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Weird that Tor Lowry isn’t in Fargo. You’d think someone as into pool as he is would get out and play in a tournament once in a while.

Not in Fargo, so likely a beginner. The other guy above is a well-established 465.

Just used two different Light Meter apps to measure my table, using the front camera of my iPhone 15 Max Pro. They both gave virtually identical readings (links below). 1150 over most of the center area of the table, down to 1000 along the long rails, 950 in the middle of the short rails, and...

My flat panels are 50” from the surface, raised it higher than standard to allow a top-down camera to mount under light. I think I have 7500 lumens in each of the two 2x4 panels. Plenty bright enough for me, but not as bright as yours.

That probably exaggerated your fall-off.

I linked to the app I use earlier in this thread. How tall is your ceiling? Light falls off with the inverse square law. Doubling the distance leaves you with 1/4th the lux.

Nice measurements. 1600 in the center down to 800-850 on the ends is quite a dropoff - what type of bulbs do you have in there? And did you angle your phone to point directly at the center of the light in each position? My flat panel LEDs produce a more even light end to end as I recall - will...

Same. Love their design, but hate their glare. They light up the whole room. If some company offered one with parabolic louvers I’d probably buy it.

Sorry to hear you aren't happy with the parabolic louvers. Personally, I like the way a bright table "pops" in a room that's darker around the perimeter, and I'm very sensitive to side glare, but different strokes for different folks. It's hard to compare two different iPhone pics, because the...

There are also lots of iPhone apps to measure lumens and lux. I use this one, it's pretty accurate: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lux-light-meter-pro/id1292598866

Of the two extremes, tight and loose, I’d take tight every time. Last thing I want to worry about when at the table is a loosened joint. I’ve heard some guys say they add a twist-check to their pre-shot routine to be sure. Haven’t played with a Tasc, but my old Lambros with his conical Ultra...

Phase of the moon maybe?

Sounds like the new balls were polished with too much wax or silicone.

My restored late 50s Centennial with MG rails has shallower shelfs - slightly more than 1/2 a ball sticks out in that view. My TDF is exactly 1.00. And TDF doesn’t consider side pockets, but mine are only 1/4” larger than the corners.

Interesting, thanks for educating me. So if those two “zombie” players stayed in the system and did nothing but play one another (Salotto perhaps?), they would have meaningless ratings but could both become established over time? And there would be no signal in FR about their strange unknown...

You can’t put anything into Fargo without a player first getting a “starter rating” (a guess based on observed speed) by a LO or TO.

No, there’s absolutely zero information given to know what their FR would be going off a match score of 200-100. They both could be terrible, or they both could be elite.

The more hidden the tougher, not necessarily better.

yes, thanks for catching that, fixed

That looks familiar 😲