Recent content by GideonF

Well, sure, but some people play better on certain equipment and/or playing different games. Even with 700 level players this can be the case. There is a guy in my area who plays that speed and plays a real power game - fires them in and runs racks. But his CB control can be a little off at...

I don’t mind the order they are actually playing (indeed saving the biggest match for second makes sense).

Thanks. Who is the genius who put the second match first on the list? “Oh, Shane is up first. At 3 pm?” No, the next match is up first at 1.

Petri is going to be sick. He missed the 8b to win 10-8, then lost the safety battle hill hill. The miss by Petri is interesting to me. He tried to shoot the 8 along the short rail with inside English at slow speed to hold for the 9b. Probably should have hit it hard and gone up and down the...

Pagulayan also has a shaft slicker. I don’t really use it for the reasons I set out above, but it does make the shaft slicker.

It was a WNT event (the expo 9b). I don’t know what the issue was, or who’s fault it was.

It will be many years before he loses his top gear, IMO. The issue will be how often he finds it. Look at Earl. He had a great run to the finals of Turning Stone a few years ago (lost a close final to Shane). Played like Prime Earl. But it was gone the next week. I find that for many of the...

The CB obviously did not come to rest on the rail (or it would have been called good). The issue is whether the CB hit the 6, glanced the cushion and then came off the cushion.

Interesting comment from someone who was there and did have access to higher quality video.

I mean that’s not a crazy take. Shane is on the greatest players of all time, but also historically a poor performer in the MC race to 5. I’m not saying I’d make that choice, but it’s not crazy, IMO.

I think “background movement or noise” is very different than a referee (or spectator) being still until you’re about to shoot then moving. That said, how often the movement causes the miss and how often the movement is an after the fact excuse for the miss is a good question.

The link you used shows Filler at 5 and SVB at 19?

Because Shane hasn’t played much at all in WNT events so he has no “points” for seeding purposes.

I thought it was the 7b. But either way, dogged it bad. Should have won 10-8.

That’s my point on the standard of review! If the ref made the call live and up close that it was a foul, it shouldn’t be overturned because the video evidence available is not good enough to make a definitive determination that it WAS a foul. You should need clear evidence that the ref got it...