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The problem with online is that you still have to collect cash entry fees. Credit card companies view entry fees as gambling, and using a credit card to finance gaming directly is prohibited by Nevada state law. It's seen as a form of irresponsible gaming. The food situation is all...

We can all think of reasons why our perceptions don't fit a particular model, but short of a programming error the system shows exactly what the results show, and that will be pointed out time and time again. Perhaps the 75% you see from others isn't their entire body of work against that...

Yeah, your math is off. A 75% win rate means if you play 4 games, you win 3, or 3:1. 100 points is 2:1. To get 3:1, you need 150 point difference. The calculator shows 160 points is slightly better than 3:1. I think you're confusing 75 points with 75%.

Are there two collisions, or just one? I.E., is the cue ball causing the motion of the object ball still considered a collision if they're already in contact? It's been a minute since I did this type of physics.

So there's an equation, based on the variables we know, for calculating the time it takes for the CB to separate from the tip (call it Tct) and another equation for calculating the time it takes for the balls to separate (Tco), and there is no combination of factors that produce a Tct that is...

You restated what I said, with the caveat that "it doesn't matter". I just said there HAS to be a difference, it's just not yet measurable. And I never said it was a push or a double-hit. I said the cue ball takes longer to leave the tip when it's frozen to an object ball than when it is not...

Just because it's interesting to me, wouldn't that just be another way of saying a super slow motion video doesn't possess the accuracy to measure the difference? The laws of physics would suggest that is the case. What a super slow motion video does show (and what would not require more...

Come on. APA rules on this topic don't say, nor have they ever said, anything about "undoubtedly obvious". What they say is that you lose the game if you don't mark the pocket and your opponent calls loss of game. That gives your opponent an opportunity to do the right thing, which most, but...

"I didn't see any point in mentioning the event to the league office" but you will hold them responsible? That's like the guy who complains about sandbaggers but "doesn't want to name names". Don't bitch if you don't want the league office to do anything about it, and don't bitch about the...

Or maybe "I'm not answering that unnecessary question about stuff I consider personal." I don't find it obnoxious to ask an unnecessary question. Most questionnaires, surveys, and forms do. That's the only way to get the information you seek, is it not (besides Google and Facebook, of course...

Bob is right. Most of it is for marketing. Not to sell, to use. Are the customers in your area mostly white-collar or blue-collar, for example? It helps put together programs that attract people to your product, or determine demographics that you might not be attracting as well as others...

Just be careful if yours is not an in-house league. If it's a traveling league, it might have the additional constraint of a restriction on the number of tables available at a given location. Tournament-type round robin scheduling programs don't take this restriction into consideration...

Exactly, and that's the difference watching one match could make. If you played a lower skilled player and showed that lack of intensity throughout, the person watching might not have any more information than they already have (they might not see any 700'ish play) and might see a player who's...

I think the answer's in the question. They do not consistently play like a 650, for whatever reason, including misreported results (7-6 instead of 7-2), of which the player may or may not be aware.

Again, that's only part of the picture, and for some people who will always see just the part of the picture they want to see, I can understand how it might not make sense to them. That match came after complaints from players/teams, feedback from HAC members, etc., and was the last piece of...

That's looking at only part of the picture. What does the HAC say? Like I said, once I'm suspicious I exhaust all my resources before becoming "unsuspicious", including talking to the player themselves. You'd be surprised how much info you can get from a seemingly innocent conversation...

I think you misunderstood the misused reference of the word "they" in cookie man's post. It was referring to the 3, giving them a match they are expected to lose to "anchor" their skill level at 3. It's my job in that case to make sure the 3 is legit, and to make sure the rest of the team is...

It might be. It also might not be. It tells me that one or both of two things is true. It tells me the team thinks the player is better than their number (regardless of whether they expect that player to win some of those matches) or it tells me the player is being sacrificed to make the...

I can't lower a skill level. I can let a player go down one level below the highest they've ever been, and sometimes I can appeal that "highest they've ever been" to get them lower. But in those cases as in the case of raising a player I have to be pretty sure the number needs to change to be...

I'm saying I pay attention. Anybody who expects a computer to get all the numbers right is an idiot. Anybody who doesn't expect a computer to get most of the numbers right is also an idiot. If I think someone is sandbagging, I will try to get proof. If I get that proof, they're gone. I...