Well.....Yeah,
Some argument is fairly interesting. We cant shoot each other through the computer. I think when it comes down to name calling and threats that's when to pull the plug. I was right in there and it just didn't seem all that bad to me. It seemed to me that the argument was actually trying to get back to the intention of thread and of course you had the whole cte vs. naysayer bs. I think Joey was trying to get people to think outside the box and beyond what their core beliefs are when it comes to aiming. Which I can admire. Its still kind of interesting that the biggest CTE proponent their is....JB lost that match to Lou and that didn't change a thing. Yeah it is, no it isn't.....lmao...Its never going to be settled...isn't it wonderful?
Joey was trying to say LIVE AND LET LIVE. But the people who don't want to do that will never agree to simply let the people who want to discuss and try aiming systems alone.
My whole platform has always been just let people experiment in peace.
IF you have a SPECIFIC proof then post it. IF you think that a method doesn't work then PROVE it. But please stop with the constant verbal attacks that prove nothing, the constant heckling and the accusations of selling snake-oil.
How would you feel Robin if every other time you posted I and others called you a snake-oil salesman because of the fact that you have written a book on aiming? After all there are several folks here who think ANY discussion of aiming is pointless and that anyone who SELLS material on aiming is a con-artist.
Are you a con-artist Robin? Or are you someone who loves pool and who has written a book on an aspect of the game that you think needed more consideration?
That's what this is all about.
As for me and Lou. I will happily play again when I am ready to play. Lou will NEVER play a good player who is an aiming system user. Although I played horrible I am not upset about it. I dogged a lot of the preparation and gained a lot more respect for what one pocket demands.
Let Lou play Stan if you want to see someone get manhandled by a good player armed with CTE. That match will never happen because there isn't a backer on the planet who will put up 10cts to see Lou get pounded into the ground by a good player.
This match wasn't about whether CTE is good or not, it is. It was about freedom of choice and standing up to bullies. I stood up to them and lost the pool match but gained a ton of experience and friends out of it so I still won. Of course winning the match would have been better but so what, I did what very few people would ever even try.
I can promise you this. If you were knocked as much as Stan has been knocked then you probably would not even be present right now. If people wanted to discuss the methods in your book and there was a small group of knockers intent on disrupting EVERY discussion of those methods you would be crying to the moderator for relief.
100%.
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