Do the players like the racks used at the ALFA LV OPEN?
ALFA LV RACKS
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well obviously not. but atleast it's seemingly fair in that they all get the slug from time to time.
they should sort it out though because it's the worst possible advertising for the predator aero rack
meanwhile the mekong mauler got the worst slug so far. 1st rack in 2nd set. lol
And a silly name too.
Aero...as if a breeze required any consideration? Puh-leez
Aero...as if a breeze required any consideration? Puh-leez
I think those racks and the black ball set were designed by the same people who think using black and red cloth on tables looks cool so it's a good idea to do.
Yeah that was one of the worst ever. Would love to see a zoomed in overhead picture of that one.
here's hoangs break. even his opponent was like wtf:
www.youtube.com
here's another one with filler breaking:
www.youtube.com
leyman isn't known for being a bad racker, which makes me think the triangle is just poorly engineered. like they printed it in ABS but didn't calculate the shrinkage in the slicer.
SEMI FINAL W. Zielinski vs Duong Quoc Hoang ▸ Alfa Las Vegas 10-Ball Open 2023
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here's another one with filler breaking:
J. Filler vs Chang Jung-Lin ▸ Alfa Las Vegas 10-Ball Open 2023
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leyman isn't known for being a bad racker, which makes me think the triangle is just poorly engineered. like they printed it in ABS but didn't calculate the shrinkage in the slicer.
thanks. yes, and these were only the funkiest racks i happened to see, and i didn't even watch half of the matches.
i can imagine less good natured players than these two going on full tilt on outside tables. they have what, one day? to fix this matter before the world 10b.
I played 10-ball as my main practice game since the 80’s, long before templates and beautiful equipment. I always racked for myself, obviously. And I broke from the side. Breaking from the center always had good spreads but nothing would ever go! So going to the side rail and hoping for the 1-ball in the side was the best. Once every few racks, I’d get racks like these. I certainly wasn’t intentionally slugging myself, but coming from the side, any small “balls are touching but not leaning” will give the slug rack.
If anything, for me I loved watching the breaks. Every layout looked like the reason I practiced 10-ball. No throw-in runouts. Pattern play and driving the car was what it was all about.
If anything, for me I loved watching the breaks. Every layout looked like the reason I practiced 10-ball. No throw-in runouts. Pattern play and driving the car was what it was all about.
I've seen the Mullet throw up a lot of lazy racks.
did you watch the vids posted above?
I even replied to those videos.
When I first saw this rack (on stream, never in person), my reaction was it’s a good way to manufacture a rack.
The top can be laser cut/Waterjet cut, or CNC cut, depending on the material, thickness, and the tolerances. So no tooling (for injection molding) involved. If they can avoid CNC, laser and Waterjet are usually a lot cheaper.
The standoffs are probably off the shelf.
It’s a unique look, and I don’t think its design is inherently worse than a traditional wood rack.
The top can be laser cut/Waterjet cut, or CNC cut, depending on the material, thickness, and the tolerances. So no tooling (for injection molding) involved. If they can avoid CNC, laser and Waterjet are usually a lot cheaper.
The standoffs are probably off the shelf.
It’s a unique look, and I don’t think its design is inherently worse than a traditional wood rack.
I have never seen that rack before. It costs $100, for an additional $65 I can buy a Delta Elite, no way in the world would I drop $100 on that ugly POS Aero rack.
Unless you want to play 14.1.
I'm glad someone else pointed that out. The commentators seemed stunned into silence after it happened, maybe they didn't want to trash the referee or the rack maker has a gag order on them.
Gloves don't have the grip to properly spin the balls into place so resort to just jamming them into the apex. Another potential fail is the rack is too wide to anchor _while_ you spin the balls into place.
I veen dence 2 time. Dees time they geev box from kreppy reck.
probably the case. in a first round match one of the commentators said something about it but after that, nothing. the rack maker is their employer.
They definitely went out of their way to not say they were bad racks. It's actually quite amazing that you only saw a few racks like this, with them breaking from the side. It's not the physical racks guys, it's the rackers. They have a hard job, can't imagine the pressure of racking so many times and the pressure it has on your back too.