Curious, have you ever known any players who played really good with the heavy (mud) cue ball, that you see on so many Valley coin op tables?
I always hated playing on a Valley with a mud cue ball.
Really felt that I had to just use Center ball, or follow on any shot. Very hard, to impossible to draw that cue ball back. Could maybe draw it back a few inches, depending on the cue ball.
Were some cue balls heavier then others? They seemed to get from bad, to really bad at times.
And, why do bar room owners not care to ever replace the cue ball, on the single Valley table, that they usually had. Maybe 1 or 2 tables at the most.
I paid $30 awhile back for a good (at least I thought it was good) Magnetic coin op table cue ball, but the thing got stuck in this one Valley that I used it on, and the bar owner told me that he had to pay someone to get it back out, so it never got returned back to me, lol.
Going way off topic, I have been thinking of trying to find another good Magnetic cue ball, but I really have no idea if one might get stuck in a table again.
Going off topic again, but I have always had really bad social anxiety, and find it very hard to approach strangers, to ask to shoot some, so the thing I found most welcoming in the past, were Challenge tables, where you put your quarters on the rail, and wait in line to play the winner, when it is your turn. Those do not really seem to exist anymore, but if I ever could find one, it would be nice to have a good cue ball, that would work on the table. I know, that probably seems dumb, because I should have to use whatever old nasty, grimy, mud ball, that all the other players are using, lol. I just find regular pool halls to be very lonely places, if I do not know anyone. I lived in New Orleans (for example) for 5 years, and 1 single pool player befriended me during that entire time. Also, I always hated leagues, so I never had any interest in joining a league.
Anyways, getting back on topic, lol. I never really seen any great players playing with the Mud ball, because in my experience, it was just a bunch of drunk bangers, at the bar, that used those nasty old mud balls. I always hated them though.
Just makes me wonder about players who were really good with the heavy mud cue ball, and how they went about being able to play good with one. I assume by just getting really good at playing with Center cue ball (no english), and Follow through shots only.
