I'd give up if I was you too. A little bit of healthy skepticism was good for all early on but it turned into the irrational ramblings of a sad and delusional few soon after.
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Is Schmidt's and charlie 626 Legit
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BAM.
Yes, i can see that, depending on the pattern.
I can understand that a fast dry cloth would make a bit of a difference, but I'm not sure it amounts to all that much. If it was a major factor, it's easy to duplicate, and there would be dozens of runs higher than 500. All the top players that have the skills to set personal records in the 200-400 range would be doing it.
Did anyone who saw the Schmidt video think that the balls were spreading abnormally easy? No one mentioned it, and there were top players in attendance, and they commented on the many difficult situations that Schmidt extracted himself from.
Small amounts of separation are significant at 14.1 and players will often just barely nudge clusters enough to make one or two frozen ball makable to open up the rest of the cluster.
And I disagree about there being more runs. The game of 14.1 just isn't that popular and most high caliber players spend their time honing their rotation and 1pocket skills. There just hasn't been any incentive to become more proficient at 14.1 much less set high run records. I think BC's project, The Legends of Straight Pool, will change that.
Lou Figueroa
Biden won.
We certainly enjoy your delusional participation.The truth hurts clear to the.
Heh, Heh, Heh…
Carry on.
Well shoot.
As long as we’re all putting on our fairy princess outfits and dreaming of pretty things: can anyone imagine the conversation if Brunswick had just offered Willie $10,000 for running over 7-800 balls?
No, Cause we would be having any conversation about 626.
Lou Figueroa
Sure, we can do that one next.
I don't exactly see it as equally academic but OK.
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Brunswick did more than offer Mr. Mosconi $10k for running over 7-800 balls...
John had no such guarantees.
Same for snooker. There are more century’s now than ever before. Are the players that much better? Nope. Just touch the reds and the pack opens up more. Why? The balls have more elasticity and the cloth is faster. Those little differences account for why guys are running 100 century’s in a season now.
Yeah, Jimmy Caras said the only reason to miss on an 8-footer was fatigue. Doesn't seem to be true for a 9-footer.
The legitimacy of the run depends on his motivation? What if Brunswick had offered Schmidt more for running 7-800 balls?
All these what-if scenarios (on both sides) are irrelevant. What if we simply deal with what has actually happened?
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gee, I just don't recall tying in the issue of legitimacy into our little Twilight Zone episode.
Lou Figueroa
I think if fast dry cloth made a huge difference, the day after the JS 626, Danny Harriman would have ripped apart his table and installed a new cloth and massive heaters. He did try that, didn't he?
Hohman, Filler, Ko, Orcollo and many others as well.
There's all kinds of variables, but the biggest one is the player's skill, which Schmidt seems to have.
Yeah, that record would have been busted up too,
I don't know, ask them.
And it has been proven in many sports that player skill can be amplified with the right conditions/equipment.
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