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Pretty good out from Jose Parica here: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1132488995403170

I haven't kept up with how the price has been affected the last few years, but there is no doubt in my mind that the value of cues with ivory in them (with possible exceptions for some cues that are particularly important in some way) will in general be going down soon, and by a good bit, if the...

You missed my point completely. It wouldn't matter if every cue maker in the world preferred the balance to fall within the parameters you laid out. It wouldn't matter if every other pool player in the world preferred the balance to fall within the parameters you laid out. If, after some...

Essentially you are just saying that there is a narrow range of balance points that is "correct" for all cues and pool players. Your "proof" is that you say that the cue makers that you are the most fond of tend to build their cues within this narrow range of balance points. That's all...

As others have alluded to, in the last few years pool has been hitting great heights of popularity in the country of Vietnam. It is has become a hotbed for pool and they are even doing pro events there fairly regularly now. Presumably with this cue Predator is looking to cash in on this new...

Long read but this will illustrate where you are going wrong on this one. Without realizing it, and even though you are trying not to, you are still at least subconsciously thinking of this as if it is a single race to 4 instead of fully taking into consideration that it is a best of multiple...

I also remember Diamond tables being used the last few years but I couldn't say exactly when it started, it's a bit fuzzy now. Accu-Stat was not there the last few years though. Again, can't say the exact years, but Accu-Stat definitely wasn't there after about 2004 or so anyway but can't...

If I am understanding you correctly, I would add that at a certain point it starts diminishing again. Imagine being only a ball off of the long rail near the corner pocket, and shooting with running english to a spot near the side pocket of the same long rail. I think the speed up effect would...

I agree, but mostly due to the design and materials choices. The workmanship doesn't actually look all that bad to me, especially for a lower end cue.

This is absolute hogwash and does not provide a "best hit", as if such a thing even exists. It does however provide the weight and balance point that many people prefer (and that some others don't) based on their personal preferences. Many cue makers make heavy shafts for these reasons: 1...

I mistakenly said Matchroom but had intended to say WPA and Predator. Good that Matchroom is aware of it as well though. I agree, if they were aware of it during the match, and I don't know if they were, the Tournament Director/people at their direction should have been fully investigating...

A higher deflection shaft will generally jump better. It can also be of some advantage to someone who happens to use back hand english and the appropriate bridge length for that shaft to most take advantage of the squirt cancellation effects (has to be a fairly high deflection shaft to have a...

They can only address it if they are aware of it of course, and it isn't uncommon in situations like these for everybody to be thinking "well surely somebody else has already brought this to their attention" and so nobody ends up reporting it. Does anybody know if Matchroom has actually been...

I said that money was forced to be redistributed in a new way since Amazon now had to take that bonus money that went to the great employees who deserved it, and now it is having to be used to get the crappy employees up to the $15/hr that they never deserved but which has now become mandatory...

This is simply not true, and at best is extremely misleading. You see just as many packages in alternate break (actually more, but will get to that later) as you do in winner breaks. Here is an example to illustrate. Let's say you and I decide to have a little free throw competition at the...

I think there is at least as good if not better an argument to be made that it is the winner breaks format that more often keeps players from being able to catch a gear and perform to their true potential. It is that format where players sit for prolonged periods of time getting cold, and then...

No they can't. That $400 that was previously going to the guy who who had earned it by excelling at his job is now gone because it is now going to some crappy employee to be able to get that person's wage up to the $15 an hour that became required but that they weren't worth. Like the bulk of...

Well no crap, they are a business, not a charity. Businesses are there for the purpose of making money. They, like everybody else including you and I who have ever had jobs or businesses, want to make as much as they can in exchange for their labor and ideas. Nothing wrong with that at all...

You have already evaluated and signed off on the hit it gives your cue, and the overall weight and balance point your cue will have with it. You are also obviously ok with the color, which may not be to some people's preference. The only other factor left to consider is what Pat Johnson...

A few years back Darren Appleton did a couple of videos from the Mad Apple Burger & Billiard room that everybody is mentioning where he gives some good video tours all around the place including behind the scenes like in the kitchen. Videos linked below. There is also an "AmericInn by Wyndhan...