Mensabum said:

Ring games were my crack.
They've gone the way of 14:1 sadly.
I've tried numerous times to get one going at a local hall here and have to explain the game every time and why they're so much fun, etc... it gets old after awhile. Eyes glaze over after my first two sentences. I just don't get it.
Then I'll see the same players on a barbox downstream visibly upset over playing 8 ball for a fiver.

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Not really, tho a game as such that's got it goin', might be neat to move there, just make sure the room is not up for sale .

hard to imagine this won't be won by either Tkach or Fefilova-Styer.

penguin said:

Is it a Dave Wilmoth "custom cue" ?

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Sadly, no.

That would have been a great punchline for this thread!

SlateMan said:

I once took a course on cue identification. For the licensure exam, they told us, if you don't know the answer, pick C unless, of course, it wasn't a multiple-choice question. In those cases, they told us to pick "Adam," and we would be correct 62.7% of the time.

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Well...then if it's an Adam it gets advertised as "made by Helmstetter" of course.

That's sort of what happened with this cue I think...but not with Adam but another notable manufacturer.

fjk said:

The wrap was a good choice.

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Oh?

You like it?

CajunPopeye said:

Joss used a brown implex joint. My OP42c20 showed a brown joint before Stephen built the cue.

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Actually, I believe that was most likely a phenolic.

ive found unless its on a small bar table and 8 ball, and the breaker is a super hard hitter, and can run out on many open tables,

then it makes no difference who breaks or what he does.

in 9 ball for sure, unless say around 700, the break is a detriment.

in 6 ball you play a semi safe looking break, as the break hurts you way more than 9 ball.

generally i play a safe keeping clusters in 8 ball, as i will out move my opponent, as most 8 ball players just shoot.

a good hustle is to miss- cue on your first break, and some more as it makes his next shot worse for him breaking open for you.
and makes you look extra bad.

all you guys that practice your breaks should be practicing more of a safety break, and more work on creating clusters and tied up balls, and out moving your opponent.
especially league players who almost all ive seen do nothing but shoot the easiest shot at the time. and don't look backwards from the 8 ball to their next shot choice.
if you are like an up and coming player this is about the best advice you will ever get. if you just want to win.

take it from the guy who has been called a nit and a cheater.

Lowell said:

I started playing 3 years ago and I never felt the need to have a CF shaft. In my price range, I certainly get more bang for my buck with wood for designs I like.

I've played with the CF cues of my buddies and I didn't hate them (aside from how some of them feel without a glove), but I didn't feel like I was missing out by not having one.

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You can’t really form a real opinion based upon a few shots.
Play with CF for 6 months and then go back to wood and let’s talk again

Effenbobsaget said:

Its certainly a thing. If you dont often play 8 ball it may not be well known to you. That is not meant to be an insult. But I know it is a thing and has started becoming more prevalent in the last number of years.

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Are you playing one of the CSI leagues? If so, pattern racking is against the rules.

garczar said:

Pattern racking 8ball??? never heard of it. one in the front and then alternate solids-stripes. htf is he pattern racking???? in a league no less. i'm calling bullshit here.

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Cory Duel found a pattern rack for 8 ball that makes it very easy to run out. There are videos on youtube about it.

Chopdoc said:

Implex I think.

Used on many cues, especially McDermott and Viking.

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Joss used a brown implex joint. My OP42c20 showed a brown joint before Stephen built the cue.