Rusty in Montana said:

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You had to test them the same way you tested 9V batteries.

garczar said:

'makes my stroke look so easy'??? wtf is that supposed to mean.

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I'm not sure what it means, probably something like "I can shoot better because it provides a better stroke for me" although this is not true, you can't purchase a good stroke. Funny thing is, as much as I'd like to have one of these shafts, I have been hedging backwards towards playing with a laminated wood shaft. I can't imagine buying another shaft would make my game any better than it is right now.

garczar said:

600bux is ridiculous. cf shafts have been on the market long enough for the makers to more than recoup their investment costs. no reason for these to be higher than 300bux. just like golf, people try to buy a game they'll never have.

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$600 is ridiculous!

ibuycues said:

Someone asked Chuck Norris if he was good at math.
He said, “Particularly third order non-abelian groups and rings”.

Chuck Norris changed the Theory of Relativaty into a law.

WP

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And apparently also the spelling of relativity...

for me personally was when fats and i were cutting up our big win he said,

"this was the biggest score in my whole life"

Hungarian said:

Like the shaft being roughly 1/4 the weight of the butt or 20% of the total weight? How tight is the preferred ratio? I seem to like shafts that weigh between 3.5 and 4 oz I think?

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The ratio range I calculated to be ideal is between 18% minimum to 23% maximum. I prefer 21-22% for my shafts.

I have one, actually just made a deal on one. If you’re interested it’s a bk rush tempest, I will sell you the whole cue for 700$. You can have it as a back up. The shaft is great condition but the butt has few battle small dent. Pictures shows it. Let me know. You can resell the butt or whatever.

There is no such thing as a tornado. Chuck Norris just hates trailer parks.

RIP

8intheside said:

I always appreciate your knowledge and input! Unless I’m wrong the only titles Filler has that Gorst doesn’t is the world 8-ball and one more major 14.1 championship. I’m not sure how often Fedor competes at 14.1, but I’d be willing to bet that the world 8-ball will come at some point. It’s good to hear some acknowledgment of Nick Varner!, he’s without a doubt in the conversation of best all-around player ever. Another player I’d mention is SVB, in my mind he’s right on Efren’s heels as the GOAT!

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Of course, SVB is an all-time great with a top ten resume of all that ever played. Still, Shane, Varner and Lassiter cannot stand up to Sigel for the title of greatest ever American player. Mike was a top five of all time straight pooler and a top five of all time rotation games player. He was also very accomplished at both one pocket and banks. Both Earl and Efren said of him: "Mike Sigel is the best player I have ever played against."

Efren, however, is in a category by himself. He is the best ever one pocket player, he is in the conversation for the best 8-ball player ever, he won the most celebrated 9ball event of the period over the seemingly unbeatable Earl Strickland in an unprecedented race to 120. To be fair, though, I think Efren is considered the greatest for the way he broadened the theory of the game, introducing ideas and shots never seen before. The legendary player of the 1960s Jonny Ervolino once, admiringly, said two things of Efren a) when Efren looks over a pool table, he sees things that no player that came before him ever saw, and b) Efren does things with inside english that I didn't know were even possible.

Efren changed the way we think about and play pool, and that's why so many, myself included, put him on the pedestal. It won't be easy to knock him off, but Josh and Fedor are putting together careers that make one think it could happen. Josh is winning major titles at the highest rate since Mike Sigel, but has many battles left to be fought, so we will stay tuned.

There is no other ranking system that shows the reality of rotation pool than Fargo ratings. And jf it included 8, 9, and 10 ball, would even be more accurate.
WPA and WNT points are from their respective events, so, nothing wrong with them both, just not getting the full picture of players ranking skill.

if she is voluntarily in the spot light , then things said and done become news. good and bad.

Shafts won't improve your skill level, but after 31 years of use I am replacing mine with a new shaft because it has developed a couple dings over the years.

In a tough money match, a player scratched in the pocket. His opponent says, "how's the water from the well taste?"

Paul_#_ said:

Usually all aiming is done standing up and double check down on shot. There is no go left and right if things feel wrong. ....

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I think that's mostly true, but some players, including Luther Lassiter, line up too full, then too thin and then go to just right. Goldilocks aiming. Lassiter played fairly well. Maybe this just makes the player really focus on the shot, which I think helps, regardless of the "reasons" behind the technique.