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What I meant is that new standards are set by others, which evolves the difficulty of the game. Yes, I agree pool is about playing the table, but at the end of the day, you're left with your achievements, and in order to figure out where you stand, you have to compare yourselves to others. And...

Thanks for that. At least you explained something useful. So it's really more of a form thing than a function thing? I would think it would be easier on Ernesto just to go with the "correct" rails, but he doesn't. This leads me to believe it's worth his extra time and effort to make the rails...

One of Hound's stiffees has finally caught up with him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=XEWGnMlQ028 Guess he told the guy he would pay him on his own time :)

Do I give you bad rep? Anyhow, great post. Too bad he took the bail out of "I'm done with this thread" as if we're all blowing hot air and not making any sense, when he has not explained how the use of the "wrong" cushions affect playability, and if so many top players trust his work, how can...

Explain. You have no explanation other than it's the wrong cushions and they grow the playing surface by a 1/4 inch. What about playability? If it was so absolutely wrong, why do so many great players, who would definitely know what they want in a table, love Ernesto's work? You have nothing...

And we still don't have Glen's response to the fact that if Ernesto's tables play great using the "wrong" cushions, then what difference does it make? I could understand if something on the table became compromised, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

I understand, which is why I said it's kind of pointless to compare the intrinsic difficulty of both games. You have to consider the level of difficulty when each game is played at a world class level, then I think it evens out. Your questions: 1. Golf. 2. Golf. 3. Golf, but the elements...

I think at the world class level the relative difficulty is in the same world. There's probably a similar percentage number of players in both games who can call themselves world class. I think we're wrong to compare the intrinsic difficulty of both games, because a standard of difficulty never...

I don't know. That's why it's hard to compare the relative difficulty of the games because we have no concrete definition of what constitutes proficiency in either game. And going by that, I'm with the opinion that it all evens out at the higher levels, because the percentage of people who are...

If you're comparing the intelligence and ability needed to play "ideal" golf, which for me is an Eagle on every Par 3 and 4, and an albatross on every 5 or more simply, to make every possible shot on the first try, to the intelligence and ability needed to shoot an Accustats 1000 in a race to...

But after all this, do you UNDERSTAND why they use the other cushions? If the customers tell Ernesto, "I want my table to play like the ones you did at Hard Times." What's his reply supposed to be? "Well, the K-55 profile is the ones that properly fit, so..." The customer won't care. Ernesto is...

I appreciate the detailed response, not a smug type of "Denial is not just a blah, blah, blah." It's worth nothing that if your lifetime highrun is 150, you probably will get killed in world-class straight pool competition. Maybe not today, since the talent pool is not what it was, but in its...

No one would've jumped to the defense of Ernesto if he didn't have an impeccable reputation as a great mechanic. It's not about favoritism. It's about the results Ernesto has achieved all throughout the country. Glen criticized Ernesto and went about it in a very untactful manner when he said...

because that's what pool is...real, not just an idea Exactly!!! And what's real is the final result of how a table plays, not how it was put together, and everyone seems to love the way Ernesto's tables play with the "wrong" cushions. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Are you understanding what I'm saying? Yes, it is a FACT that the K55 cushions are designed for a certain table while the K66 are designed for another, but the final result of how a table plays is subjective. Say a weird trend caught on of people suddenly liking unlevel tables because of the...

No they are not, but the final result of how a table plays is a matter of OPINION. See what I'm saying? If people like the way the "wrong" cushions play, who are you to tell them they're wrong? Even as a master billiards technician, your opinion is no more valid in this case as someone who...

It is a matter of opinion, because Ernesto has made the K66 cushions work and has an impeccable track record of tables that play great and consistent. The proof is not in the specifications you get from the factory recommending that a certain cushion be used for a certain table, it's in the...

Oscar outlined the reasoning behind using the K66 cushions in a previous post, and you did not respond. Simple fact is that people like the way the play. No offense, but it seems you take a more scientific approach and Ernesto takes a more artistic one.

To play scratch golf is a significant achievement. Even with my limited experience with the game, I can see the extreme difficultly of playing an even par round, even on an easy public course. But I think you and Sub sell pool short as an intellectual challenge, and falsely compare running a...

Agreed. I read his line of "I followed behind Ernesto a couple of times and straightened out some of the tables he's worked on already" as a passive-aggressive way of knocking Ernesto's work while at the same time promoting his own. Then he follows up this line with "Not knocking his work."...