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I bought a Crical case via AliExpress. The headline is that I'm very pleased with it. More thoughts: - It's a hard case, 2 butts, 4 shafts - The cost was $80 = $105 after tax and shipping - Be careful ordering from vendors on AliExpress who advertise free shipping, I ordered from one and they...

I was trying to find a calculator for match probabilities yesterday, and failed. There are vague references to "tools" on the FargoRate web site but I couldn't find said tools. So, I made my own calculator: http://www.tckerrigan.com/Misc/Fargo_Race/ For smaller values of "race to," the...

I friend of mine is looking for a starter cue, and I almost recommended a Cuetec Avid. Skyler Woodward plays with one and people say they're good value for money online. So I look them up and the shafts have a "glass composite" coating? Uhh, that's fiberglass. Are they still doing fiberglass...

The official APA scorekeeping app is great, but it's pretty limited, in that you can only use it to score official matches that have been "released" by the head office. (And some divisions don't support using the app at all.) For the times when it would be nice to use the scorekeeping app but...

Seems like everybody has their own take on this. I've heard: "He" as in the English pronoun (i.e., "he shot the ball") ... this is the one I've heard most often "He" like "Hey!" but without as much of the -y sound at the end "He" as in "H-eh?" ... kind of a Canadian flair This would be an...

I took a leap of faith and ordered a Fury cue from AliExpress: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802188855222.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.10.1b601802QsNbCu&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa&_randl_shipto=US I got the YT-1 model with the 11.8 mm shaft ("KT Advanced"). The advertised price at...

I was interested to see which cues the Chinese play with domestically. I browsed a few pool supply web sites online as best I could. It seems like Fury is the go-to brand that they all stock. Annoyingly, I can't seem to find a good source for information about Fury's products. There is a US web...

Cue shopping... the "Valhalla series Red Marble Paint VA212" butt caught my eye. Players in the Mosconi Cup were frequently attaching/detaching butt extensions, sometimes more than once per rack. Seems like it's an important part of the game now? Are there options for using a similar butt...

I'm thinking about getting a J Flowers CF shaft (cue). Been reading about them as much as I can online. I came across one review saying the shaft was good but had a bit of a wobble when rolled on a table. Last night at league I noticed that a guy had one and he said he liked it, but that it also...

Hey guys, just got a new cue yesterday after weeks of shopping. It's a Players Classic Series C950 (or C 950 or C-950, for the search engines). First, a disclaimer--the cue only costs $85. I had more money to spend, but this design speaks to me and I can't find anything similar in the $200-$300...

Yesterday I stumbled on the stock photographs of the Players Cues Classic Series C950: http://www.ozonebilliards.com/plcuc9.html I've fallen in love with this cue, or at least this picture. I love the color and grain of the wood and how it looks glossy and glowing and 3-dimensional. I'm...

I'm cue shopping and wanted to share an annoyance with somebody. I like a number of McDermott's designs except they often have inconsistent decoration above and below the wrap. Here's an example: http://www.mcdermottcue.com/g222.php There's a ring right at the top of the wrap, but not right...

I've read what Dr. Dave has written about low deflection (squirt) shafts. From my understanding, "low deflection" shafts actually deflect (bend) more than regular shafts when you hit the cue ball, and that's what decreases cue ball squirt. So does it logically follow that stiffer, less-bendy...

For a long time, I thought "low-deflection" shafts were super rigid and that they themselves did not deflect much. I also assumed that the spliced construction of e.g. Predator shafts was the thing that improved rigidity, by somehow having the different deformation characteristics of each piece...

Hi guys, long-time occasional lurker and first-time poster. :) I was a team captain for two APA teams for a while. 8-ball and 9-ball. I kept progressively increasing statistics about the players on my team. It started out as a small list of who played most recently so I wouldn't skip a player...