Recent content by BasementDweller

My interactions with fellow pool players has been overwhelmingly positive. I've been cheated a handful of times. The problem is -- the bad actors stand out and paint a bad picture.

I think it's just as likely that he hoped the ref would make the call, which is why he gave her time to do so. I don't have a problem with how Yapp reacted here. He should not be expected to referee the match when someone is there to do so. No other athlete, in any other refereed sport is...

Some world-class players being clueless about specific rules, doesn't mean they aren't generally more knowledgeable about what is and what isn't possible on a pool table. Possible fallacious thinking there from the good doctor 😀 I think you maybe too close to the forest on this, being that...

Is it possible for a player who is under say -- FR 600 -- to be a good referee? Yes, it's possible. Is it likely? No. Thoroughly experiencing the ball interactions for years gives you a baseline understanding, which you can then use to map all the fine details on to. Do tourney directors have...

I love watching and listening to the old matches, but they were all over the place on the science stuff. In fairness, most of them had a working knowledge of what was going on. They must have intuitively understood the game to play it at such a high level. I think they just got their variables...

I've seen that scratch like yours in a TEAM event hill-hill! It was the sort of scratch that would be hard to accomplish just shooting the cue ball straight into the pocket.

Nothing wrong with that. I didn't comment on that post. I can be slow, especially when someone uses so many big words, but I never advocated for playing without lights. I was just commenting on the move towards brighter and brighter lighting. At some point, what is gained? Is it? Or is it...

Good for you. The boat comparison would be more apt if you were talking about your paint job, instead of having a boat or not. Playing with just blinds affects play negatively. Why does more light, if it doesn't actually affect your game positively, give you a more pleasurable experience? If I...

I've played with just a couple of shop lights above my 9 footer for years. I sort of think players are now conditioning themselves into needing better lighting than they think they do. Don't get me wrong, playing on my buddy's well lit Diamond is nice, but playing on it all the time and then...

You can actually just continue posting about it, but just keep adding that part and you'll be covered.

Guess that's a possibility. Maybe a loose black fleece sweatshirt dragging on the rails over the years??? Weird how it would get embedded in the cloth though.

I don't do any quilting on it if that's what you're getting at. I was wondering if it had something to do with glove usage. Most of the specks are dark. This little video doesn't really capture it well, but after going around the whole table I had quite the collection.

Many will never let go of Mosconi and his era, which I don't blame them for because I think I know why. Mosconi played when the game was closer to an art than a sport. Today's game is ALL sport. Mosconi played with the grace of a dancer, and the overall product was a thing of beauty. The demands...

That's the point. Both things can be true at the same time. Schmidt should be praised, if for no other reason than he is ONE OF US! The guy is chasing a dream that we have all seen glimpses of, even if only for a moment or two. I would think everyone on a pool forum would understand this, at...

Yeah. We all understand the math at this point. So what. With runs this big, I no longer care about the numbers, just the results.