Recent content by oneballeddie

This is the correct answer. Rule 20 does not address the question that was asked.

It would be interesting to determine if the component TDF factors should be weighted. I personally believe facing angle and shelf depth are significantly more important.

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Lol I nominate this for most unintelligible thread of the decade. Narrow means less deflection, deflection is in the shaft, high means low, 12.5 revo, ... What next- Palestine is part of Israel?

Good point about the problem with low starter ratings. Not sure it made a difference in this case since it appears he beat his opponents by more than any possible spot they might have gotten if he were rated 683.

I believe we use the same negative binomial distribution in this experiment that Fargo uses to calculate race odds (or "set" odds using your terminology) given a single game win probability. Except now the race to five has single "game" odds of 59.8%. You can verify this using the Fargo Fair...

I think it is very good. Understanding the "sliding cue ball" is one example of its value for advanced play.

I agree, nothing worse than being denied entry and desecrated by the doorman too.

Nope. It is based on games won and lost. As for Derby it is unrealistic to have 200 players reporting scores at the front desk after every round. You would need a verifiable mobile phone app to report scores.

Huh? Don't see how you can change ratings during the tournament. The brackets are drawn and fixed. Maybe you could handicap the matches and change handicaps during the tournament but that sounds chaotic and vulnerable to extreme sandbagging.

Sounds like a good change. Thanks for doing this.

As I recall they open sign ups on dcctickets.com around mid October and also post the hotel registration discount code. On site sign ups are done at the signup window until noon on the day of the draw at 1:00 on Fri, Sun, and Wed for banks, 1p, 9ball respectively.

What happens if two of your balls lodge in a corner pocket and neither can be pocketed or removed? Same question if one is solid and one is stripe? Thanks

If not mistaken I think the green fee was included in the entry fee. There was a $25 registration fee for players to get a new card. Don't know if league players had to pay again or not. I think a more concerning stat would be a reduction in participation. Not sure of the numbers here but it...

Michael Medley (no Fargo?), Mike Grooms (616), and Shannon Daulton (757).