I'll take the good, bad, or ugly. I'm aware of what this could bring 
A little info on the match.
EDIT: I'm the lefty from the US playing on the diamond.
It's an APA match between our division and a Canadian division from Quebec. I was randomly selected as the top tier player. There was a low tier with two players and a mid tier with two players. Our lower tier players lost but I believe the matches were pretty close, the mid tier players also lost but it wasn't pretty for our guys.
Clearly, it's a virtual match but not just a ghost race. Essentially, the person that won the coin toss is what I would call the "active" player. I won the toss so my break was the active break but the other guy has to break also, after both breaks the -non-active breaker pulls or drops balls (placed in specific spots on the table) so his table matched mine - as far as number of balls on the table. It's a bit convoluted but it was fun.
On the screen the active player should be on the big screen on the left, the non-active player is in the top right corner, the middle right corner is our League Operator and the bottom right corner is the Canadian League Operator. They were more than generous and courteous through the whole thing and are just good people.
A couple of notes:
You'll see I change break locations. I generally prefer to break from the original spot if it's working and if not, I'll move over to the side rail and go for the wing ball. I was watching the previous match and the guy was breaking from my preferred spot and was making balls so that's where I started, eventually I just didn't like the results so switched to the side rail, which seemed to work out.
Watching myself on video it looks like I'm all scrunched up but it doesn't feel that way. I know have a compact stroke these days but I'm wondering if I should stretch out a bit more at times? Thoughts?
Given the type of match that was played there was no reason to play safe. There were two shots (both 3 balls) that I would've generally played safe on but again, it didn't do me any good. You'll see my opponent play a couple of balls kind of funny, he knew I was hooked on whatever ball so he was trying to hit his ball and setup for a shot knowing I wasn't going to be able to hit my ball. I don't think that really worked out for him though. I thought long and hard about that prior to the match and I just decided to play the table and see what happens. It was kind of like a ring game where safes don't really help.
There are a couple of shots I would like back. I missed a 3 early on, I miscued on a 7 in the bottom left corner (should've went top left), I scratched on a 4 ball (hit it thin so the rebound was off and it went in the side - I actually screwed up the 3 ball before that or I would've had a better leave), and I let CB go (and paid the price) on a break.
Begin with the lashings...:thumbup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt463TeiiXw
A little info on the match.
EDIT: I'm the lefty from the US playing on the diamond.
It's an APA match between our division and a Canadian division from Quebec. I was randomly selected as the top tier player. There was a low tier with two players and a mid tier with two players. Our lower tier players lost but I believe the matches were pretty close, the mid tier players also lost but it wasn't pretty for our guys.
Clearly, it's a virtual match but not just a ghost race. Essentially, the person that won the coin toss is what I would call the "active" player. I won the toss so my break was the active break but the other guy has to break also, after both breaks the -non-active breaker pulls or drops balls (placed in specific spots on the table) so his table matched mine - as far as number of balls on the table. It's a bit convoluted but it was fun.
On the screen the active player should be on the big screen on the left, the non-active player is in the top right corner, the middle right corner is our League Operator and the bottom right corner is the Canadian League Operator. They were more than generous and courteous through the whole thing and are just good people.
A couple of notes:
You'll see I change break locations. I generally prefer to break from the original spot if it's working and if not, I'll move over to the side rail and go for the wing ball. I was watching the previous match and the guy was breaking from my preferred spot and was making balls so that's where I started, eventually I just didn't like the results so switched to the side rail, which seemed to work out.
Watching myself on video it looks like I'm all scrunched up but it doesn't feel that way. I know have a compact stroke these days but I'm wondering if I should stretch out a bit more at times? Thoughts?
Given the type of match that was played there was no reason to play safe. There were two shots (both 3 balls) that I would've generally played safe on but again, it didn't do me any good. You'll see my opponent play a couple of balls kind of funny, he knew I was hooked on whatever ball so he was trying to hit his ball and setup for a shot knowing I wasn't going to be able to hit my ball. I don't think that really worked out for him though. I thought long and hard about that prior to the match and I just decided to play the table and see what happens. It was kind of like a ring game where safes don't really help.
There are a couple of shots I would like back. I missed a 3 early on, I miscued on a 7 in the bottom left corner (should've went top left), I scratched on a 4 ball (hit it thin so the rebound was off and it went in the side - I actually screwed up the 3 ball before that or I would've had a better leave), and I let CB go (and paid the price) on a break.
Begin with the lashings...:thumbup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt463TeiiXw
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