2015 AZB Ghost Challenge - Official Thread

Haven't checked the thread in a while, sorry!
Thank for the videos and OP has been updated.

Vic
 
We are nearing one year for this thread. I'm actually surprised we have only 18 9-ball ghost entrants (the game most of us play). The straight pool high run thread has 36 entrants thus far this year.

Lets get to it boys, post up your numbers, and videos if you have them!
 
iusedtoberich said:
We are nearing one year for this thread. I'm actually surprised we have only 18 9-ball ghost entrants (the game most of us play). The straight pool high run thread has 36 entrants thus far this year.

Lets get to it boys, post up your numbers, and videos if you have them!
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I haven't watched the videos.
But is there a correlation between people posting videos and people owning tables vs doing it in the pool room?
How many people that don't post actually own cameras?
Can it be done on a phone?

I myself don't own a modern video camera.
I also don't own a pool table.
If I did, I still doubt I would be spending time doing this.

That's not to knock everyone's efforts in this thread, but to some people, it's just not that big of a deal.
 
SUPERSTAR said:
I haven't watched the videos.
But is there a correlation between people posting videos and people owning tables vs doing it in the pool room?
How many people that don't post actually own cameras?
Can it be done on a phone?

I myself don't own a modern video camera.
I also don't own a pool table.
If I did, I still doubt I would be spending time doing this.

That's not to knock everyone's efforts in this thread, but to some people, it's just not that big of a deal.
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You don't need to record it in order to post a score and have it in the first post. Video is certainly encouraged, but not required.

I believe some people use their phones. Also, there are definitely some people recording at the pool hall, but, probably most have home tables.
 
iusedtoberich said:
You don't need to record it in order to post a score and have it in the first post. Video is certainly encouraged, but not required.

I believe some people use their phones. Also, there are definitely some people recording at the pool hall, but, probably most have home tables.
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My phone takes good enough videos for this purpose. I rigged together a little clamp that allows you to easily mount the phone on a cheapo tripod. I'll post a pic of it in the next couple days. It is easy to make and holds my iPhone very securely.

Now if only I could beat the 9-ball ghost.:rolleyes:
 
I haven't checked in for a while in this thread.

I had an hour to play so I figured I would play the ghost but I haven't been in the mood for getting my brains bashed in so I did something a little different.

I started with the 7 ball ghost and if I won that rack I went up a ball and if I lost I went down. After an hour I ended up at the 11 ball ghost.

I played pretty well and for fun I calculated my TPA although it's probably a bit exaggerated because of the few racks that were played against the 7 or 8 ball ghost but still pretty close I imagine.

After the hour was up I was up 9-6. I missed 6 balls and pocketed 102. 2 of the misses were easier than spot shots so those counted as two mistakes. So my TPA was calculated out as 102/111=.919.

What I wouldn't give to be able to actually play at that level.

I'll post the video at some point.

The year is almost up.
 
BasementDweller said:
I haven't checked in for a while in this thread.

I had an hour to play so I figured I would play the ghost but I haven't been in the mood for getting my brains bashed in so I did something a little different.

I started with the 7 ball ghost and if I won that rack I went up a ball and if I lost I went down. After an hour I ended up at the 11 ball ghost.

I played pretty well and for fun I calculated my TPA although it's probably a bit exaggerated because of the few racks that were played against the 7 or 8 ball ghost but still pretty close I imagine.

After the hour was up I was up 9-6. I missed 6 balls and pocketed 102. 2 of the misses were easier than spot shots so those counted as two mistakes. So my TPA was calculated out as 102/111=.919.

What I wouldn't give to be able to actually play at that level.

I'll post the video at some point.

The year is almost up.
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Good shooting! Anything over .900 is super strong, and especially playing the ghost where you have to go for the runout every time.
 
Sorry if this was asked, but for a 6 ball ghost game (for example) do you only rack 6 balls or do you rack for 9 ball but you are out if you make the 6 or higher?
 
I could be wrong, but the way I've always played the less-than-9-ball ghost is to break 9 ball rack and take away balls after the break. For the 6 ball ghost you would take 3 balls of the table after the break.

IDK what you do for more than 9 balls. I don't know how to rack a 12 ball rack.
 
victorl said:
Good shooting! Anything over .900 is super strong, and especially playing the ghost where you have to go for the runout every time.
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After thinking about this for a day or so it became obvious to me....

....shooting over .900 against the ghost is not that big of a deal because you are starting with ball in hand every rack. Duh...

To win against any version of the ghost I bet you have to shoot over .800 and probably closer to .850. That's just the way the math works. So shooting over .900 against the ghost isn't nearly the same thing as shooting that in competition or even just playing without that first ball in hand.
 
littlewing1208 said:
Sorry if this was asked, but for a 6 ball ghost game (for example) do you only rack 6 balls or do you rack for 9 ball but you are out if you make the 6 or higher?
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Atlatlien said:
I could be wrong, but the way I've always played the less-than-9-ball ghost is to break 9 ball rack and take away balls after the break. For the 6 ball ghost you would take 3 balls of the table after the break.

IDK what you do for more than 9 balls. I don't know how to rack a 12 ball rack.
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I actually didn't even think about removing balls but I probably should do it that way in order to get better practice on my break.

I've racked six balls in the past just using the standard ten ball rack without the back row.

There's also a rack that can be used for 7 ball. It's a sort of a flower like arrangement where you don't have a ball in the typical 1 ball spot, instead you put two in the second row including the 1 ball. Then you twist the rack a bit until the one is on the spot.

But really what's the point? I think Atlatlien gave me a good remember to just break with 9 at the minimum that way you are at least practicing a legitimate break shot.


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Oh and for 11 & 12 balls I'm not sure what the accepted way to do it is but I just start out in the middle of the last row.
 
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Shane lost to Chinakov when he had to break from strange placement for him.
That match inspired me trying learn breaking from box 9-ball.
Never tried it before.
I did practice it first 3 hours then I did take pro-Ghost from box*edit(9-ball on spot)*.

Race to 7 have to make a ball from break or lose. Have to shoot from where cueball is after break. So basically one need to run 7 racks in 13 breaks.

I did play quite strong but still end up losing 6-7.. had chances to take it home but blew it.

Gotta upload it later.
 
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Lost the first game, then ran 5 in a row (new record for me). However, I started hitting the break poorly,and ended up losing 7-6.
 
Poolmanis said:
Shane lost to Chinakov when he had to break from strange placement for him.
That match inspired me trying learn breaking from box 9-ball.
Never tried it before.
I did practice it first 3 hours then I did take pro-Ghost from box*edit(9-ball on spot)*.

Race to 7 have to make a ball from break or lose. Have to shoot from where cueball is after break. So basically one need to run 7 racks in 13 breaks.

I did play quite strong but still end up losing 6-7.. had chances to take it home but blew it.

Gotta upload it later.
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Here is match
https://youtu.be/UhpWqKc34pY

I did get real program for video editing lately and put some practice with this video(added score when racking and speed up racking).
Mainly because I want try make some (computer)gaming video.

Any kind feedback is welcome! :)

*edit It probably takes some time to YouTube process it to HD
 
Shimmed my pockets 1/4 inch tighter today. Was gonna wait till I ran over 117 in the 14.1 Challenge but I'll do it with the tighter pockets. Can't hurt my game.
 
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