OB cues shut down?
- Thread starter TeddyKGB
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considering your crowning achievement is such that you still brag about beating Barton after almost 10 years, you should sit this one out.
Das Cue-Boot
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What a concept. Different sizes for different folks. Kind of like tennis, golf, baseball, hockey, or essentially any other sport where the player uses a tool to contact a another object. Yet we expect one size fits all to be the standard, kind of like Soviet era suits.
Kind of a contradiction when you refer to league players as "suckers" don't you think?
skiergd011013
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this thread is about OB cues shutting down, a pretty neutral subject, and yet there are people fighting in here. Can we stop please
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I've only been on here a few months. Every thread is like this. Anybody who gives there opinion on something gets attacked. Insulted, mocked, whatever. You sure wouldn't do so much of that if you were in person. Folks seem incapable of discussing something politely. No. Everyone in the world must conform to MY viewpoint or they are stupid, blah blah blah. I won't be missed but I'm out folks.
What are the other half of the d-bags like
Personal experience is fine but don't make statements that have zero evidence of. Statements like a smaller shaft makes it easier to slow roll balls or more flexible shafts produce more spin are ludicrous. I've watched Earl, Buddy and Sigel play basically perfect pool with 13mm shafts. I could play the same way with a 11 or a 13 12.75/12.8 is my choice but its based purely on how it feels in my bridge not on any performance difference.
Relax bro. Its a forum full of pool players. Need a thick skin and be able to take/give the needle. If easily butthurt you're probably in the wrong place.
I doubt ud play the same. 13.25 vs 11mm
You could set the table up exactly the same. And I guarantee you'll play your pattern totally different between those two shafts. Just saying. You can back track all you want. There is a huge difference in the way certain shafts play. To say there is no performance difference is insane. U say I don't have proof? Where is yours?
If I have to use different input with a different shaft to get the same results....then the shaft plays different. That's my opinion. I guess u can say they are the same.. or that the pearl does fine with 13 mm. Wich is true. Earl could play great with anything ....so can u and i.
I dont have the advantage of playing on the same tables in the same enviroment all the time. With the same equipment.
The place I like to shoot and drink beer the table plays different say when they have the door open, And the kitchen going full boar (small building) vs door shut and climate controll...nothing being cooked. But I don't have any scientific data to prove it. So I guess the difference doesn't exist.
You could set the table up exactly the same. And I guarantee you'll play your pattern totally different between those two shafts. Just saying. You can back track all you want. There is a huge difference in the way certain shafts play. To say there is no performance difference is insane. U say I don't have proof? Where is yours?
If I have to use different input with a different shaft to get the same results....then the shaft plays different. That's my opinion. I guess u can say they are the same.. or that the pearl does fine with 13 mm. Wich is true. Earl could play great with anything ....so can u and i.
I dont have the advantage of playing on the same tables in the same enviroment all the time. With the same equipment.
The place I like to shoot and drink beer the table plays different say when they have the door open, And the kitchen going full boar (small building) vs door shut and climate controll...nothing being cooked. But I don't have any scientific data to prove it. So I guess the difference doesn't exist.
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xX-Wizard-Xx
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honestly i probably would .... i have played plenty with many different cues / shafts ... after a few minutes i really didnt care which i had .... and yes i would probably play the same shots the same way no matter what shaft i had. what matters is how well the tip grips the cue ball ....
xX-Wizard-Xx
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literally 1-2 mm on a shaft does not dictate how i play a shot ....
Post a video. Show us all. Yes you can adjust. But just the fact that u have to adjust is proof that they do in fact play different. A banger would never know the difference due to his game and stroke being inconsistent. Someone that can play hell yes they know the difference almost immediately and they adjust to it.
xX-Wizard-Xx
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every cue plays different .... why do you think people buy and sell them constantly looking for one that feels right them ... this is nothing new
xX-Wizard-Xx
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you can have 20 cues of the same manufacture design wood everything and you will pick one that plays to you the best .... someone else might pick another ... and everyone will agree they all have some differences.
Shoot one shot with a 13mm put the cue down grab a cue with an 11mm shoot the same exact shot with the same stroke l and I guarantee your results will be different
xX-Wizard-Xx
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as with everything sure ... but whats that tell us ... we can learn to play with anything .... shaft hype is just hype ... people bicker and b1tch about what is best when the real answer is ... there is no best. everyone plays different everyone has a different idea of feel .... everyone likes a different tip .... there is no best no right no wrong
xX-Wizard-Xx
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mosconi ran >500 balls .... he didnt have a low deflection shaft .... and probably didnt really care ... just get out there and play and compete ... if you make it to the top .. great