AZB Cue of the Year 2012 - Voting

[CMD]

yes Jamie doing a nice Job here 2 Years in a row now. THANKS FOR DOING THAT FOR US:bow-down::bow-down::bow-down::bow-down::thumbup:
Ralf

This is the 3rd year that Jamie has done this poll.



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[classiccues]

This is very true. The cue I voted for, is not necessarily the cue out of the bunch I would love to own.

JV

The Jake H cue is ahead IMO because it is refreshingly different without being strange or overdone . If I could pick one cue to own personally though it would be Jimmy's Gina. As far as the Szamboti goes its really only great because of the name. Don't get me wrong it's a killer Szamboti but nothing new or different. Congrats to all the owners you should all be proud great cues all around

 

[Ken_4fun]

When is a winner announced? or determined?

Ken:smile:

 

[cueaddicts]

This is very true. The cue I voted for, is not necessarily the cue out of the bunch I would love to own.

JV

Me too, ummmm....i mean 45.

 

[Worminator]

When is a winner announced? or determined?

Ken:smile:

Ken,

It is at the top of the poll... This poll will close on 01-16-2013 at 09:33 AM

 

[nick serdula]

Can we vote for the ungliest Cue of the year?

I see about a 10 way tie.
Nick

 

[Hungarian]

I'm surprised by the voting. But so many extraordinary cues. Hard to pick just one winner.

 

[Chopdoc]

The cue I voted for, is not necessarily the cue out of the bunch I would love to own.

JV

Not me. For me the two are the same. Not that I wouldn't want the others of course.






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[mia]

I see about a 10 way tie.
Nick

Go ahead. Name names. We LOVE to read your opinions. Maybe then you can derail this thread for the second year running.

 

[iba7467]

Great job with the thread. I hope my cue beeing made will be worthy of consideration (and votes) in the 2013 poll.

 

[jhanso18]

One thing that throws me off is criteria. We are all voting based on our own criteria. Whether it's execution, technique, innovation. I cast my vote based in that order. I would be interested to hear how/why every one cast their vote.

This is a lot of fun BTW!

 

[Worminator]

One thing that throws me off is criteria. We are all voting based on our own criteria. Whether it's execution, technique, innovation. I cast my vote based in that order. I would be interested to hear how/why every one cast their vote.

This is a lot of fun BTW!

Those are some great points, and next year's Cue of the Year will have more criteria tied to it.

 

[jhanso18]

Those are some great points, and next year's Cue of the Year will have more criteria tied to it.

I would like to see a "Cue of the Year" and "Most Innovative Design of the Year" or maybe something to that affect.

I've been thinking about putting together a collection of photo's. Something similar to the "Hand of a Master" calendar. It would be cool if we could throw something like that together. A 2013 calendar with all of the great cues of 2012. take the top 12 makers, vs. cues though.

best,

Justin

 

[cueaddicts]

One thing that throws me off is criteria. We are all voting based on our own criteria. Whether it's execution, technique, innovation. I cast my vote based in that order. I would be interested to hear how/why every one cast their vote.

This is a lot of fun BTW!

Spot on....these are the things I look at, plus a few more:

Design
Execution
Technique
Innovation
Overall effect (*Wow factor*)

 

[Chopdoc]

Those are some great points, and next year's Cue of the Year will have more criteria tied to it.

I really hope not.....



I say vote how you like based on whatever you like. Anything else is just telling us that some people don't like how or why we are voting. It seems to begin to tell me what I am supposed to like and why. Personally, I don't like that. I am the only expert qualified to state what I like and why I like it, there is in fact nobody more superior in cue expertise when it comes to the matter of deciding what I like. :grin-square:

Maybe we should create a test to qualify people to vote? People with higher scores on the test could get more than one vote. :wink:


Anyway, I think over-organizing it and over-managing it would simply make it less fun. :smile:



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[Worminator]

I really hope not.....



I say vote how you like based on whatever you like. Anything else is just telling us that some people don't like how or why we are voting. It seems to begin to tell me what I am supposed to like and why. Personally, I don't like that. I am the only expert qualified to state what I like and why I like it, there is in fact nobody more superior in cue expertise when it comes to the matter of deciding what I like. :grin-square:

Maybe we should create a test to qualify people to vote? People with higher scores on the test could get more than one vote. :wink:


Anyway, I think over-organizing it and over-managing it would simply make it less fun. :smile:



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I think you should reserve those comments until you actually see what the new format looks like. I promise it will be bigger, better, and more fun than ever.

Of course, there is no way to please everyone... if there is one lesson I've learned in doing this for three years, it's that one.

Until then... let's keep this one rocking along. This is the best collective group of cues we have had so far, and there were several cues that were not submitted... my goal is to not let that happen this year. The only reason a significant new cue will not be posted in this year's group is if the owner chooses not to have it posted in public.

 

[zeeder]

The only reason a significant new cue will not be posted in this year's group is if the owner chooses not to have it posted in public.

<--- Wonders if his new cue will be significant enough to make the cut this year...

 

[Worminator]

<--- Wonders if his new cue will be significant enough to make the cut this year...

I'm not going to exclude any cue Zack... all I'm saying is if I know of a cue that is not submitted but should be, then I will seek it out. I'm probably not going to go out of my way for a standard 4 point 4 veneer players cue, but that does not mean someone can't submit one.

 

[zeeder]

I'm not going to exclude any cue Zack... all I'm saying is if I know of a cue that is not submitted but should be, then I will seek it out. I'm probably not going to go out of my way for a standard 4 point 4 veneer players cue, but that does not mean someone can't submit one.

Sorry Jamie, that was pretty tongue-in-cheek and I probably should have put a few emoticons in there to denote that. I'll definitely be nominating my cue for the next poll...lol. Right now I'm just excited because I should be getting some progress pics soon!!

 

[jhanso18]

I'd like to see maybe a cue of the year, and possibly builder of the year. I was under the impression that it was one entry per builder.

It would be nice next year to maybe do something like best of AZ.

Best:

Cue

Case

Builder

Poster

Troll

Fuede???


best,


Justin