You can check out John's bio and life story here from our "Legends of the Cue" podcast. Looks like we need to add an addendum...

https://www.legendsofthecue.com/guests/schmidt-john/

iusedtoberich said:

I just saw this on FB. Is it real? No details yet. I almost don't believe it. Didn't even know he was still at it. I was even checking if it was April 1.

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Also, JS should shave the beard. Just sayin'

Lets2billiards said:

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A recent acquisition of a printer block I am told was used for an A. E. Schmidt catalog. The image has been reversed and tweaked quite a bit.
I have been unable to find anything on IVORET or GOLD DOT cue balls. If anyone happens to have any information on either, I would love if you could share it. Thank you

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I never knew numbered snooker balls were a thing. Pretty much everyone that plays snooker knows how many points each colour is worth so no real need for numbers on the balls

penguin said:

How big were the pockets?

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Who cares? Even if they were 7. Inch pockets, he still ran 820 balls

That’s awesome, Chi Rack. Congratulations!

I can also spy some other classics in your wonderful collection, sir.

As was said earlier, it all boils down to whether the ref declared the balls frozen or not. The ref definitely did do the fist bump sign as he stood up from inspecting them, and he was there at Pongers's request, you can see that too. With Pongers asking the ref to confirm the frozen balls, it's seems like he already had a sense as to how he was going to make this shot, and just needed them confirmed as frozen. You can see further discussion at about 0.46 on the first video, showing the ref's hand at the top right corner of the frame as he and Pongers further discuss something. Without audio of the discussion, including the initial call, we'll have to take their word for it. I'm sure they'll be asked about it.

You can see Pongers cueing with right side spin, obviously trying to make something happen, so he did have some picture in his head of what might happen.

I think the best path forward for Karl, who I like and enjoy his commentary, would be to own up to his mistake, and just move on.

I kind of feel good seeing that this stuff happens on bigger stages than our weekly leagues.

Still for sale

kingwang said:

I think they claim the name is actually Jossii and not Joss 2, just to avoid the legal liability

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Since when does that matter to Chinese manufacturers? They don't respect copyrights or patents most of the time.

For OP - prety sure you can find them on Temu Shop and the like for around $100 new. Haven't seen one so I can't speak to quality.