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Sheldon said:

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Conspiracy management is all that chart details.

"If he couldn't play pool, he would be behind a plow".
Weenie Beanie talking about well known pool player of yesteryear.

Thanks for the update.
I appreciate having knowledgeable contributors help me. As a backstory, I called a local cue repair shop and asked whether they carried the Samsara hard tip. He said that he did, so I brought the cue in. What I saw should have thrown up an immediate red flag.
I’m going to skip the frustration and say this: Don’t trust your cue with someone who asks you about its construction.

Rocket354 said:

Yeah not sure why some do and some don't, but it's common. My Diamond Professional marks firmly-hit balls. That's after pocket replacement; before they were replaced the balls would look like someone drew on them with a fat black marker.

The newer Diamond tables at a place I play at also mark the balls. The near-30 year old Diamond tables at another place I play never mark the balls. Perhaps all the dye has already rubbed off on those.

Ball marking is a disappointing reality for otherwise great tables.

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Mine was marking when it was new. I put neetsfoot oil on it and that stopped the marks for about 2 years. It recently started marking again so time for another treatment.

CocoboloCowboy said:

Steve TIKKLER Pisner never had enough Cues.

He was hard core collector.

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Yes.

Great guy, miss him. We collaborated.

Bob Jewett said:

I think this is the reason nearly all player-run organizations don't do well. The players have no special skill at organization, finding sponsors, keeping commitments, ...

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I think it is even simpler than that, type A and type B people. How many serious pool players do you know that are good at taking orders or working on a team? I worked OK on a team because I cut out my own task or tasks. I was fine with somebody over me giving a task, not so good if they tried to micromanage the task.

I can't think of a single dedicated pool player that I would call a type B personality. Same with circle track racers, and competition shooters. They are fine with them against the field, not so good on a team. We did well with the Mosconi Cup because we were much better players early on. When european skill caught up a little bit then their much better ability to function as a team got us in trouble and keeps us in trouble. Hard to battle somebody for every dollar for years and then be pardners. The US guys and gals can't do it. We are citizens, not subjects. As my friend in Scotland used to tell me all the time, that is a big difference!

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