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This is wrong. This is not an APA rules question, so I won't elaborate. Anyone who wants can read the APA rules. For the OP, the answer is "It depends on what rule set you are using." Absent any pre-negotiated rule set, I would say house rules, whatever those are. I used to tell people...

The guy moved TWO BALLS. If player 1 can't put two balls back, then I guess he wasn't paying attention to the game in front of him, either. I'm not sure what your point was with the last couple of sentences here. Call them mistakes or accidents, what's the point you're trying to make? Should...

Your OP said "his last two remaining solids" so this one was likely easy to restore. If the person responsible for restoring the table (player 1 in this case) cannot reasonably restore it with some confidence, then a re-rack is next with player 2 breaking. Again, it comes down to what player 1...

Yes, it's really an accident. Shooting at the wrong category, for example, is also an accident of the same type (brain fart) though, and it's a foul. What's the difference? The difference between the two is that in the second case, the cue ball was involved. If you accidentally shoot the one...

Brett hasn't played APA in over two years. His last matches were in October 2021. All amateurs are welcome in the U.S. Amateur. It is intended to be a premier event that showcases top amateur talent. There are tons of amateurs that won't enter for cost/time/travel reasons, and there's...

You can get a drop-in LED panel and build a frame out of crown molding, but it isn't cheap and you have to size the frame just right. This is the one I built in 2020. It's a frame fastened to the ceiling with a 2' X 4' LED panel (brightness and temperature adjustable) resting on a ledge made...

JAT It sort of is, but it includes honest movement too. It just means matches will be scored in the computer and skill levels recalculated between rounds. Another thing that helps prevent "sticker shock" by informing ahead of time. I agree with you about strength of lineup. In fact, in...

I don't remember the exact date or issue (it was over 25 years ago), so I have no links, but I was in Entrepreneur Magazine, believe it or not. I also did a spot on The X Show (FX version of The Man Show). It aired nationally.

But it cost someone $200 to put the team in. $150 entry fee and $50 greens fees. The various showdown series events each have a greens fee based on the anticipated average number of racks. The tables are open for the Main and Showdown events, and closed for MiniMania. If you won the slot...

If there were 373 teams and the entry fee was $150, the purse was $55,950. Minis and Showdown Series events are 100% payback of entry fees (greens fees support the cost of the tables), but that's all. All events are self-supporting. The two Open events have money added. The entry fee for...

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...