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The Archer thing saddens me. I tried my best to defend him, not his actions but his worth as a human being. Guess I was hoping that he would make things right. It's pretty clear at this point that the only way he clears his debt is if someone forks over the money on his behalf. Trouble is -- as...

For someone that comes across as intelligently as you do -- I seriously can't believe you wrote this. I kind of thought the gender theorist types were dying out or at least sneaking back into the hedges, Homer Simpson style, and coming back out while pretending to have never espoused such...

You're still obviously assuming that the world in which we live hasn't been molded by the men AND the women that live in it. If only we could fix society, then magically women would play pool in equal numbers to men. This seems to be your point of view. I think it's almost exactly the opposite...

Your side of this argument always just assumes that all of the things you've mentioned above just happen randomly, and aren't themselves tied to underlying gender differences. And you also just assume that pool isn't an athletic endeavor. It's certainly way more athletic than say -- putting a...

Maybe. It's just my impression anyways. Today's standard is quite a bit higher and its changed in 20 to 30 years. I don't think the players have physically evolved all that much in this time period. So what gives? The gambling culture was driving pool in the U.S. and the Philippines way more...

It can be surprising how often you see bad misses in old matches, but I think a lot of those misses were due to players just having a faster and looser mindset. The tourney money wasn't great and most of these guys just played night and day -- gambling while traveling the country from tourney to...

Of course they understand the risk. I just think the punishment is too drastic, and simplifies the game too much. People often underestimate the fan's intellect. Yeah I said it -- we underestimate the fans. 9 ball may be the simplest game in the entire world to understand. Yet where are the...

It does "appear" to me that players get their break more in the groove under the winner break format. An analysis would have to be done of course, but my intuition tells me that on break #1, the breaker has X percent chance of pocketing the 1 in the side. Then on consecutive break #2 that...

I The points thing makes sense but I can't quite picture how it would play out with actual ratings. Could you create 2 hypothetical players for me, by chance? On the smallest possible scoring unit -- You do use a one-pocket rack and that certainly has more info than an individual rack of 9...

I don't think snooker would fit into the FR paradigm very well as snooker frames just have too much performance data baked into single frames. Sort of like a single 3 cushion race to 25 or something similar. It's just too binary for measuring pros and amateurs together. Maybe you could just...

I think some of you are overestimating how many people really LOVE pool. We often lose sight of this on here because we are all wired a little differently. DCC has taken the code that several amateur promoters cracked long ago -- put the event in a casino and they will come. You will always have...

He's got us. What more could a man want? :)

Of course he's a threat to beat pros in a single race and that's quite an accomplishment! I think that's the ultimate goal of any "amateur" player. Now maybe he's not a threat to win a big tournament, but neither are 90 percent of actual professionals.

Thanks for all the advice in this thread. I don't know how you guys do it though. Losing to people you know you can beat is tough on the ego. I recognize I need to adjust my expectations but I'm not sure I'm going to do that. Upon reflection, I realize my free time -- not that I have much of it...

Just to clarify: It reads that two 8-to-6 matches were ongoing (so on the hill) and the TD's expectation was that NOBODY was supposed to stop and watch their teammate win the championship rack, but instead keep playing and pretend not to watch out of the corner of their eye what was going on...

I've been on several teams that have won state level ACS Championships and his post rings true. Once Sunday rolls around, it always feels like the only thing they are concerned with is getting out of there. So they are always pushing you to play on as many tables as possible. Teams ALWAYS push...

We've both been on AZ a while. Percentage wise, what do you think the odds are that I've read that book more than once?

I've gotten pretty decent at discerning the truth in these matters after reading the accounts on AZ. I'm pegging your post at about 99% truthfulness. I haven't heard too many good things about ACS in recent years.

I've put in the time, just haven't competed enough over the years to validate my level of play. So I guess I haven't put in the time on the actual competitive table. I don't think I need to "grow up". I'm just chatting with my pool playing buddies that I'd think would understand. But then...

I do usually have fun when I play, just not recently. This is where the team events are fun but I haven't done one in several years. Think the locals have given up on me. :) I can play bad and still enjoy watching my teammates succeed. Really I'm just venting. I'm getting older. Probably...