Yep. I recall this conversation from when Poolology was being discussed. I know the ob should be a tad farther than center spot but for me I get some variability anyway. Some shots hit the pocket facing on the fat side, some go center pocket. Once I get it grooved I'm looking at where the cb ends up.
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It has already been established among logical thinkers that what Stan says is happening cannot be so -- and all of us have tried to use CTE enough to understand that. It isn't like we just don't get it because we haven't tried CTE enough. The only possibility is that in the book Stan either stops saying that all shots can be made objectively without "user input" or he modifies his position on that.
Obviously you need to put more effort into hyper checkers.
Not following you on that one.
www.quantamagazine.org
OK so maybe CTE works in 24 dimensions. I concede!
Here's some theory:
Out of a Magic Math Function, One Solution to Rule Them All
Mathematicians used “magic functions” to prove that two highly symmetric lattices solve a myriad of problems in eight- and 24-dimensional space.
The truth series is ready but won't be out until the book is ready. The book is ready but won't be out until the website is updated. So we'll see. There have been several years available to update the website, which typically might require a day or two. It could have been updated any time and then launched when the book was out. Apparently the book has been in the hands of the publisher for a good year or maybe more so it isn't like there wasn't a little time here or there to do the website. Just saying.
That pretty much sums up how I feel. Anyone who has played this game as long as I have at a relatively high skill level (for an amateur), knows (by trial and error over millions of shots) how much to cut any shot to make it, when I’m over the ball lining it up.
I'd like to add one thing to this. If my own experience (playing many years) is any guide, I'd say most people don't realize how much small deviations from straight will guarantee a miss. I always saw how carefully pro's played and just thought they were being careful because they are in competition. That is true, but really they are also assuring a good stroke. I could make lots of shots without being so careful. It took until relatively recently to understand that my stroke was not true enough and that it was causing mistakes. In other words, you have to realize you have a problem before you can fix it. It's a 12 step process!
As PJ said, when an ob is on the center spot and the cb-ob centerline is pointed at the middle diamond on the end rail, it's slightly off from a perfect 30° cut to either corner pocket. But that's good, because a 30° cut doesn't come off at 30° anyway....it's closer to 28°, which makes it a very accurate shot.
The cut angle for that setup depends on the distance between CB & OB. The cut is 30° with the CB fairly close, but to make it 28° (to allow for throw) the CB has to back up quite a bit.
The beauty is that you can use the centerline between cb and ob for these shots, both pointing straight to the middle diamond on the end rail, and you know 100% that a halfball aim will work. From the closer cb (top diagram) the ob will go into the pocket right of center, slightly thick due to throw. From the farther cb (bottom diagram) the ob hits closer to center pocket.
thanks for the update