kingwang said:

Matchroom just posted this clip with the caption "Mohammad Soufi flies into the last 64. One of the fastest players on Tour showing exactly what his game's about". Yet his pace is still slower than the guys in that video in the original post.

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If the bangers were getting out that'd be something. The Chinese pockets require that shots to the corner be set and dialed in before swinging. That may only take a few seconds but those steps have to be there.

when you are going to shoot a controversial shot you really need to tell your opponent or the ref what you are going to do.

and settle it before you shoot, not after.

Matchroom had a couple events with 4s all around. There's this convention of "convex" facing angles and that IMO is what screws up tight sides. (compare to bumper pool if that doesn't register). Bar tables used to come with tiny side pocket apertures. These had little for the ball to hang on and could be slammed from any angle a ball would fit through.

Rackaday said:

Make sure you use video or a video call to ensure the seller actually has the item. That and PayPal good and services as the payment option. You can never be too careful when dealing with a stranger. I didn’t learn that here, but it is good to remind any forum member

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I actually videos chat on all my transactions. You can ask many people here, they wil vouch for me.

I purchased a cue from Ken. Great communication, quality packaging, quick shipping and just a great guy to work with. I highly recommend doing business with him!
https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/kenney-tran-transaction-report.582918/

David in FL said:

Very few things are more subjective, having said that…

Budget tip, Wizard. That's what Chris Nitti uses as his stock tip and for about four dollars it's impossible to beat!

About two years ago I bought a shaft that had a HOW medium tip on it and I liked it enough to stick with it.

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@David in FL, which Wizard tips are you talking about as there seems to be at least two manufacturers making Wizard tips?

I see this one (from a seller that has seen mixed comments about their products, I've bought G3 USA tips from them (good but not as good as G2 tips from Japan) - $6.00 per tip unless you bulk purchase plus shipping, plus I've never seen a tip look this "frayed" new before:

And I see this one (seems to be a darker color, still looks kind of "frayed") - $9.00 per tip unless you bulk purchase plus shipping:

Don't see any Wizard tip specs listed here: https://www.pooldawg.com/article/the-ultimate-pool-cue-tip-guide/

Do see the med and hard Wizard tip specs listed here: https://drdavepoolinfo.com/resource_files/tip_hardness_chart.pdf

@Anyone, if I currently play G2 soft from Japan, should I try a Wizard soft or medium next time given a G2 soft is just under 75 hardness and a Wizard medium is 76 hardness?

This is the 500kg deadlift of the pool world. Except Jon isn’t from Iceland. Jayson is close enough.

Ttt

hopefully the OP isn't the new owner of a $800 Joss II.

You know it's designed to fool people when they use the same font style as the original.

Bob Jewett said:

If you look at the probability just from the 100 BPI average, running 820 seems to be a serious outlier. With a 100 BPI, he is roughly 36% to run 100 or more from the current shot. 800 is that to the eighth power, and 820 or more is a 1 in 3833 chance. I don't think he had anywhere near that many innings in the current series of attempts. He plays at a rate of about 200 balls per hour, and that would average two attempts per hour.

I'm not questioning that the run happened, I'm just saying that the usual probability calculations don't add up, so maybe there is some psychology or something else going on.

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Like Newtonian mathematics cannot exclude quantum mechanics?

Been using Bulletproof Recoil tips for the last year, tried dozens of different tips, I'm sticking with these

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1st edition butt pic https://photobucket.com/share/9967e556-4835-45a1-bdbf-feab56819fb3

Rackaday said:

I am aware that it can be done, but not having performed the test myself, how long does it take to get a solid reading? If it was only 10 seconds per tip (for example) and you had a regular who knew the hardness level that they preferred in a tip they bought from you, I would think as long as you were within a couple digits, that would be a selling point.

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It doesn't take long, but it will leave a mark. Yeah marketing would likely have to change, tip printing would have to change, etc. As it is, you can discard the occasional one that's outside of parameters. That method, you wouldn't have to discard any but the biggest problem lies in retail. Sure for a custom cue maker or a repair shop, that could work, but for retailers. What retailer is gonna even have a durometer, let alone wanna bother with determining what the hardness is of a tip before they sell it?