Sean,
Your post is fair.... But this game is so darn tough and it is so easy to get off your feet that I tend give a little slack.
I only watched to the 1st miss and that was on my I phone at that.
I will try later to view more of his play.
I only noticed his alignments and movements, and I assessed that he was using Pro One. And to be clear, Pro one does not , in itself, mean the runs are going to be special.
My first thoughts are: This gentlemen has indicated that he does run 100 from time to time. I will not question his word. Perhaps he will post a run of 90 or a 100 or whatever since his integrity has been questioned.
That's what I'd do. I would get the video camera and post up a run.
Stan Shuffett
Stan:
That's what we're talking about. In the 14.1 forum -- which, btw, this player admitted he discovered the existence of via a post from me here in this Aiming Conversation forum encouraging him to participate in -- he posted that he executed a 120-ball run on his very first visit. And, in a post here on this Aiming Conversation subforum, he mentioned that he "runs 100s every day." Putting two and two together, yes, we *ARE* calling into question his honesty -- we believe the 120-ball run claim is a fish story -- because trained eyes (and I'm not saying just myself -- known 100-ball runners have said this also) say that what is shown in those videos, misses dismissed / put aside for the moment -- say this player is definitely not who he says he is.
I'm sorry to have to say things this way, but we in the 14.1 subforum have been burned in the past with "fish stories" and worse yet, people posting up videos that were later discovered to be modified / forgeries. We are a little "once bitten, twice shy."
We are going to ask the moderator of the "AZB 2013 Straight Pool Challenge" thread to strike this player's "120" from the list, because we believe it's a fish story.
That is, unless, he can provide a video of him performing such a high run, that we can review (and of course, make sure it itself is not a forgery).
I realize this is not the type of thing you want to read about an avid pool player and supporter of an aiming system. But again, honesty is now numero uno in the 14.1 subforum. We are going to demand video of any claimed run over 70 balls. To give you an idea of the honesty we're talking about, since I myself posted a claimed run of 78 balls on New Year's Day, even though I honestly made that run, I will abide by the new policy and won't balk at having my 78 run removed. Just a casualty of the new rules.
-Sean