Recent content by poolscholar

What a dumb idea I had

Corey is a funny, smart guy. He'd agreed he's dropped a notch and wouldn't take offense like all the sensitive people on this forum lol

Performance still shows in pool in short term. Deuel lost badly relative to his expected skill and his opponents skill. It's how you use that information to adjust a rating. If you assume players don't get better or worse or weight the past too heavily, then established ratings will barely...

My point being is that golf handicaps are based on recent history. Fargorate is not. I'm not saying to use golf handicapping for pool

Yup race to 1! I can't play pool at all

Lol oh really? Tell me more

It was long ago in one of those open challenge events at bcapl nationals

I got a great idea for someone out there. I've been learning about AI modeling. Take the following factors and use ai to build a handicap system Age Table size Gender Game type Score results Alternate or winner break Score per inning or any skill measure Tournament finish Money won Break and...

I played Corey once in vegas and lost hill hill 😉

Just watched him get smoked at the us open. He tried a jump shot and didn't even hit airborne. His fargorate is 773... What if he's actually a 730 or 40 now...then I wondered How long will it take fargorate to accurately reflect how he's playing now, given that's he's older and less active...

My fav is the famous black zero ball

Seems right to me!

There's peer review in science. Try that on any video on YouTube If anyone does any real testing and science be sure to use close to miscue point to generate maximum deflection. Most players aren't comfortable using maximum side spin. With a high deflecting cue you should be able deflect 4...

Do some real science Dave come on lol

I'm not the PhD in the forum. But I do have my own evidence. Just because I'm not doing science doesn't mean I can't judge the lack of science or understanding. There's obviously room to improve our knowledge of shaft physics but God only knows why everyone has their head in the sand