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But in the rich history of pool this must have been done and tried (and written off?).

I was thinking instead of, say, a race to 10, which is min 10, max 19 racks, players could also play a race to 3 sets. Race to 3 sets, each set Bo5 racks: Each set is best of 5 racks. So that is min 9 racks and max 25 racks. Or shoot out at 2-2. That's min 9 racks, max 20 + shoot out.

The World Cup of Darts just finished and they play sets: first to win X sets. Every set is a best of 5 legs (games). In pool we usually play a race to X games. The advantage of playing sets is that players have fresh chances every new set. Any experience with tournaments where pool is...

This reminds me of something that fascinates me. There are situations when a person takes an action and in that very instant he has a epiphany, but there's no going back. I know of two examples: 1) the guy who jumped of the Golden Gate bridge to commit suicide. The moment he jumped he realized...

The moment my cue contacts the cue ball it's out of my hands. It's Caesar crossing the Rubicon. It's Frodo off to Mordor. The dice have been cast, no turning back, I hope the little measled fellow fulfills the mission entrusted upon him. For me distance adds a lot of uncertainty, so yeah. But...

Also more space on page 1 for threads.

Updated my profile pic to match how people probably see me. But here's me and my daughter.

Not sure where to put this. Would it be an idea to clean up the stickied threads? I.e. Unsticky some or do one post with a couple links to important threads.

Have you checked: https://www.billiardarchive.org/ Might have something.

One female commentator I really enjoyed: Margaret Fefilova I was watching a video and enjoyed the insightful comments. I looked up who it was and was surprised it was her. So I nominate Fefilova for the top 'surprise female commentator'.

Ha yeah a nice challenge in indeed. And perhaps the points don't increase steep enough after 7-8 called shots. But first I'll have to test the sequence part to see if that in itself is interesting/exciting.

Ive seen it happening to another forum. The Discord itself has it's positives and negatives. The big negative for the forum was a steady decline in activity as most was discussed in Discord. So I'd advise against it.

Are there some interesting numbers in the mountain of data? Extreme rises? Biggest upset? Surprising things? Odd things? I also really like the features as suggested by @DeadStick. Those would make it an application to regularly check, share interesting data and detect sandbagging. But mostly...

I think it was a video by DrDave that explained that with every added ball the initial deviation is amplified. Lining up the balls perfectly might help the most. I'm curious what will be the record.

Don't want to make anyone feel bad. It's just that I think "hey, I would beat this guy! That means he's mediocre 😄" I'm pretty stoked when I break and run a 9-ball rack, for reference.

I I'm curious what other people find memorable and looking for some good reads.

Not really what you're asking, but there is a regular poster that sounds very wise and experienced. I reckoned he was really good. Then I came across a video of him playing and was surprised by the very mediocre play. Not going to name and shame.

AZ has a lot of history. There must be some gems! Which thread do you still remember, for any reason?

The cheap solution is just a broom with soft hairs from a dustpan. Then brush line by line in the same direction. Brush stuff under the rail and either vacuum away or brush it all into a pocket.

3 ball sequences are nice, 6 points. +2 points per ball. Better than 3 regular pots, at +1 point per ball. The 4, 5th, 6th and 7th ball added to the sequence are worth +3 points. 8, 9, 10 are worth +4 points. ----- So if a player pots the breakball and the rack opens there are 14 balls on...