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Paul Bell
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The new version of your AI "human writer" is slightly less obvious to the untrained eye (No longer using em dashes in every post, typing in all lowercase, shorter posts), but there's still some patterns that become obvious. Try having it switch up the sentence structure sometimes, most of the posts are like this:

- Agree with whatever you are quoting
- Throw in a statement about how you will implement some new thing to your game
- End the post with a (sometimes comically low-effort) question to generate more traction with your posts
- Throw in a "lol" somewhere
- About half of the time mention end pocket, even when it has absolutely nothing to do with the topic

Work on those a bit and maybe you'll fool more people (y)
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Cue Tip veering to the left

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When shooting a stop shot, would the residual spin on the cue ball after contact not be indicative of off center cue tip contact?

Your video shows the CB moving a bit laterally, probably due to slight aim error, but the CB is not rotating as it would with unintentional english.

So, I would think the veering of the cue on this one shot occurred after tip contact.
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Lava Soap to Remove Stains on Cloth

336Robin
ChrisinNC said:
This was recommended to me by Ernesto Dominguez while he was here at our room a few weeks ago to recover all our tables, which hadn’t been recovered by him in 3 years. On a few of our most badly stained 860HR Simonis clothed tables before he recovered them, we experimented with the soap with amazing results, as it removed all the stains as well as bringing the tournament blue original color back to the cloth. Having owned and operated our poolroom for the last 30+ years, I wished I had learned this years ago - absolutely amazing!

You must use a very firm brush and really soap down the entire table including the cushion tops with the soap and water - really scrubbing in the soap and water with the firm brush especially on the stained areas, then completely rinsing out the soap off the cloth with a wet cloth / towel. Then set a fan on the end of the table to help dry the cloth. I took some before and after photos on my phone which I’d be glad to text to anyone who’d like them, just PM me.
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I've helped clean tables using a gallon of clean water and a cap full of woolite.

The tables were vacuumed and cleaned really well x 2 or 3 before the scrubbing like you described.

It was amazing how the tables turned out. This was at Chandleys in Statesville which is no longer there
but it worked so well it extended the life of the cloth and no one complained.
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Extremely Light 3/8 x 10 Decorative Cue Butt-sought

336Robin
A few years ago, I had a member here make me a cue butt 3/8 x 10 that was plain but very light.
It weighs in at close to 12.5 ounces add the shaft and I'm 15. 5 to 16 ounces.
It was a stick with a pin. Plays great. Looks plain. Works great for my stroke and feel.

I am looking for (1) something with a design on it. I don't care how cheap the thing is. Can be a decal
cue. I don't want a ton of money in it.

Extra points would be:

Very light would be 10.5 ounces or less.

I anyone has something please private message me.

Robin
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how do you keep your tip shaped without miscuing all the time

Rusty in Montana
KINGSCOURT905 said:
nice, a soft tip that holds its shape and doesnt miscue is exactly what i want lol. how long you had that horo on there now
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Just under 2 weeks , which I know is a short period of time and to some they may say that doesn't prove one way or the other for results which is true , however I've had tips fail miserably in a short time and so far so good .
This is also the first layered tip I've shot with that I'm aware of I've played some with a Peachaur jade tip which also felt very similar for more food for thought .
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is expensive chalk actually worth it or is masters just fine

philly
KINGSCOURT905 said:
been using masters forever at end pocket and i still miscue on draw shots when i rush lol, tried a buddys taom once and it felt cleaner but maybe i just wanted it to feel better lol. do you guys actually notice a real difference with the expensive stuff, and how long does a cube even last you if you chalk every shot
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Taom is cleaner and stays on your tip longer.
By the way, you miscue because you come out of the shot. Lift your head even a little bit and the body follows. It's not the chalk or the tip, it's you.

That being said, I dropped my Taom into the side pocket of a 9 foot Diamond at the beginning of a one pocket game. The game just started and I didn't want to disrupt the game by throwing the balls in said side pocket to send my chalk into the ball return tray. I played the rest of the game without chalking....no problem.
Taom stay on the tip like paint.
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how do you keep your tip shaped without miscuing all the time

KINGSCOURT905
Rusty in Montana said:
On a new to me carbon fiber shaft it has a Horo soft tip I believe it's called a Helio tip and like my G2 tips I've not scuffed any of them in quite some time .
The Horo soft is definitely not a marshmallow tip and hasn't mushroomed whatsoever after some serious play and no miss cues as of yet either .

I really enjoyed playing pool at the Colored Stone in Toronto when I was there many years ago now a very nice place I thought it's sad to hear it's no longer open .
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nice, a soft tip that holds its shape and doesnt miscue is exactly what i want lol. how long you had that horo on there now
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CJ Wiley: flat earther

ShootingArts
7stud said:
The problem with the "logic" is that TOI does not reduce variability, it just moves the center point of the variability to one side of the CB, which does not help you pocket balls better.

If I aim at the center of the pocket, and I aim to hit the center of the cue ball:
1. If my aim is true, and I hit the center of the cue ball, then the object ball will go into the center of the pocket.
2. If I miss the center of the cue ball slightly to the left, then the object ball will be thrown slightly to the right, and the object ball will go in the right side of the pocket.
3. If I miss the cue ball slightly to the right, then the object ball with be thrown slightly to the left, and the object ball will go in the left side of the pocket.

If I pick a side, say slightly to the right of the center of the cue ball, and I aim at the right side of the pocket to account for the throw to the left:
1. If my aim is true, and I hit slightly to the right of the center of the cue ball as planned, then because I was aiming at the right side of the pocket to account for the throw, the object ball will go in the center of the pocket.
2. If I hit center ball, there won't be any throw, and because I aimed at the right side of the pocket, the object ball will go straight in the right side of the pocket.
3. If I hit more to the right on the cue ball than I planned, then the object ball will be thrown more to the left, but because I was aiming at the right side of the pocket, the object ball will go in the left side of the pocket.

It doesn't matter how many tips "slightly" is from the center of the cue ball--you will have the same amount of error whether you try to hit center ball or you pick a side.
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BINGO!!

Aside from the things you pointed out, the error amount is the same anywhere the tip hits the cue ball, but starting from an aim to the side of center the error has greater effect than the same amount of error from center ball.

Taken to an extreme, consider aiming at the centerline or the miscue line. Hit a little to either side of center, basically nothing happens. Hit to the inside of the miscue line, nothing happens, hit to the outside of the miscue line, miscue!

The amount of error doesn't change if we hit centerball or with a touch of anything. The effect of that error does change.

Hu
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CJ Wiley: flat earther

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There's a lot you have to be aware of when playing big boy pool. Especially outnumbered on the road. Biasing towards inside at least creates a zone where you can keep a couple brain cells on the room, the money, how you gonna move through, whatever actual concerns a road player might have, and still run the balls. It's also twice as big as center ball.
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how do you keep your tip shaped without miscuing all the time

Rusty in Montana
On a new to me carbon fiber shaft it has a Horo soft tip I believe it's called a Helio tip and like my G2 tips I've not scuffed any of them in quite some time .
The Horo soft is definitely not a marshmallow tip and hasn't mushroomed whatsoever after some serious play and no miss cues as of yet either .

I really enjoyed playing pool at the Colored Stone in Toronto when I was there many years ago now a very nice place I thought it's sad to hear it's no longer open .
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CJ Wiley: flat earther

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fjk said:
TOI logic is to put intentional inside on the cue to reduce that variability of hitting either side. Several famous players did it before CJ started promoting it.
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The problem with the "logic" is that TOI does not reduce variability, it just moves the center point of the variability to one side of the CB, which does not help you pocket balls better.

If I aim at the center of the pocket, and I aim to hit the center of the cue ball:
1. If my aim is true, and I hit the center of the cue ball, then the object ball will go into the center of the pocket.
2. If I miss the center of the cue ball slightly to the left, then the object ball will be thrown slightly to the right, and the object ball will go in the right side of the pocket.
3. If I miss the cue ball slightly to the right, then the object ball with be thrown slightly to the left, and the object ball will go in the left side of the pocket.

If I pick a side, say slightly to the right of the center of the cue ball, and I aim at the right side of the pocket to account for the throw to the left:
1. If my aim is true, and I hit slightly to the right of the center of the cue ball as planned, then because I was aiming at the right side of the pocket to account for the throw, the object ball will go in the center of the pocket.
2. If I hit center ball, there won't be any throw, and because I aimed at the right side of the pocket, the object ball will go straight in the right side of the pocket.
3. If I hit more to the right on the cue ball than I planned, then the object ball will be thrown more to the left, but because I was aiming at the right side of the pocket, the object ball will go in the left side of the pocket.

It doesn't matter how many tips "slightly" is from the center of the cue ball--you will have the same amount of error whether you try to hit center ball or you pick a side.
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Controversial Double Hit? Team Biado vs. Team Raga – 10-Ball Doubles

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straightline said:
He knew the cut would billiard the 9. The radical inside was so he could shoot directly at the thinnest hit possible. I don't think the miscue was considered foul even though the sound was all wood. But who knows?
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dr dave has a video on it. the issue has become controversial due to refs calling double hit foul on miscues, going against pool tradition (but with science, i guess). almost all miscues touch the ferrule.

but i think in this case they're arguing about intention
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