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Of course!! I can see why you'd want to keep this project Top Secret. If anyone i worked with had ideas like this, they'd keep them Top Secret too! So we have the two project goals, but no timelines, or cost estimates. If we ignore Elephant #1 in the room - your lack of physics and...

This sounds different than Maxwell Cloth. Project Goal 2: Develop a billiards cloth that can levitate (the balls?) to eliminate frictional drag. Timeline: Unknown Cost: Unknown. Since the timeline for your magnetic balls was one day, and that's clearly not true, i suspect your one-year...

Well, we're making progress! You have defined a project goal!! Project Goal 1: Design a set of billiard balls that will always configure itself in a 'tight' rack. Timeline: You said the balls exist and you can make a set in a day. You should do that to demonstrate it. Cost: not yet...

Oh man! I think my daddy lied to me!! Although, maybe he just wasn't well-informed when it came to cutting-edge Pogo technology! I wonder if Elon Musk has seen this?

Well, no. You're not providing ideas, you're still providing word-salad, together with the NEW image-salad. Spend $10 and buy a set of those kid's toy magnetic balls. Try and set them up as if you were racking 8-ball, and then try to play a mini-pool game with them. You'll see the problem...

That's just word-salad and tech-babble. All it says is you want funding to play in your mother's basement. If you're just playing, then there is no end-goal. You're just playing. If you have a project, then there has to be an end-goal - a deliverable result. The difference between a dream...

Yeah, the long-term view would be very interesting for a bunch of players. Not mine though. You wouldn't want to look at that.

Well that's impressive! Thanks for the info.

Really! Your avatar says Alabama? Are the local tables 10 footers? Are there many local tables?

Thanks for the link. I think i understand that. And from the link, 6 year old games are rated at 1/4 of present day games, so a 3-year half-life. That link you provided led me to the FargoRate Facebook page. They do provide this graph showing the changes in the world's top four.

I understood games are removed from Fargo after two years, and within that two-year span, the the older the game the less weight it has on the rating.

Ha! Ha! I'm certain that I'm not your student, and I'm certain you're not my peer in terms of physics and mathematics knowledge. There's nothing wrong with the name Maxwell. You can use whatever name you like. Is that your project summary? One sentence? You won't get any funding if you...

Me too. One new wrinkle is that the latest Shootout Snooker is carried on TV, and is apparently very popular. Maybe just because it's new. I did discover that the 6Reds rules now often allow breaking from anywhere behind the line, not just the line between yellow and green. Edit: The...

Ha! Ha! Yeah I know. I enjoy watching quality snooker. But anything less than very good players can be really painful. We'll see if Shootout Snooker (or Snookerpool) will take off. I did get an email from a group in Europe (6Reds.com) promoting 6Reds on a pool table, and selling a 6Red ball...

I think Shootout Snooker is intended to be a fast game. Like when Texas Express took over 9-ball.

Typically you break from the baulk line. Either between the yellow and brown, or between the brown and green. The same as regular snooker. (In regular snooker, you can break from anywhere in the D, but I don't remember ever seeing anyone break from anywhere except on the line between...

Understood. I think that's one of the reasons I'd like to try 6Reds or 10Reds, but playing Shootout rules. "Ball must hit the rail", and "all fouls are ball-in-hand". There is no D.

Something i'm curious about is the evolution of a player's fargo rating. Is a players FR more likely to peak then diminish or more likely to peak then level off, then diminish? Are the up-and-coming players identifiable by the rate of change of their FR? I attended a tournament about 4 or 5...

Incidentally, we did try playing snooker on a 9' table with 2 1/16" balls. If you shot down the rail and graze the side cushion just past the side pocket, it would still go in the corner. Running centuries was common. It's certainly better with 2 1/4" balls. 6 Reds or 10 Reds works fine.

I just bought a set of 2 1/4" snooker balls for playing on a pool table. The local group wants to give it a try.