sjm said:

In my Mosconi Cup writeup, I wrote this:

Fargo fails to account for who is in form. For example, Moritz Neuhausen is playing as well as anyone in the world not named Yapp. In the last three months alone, he medaled at three elite events, winning the Peri Open, getting silver at the Hanoi Open, and getting bronze at the Qatar 10ball. He came in on fire and, unless his Fargo was taken at face value, nobody should have been too surprised that he was Mosconi MVP.

The debutante argument is not applicable here. Neuhausen came in playing as well as any of the ten players at the Mosconi. He had also just played in the Reyes Cup, so he had experience playing with crowd noise. Europe had no weak links, just five players in some serious form.

I have often suggested that over 90% of the job of the coach is done before the players arrive at the Mosconi. Winning is about proper preparation and developing a competitive pedigree, and unless the team members show up with enough of these, nothing a coach does at the Mosconi will compensate for it.

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Amadainmhor said:

Would you stick a camera over your table if it scored your games for you?

hey all, I've been working on a rig and app that hangs over the table, points a phone camera straight down at the cloth, and scores the game itself. No tapping buttons etc.
Games I reckon it can do with zero input from the players, and theres pprobably heaps more I've not thought of

• 8-ball, 9 ball
• Speed pool against the clock
• Bowlliards — ten frames, bowling scoring
• Golf — six pockets, six holes
• Killer with lives
• One pocket,
• Break stats and a history of every run you've ever had
• plus it could potentially be used to review a shot by video playback, post a shot to social media etc.
• Leagues and tables could be built in easily enough

the plan is to keep the app free. I've got another pool based commercial project nearing completion (more of that later) that pays for it, so this doesn't need to earn its keep. Its just something that would be quite easy for me to roll out.
the main catch, It only works if the camera sits in the same spot every single time — same height, same angle, same light. Otherwise it's guessing. So you'd either buy a ceiling mount off me with the light built into it, or I publish the drawings for free and you knock one up yourself to the same spec. Either way there's a bracket going on your ceiling and a phone hanging off it.
So, honestly, most importantly, do you think being able to play some of these games against anyone anywhere in the world is of any interest?

1. Would you put a mount above your table for this?
2. Buy ready-made or build your own?
3. Which of those games would you actually play, and what have I missed?
4. Is free enough to make you bother? (well free with you buying my mount or making one yourself)

As I said, I already have the main components of this built for something else. This is completely non commercial. I'm not looking for anyones money for this but would really appreciate some feedback before I go wasting time and energy on it.

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skip100 said:

Here is the full USA ranking - Bergman is in 6th:

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uk_9_ball_convert said:

I get your argument, but Neuhausen was a debutant who really should have been beaten by Styer if Styer's bottle hadn't crashed, presuming the rest of the match goes the same way there is no way Gorst or SVB wouldn't have let him off the hook.

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DrCue'sProtege said:

We are talking Simonis 860 here.

Shark Grey or regular Grey - Which one is a darker shade of grey?

It's hard to tell from the small sample I have.

r/DCP

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jay helfert said:

This Python table has an all steel frame, solid as a rock. It was my friend Perry's personal table, provided for me by my other dear friend Verna Mariano.

Check it out.

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Al_Camino said:

I've played on classic green, tournament blue, grey, red, and purple. The blue is by far my favorite to play on with classic green a distant second.

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