That brings up another very good point in all of this. He's not exactly a set of car keys or earbuds that are hard to find. Dude shows up at events all over the country regularly and is not inconspicuous. This is still 8 months away but I'm sure he will be at the Expo next April.
Ask him...
Good shot, but if the 7 is frozen to the rail it's going to be very hard to skim it and get the cueball behind the 9 without the cueball hitting the 7 twice... plus if the 7 is frozen you have to worry about the cueball hitting another rail.
I think it's a bit easier and less error prone to...
Marketability and entertainment.
The goal for viewership is the banger. Harder break shots are more entertaining then the soft break. It also leads to harder run outs since there is less cueball control and the 2 ball is racked randomly.
Think you are also playing your opponent here too. Doubt Marc would have done that against Shane, Filler, Gorst, etc. The safe is too easy with 9 and the bottom rail and having ball in hand. It wouldnt have been the strongest safe but the return safe would be considerably more difficult...
I mean, that sucks, but...
...that has to be one of the biggest bonehead moves I have ever read on here... I have read some really ridiculous things (like a guy buying a second table because he couldnt get a good break on original table). I would actually classify lending Scooter (practically...
How is this any different? The 2 ball is already random. They will still cut the headball and shoot at the lowest ball, which would be the 1 ball instead of the 2.
Put the 1 ball as one 2 balls in the back that are right in front of the last ball and make them kick at the 1 and it has to be a...
Didnt Shorty/Chad have some bad deals with people here?
I've chatted with him online a few times long long ago. I personally never had any problems with him.