Mosconi Cup 2025, Dec. 3-6, Alexandra Palace, London

Anyone who have connections to MR can give them a note that, maybe its a good idea to open the camera even if its just at the audience preview or even if techs are working is far far better than us watching the Fedor/Ochoa screenshot. Maybe they can do it....I much rather watch the music and audience coming in than just staring at the screenshot.

i agree with everything except ochoa, who doesn't look anything like that

Mosconi Cup 2025, Dec. 3-6, Alexandra Palace, London

This is the Mosconi Cup. This is exactly the atmosphere that we need.

In any other individual tournament, sure, keep the crowd banter to a minimum. But in a team event like this with this much history, let the crowd make some noise. Yes, even while down on the shot.

I believe the refs were actually instructed by MR to accept some crowd noise while down the shot that simply raises the noise floor. I'm pretty sure the refs wouldn't tolerate any abrupt shouting or whistling that could audibly stand out right when the shooter is down on the shot.

I love the crowd noise. And no, I won't get off your lawn.
If that is the atmosphere you're after, perhaps changing the name of the event to the "Pub Drunk Challenge" would be more appropriate.
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Mosconi Cup 2025, Dec. 3-6, Alexandra Palace, London

You would get of my lawn more quickly than you think.
I was hoping Skyler would give all of those disrespectful pieces of s*** the finger after he made that 9-ball while they tried desperately to shark him, unadressed by the biased ref who then silenced the crowd on a 2ball the euros were shooting in the very next rack.
I don't understand why he would shush the crowd for an easy 2 ball shot after letting them yell and scream on a tricky game ball.

Mosconi Cup 2025, Dec. 3-6, Alexandra Palace, London

I love the crowd noise. And no, I won't get off your lawn.
You would get of my lawn more quickly than you think.
I was hoping Skyler would give all of those disrespectful pieces of s*** the finger after he made that 9-ball while they tried desperately to shark him, unadressed by the biased ref who then silenced the crowd on a 2ball the euros were shooting in the very next rack.

Custom and High End Cues on the Decline?

As someone who owns and has owned many custom cues, I too feel like they are on the decline. I think there are several reasons for it. I think the price of these custom cues are outrageous. The 2nd and more important reason is that your average Cuetec or Predator cue hits as good or better than any custom cue. I don't say that lightly, but when my buddy let me try out his new Cynergy shaft I became a convert to carbon fiber. And you can put that Carbon fiber shaft on a $1K Cuetec or $5K custom cue and they will have the same hit and feel. As far as craftsmanship and aesthetics go, the custom cues will never be matched. They are amazing for what they are. But if you just value the playability of a cue the cheaper production cues with the nice carbon fiber shafts will play even better than the custom cues. And here's another very important consideration for me. I don't have the same nervousness of bringing a cheaper cue into a pool room or just leaving it in the back of the car like I would with a high end custom cue. I don't worry about someone stealing it, or worry about damaging it like I would with a more high end cue. There's something to be said for that.

Do you want to learn more about your stroke?

Thanks all for the feedback so far!

For all those that have sent me video and not had any analysis yet I'll make a start on it tomorrow as I'm watching the Mosconi Cup (naturally).

Gotta feel for Tyler yesterday, the crowd were relentless against him and he didn't deserve all that heat!

He'd be a great player to try out my app so I'll reach out to him after the cup, I'm sure he'd love all the stats and data.

Although I'm backing Europe I'd still love to see Team USA make it a fight to the end.

Great Pool Room Stories

Tulsa legend Fat Randy Wallace used to sell re-built Kirby vacs around town. One day Fatboy came in Leroy's poolhall pimpin Kirby's on ROLLERSKATES. You just had to be there to see this big mofo skating around the room like Fred Astaire. While he's there he gets a game with a pretty decent local named Richard. Randy gave up the 8b and tortured the guy. From then on Richard was the guy who got 'the eight and the skates' from Fat Randy. Some funny shit.

Nothing short of a great story!

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