june-bug said:

Is this the Mcdermott skateboard cue? Post some pics

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Yes it is and as soon as I get home I will post several pictures I didn't know where to start to begin to sell this so I don't know if I'm in the right place or not

Is this the Mcdermott skateboard cue? Post some pics

35 seconds would be the middle ground.

Poolmanis said:

No i live in Finland. No 3c tables much around..

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Poolmanis said:

No i live in Finland. No 3c tables much around..

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Ok.

I don't mind the 30 second clock, but it doesn't come without tradeoffs. Maybe just allow more timeouts as there is a loss of drama when the game just continually marches along. Maybe other sports are just spoiled with good commentary compared to ours, but good commentators use the time between shots to set the stage and build up the drama. Watching a player really not know what to do, and even have trouble pulling the trigger is exciting for me. You see this in the older Accu-stats matches. We're missing that now.

Now, I'm not in favor of the snail paced play many employ without a clock, but I think Matchroom should keep an open mind on this topic because there might be a better way to do it. What if they just tracked average shot times, and as long you stayed below a certain threshold you were good? Logistically impossible? Maybe, but there's nothing like watching a great player have to talk themselves into shooting a difficult shot as long as they aren't doing it on every shot.

I’m confused, is this the for sale forum?

dquarasr said:

Based on other comments in this thread, I tried Pledge. Wow, what a difference. The CB acts like it's on brand-new cloth.

The measles ball is untreated. The Rempe training ball is treated. These two shots are exactly the same distance between the balls and the pockets. The "Pledged" ball did that spin-in-place-before-moving backwards I have to really hit low to get to happen otherwise. I tried this shot a number of times to verify it's not me hitting the CB with inconsistent tip placement or speed. This is only one example; the other shots I made had similar results.

I played around with various angles, and yes, this pretty much replicates the CB paths I get at the hall, so I will be able to practice with the "Pledged" ball to get better used to it without going to the hall (of course it's probably not exact but will be close enough). Thanks for the suggestions.

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I think the real issue at your home is the red cloth. Even the Pelican is looking down his nose at it!(grin)

To everyone, the difference between typical dirty house balls at a pool hall and new balls is night and day. Far more than I would have believed without seeing for myself. I will never consent to someone bringing the balls in for a serious match and I will test any cue ball they want to use before using it.

This isn't because I suspect anyone using their own equipment of cheating but because there is more difference in new balls and old than between a custom and house cue in my opinion. Letting the other player use balls they are used to and you aren't is certainly equal to a one ball spot, maybe two. Maybe not as important in nine ball as one pocket but certainly important enough to consider a major factor over the course of a set.

That is the real deal with a true cheater. They know what to expect, the other player doesn't.

Hu

Looks great!

Not a cuemaker but maybe it had an insert that came out.

Low priced and well made.

Brand new. Matching Barnhart carbon fiber shafts are also in stock right now at additional cost.

3 to choose from right now.

Seriously as new.

Brand new and well made.

Monday bump

sjm said:

I'm with Chua here. As the Greek philosopher and historian Herodotus once noted "the past is history."

Little is achieved through any of these "unprovable" allegations of unfair play at the World 9ball. On the other hand, the observations of the players as a group matter very much in mapping out the future of our game.

The bottom line here is that the collective awareness of the silicon/wax issue has risen. Pool can make a positive out of all this by implementing rules that make it much more difficult for players to tamper with the cue ball and establish penalties for infractions.

It achieves nothing to try to single out those that may have been guilty of an infraction at the just completed World 9ball, but if nothing is done to limit tampering with the cue ball going forward, pool will have missed an opportunity to improve itself.

Chua's right. Let's look forward.

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You say little is achieved by these allegations and then proceed to list the positive benefits of doing so??

mr3cushion said:

Where do you live? In USA?

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No i live in Finland. No 3c tables much around..

arps said:

Kaci was acting like his game with Patric Gonzales was hill-hill, and somehow this unknown no-rank Filipino beat him using this “wax” thing. The score was 11-6.

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We have seen that Kaci is capable of making a comeback. With a proper cue ball he could have won.

Oh, does Kaci have a record over the years of accusing people that he loses to as being cheaters?

garczar said:

Seriously?? How 'bout that he just got beat and is a whining biach looking for an excu

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westcoast said:

after Johnny scratched shooting the 5 ball, why did the 1 ball get spotted up at the 1:13:05 mark?

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That’s what the game evolved from to what it is today. If you pocketed a ball but then scratched you spotted the made ball back up. It doesn’t matter what ball you actually spot up as long as it’s the lowest numbered ball. In years before this the incomings player had ball-in-hand behind the head string. A much better game than what it has evolved into today.