Recent content by desert1pocket

I had sorta forgotten about this when a long skinny package showed up on my doorstep today. Remembered as soon as I saw it was from Ukraine. The cue is absolutely beautiful, Anton does great work. Can't wait to hit some balls with it.

I would advocate for a delay rather than added time, to prevent manipulation adding to a players time as you mentioned. But really, either would work and be appropriate.

Assuming the 3 foul rule is in place, the player with 0 would still need to make a legal hit, and not sell out a ball. I think you're underestimating how difficult it would be be truly manipulate the clock in the vast majority of 1P games. And a more complex time control would also resolve...

The one second player should lose because they managed their time slightly less efficiently, and somebody needs to lose in order for the match and tournament to progress. They had the same amount of time at the table as the 2 second player. While shooting spot shots is certainly a useful skill...

No, a 5/16x14 butt will not work. You need a butt with a Uniloc pin to fit it. You also need to be careful because OK Healing also sells a slightly different pin that looks like a Uniloc, but isn't quite the same, and only fits their own off-branded Uniloc style butts. I've seen these on...

That's the beauty of using a chess clock. Each player gets the same amount of time for all of their innings. Play slow, your clock gets low, and you either need to start playing fast or lose the game on time. Only the slow player gets punished. I think a chess clock is a much better...

As mentioned earlier, chess clocks. Most people probably aren't very familiar with how they work, but there are a whole bunch of time controls using chess clocks that are both fair and make sure that these players are forced to either play at a more normal pace or lose the match. A basic time...

I played chess competitively long before finding cue sports. I've always thought that cue sports could be greatly improved by implementing an Elo type ratings system like the one used for chess (which we now have with Fargo), and chess clocks.

Most 1P tournaments these days have a couple of rules to speed up play, which seem to work relatively well for the most part. Those rules being fouls cancelling out until at least one player no longer owes any balls, and some form of the Grady rule implemented after the match reaches a specific...

Looks like it's the pool hall/club hosting the WNT event.

Man, sure seems to be a lot of short stop or better players posting in this thread. Uncanny, really. Pretty sure my high run for break and runs is zero, but my memory is a bit hazy, so I could be off slightly. Now, who wants to give me the orange crush? I'll also take 11-5 in one pocket...

I remember that one pretty well. I think it was 1999 or 2000, and he shot the break from the same side as his pocket, hitting the 2nd ball pretty square. I know the first game of that match Corey won the lag and would have left Shannon straight in after the break, but a couple balls were...

They have a new line they're calling the "G-w Series" which has a "Premium Glass Fiber" shaft and composite butt, which is what I'm pretty sure OP is referring to: https://rhino-billiards.com/collections/g-w-series

I've been away for a while, but I seem to recall the trolls on this site being much more likeable. Speaking of, anybody heard from Mr Travis Trotter lately?

Was actively playing from about 2003 - 2012. Still here, and getting back into playing.