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It's really not something new for Poland - they are consistently one of the countries with multiple top 100 players. The US has been plummeting and got passed by POL around 2022. Top 100 [pull from historical FargoRate images for each year] POLUSA 2017615 2018813 2019712 202079...

What do you mean statistical settling? Fargo was used for many years before Shane's 824 in 2015. I think once you get 1000+ robustness and over 2MM data points, the rating would be fairly accurate. I could be missing something though. Separately, given the Fargo creep, having 800 rated...

Well, here goes a long brain dump. There is no objective score for pool, so it's not possible to use that as a baseline for "who is better." For example, the 100m freestyle swim is always 100m. So it's easy to see who is fastest across time. It's fairly objective to say that the best a...

Thanks. Got a set there. Looks like only one set left. -td

FYI, couldn’t find these on your website Tom

Sorry for the second post, I should have added this as well -> the full version [a little over and hour]

They did. This is just a reformatted reboot before the summer and right after Filler mentioned it in his interview after the UK Open. -td

Earl tells it. -td

I want a set! :) -td

It was one of the low deflection patents, looks like the original 314 era. It would be expired already anyway even if they didn't pay the fees. That whole family of patents was held in a trust, assigned to Predator and abandoned around the same time. Who knows why the switched gears, but I...

I had a really nice silver one a long time ago and all it did was scratch my ferrule. Maybe they’ve gotten better or smarter designs. Keep us posted! Separately, I wouldn’t completely discount the 3d printed ones. They can be pretty decent and the utility is great. Although I am biased :). I...

Cloth for sure, most likely rails. Simonis bolts comes in 66" and 78" widths. [6 foot table = 72" wide, so 78" works.] They make rails long enough for carom tables, and you could cut the 10' side down to fit a 12 footer. I'm pretty sure Artemis makes a k55 that long. No idea about...

I have like a dozen sets of balls. Centenial. Predator Arcos. A bunch of Aramith (including Tournament Pro, Black and the 100 year anniversary set). A few Dynasphere (including Platinum, Tungsten and Heyball. A few Cyclop sets (including the original "good set" and the Hyperions). I cycle...

There's already short rack 8-ball for tournament play using 9-balls [4 solids, 4 stripes]. There's even a Saratoga version of this. Your option adds one more ball, so kinda slows down "short rack" that already exists. But, does add a little more variety. [edit: here's a 2012 thread on it...

Hu, Let me know if you’re interested in trying them and I’ll send you a set. I think you will end up re-confirming your existing opinion… -td