CueTable Contest 06.08 (Based on the game between Chao & Bustemate)

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Dear all:

Just a friendly reminder there is only one week left for our August shot contest deadline.

http://cuetable.com/contest/index.html

Heath W. of Baltimore MD submitted his entry with a full score just 2 days after the original contest announcement. He has won the first prize of $300 Tiger gift certificates (good for website purchase of Sniper Tips, X-shafts and other fine products from TigerProducts.com ). We have mailed him the prizes soon after.

Congratulation Heath!
Link to his winning video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB_iXQOe46o

Heath has also written a short memo regarding this experience to share with people: http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=37837

Now, everyone else, don't give up, the second place prize ($150) is available for you to grab. As a challenge we will award additional $150 Tiger Certificatesfor anyone who can get a full score (32 pts) on a 9 foot table.

It's free to join, why not make this into a fun weekend project?

BTW, we are gathering ideas for a new contest for September. Would anyone like to share some insights? (There are links to the past 2 events on the contest page)

What do you want to do? Drill or Shot test? :rolleyes:


By chance I had the honor to meet up with Chao Fong-Pang earlier this month. We had a great talk over a bowl of noodles. As I showed Heath's video, the so called "Cold-Faced Killer" :cool: slowly opened up to a full bursted laugh. He praised Heath highly for the determination and would encourage serious players to spend more time in practice. :)
 
I suggest a 15-ball rotation break and run contest. Entrants rack 15 balls, break, and start running balls in rotation. The winner is the first to submit a full 15-ball runout, or if none, the person who submits the longest run off the break.

-Andrew
 
something usefull. id say a drill. even if im probably only going to win something with a shot contest. but it would be cool everyone could try it, during there trainingsessions. without losing 2 hours on trying one shot.

im going to enter too :) got my camera now, now i just need to find time to do a training :s
 
Andrew's idea is good: giving people the freedom to draw their own diagram. The purpose of the software is for people to share ideas and fun.

Solartje's point is also valid. We should have something more basic and universal, so everybody can try, learn and hopefully teach each other.

Perhaps we can think of something that will satisfy both?

If you check into our past contests, the challenge of each month has always been closely related to one hot topic among players in the previous month. Other than creating a small ripple in the pond, it is also our small token to help raising public knowledge and communication 0.01" higher.

We will try hard to make this into a monthly thing for everyone. Thanks for your insights and keep them coming :)
 
Andrew Manning said:
I suggest a 15-ball rotation break and run contest. Entrants rack 15 balls, break, and start running balls in rotation. The winner is the first to submit a full 15-ball runout, or if none, the person who submits the longest run off the break.

-Andrew
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I like that idea too! This is another challenge where a smaller table could hamper the outcome due to more clusters.
 
Icon of Sin said:
How about this. this is a fun drill as well. 15 ball grid pattern, run all the balls and choose your own path but you CANNOT touch any other ball during the run.

http://CueTable.com/P/?@0x3AOPW3BAT...GNvB2HAYD1INfB1JNXl2KONl2LARj2MNqW1NNaW2OATW@
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This is a really good drill and I use it a lot. However, it's too easy without a couple of other limitations on legal shots. The rules should be that you may not

1. move more than one object ball per shot
2. use a bank shot
3. allow the cue ball to touch a rail

Note that rule 1 eliminates combinations and caroms, in addition to forbidding the cue ball from touching more than one object ball per shot. On the whole, though, this is probably still too easy by itself. Maybe combine it with a run out on this pattern:

http://CueTable.com/P/?@0x3AOPW3BAT...GbyH3HANH4IaqW4JasH3KOJH3LAWi4MNcH4NNlh3OOCj@

with the rule that you may not move more than one object ball per shot.
 
Hi Guys:

Thanks for the great suggestions :)

I have thought of jwpretd's layout a while ago (this was also a drill suggested by Tony Robles)

For now, let's look at IoS's layout:

http://CueTable.com/P/?@0x3AOPW3BAT...GNvB2HAYD1INfB1JNXl2KONl2LARj2MNqW1NNaW2OATW@

Instead of setting limits, I feel maybe we can assign bonus points to encourage people. Something like this:

If you can run out all 15 balls, you get 15 pts

You can touch the rail or bump other balls during the run. However,
if you can do it without touching another ball during every shot, 10 pts bonus.
if you can do it without touching any rails ever, 10 pts bonus.

If you can run any 5 balls in sequetial order (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), you get 5 extra pts. 5 additional pts if you run 1 to 15.

If you can shoot all 15 balls into 1 pocket, 20 pts.

If you can bank 5 balls in a roll, 10 pts. If you bank all of them, 40 pts (yah right).


The person who gathered the most points wins...

Would this be fun?
 
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