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    Some evidence of what I have long suspected about Fargorating

    Case closed on what? If you don't try your Fargo will be lower? Yes it will be. Same for EVERY handicap system. How can anyone know your mental state and effort in playing? Only thing any system will see if the results, not reasons for those results.
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    Dumbest tournament rule ever???

    Yes there is a rule where you can't wait too long to lag with your opponent as you can judge how their speed was and hit yours to possibly do better. The lag has a few rules that many people are not aware of, I end up explaining them to league players, etc... quite often.
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    Seal a CF Shaft

    I actually did put the same canuba wax I use on wood shafts on a CF shaft. It was so slick I did not like it and had to wipe it all off LOL
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    OMG, Now snooker maximum break is 167

    Or several pockets, and put the table on a pivot system and get rid of the cues.
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    My aiming system is guessing....who use the Guessing System?

    Yep, but this method also sends the cueball to the ghost ball position. No way around it, same location, different way. I don't aim at the ghost ball position per se, but I know how to send the cueball there based on shooting the shots thousands of times and finding the angle I need without...
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    My aiming system is guessing....who use the Guessing System?

    It's not really BS, it's just an unschooled player not knowing how to quantify or explain how aiming and shooting works. A lot of bar bangers I know can pocket balls, but they are totally incapable of teaching others because they have no idea of what methods and steps they take to play position...
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    So Why Do I Find Myself Looking at Meuccis?

    I would also be a bit worried about being attracted to a Cuetec LOL. Decent cues now, but even more of a noob cue in the 80s, up to about when SVB started using one. If you want to get a Meucci then get it. There are a few models I would not mind owning, but not nearly enough of a fan to get...
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    Any billiards companies interested in working with us? - Dartmouth Billiards Student Organization

    WTF kind of moronic thinking is this? No rules for games near pool tables that use those games because it's "less open to others"? Idiots.
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    Measurable Improvement from Equipment Change

    This is so hard to do, and I agree with Bob that better equipment outside of the cue/shaft/tip will show an improvement more clearly than anything else. Simply because no 2 players aim, stand or move their arm the same, so who knows what will help or make it worse for someone. And also you...
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    Discord email

    That is just a scam, I get them every so often. Discord is valid, it's a popular communications platform, often used by gamers but even schools setup Discord chats with students and teachers.
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    Players of the past and their Fargo...

    Fargo is not exactly a measure of absolute skill but by how well a player does vs others, once that happens you can measure their absolute skills. If you are comparing the Fargo of those players given their era playing against the players of their era, most of those would be in the 800s...
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    Best Shot to Gauge Skill

    I have actually gauged player skill simply by how they walked up to the table and put the balls down on it LOL Aside from the long straight draw shot I would pick an inside spin 3 rail position shot.
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    Best and worst commentator??

    I am not a fan of the NY guys that do the Turning Stone usually. They go on and on about inside jokes and people only they know. Also while a bit older, when Sid Waddell was commentating, he was not really good, it was fun but useless and rambling. JJ is probably the best of the modern era...
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    Rule question

    Ask the people in your league. Many bars also have a shorty cue for restricted spaces. Part of the reason I don't play in a traveling league anymore, sick of having to play in crap places with crap tables with sometimes weirdo drugged out regulars. In addition, the breaking down of a cue...
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    Funniest Shane vs Corey's break

    My son did this for his break
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    How to improve the popularity of pool?

    Happened in the late 80s and 90s, almost all of those higher class rooms closed, took out the pool tables to make room for a dance floor or dining tables or dropped the pool table count to 1/5th of what they had.
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    Kielwood Experiences

    For smoothiness. And it's a protection layer vs scrap getting in the wood pores.
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    How old and what type of Lucasi Flexpoint shaft is this shaft for sale on Ebay?

    It's just different designs. One has 3 rings, other has 1. No hidden meaning behind them. The guy selling the shaft probably has a cue with three silver rings.
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    Pool travel for my year through Jan/March 2025

    Well if you see a bald stranger with glasses there in the summer, it's me LOL
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    Pool travel for my year through Jan/March 2025

    I usually give myself like an hour drive to a place to check it out but try to keep it to 30 mins because of the drive back.
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