SA96 said:

European players have grown up playing with snooker

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nmh2008 said:

Attitude and antics aside, I think it's time to admit that Earl Strickland might actually be one of the 5 best Americans for this event...........

Scott said it best during the last match - it felt like every single ball could be missed

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datnodude said:

Are any APA players really looking to turn pro? Is APA international?

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DrCue'sProtege said:

You folks are starting to really get me worried about my new Diamond Professional table.

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datnodude said:

I don't think table size is the problem, America just doesn't put resources into billiards like other countries do.

If I ever achieve enough money, I'll run a training center for the youth

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SA96 said:

Tomorrow is the biggest day of SVB and Gorst's entire lives.

They need to turn up and deliver for Team USA.

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SBC said:

League pool and bucket bar tables have led to this.

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SA96 said:

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72 hours before the Titanic sank. Very insightful!

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Rackaday said:

I get that I am new around here, but I am confused. I have seen at least a couple people here post stories that sound like they have been in and around pool rooms (often with extremely detailed knowledge of pool tables and even cue build dimensions) for 40-50 years. Are these just people really good at repeating information from being on forums for 15/20/25 years? Did anyone witness anything remotely close to The Hustler in the 70s/80s or is it frowned upon to talk about the real gritty characters in pool rooms with real texture and funk?

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SSP said:

I own the Engage shafts but I will try a prime shaft down the road, Becue states the prime shaft has a "softer " hit, I wouldn't say that is a bad thing, just different, I will say I got the 11.8 shaft 1st but have been using the 12.3 as my main shaft, on a barbox table the 11.8 gives a little more action, I love the consistency, I don't see buying another cue in my lifetime.

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seed1time said:

I bought the Becue that was on ebay and it plays good, I have had all types of cues and carbon shafts. This is by far my favorite its a supersoft hit,

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SSP said:

, Becue is the best playing cue I have ever owned and they have never failed to respond to any question I had.

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Agent 99 said:

I have been with Becue since the kick-starter days, and have been playing their cues ever since. The bent shafts that I am aware of were in the early days, I think all of them were white in color? I can remember Allessandro telling me that they had a problem with a company they contracted to make those shafts. I have owned both Engage and Prime shafts for my Becue, and jointed in 3/8x10 for other butts I own and use only because I think they are beautiful. I have not experienced any problems with any of the black shafts I have bought in the last several years, in fact they are fantastic in every way!

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SSP said:

wouldn't put Becue with any other CF shaft builder, they position the direction of the fibers in different parts of the shaft and use different bonding agents in different parts as well, they have a patented technology called the Aurora front end to reduce front end mass, great shafts and cues, their Prime II 12.0 shaft is the best shaft I have ever owned

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SSP said:

really didn't have to contact Becue but I wanted talk to someone there, I wanted to see how they treated a potential customer, Alessandro was passionate about the sport and bringing the advantages of CF to it, I stopped playing about 2012, I owned first a Meucci, then a Predator, and finally a David Tice custom cue, it took David about 8 months to complete the cue and it was a head turner and played great so when I decided to play again I went with a McDermott Bocote no points but beautiful wood cue with a linen wrap, not too flashy great playability, the shaft was a G Core, not bad but nothing special, the Defy CF shaft was pretty new in the market and had a great deal on one so I gave it a shot, thought it played great, there were some better reviews on other CF shafts so I started researching what was out there and ran across Becue, the first cue manufacturer of an all CF cue, read a review about micro cracks in CF in a CF bicycle in a garage at -65 degrees F, a NASA scientist chimed in, he said the reason they use CF on the space shuttle is because it can go from absolute zero in space (-476 F) to 2000 F on re-entry without damage, the paint burns off but the CF is not damaged so he said I don't think you will have any problems, at least here on earth.... this intrigued me, Becue was a company of engineers who specialize in CF who were passionate about billiards and wanted to bring that to the game, they spent 3 years in research and development before making their first cue, they clearly weren't filling CF tubes with foam for a quick buck, Hawaiian Eye was a big influence as well, I played with the Engage 11.8 shaft for 2 years and have been using the Prime II 12.0 for the last year, best shaft I have ever owned, bar none, well thats my story and I'm sticking to it

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garczar said:

The squirt angle would be the same but the ball speed on new cloth would be higher.

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MitchAlsup said:

There are 2 parts to deflection
a) what happens at the point of contact
b) what happens as CB rolls down table

a) does not change with "newness" of the clothe

b) can change with friction of clothe and even with humidity in the room.

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skor said:

In order to get a different team, more Americans need to attend WNT events and score some points.

Yes, it costs money to travel and compete, it’s the same for everyone on this planet

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