Agreed.
However... I must also say (again, as I have remarked in the past) that the Cyclop balls seem to be constructed fine and have a peerless finish on them.... exceptional workmanship. I salute the manufacturer for their expertise. That said, the material they use for their balls is a fail. It is sticky, tacky and unfit for use on any pocket billiard table. As soon as one of their balls makes contact with the playing surface, a rail or another ball, the game is not the same. It is Cyclop pocket billiards.... not traditional pocket billiards. The balls react differently, plain and simple. Nothing to be done about it, aside form just acclimating to it, and that is what happens when someone is introduced to these balls. They have to acclimate to playing in a radically different environment.
A good example of what the playability is like would go something like this... Imagine you are in Florida during a heat wave in late July and its been raining on and off all week. Everything is saturated, save the interior of the pool room you find yourself in. A Gold Crown I stands before you just inside the double doors of this fine establishment and you begin your match in this superbly air conditioned edifice and start running balls out left and right.... Your opponent decides they want to take a break and so you do too. The owner of the establishment decides to perform a bit of table maintenance during the break, using a squirt bottle containing a mysterious liquid to wipe down just the rails and swings the double doors wide open because it was just too cool and comfortable in there... beside, who doesn't like the sound of a torrential downpour while you are trying to shoot? And all that super saturating humidity washing over the table feels so sweet and satisfying. Welcome to Cyclop ball pocket billiards.... right there. Perfection. (btw, it may happen that the room owner is your opponents backer... just a rumor)
Keep your gum balls... I prefer the pocket billiards we have been playing for the past 40 years.
Lesh
