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  1. Straightpool_99

    A Purple Five Ball Makes No Sense to Me

    I cant Get used to these colours. I Get confused by the layout all the time. And the black stripes are hideous.
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    You guys were correct as usual

    If you like that one, this one is even better: Take the piece of chalk, place it on the floor between your feet. Then stick your cue into it and rub with your fingers back and forth on the cue, like you're starting a fire or drilling for oil. You'll have to fight them off you after that...
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    You guys were correct as usual

    Don't forget this thread, if you're feeling overconfident:https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/was-beaten-by-man-with-an-ove-glove-fiberglass-stick.441386/
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    Longer cues

    The long shaft ones are usually worse. The best one I tried was custom made 32-32. It was still bad, but better than the others. It had a wider joint, which I think helps. The taper was maybe different too, I can't remember. You certainly can't expect a long pro taper to work in this application.
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    Why this ten ball rule?

    Like 9 ball
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    Why this ten ball rule?

    I've said this many times. 10 ball is for whiners, but call safe 10 ball is for crybabies.. The Best way to play 10 ball is the Pinoy way
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    Longer cues

    I've never tried an extra long cue that didn't hit softly and terribly. If for some reason I wanted a long cue like that, I'd certainly have it made out of carbon. Wooden cues longer than 60 inches usually feel like overcooked spaghetti. A 14mm shaft would maybe make them slightly more acceptable.
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    Cue tips regarding deflection

    Body english is moving some part of your body, other than the cueing arm during the shot. A LOT of people move their bridgehand (especially) during their shots. Even very good players. I have purposefully eliminated this particular thing from my game. Paralell cueing is not using BHE or other...
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    Cue tips regarding deflection

    I'm trusting Dr. Dave and my own experiences on this matter; there are no significant differences in deflection between tips. I have two z3 shafts that had the same tips on them. Deflected the same. Changed one to very soft layered the other to compressed LePro (hard). They still deflect the...
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    Rasson vs Diamond Tables

    I'm not an american (nor Chinese) so I have no nationalistic stake in this game (though I do dislike supporting the oppressive Chinese Goverment). To be honest I'm not a fan of how either table plays. The Diamonds I have played on have, for lack of better words, a sort of "home table" feel to...
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    You guys were correct as usual

    A glove caused your miscues? Nah. I'm sorry but whoever told you that knows nothing about pool. I don't care if he's been on Azb for a million years. Your bridge is more solid without the glove? As far as the steadiness of it, it's baloney. The key to a steady bridge is solid contact with the...
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    Statement from The Legends of Pocket Billiards

    I hate the fact that the record tables are being dismantled right after the play! It makes the whole thing seem shady, but Schmidt did it first, so you should take that up with him, for starting this nonsense. If you accept one, you must accept the other. What I'm saying is that I don't think...
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    Statement from The Legends of Pocket Billiards

    A stock GC 3 or 4 should not be an unreasonable replacement table, I think. Those pockets are huge. Hard to make them much bigger.
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    Top 10 or 20 pros' cues set ups?

    You can go to www.predatorcues.com, select pro team and you'll get a list of their sponsored athletes. Click on the picture and you'll see what products from Predator they use. Predator sponsor's almost everyone. If you want the cue/shaft used by most pros it used to be 314, now Revo is more...
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    Top 10 or 20 pros' cues set ups?

    Good thing we don't play snooker...After you decided to copy a pro and bought a crooked Power glide cue from the 80's for 10 dollars and the an elk master for another 10 with install you'd still have thousands of dollars that you had no idea how to spend:LOL:
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    Top 10 or 20 pros' cues set ups?

    This. There might be other reasons, apart from performance or feel, that make you want to copy your favourite pro. Maybe you like the way the cue looks or something of that nature. It's perfectly fine to copy a pro as long as your expectations are realistic. The one thing, though, about...
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    Hello, I really want to start going to a league

    Buy whatever makes you want to play and enjoy the game. Just know that there is not a tier system where wood shafts are at the bottom and carbon on top. It's not even true for deflection, as there are high deflection carbon cues, as well as ld ones. Carbon and wood both come in good and bad...
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    Is $169 a bad price for a CF shaft?

    At that price I'd buy one just for messing around with. I'd like to research certain aspects of CF shaft performance (I'm not planning to actually switch to CF). If you put it out there, I'll buy one.
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    Is $169 a bad price for a CF shaft?

    As a fellow cyclist, I'd be very careful about trusting my life to something like this. Fork snaps on a steep descent and you're done for. Carbon cue snaps, it's no big deal. This things snaps, and the next thing snapping might be your neck. Yes, even expensive brands have their stuff made in...
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    Funny pic/gif thread...

    I heard he tried to sue, but he didn't have a leg to stand on.
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