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Maybe for fun this thread can show non-standard pool pics... you know, pool players not necessarily down and shooting. These are some of my favorites that I've taken.

I do a lot of pool photography, and I think justnum is half-right. The action shot at the table with the cue stick has been done to death, and women's appearance doesn't always shine from that angle. I find myself trying more to capture the players as they walk around, think, chalk their...

Well, I agree that rail-induced sidespin helps the ball reverse direction. That explains its direction off the 2nd rail. I just think wanted to point out that rail compression is necessary to shorten up the ball enough, for this induced sidespin to be be useful in getting the ball...

I can see why people think shaw's being a jackass, and I get why they probably should implement a rule allowing at a maximum, 1 rerack. But here's how I see it - • There's 0 chance he's looking at a perfectly tight rack and just rejecting it for the hell of it. • There's 0 chance the racker...

The reason balls can reverse sharply off rails like this is rail compression. The compression changes the direction of the ball, and also imparts some spin. (spin will be imparted from contact with the rail regardless of compression, but I think on a fast shot, compression imparts a lot of...

You can actually sort of see the most controversial threads in history with a few clicks. Go to the normal list of topics on the main forum, click the "replies" column to sort them by number of replies... then at the bottom change the setting from "2 days" or whatever to "all time"... and...

RIP Johnny... he was passionate about pool his whole life, and was posting here right up til the end.

Thanks as always AtLarge :) I look forward to these. Do you have stats specifically for the winner, or finalists? Was their percentage in anything noticeably higher than the rest of the field? Was alex's worse to lose 10-3?

lol she's 24 and weighs probably a buck-ten. She plays pool all day for a living. What do you figure will happen, her legs give out?

I think this is a fair criticism. The way fargorate works is it's based on who-beat-who, but also it's based on the ratings of the people who got beat. So if I beat a 700-rated player, my rating will go up, but not as much as it would if I beat an 800-rated player. Similarly, if a pro beats a...

I'm just a little weirded out anyone would say "nice hoodie" with a straight face. And that someone considered it dressing up to wear one in any way.

It's not just the APA that's guilty of this. I remember going to a VNEA national event and noticing the exact same thing you did... the cloth ran insanely long, to the point where I couldn't get a 3 railer to go into the corner no matter how low I hit, unless I hit pretty firmly. You'd see...

Does it have to be US players? I really got a lot out of a lesson with Ralph Eckert, he's a great teacher who makes sure it's all about working on your game.

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Eye opening for you, I'm thinking. Because you think it's like 40 or 80 percent and it's less than 5. It's just that those few are pretty vocal, and some get so frustrated they say outrageous attention-being shit like streamers are shady con men and scammers. I've been buying these things...

just curious, what's the goal? You checking to see if people's guesses line up with Fargo's calculation? (I used Fargo to vote, otherwise I'd have no idea). Is this only hypothetical or is a match in the works? Experiment to see if there's wisdom in crowds (will the average of all the votes =...

I got to hit with one last night, and it's definitely as accurate as the newest tennis racquet, and possibly almost as accurate as some of the top golf balls. I can't believe how pinpoint the cue's aiming is. if I had to put a percentage on it, I'd say it's at least 30% more accurate than a...

I simply choose not to believe they exist. And as a result, they don't for me. I've never had more than one bad night, and even the bad night I know what's going on... I'll be mad about something or bored or whatever. You can play bad for a stretch due to a specific reason like injury. But...

On paper it is, and most of the better players I know seem to agree on that. But have you ever tried beating the 8 ball ghost? I gave it a try recently after having an unusually good session vs. the 9b ghost (won a race to 7, then did one more runout for good measure). Multiple tries, on...

I got so many pics... it's been a while since I posted in this thread... in fact I can't remember if I ever did. Anyway I got into photography so here are some pool room pics. The action room at Q-Masters. Shot by stitching together several shots from a dslr with a sharp 50mm lens. The...