I didn’t notice his salute. But the AGT producers will know. He’s not coming back.
A trick shot artist was on America’s Got Talent
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Uhh....OK. Instead of coughing maybe you should tell us what your little pictures represent. Your insult is not entirely clear.
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Well it wasn’t an insult but take it how you choose
Little pictures? I mean if you can’t see with your eyes I can’t help you any
maybe late night posting isnt the best idea lols
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The egg was removed to make it look like he's giving the finger
The egg is still there, but that is some creative cropping of the image!
9 to 5 it was intentional.
You seem to have difficulty expressing yourself. What is the point of your pictures?
You seem to have trouble understanding what a video is
Venom knows his business and the limitations he was up against.
When I watched this though I was very disappointed with the shots he performed. Before Venom there was Mike Massey and some trick shots in a book I read from Byrne. Pretty standard. When Venom came along he blew my mind with what you could do with trick shots.
For him to open by applying spin to a gaffe cue ball and have an egg stand on end was really weird to me. For several of his finale shots to be shooting a one dimensional jump shot into a shoe or through a gap was really lack luster.
Not saying he didn't have reasons, but this man is capable of so much it is hard for me to believe this was his best line of attack. The guy could have just given a lesson on how masse shots worked, shot a few, then shot some double masses, etc. He could have just hung out on a pool table and tried stuff and it would have been more entertaining.
Bummer. Oh well. He's brought way more people into the game than he's put off. All good. Life goes on.
When I watched this though I was very disappointed with the shots he performed. Before Venom there was Mike Massey and some trick shots in a book I read from Byrne. Pretty standard. When Venom came along he blew my mind with what you could do with trick shots.
For him to open by applying spin to a gaffe cue ball and have an egg stand on end was really weird to me. For several of his finale shots to be shooting a one dimensional jump shot into a shoe or through a gap was really lack luster.
Not saying he didn't have reasons, but this man is capable of so much it is hard for me to believe this was his best line of attack. The guy could have just given a lesson on how masse shots worked, shot a few, then shot some double masses, etc. He could have just hung out on a pool table and tried stuff and it would have been more entertaining.
Bummer. Oh well. He's brought way more people into the game than he's put off. All good. Life goes on.
smiling_Hans
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He may have been saving the better shots thinking he was going to go through.
Florian shot the shots that the producers wanted him to shoot. The spinning egg ball shot is a great visual. I end my shows doing that and it always gets a pop from the crowd. If you look at the crowd, and not the judges, a number of people were like "that was cool." You also have to do stuff that you can hit the first time. Some of those crazy masse shots might take a few attempts so you can't do that with limited time. Him giving a lesson on how to masse wouldn't even get him on AGT. Him giving a masse lesson is great for pool players in a pool room, but not the general public. Here is what he said on social media:
"Cleary not the result I expected but I just did every shot the production wanted me to do. No choice there. Hard to go any faster on just 1 table and even with the buzzers distraction, didn't miss a shot which I thought was pretty solid. Sadly the format just doesn't cater to pool unless multiple tables and some sort of combined act."
"Cleary not the result I expected but I just did every shot the production wanted me to do. No choice there. Hard to go any faster on just 1 table and even with the buzzers distraction, didn't miss a shot which I thought was pretty solid. Sadly the format just doesn't cater to pool unless multiple tables and some sort of combined act."
smiling_Hans
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Thanks for this.
I take back my title of the thread.
I knew something was up because those shots were quite underwhelming. The highlight was Heidi posing on the table though.
No worries man.
Florian is the GOAT dude. Time to get on board. You were quick to put him down, I wonder just who you think is better?
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As someone who competes with him, I don't think anyone is better in the 3 phases of trickshots: Videos, shows, and competition.
Not saying others aren't good. Other people who do those things can be very successful, but if you take Florian's whole body of work, I don't see anyone at his level right now.
Florian is keeping the trickshot professionals in the mainstream or at least attempt to mainstream.
Florian should be in the Trickshot HoF with Pelinga, Rossman, Massey and ...
Now if we are talking online social media, those asian guys that cheat are pretty fun, if they add some females into the mix it could appeal to a wider audience. Asian cheating men, meet asian cheating women and that would be the promo campaign. Who cheats better at pool men or women?
Florian successfully showed the shots any player can learn to be a trickshot artist for a school event, work party or even family outing.
Trickshots are fun, if they had pool tables in malls and department stores, that is happening in SM malls in Asia. Malls need more people to stay longer, pool tables lock people down.
Florian should be in the Trickshot HoF with Pelinga, Rossman, Massey and ...
Now if we are talking online social media, those asian guys that cheat are pretty fun, if they add some females into the mix it could appeal to a wider audience. Asian cheating men, meet asian cheating women and that would be the promo campaign. Who cheats better at pool men or women?
Florian successfully showed the shots any player can learn to be a trickshot artist for a school event, work party or even family outing.
Trickshots are fun, if they had pool tables in malls and department stores, that is happening in SM malls in Asia. Malls need more people to stay longer, pool tables lock people down.
Put him down? Are you his mom?
What words did I use to insult him?
And the three guys in those “videos “ shown are sporty!
Hell the first shot by Martin is something I can assure you , that you have never seen
It is a conundrum.
I have a rock friend and he told me when he was first signed he got screwed and probably would have signed for half of what he got or double the screw anyway, coz he didn't have anything but art and dreams to fight with.
He who has the gold makes the rules.