Recent content by easy-e

It's random the first time. The wording is fine; people just don't do it. You can add me to the list of people who don't care how people arrange the balls as long as they are tight and the breaker follows the breaking rules. It drives me crazy when people finger the balls and pretend they are...

I know at least one league where you're required to pattern rack. :)

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I might be misinterpreting your post, but the other junior that was at the center of the discussion is Colston Harrelson. I don’t know who this Colton Peach kid is.

Correct.

From what I've seen with my own eyes, and heard directly from others, these two kids in particular deserve every bit of banning and criticism they are getting. I'd be disappointed if they were mine. I hope they grow up and mature a little.

Our experiences differ. I think it's far more popular than you give it credit for.

Absolutely right! BB 8b is such a great game. Almost every one of the players at the UP events loves playing it, but the big tournaments want 9b or 10b for one reason or another.

You're correct. That's all they were playing when I visited.

Is that the room in Long Island? If so, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. Nice place.

Gotcha. They were pretty popular events! Now they do the E vs W. Everyone gets to play. Well, almost everyone...

How long have you been a local? The last one was several years ago.

It was the best of the designated areas. I would love to follow pool teams of the best regional players. But the same thing would happen. Everyone would want to play, so they'd design their own lower-level teams and have their own competitions.

Agree on the team thing. Here's the problem I see with it though... In AZ we had the Saguaro Cup, like the Mosconi Cup but with the best players from the East Valley going against the best players from the West Valley. It was awesome. After a few years, all of the NON-top players started to...

That sounds like it would be difficult.