When was the last time you were mooned?

Cleveland_Rocks said:

In America, one can generally freely dream up and communicate whatever one wishes. Education is not required. God bless America.

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not required as in not mandatory?

trob said:

This is what I do .. I clean them once a week and it gets all the marks off from diamond pockets lol

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I keep heating about the marks from Diamond pockets but I honestly have never found a mark from the pockets on my Diamond Professional pockets in the 7 years or so that I have had it.
My one leagues Diamond bar boxes that they bought used, used to mark the balls quite a bit. You could scrape them off with your fingernail.

briankenobi said:

Here is a take that some might not agree with, but I feel is accurate. DCC was never meant to be a straight pro tournament. It was meant to be an open tournament that a lot of the pros show up to. And the people talking about the payouts or the schedule have been at DCC for years and years and know what to expect. DCC is what it is. It isn't matchroom and never will be. If people don't like the payouts or the schedule that much, they don't have to show up. DCC will fill the spots. There is always a waitlist. That just opens the door for other players to get the titles.

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Didn't entry in one of the tournaments also provide you with admission to all of the matches? That was one of the incentives.

trob said:

This is what I do .. I clean them once a week and it gets all the marks off from diamond pockets lol

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Same here and works well.

qolbrand said:

from fargorates website:

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In my opinion, most current regular players under 60 years old don’t play enough or for that matter any 14.1 to be using 14.1 high runs as an estimate for someone’s Fargo rating.

Even trying to estimate someone’s Fargo rating by what percentage of the time someone can run out a 9 ball rack when playing the ghost and starting with ball-in-hand is still quite inaccurate, as there are so many variables to that - size of table, tightness of pockets, quality of their break, not to mention that it doesn’t consider someone’s overall game management and defensive skills.

On a 9’ Diamond with standard Diamond pocket specs, in the past year, in 9-ball, if you have broke and run a 2-pack at least 3 times in competition (gambling session or tournament) you are likely at least a 550 Fargo. In the past year if you have broke and run a 3-pack at least 3 times in competition, you are likely at least a 600. Accomplishing these feats in practice in my opinion doesn’t really count for much, as it is done with no real pressure on you.