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[Cornerman]

I remember a series of posts when someone tried browbeating Pechauer into making
short spliced cues rather than cnc. I can't seem to find this in the archives,does anyone remember this??

Oh selective memories.

Pechauer didnt want to make sharp-pointed cues, but in the same thread said it was easier to make.

JimBoCt did the agressive wordsmith game saying that if they’re easier, and you can sell them, why wouldnt you? Jerry could have just as easily said that he didnt want to, didnt like the look, wasnt his thing, etc...

Jerry for I dont know why decided to build a few sharp-pointd cues to bring to SBE, maybe to prove he could build them. They all sold immediately. Go figure.

Anyone who was part of RSB with any hopes of buying one had no chance.


Freddie <~~~ still confused

 

[Patrick Johnson]

My favorite post of Smorg's was the one about beating Billy Bob Something-or-other out of his "Bob". If you run across that one please cut/paste it.

pj <- could use a little Smorg about now
chgo

Here's the Billy Bob:

https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?p=4206737#post4206737

Lou Figueroa

It was reposted here by The Saw after Doug passed.

https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=132312

Oh yeah... it was Jim-Bob. And then it was Tampa Tubby-Bob.

Thanks guys,

pj
chgo

 

[TATE]

I read it but didn't participate. I didn't care for the layout. I found the totally unfiltered posts foul but amusing. I guess by the time I started reading it, it was almost dead.

I participated in Billiards Digest Cue Chalk Board, which was a format similar to AZB. Fast Larry came on a few times with his crazy stuff and that's how I found out about AZ Billiards. I guess he terrorized all the forums.

 

[KMRUNOUT]

I just missed rsb. I had discovered the Monk forum. I knew of rsb but only looked a few times. It was at that time that I discovered Azb. Probably about 1996 or so.

KMRUNOUT


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[TommyT]

I too was there and an active participant.

TommyT

 

[frankncali]

i was around back then. Went to a couple RSB meetups and had fun too.
posted as Frank Howe then
Not sure when I first posted.

 

[mjantti]

I was also there starting from 97 I think as a young university student discovering the wonders of the internet. And participated in a couple of Internet Equal Offense tournaments as well. 20 years has gone fast....

 

[justadub]

I'm quite sure that had I been playing pool back then, I would have found the group. Once I started playing, I began googling pool related sites to learn more, so I expect that I would have found that group just as I found AZB.

 

[Shawn Armstrong]

I was there. Under my actual name, the same as I use here. Fond memories of JB’s first challenge match with Jimbo....

 

[DaveK]

I found my r.s.b. first post (in a snooker thread :thumbup dated 26/04/1995.

Dave <-- feeling old

 

[cuesmith]

Been there, Done that!

I was pretty active in both until that goof ruined them! Can't remember his name now but I'm glad he's barred from the current groups. I believe in "free speech" but not when someone uses it abusively.

Sherm

 

[lfigueroa]

Came across this by The Hamster:


#####
29 Mar 2006 11:06:17
David The Hamster Malone
Short History of ASP & RSB

I racked my brains (still waiting for somebody to break 'em out) and
came up with a short list of all the significant events/eras in the two
groups until now.

Please remind of any significant event that I've forgotten and feel
free to change the timelines. I know they are not correctly sequenced
yet.

ASP - First Post - Feb 1993?
The ASP splinter movement
Sincerely Sam - I know how to make all the shots post
Death of MM

RSB - First Post - September 1994
RSB Rogues gallery
The Gang of Ten Post (8-BallR on Sept 10, 1998)
Passing of Jim Meador - April 25, 1998
Smorg vs Thomas Wayne
John Walkup vs everybody
Chicago Summer 2000 RSB event. Won by ?
Hank vs Slim
First RSB GWN event. Won by Donald Tees. January 15, 2000. At the
Crooked Cue.
The Hank - Hughie (LCS) challenge Match
The Willee 'Like many other endeavors a person can learn to do 95% of
the work' post
Jimbo vs Willee
The Hughie (LCS) - Fred Agnir challenge match
The Tony Mathews era
The Murray Tucker cue raffle - won by Jerry Ravelo
John Collins vs everybody
The Jimbo - Collins challenge match
Jimbo-Jambo in Connecticut
JAM vs almost everybody but mainly Lou and an unknown hooker in purple
The JAM monkey wars
Lou vs Deno
Hamster Tales
The Haiku (high-cue) era
Smorg and the frying pan post
The RSB 9-Ball Ladder established
Deno polls eg. funniest poster won by Smorg
FL vs everybody
Passing of LCS - July 4, 2005
Billy vs Smorg
The FL smackdown

David "The historical (histerical?) Hamster" Malone
####%

Brought back some memories, lol.

Lou Figueroa
some best forgotten :-o

 

[AtLarge]

I was pretty active in both until that goof ruined them! Can't remember his name now but I'm glad he's barred from the current groups. I believe in "free speech" but not when someone uses it abusively.

Sherm

Lawrence Grindinger, aka "Fast Larry" Guninger, died in Nov. 2015.

 

[misterpoole]

I was on there but didnt participate a whole lot. Too many theoretical posts and not much action. Jimbo was an exception and then there was FL unfortunately. I did order one of my first custom cues on rsb from a newbie cuemaker murray tucker aka wood butcher. Still play with that cue today...good times.

 

[mfinkelstein3]

rsb

I was there but not very active.

 

[JAM]

Came across this by The Hamster:


#####
29 Mar 2006 11:06:17
David The Hamster Malone
Short History of ASP & RSB

I racked my brains (still waiting for somebody to break 'em out) and
came up with a short list of all the significant events/eras in the two
groups until now.

Please remind of any significant event that I've forgotten and feel
free to change the timelines. I know they are not correctly sequenced
yet.

ASP - First Post - Feb 1993?
The ASP splinter movement
Sincerely Sam - I know how to make all the shots post
Death of MM

RSB - First Post - September 1994
RSB Rogues gallery
The Gang of Ten Post (8-BallR on Sept 10, 1998)
Passing of Jim Meador - April 25, 1998
Smorg vs Thomas Wayne
John Walkup vs everybody
Chicago Summer 2000 RSB event. Won by ?
Hank vs Slim
First RSB GWN event. Won by Donald Tees. January 15, 2000. At the
Crooked Cue.
The Hank - Hughie (LCS) challenge Match
The Willee 'Like many other endeavors a person can learn to do 95% of
the work' post
Jimbo vs Willee
The Hughie (LCS) - Fred Agnir challenge match
The Tony Mathews era
The Murray Tucker cue raffle - won by Jerry Ravelo
John Collins vs everybody
The Jimbo - Collins challenge match
Jimbo-Jambo in Connecticut
JAM vs almost everybody but mainly Lou and an unknown hooker in purple
The JAM monkey wars
Lou vs Deno
Hamster Tales
The Haiku (high-cue) era
Smorg and the frying pan post
The RSB 9-Ball Ladder established
Deno polls eg. funniest poster won by Smorg
FL vs everybody
Passing of LCS - July 4, 2005
Billy vs Smorg
The FL smackdown

David "The historical (histerical?) Hamster" Malone
####%

Brought back some memories, lol.

Lou Figueroa
some best forgotten :-o

I remember when I first came to RSB, I had dial-up modem. RSB was my first experience posting on the Internet. When I read some of the posts, my blood began to boil and I responded to all of them consecutively, boom-boom-boom-boom.

The only problem was that most times, my reply posts might not show up until a day later because I was on dial-up modem.

One time I was responding to you, Lou, and my posts did not appear until a day later. You must have had a fast Internet connection and wrote something like, "Waiting for the reply," which was not forthcoming.

Maybe dial-up modems were a good thing. It would give people a chance to think more clearly between posts -- and calm down.

 

[lfigueroa]

I remember when I first came to RSB, I had dial-up modem. RSB was my first experience posting on the Internet. When I read some of the posts, my blood began to boil and I responded to all of them consecutively, boom-boom-boom-boom.

The only problem was that most times, my reply posts might not show up until a day later because I was on dial-up modem.

One time I was responding to you, Lou, and my posts did not appear until a day later. You must have had a fast Internet connection and wrote something like, "Waiting for the reply," which was not forthcoming.

Maybe dial-up modems were a good thing. It would give people a chance to think more clearly between posts -- and calm down.

It was like the old joke about monks in a monastery that were only allowed to say one sentence a year. One year a monk says, "I hate peas." The next year the next monk says, "I love peas." A year goes by the a third monk says, "I'm sick and tired of all this talk about peas."

Lou Figueroa
bada bing

 

[Duane Tuula]

Rsb

I was on RSB in the late 90's. Looked at ASP but never posted.

 

[pool101]

I started reading it in 97 or 98, didn't post much. I still read way more then I post. There was another Otto that posted but that was not me. What ever happened to Ron Sheppard?
Mark

 

[Alex Kanapilly]

I was there too. I went to the Jimbo Jambo and we had an event here in Denver at the old Family Fun Center.