Recent content by eastcoast_chris

FWIW, I know some people (68 years old ish) that are eligible to play super seniors (at BCA/ACS, etc) and they opt to just play in the Standard/Open divisions because there are too many SS players that are really good (630+++)

I wrote one years ago for Android, but it wasn't super fancy. but you could drag and drop to place the balls around the table to show layouts and save a screen shot. Wouldn't take much work to extend it with the features that some of the web based apps have. Here is a screen shot of it;

Quick search found this; https://www.facebook.com/fargorate/posts/some-have-asked-about-the-distribution-of-ratings-in-the-fargorate-system-not-su/1836562806396052/...

Favorite I tested is/was the "OB Lift Pro" ... couldn't miss with it when trying it at the booth. It was quite expensive at the time... $350 range, so I passed. I picked one up last year new for about $150 and couldn't be happier with it.

I have Andy 988 on my table... after a year I still like it. I got from Eastern Billiards Supply ... $259 for a 9' https://shopeasternbilliards.com/products/andy-988-proto https://easternbilliards.com/andy-cloth.html

I don't think the Trop care/cared too much about their customer service in the last year or two... since it's going to be imploded.

Can I ask why you want a Fargo rating if you're not playing in enough Fargo Rate reporting tournaments to just get one over time? If it is just to estimate how good you are, just compare yourself to someone with an established one. I'd be happy to not have a Fargo Rate (prevents me from...

I noticed myself thinking about getting position wrong awhile ago. I was thinking about it backwards, in that I would think in my head "How can I get from the contact point to where I think I want to be on the next shot?" rather than thinking, "I want to be exactly here on the next shot. Is...

I went to Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, 91-95 Our student union had a great set up with about 6 - 6'x12' snooker tables ... don't even remember if there were pool tables as all we played was snooker. Cheap.... likely $2 and hour for a table.

They'd be kicked out of the league. We've kicked people out before for similar things. The captains know who they don't want on their team and once you pick someone, they have input on who they want/don't want on their team. Of course there are a few people that get drafted low because they're...

BCA (or ACS/CCS which is very similar, just a smaller Vegas tournament) In our BCA league we don't have stacked teams, rather we have a draft at the beginning on each year (Sept-April). If we have 10 teams, the top 10 averages from the last year become captains and we do a draft (6 player...

I wish he had made that first 10 ball at the end of that run after calling her on the no call.... because it could have gone to either corner and he never called it.

Yup... I'm no expert with a lathe, but making something round and making a matching round hole isn't too hard. :) The nut might have been 50 cents.

Oh... maybe I'm wrong. I though m16-1.5 was the older Predator thread. Either way, that is what I did and it worked with what I was told is a Predator compatible extension/bumper.

M16x1.5 is the older Predator bumper thread. I know because I bought and older Predator extension and turned (on a metal lathe) a M16x1.5 nut into an insert that I epoxied into the butt of my cue... which in turn accepts the Predator bumper for the extension. Works perfectly.