I was wondering if they are using the Cyclop balls again this year.
I don't know if it was me being totally sharked by the change when I arrived at the BCAPL Nationals last year, or if this is an issue with other players as well.
New balls on the table, awesome right? Ok, the colors are wierd but I tried to give it the benefit of the doubt, seeing as how everyone is saying how high quality they are. I really don't care about the color. Other sets of balls have different colors depending on brand, style, etc. No big deal. A few practice racks in the color is no longer an issue. After some practice though I start feeling like I have no control of the cueball. It's just not consistant in the way it rolls from one shot to the next. The whole time I'm thinking the typical thought that it's just me, it's different and it's sharking me.
After talking to dozens of other players the talk starts coming up about skids. I wasn't having any problem with that, but the ball is acting like no other cueball I've ever played with.
After that I found a Diamond rep who tells me this cueball was a last minute effort because the first two they made did not work with the Diamond Smart table in that it wouldn't return properly all the time. They tested them but after some time they stopped working.
Yesterday I played a local tourney and they had purchased four sets of the Cyclop balls for the tables, the tables have three week old Simones 860. Fast, broken in. The tables were great. I hit some balls and I start getting that same feeling of being out of control. Three or four other players are saying the same thing.
So the questions are: Was this cueball from the 2013 BCAPL inferior? Have they made any improvements to it? Should I shut up and play? Why didn't the pro events use the Cyclop ball?
I personally think the balls are of great quality and play very well, my issue was the cueball only.
I don't know if it was me being totally sharked by the change when I arrived at the BCAPL Nationals last year, or if this is an issue with other players as well.
New balls on the table, awesome right? Ok, the colors are wierd but I tried to give it the benefit of the doubt, seeing as how everyone is saying how high quality they are. I really don't care about the color. Other sets of balls have different colors depending on brand, style, etc. No big deal. A few practice racks in the color is no longer an issue. After some practice though I start feeling like I have no control of the cueball. It's just not consistant in the way it rolls from one shot to the next. The whole time I'm thinking the typical thought that it's just me, it's different and it's sharking me.
After talking to dozens of other players the talk starts coming up about skids. I wasn't having any problem with that, but the ball is acting like no other cueball I've ever played with.
After that I found a Diamond rep who tells me this cueball was a last minute effort because the first two they made did not work with the Diamond Smart table in that it wouldn't return properly all the time. They tested them but after some time they stopped working.
Yesterday I played a local tourney and they had purchased four sets of the Cyclop balls for the tables, the tables have three week old Simones 860. Fast, broken in. The tables were great. I hit some balls and I start getting that same feeling of being out of control. Three or four other players are saying the same thing.
So the questions are: Was this cueball from the 2013 BCAPL inferior? Have they made any improvements to it? Should I shut up and play? Why didn't the pro events use the Cyclop ball?
I personally think the balls are of great quality and play very well, my issue was the cueball only.
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