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Have AZBilliards decided on selling shoulder cloth patches for players!

j2pac
Bavafongoul said:
It absolutely would but let me offer you some suggestions. Quality of the shirt is important. People should be prepared
to spend $10-$15 more for a higher quality shirt. These shirts are just cotton and don’t decide on a price that people would pay and then go find a shirt supplier. Maybe allow for personsalization, think about collared vs. tee or both & get high quality. I’d pay $50 for a shirt & that buys a lot of different version athletic shirt apparel at Dick’s Sporting Goods.

Come up with a shirt that isn’t a gawdy billboard for Az but rather a tasteful but prominent promotional design. You want a shirt that will pass the test of time. Don’t go the way of other pool shirts with outlandish mottos and bizarro designs. When you settle on a brand, find a reliable custom shirt printer and lastly, this isn’t a team shirt. It’s a pool website shirt so don’t let it get too busy with the design.

However, if you want to make this a bigger revenue generator, sell tasteful advertising to sponsors like Seyberts, Pool Dawg, Predator, Kamui, TAOM, Aramith, cue dealer websites like Superior Cues, Classic Cues, Recollection Cues, J& J Cues, etc. Position them so that the shirt doesn’t become a total collage of advertisers unless it’s on the back and then who cares, at least not me. I don’t see the back when I’d be wearing it so make it a revenue bill board.

The key is having a really high quality shirt that washes and drys soft without having to press the wrinkles out. My golf shirts were that way. Vendor shirts at exhibitions are different and better quality. So do it right or don’t bother. You don’t need the newest designs or colors in shirts because shirts are ageless. You could have 2024 stock and no one would know or care. But buy what is already in the USA or tariffs will undermine the financial viability of overseas suppliers. Anyway, put on your think caps and spend a few hours on the Internet researching the viability of this.

But do it right or don’t even bother. All orders would be paid in full in advance. It is your chance to promote your site.

p.s. Am I only only one still wearing these shirts? Gosh, it’s a great way to connect with other Azers in other cities when in town. I think putting your Az handle on the front of the shirt would be cool. I know my handle would get attention from other paisons. If you still have these shirts, how come you aren’t wearing them or maybe you are?
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Very nicely put. We are of the same mindset here.
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Have AZBilliards decided on selling shoulder cloth patches for players!

Bavafongoul
j2pac said:
I still have mine somewhere.
It might be about time to do another AZB T-shirt/Polo.
🤔😉 👍
Oh Mike, if you are out there...
@azhousepro
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It absolutely would but let me offer you some suggestions. Quality of the shirt is important. People should be prepared
to spend $10-$15 more for a higher quality shirt. These shirts are just cotton and don’t decide on a price that people would pay and then go find a shirt supplier. Maybe allow for personsalization, think about collared vs. tee or both & get high quality. I’d pay $50 for a shirt & that buys a lot of different version athletic shirt apparel at Dick’s Sporting Goods.

Come up with a shirt that isn’t a gawdy billboard for Az but rather a tasteful but prominent promotional design. You want a shirt that will pass the test of time. Don’t go the way of other pool shirts with outlandish mottos and bizarro designs. When you settle on a brand, find a reliable custom shirt printer and lastly, this isn’t a team shirt. It’s a pool website shirt so don’t let it get too busy with the design.

However, if you want to make this a bigger revenue generator, sell tasteful advertising to sponsors like Seyberts, Pool Dawg, Predator, Kamui, TAOM, Aramith, cue dealer websites like Superior Cues, Classic Cues, Recollection Cues, J& J Cues, etc. Position them so that the shirt doesn’t become a total collage of advertisers unless it’s on the back and then who cares, at least not me. I don’t see the back when I’d be wearing it so make it a revenue bill board.

The key is having a really high quality shirt that washes and drys soft without having to press the wrinkles out. My golf shirts were that way. Vendor shirts at exhibitions are different and better quality. So do it right or don’t bother. You don’t need the newest designs or colors in shirts because shirts are ageless. You could have 2024 stock and no one would know or care. But buy what is already in the USA or tariffs will undermine the financial viability of overseas suppliers. Anyway, put on your think caps and spend a few hours on the Internet researching the viability of this.

But do it right or don’t even bother. All orders would be paid in full in advance. It is your chance to promote your site.

p.s. Am I only only one still wearing these shirts? Gosh, it’s a great way to connect with other Azers in other cities when in town. I think putting your Az handle on the front of the shirt would be cool. I know my handle would get attention from other paisons. If you still have these shirts, how come you aren’t wearing them or maybe you are?
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WPA Women’s 8 Ball Final - Foul Call

Rocket354
If you listen after the call, Jasmin says "they just looked at it and looked at it and looked at it..." so my interpretation is they looked at that angle multiple times. So they'd have to go with the ref's initial call, and he was in the best position of anyone to make the call. Obviously refs can make mistakes, but this one was likely a correct call, and it doesn't seem like anyone is in position to really argue with it.
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WPA Women’s 8 Ball Final - Foul Call

GideonF
Interesting situation in the final rack of the WPA women’s eight ball championships. Kelly Fisher is kicking at the six ball. If I’ve done it right, the video goes to the correct time. If not, fast-forward to one hour and 23 minutes.

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Clearly, Kelly hits the rail first and then the six ball. The issue is whether the cue ball hit the rail afterward. Despite what Erik believed in commentary, I think the ref called it a foul (his head shake to me meant no rail). Obviously the CB isn’t frozen when it came to rest.

Interestingly, unlike some recent high profile matches, they went to a video review (which I applaud). Unless there was much better video than what we see on the stream, I don’t think it would be possible to overturn the call. I certainly can’t definitively see the CB hit a rail - even when I slowed it down and blew it up on my phone.

Also, the referee was in a good position to make the call for a change.

In any event, congrats to Chezka, one of my favourite women to watch. A deserving champion.
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Cue Design: Unpopular opinion?

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scottypinthemix said:
Maybe because I started playing in the 80s. Maybe I'm stuck in time. I don't know, but I am forever going to be a fiend for ebony points and a white with black speckle linen wrap. That seems to be a less popular aesthetic as of late.
I don't like the leathers wraps. The cue I have now is wrapped in black with white linen and I do like the way it looks, but I am inevitably going to have to snatch one up that appeals to my 'stuck in the past' taste.
Am I alone in this?
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you're not alone. i like the basic style that cue's got with four points and a butt sleeve with windows/boxes, i like linen wrap. and malachite is for sure better than MOP, but a little gaudy. the stained wood i'm not a big fan of. even so it looks better than any predator cue for the last 10 years.

is this a production cue or custom?
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Justin Bergman vs Tom Cousins

GideonF
AtLarge said:
Is UP USA doing something a bit different on this than the International 8-Ball Rules? In rule 6o(1) of those rules, it says: "A player shall not be penalised If playing away from touching ball(s) causes any touching ball to rock or move slightly because it was ‘resting’ on the cue ball."
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I believe it’s just the International rules. I was trying to describe how you have to play away from the frozen ball (ie you can’t “thin” the ball at all as they deem that a push). You are right that the OB can move if its a result of the OB ball settling once the CB is removed.
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Have AZBilliards decided on selling shoulder cloth patches for players!

j2pac
Bavafongoul said:
Some of the longer duration forum members will remember these shirts that I still wear when playing in a new pool room. I found it’s a way of meeting other forum members and I’m glad I didn’t have my forum handle printed on it.
That wouldn’t be the most inviting embroidery to adorn a shirt but the Az connection is a sure fire way to meet folks.
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I still have mine somewhere.
It might be about time to do another AZB T-shirt/Polo.
🤔😉 👍
Oh Mike, if you are out there...
@azhousepro
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Help identify Brunswick “Personal” cue - unusual construction and long veneered points

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Terry Aeschliman said:
I have a couple of these, one with matching number, the other not. So i guess they were made in different places?
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That’s exactly what I found while researching this one. From what I’ve been able to gather, the unnumbered cues appear to have been built entirely by Schmelke, while the matching-number examples had the butt and shaft stamped so they could be reunited after the shafts were sent out for final finishing, apparently by Adam. At least that’s the explanation I found in the older AZB thread I linked above, and it seems to line up with what Chopdoc shared regarding the purpose of the matching numbers.

Interestingly, while comparing other examples of “The Personal,” I’ve also noticed what appear to be some construction variations. At least one example has different veneer colors, points that terminate farther from the joint, and no white collar rings at the joint. I don’t know yet whether those differences represent production changes or simply variations within the model, but I thought they were interesting observations.
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