Yes, and our friend cookie is right in the middle of every argument, but of course we should all just ignore that fact.
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Yes, and our friend cookie is right in the middle of every argument, but of course we should all just ignore that fact.
I sometimes wonder whether Stan has made a strategic mistake in producing such a voluminous book on an obscure pool aiming system.
Back in the Main Forum there have been occasional discussions on various books and often times the issue of a high price for certain books comes up. Apparently there are a lot of pool players who will not pay more than a few dollars for a pool book.
Now for the true believers (and the true skeptics) the price won't matter and they'll buy a copy regardless of the price. But if the assumption is that Stan is self-publishing, then you have to ask yourself how does he recoup his investment if there is wide spread resistance to his pricing, which reportedly will be close to $100 (if you include shipping & handling).
Maybe he should put out a short more affordable treatise that he could make a profit from and then back it up with further documentation online.
Any which way I wish him success with his endeavor.
Lou Figueroa
Back in the Main Forum there have been occasional discussions on various books and often times the issue of a high price for certain books comes up. Apparently there are a lot of pool players who will not pay more than a few dollars for a pool book.
Now for the true believers (and the true skeptics) the price won't matter and they'll buy a copy regardless of the price. But if the assumption is that Stan is self-publishing, then you have to ask yourself how does he recoup his investment if there is wide spread resistance to his pricing, which reportedly will be close to $100 (if you include shipping & handling).
Maybe he should put out a short more affordable treatise that he could make a profit from and then back it up with further documentation online.
Any which way I wish him success with his endeavor.
Lou Figueroa
Well, there would be no "argument" without folks like yourself coming in to bash on the system in almost every thread, otherwise, it would just be people having a discussion on an aiming system that they wish to talk about.
Well, there would be no "argument" without folks like yourself coming in to bash on the system in almost every thread, otherwise, it would just be people having a discussion on an aiming system that they wish to talk about.
Figured you'd say that. We're the "bashers" and guys like cookie the enforcer have no responsibility to simply let others have their opinion?
Fact is this forum is pretty much dead now that the number 1 agitator is gone. As for me, go look up how many times I've entered into CTE discussions in the last year and get back to me. :wink:
I just briefly looked, seems A LOT, have you looked? In a list of all your posts, it breaks your posts out with 25 per page, and not single page for the last 6 months were you not in the aiming discussion talking about CTE! Why you would even say that makes zero sense, tell me what page number where it lists your posts, were you not discussing CTE in the last year! :wink:
https://forums.azbilliards.com/search.php?searchid=23221797&pp=25
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I'll take a look when I have time. I know I went for a good six months or so without even mentioning CTE once. Also was i discussing CTE or was I bashing it? What is the difference if you don't mind informing me. Also which is more obsessive behavior, pointing out flawed methods or defending those flawed methods? Thanks.
You said "go look up how many times I've entered into CTE discussions in the last year and get back to me" what is this deflection jibberish you are posting now, I did what you asked!
You sure didn't go the last 6 months without entering into the CTE discussion.
You sure didn't go the last 6 months without entering into the CTE discussion.
We all can make assumptions about a lot of things but at the end of the day the person actually doing it can do it however he likes.
For the violations of conduct that you were guilty of it should have been a permanent ban, but you know people correct.
He's obviously not doing it for the money. If he was he wouldn't be planning a completely free youtube series with all the information.Still he has a long long waiting list for a copy of the book. I'm thinking Collectors item at some point.
Jeebus Cristmas I feel like Bob Barr over here!
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I never said it was the "last" six months. I'll post a bunch of times in one thread and then not at all in others. I'll post daily for awhile and then not at all for a month. I know I went a very long time without getting into CTE, maybe once here or there. But what's the point? The issue is that you come into the forum throwing darts randomly without seeming to understand the issue. Maybe you do. Let's see. Set up a shot in which an ETA perception will pocket the ball center pocket. Now set it up again but move the object ball over three inches. Can you use the same ETA perception and still pocket the ball center pocket without the need for subjective adjustments?
I will agree with you that both sides become polarized and it gets repetitive. That's why I don't take the bait that much any more.
You'll be glad to know that one of the other major instigators of trouble around here has scrubbed all his posts and presumably won't be back. When CTE is not being discussed here then pretty much nothing is. I predict a precipitous drop in posts now that Low/Pete/Joe/Stan or whatever name you want to use seems to be gone. I'd bet there won't be more than 1 new thread on a non CTE topic here over the next week.
Does this forum even need to exist when CTE is not the topic? Maybe not. No other aiming system is really very controversial and could probably be taken up in the main forum, but whatever.
What is the big deal?!
It's a feud -- Hatfields vs McCoys. Lay-say le bon tom too-lay.
Lou Figueroa
you like da system and I hate the system
you see the edges and I see the dredges
(with apologies to George Gershwin)
It's this type of question that shows, with out a doubt, that you have zero understanding of CTE
It's a big deal because it makes no sense to argue about how one side does things when the other side doesn't even use or understand it.
The bickering has also chased off numerous knowledgeable posters for absolutely no reason.
The fact that you can't answer the question shows without a doubt (as if anybody still has a doubt) that you have less understanding of it than he does.
If you're so knowledgeable about it, why not just quit the whining and explain it for once?
pj
chgo
The answer is YES. Satisfied.
If you want a full explanation then you shouldn't have tried so hard to run off the qualified instructors from this forum.
Also, you wanting it explained shows your complete lack of knowledge on CTE.
I'm satisfied (still) that you don't have a clue about it - your "answer" is physically impossible. Clearly you don't understand that, which wouldn't be so bad except for the constant whining and misplaced accusations.
pj
chgo
If it's physically impossible then why do I any many others do it every single day.