassle. If you don't like it you sell it on to the next guy and try again. Even if you take some loss on it by doing that, it is worth it for the convenience to many people. We all pay for convenience all the time and the only thing that differs between us in that respect is how much we are willing to pay for convenience and on what things and how often. We all value our time and effort differently.

Another reason is that you usually don't know for sure how well you will like a cue until you actually play with it a few times, so even test hitting has some limits to its usefulness. For the most part you have to buy a cue in order to be able to play with it for a few days.

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Where are you located RidgeRaider, I'm just south of Milwaukee. I'd be glad to help out with any thing you have questions about.

did they publish the teams? where can we see who's on the teams?

Bump.

From the uneven points and the sloppy cut at the base of the points, it looks like a conversion of a cheap house cue.

TTT

Does anyone know what type of wood is used in that cue?

cueball2010 said:

Thanks. Hey, is there any benefit to compressing Recoil tips?

Also, this is probably more of a general question. If we take the original height measurement of a tip and compress the tip by 10%, does that mean that the tip is 10% harder? So like, if the tip is rated 80 hard and compress 10%...does it become 88 hardness? or would it be 10% of 100-80=20. 10% of 20 added to 80, which is 82 hardness? I probably sound ridiculous, but maybe someone can make sense of taking a 80 hardness tip with an initial height of 3mm and compressing it 2.7mm for example. What is the result hardness?

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Recoil tips cannot be compressed. They spring back to their original shape and hardness if compressed. As far as your other question goes....that is above my pay grade!

One can meet all kinds of people at the table.
I am lucky i play in a league, where players are very respectful and sincere. We play chess and cards while waiting for a match.