I seem to run into this feeling all the time that particular players don't deserve the cue they're playing with by their skill level. I often get surprised on how much money people have invested in their equipment out of an almost obsession of sorts, yet they never improve or play very well. Similarly, when I get disgusted with the way I'm playing any given day, sometimes I'll put my cue back in my case because I think I don't deserve to play with such a fine piece of equipment if I'm going to stink up the place, and I'll go grab a house cue and wait until I "earn" my cue back. My friends seem to think this is a pretty weird thing to do. I was wondering what you guys thought of having to earn your cues.
earning your cue?
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I put in back in my case also but i play at home.
To each his own, if you feel your not worthy of the cue your using and need to punish yourself a little for playing bad I have just the thing for you.
I can send my girls over to spank you when ever you have a bad day, they love to help gentleman out when they have been bad!!!
My advise would be to practice more because you deserve anything you can afford to buy, or you can contact me and I will be glad to send the girls!!!!
Awfully judgemental, don't ya think? You don't have to be a strong player to admire fine equipment or take pride in owning it.
I see where you're coming from, but switching to a house cue probably isn't the best way to get back in stroke when you're struggling. Just keep things simple and focus.
When I bought my cue I spent more money than I felt like I bought more cue than I deserved because i wanted something I could grow into and stick with for a long time.
On your second point, I have a friend who does the same thing as you when he's not shooting good. Not necessarily weird, but not something that I choose to do.
On your second point, I have a friend who does the same thing as you when he's not shooting good. Not necessarily weird, but not something that I choose to do.
fancy cues like fancy cars?
owning a fancy cue is just like owning a fancy sports car... i mean not everyone that owns a performance sports car drives perfectly and certainly not perfect everytime.
and for some people its like owning a piece of art... you don' have to be pablo picasso or da vinci to own one
owning a fancy cue is just like owning a fancy sports car... i mean not everyone that owns a performance sports car drives perfectly and certainly not perfect everytime.
and for some people its like owning a piece of art... you don' have to be pablo picasso or da vinci to own one
i am horriable at pool...but i love to play and if i ever play a ball better than i do know it is just pure luck...however i love having and buying higher end cues...i work hard to buy what i want so i cant see not getting the best i can buy...now if i could buy a stroke i would buy the best that i could afford..but as of know that is not possable...and i dont have the time due to work and family to practice to improve...also if i see someone playing with a highend cue and they dont play well.....I FILL LIKE I AM NOT ALONE.....LOL....MICKEY CARROLL
To each his own, if you feel your not worthy of the cue your using and need to punish yourself a little for playing bad I have just the thing for you.
I can send my girls over to spank you when ever you have a bad day, they love to help gentleman out when they have been bad!!!
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My advise would be to practice more because you deserve anything you can afford to buy, or you can contact me and I will be glad to send the girls!!!!
Manwon, dude, that picture, once viewed, can't be unseen! Now I've got the visual burned into my cranium. Please put that pic in a link and post a warning or something!
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There is a lady in my bar league that can run 3 or 4 balls on her best night and she plays with a beautiful Schon that she said cost $1200.00. If it makes her feel good to have a great cue so be it. I wish i could afford one like hers but i can't and that's that. But i don't mind what people spend on their cues. I wonder if she would take 2 on the wire in a race to 7 for her cue................................................:grin-square:
Wow. What kind of car do you drive? Did you earn it? I did. I drive a Porsche. I earned my cue too. I can play with any kind of cue I want to and it has nothing to do with the way I play pool. That's all up to me, not my cue, just like how I drive my car. This made me laugh!
Wow, you should visit a Japanese pool hall. Every B player and their brother has insane cues, Cog, SW, Lambros, you name it. And seeing as how the only people who go to the pool halls here are regulars, everyone just leaves their cues on the wall racks, taunting me with their snakewood, burl, abalone, ivory... aaargh! 
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Think about this next time
Everybody has their ways of trying to get over a slump of bad shooting, and I can understand. To each his(or her) own.
But next time, just take your stick, wrap it in bubble wrap, put it in a shipping tube, then place that tube in a USPS Priority triangle box, and send it down here to me in New Orleans.
I will send it back when I believe you have earned it
Being too close to the issue can cause you to have bias, and we wouldn't want that.
Like I always tell people who ask me why I shoot with what I shoot with - "Just because my cue is nice, doesn't mean I can shoot - there are no tests or requirements that need to be met to purchase a cue. Wanna play for money?"
It just doesn't matter what the other person plays with, as long as your happy with what you are doing.
Michael
Everybody has their ways of trying to get over a slump of bad shooting, and I can understand. To each his(or her) own.
But next time, just take your stick, wrap it in bubble wrap, put it in a shipping tube, then place that tube in a USPS Priority triangle box, and send it down here to me in New Orleans.
I will send it back when I believe you have earned it
Being too close to the issue can cause you to have bias, and we wouldn't want that.
Like I always tell people who ask me why I shoot with what I shoot with - "Just because my cue is nice, doesn't mean I can shoot - there are no tests or requirements that need to be met to purchase a cue. Wanna play for money?"
It just doesn't matter what the other person plays with, as long as your happy with what you are doing.
Michael
Wow, you should visit a Japanese pool hall. Every B player and their brother has insane cues, Cog, SW, Lambros, you name it. And seeing as how the only people who go to the pool halls here are regulars, everyone just leaves their cues on the wall racks, taunting me with their snakewood, burl, abalone, ivory... aaargh!
I would say theres about $50,000 in cues on the rack at my pool hall...and the most expensive cues are owned by the low A-B players.
For some i think its a matter of owning a piece of equipment that is already considered "good" or "after this the only thing that makes a cue more expensive is design". For me it is this way at least so that i KNOW i cannot blame the cue at all for my faults.
And i dont mean to say you have to spend 1000+ for me to be satisfied, there are some perfectly hitting cues for 100 bucks lol.
And i dont mean to say you have to spend 1000+ for me to be satisfied, there are some perfectly hitting cues for 100 bucks lol.
wish I had a dollar for every time I heard similar
I have competed with many different kinds of equipment. For the most part I started with first class equipment, not necessarily the costliest but good working equipment. Someone that is struggling to learn or is at a lower level is only further handicapping themselves with less than top notch equipment. The easiest way to learn anything including pool is with equipment you have confidence in.
This doesn't mean it has to be a fancy or very high dollar stick but the people that think they don't need or deserve better than a forty dollar stick are handicapping themselves.
Hu
I have competed with many different kinds of equipment. For the most part I started with first class equipment, not necessarily the costliest but good working equipment. Someone that is struggling to learn or is at a lower level is only further handicapping themselves with less than top notch equipment. The easiest way to learn anything including pool is with equipment you have confidence in.
This doesn't mean it has to be a fancy or very high dollar stick but the people that think they don't need or deserve better than a forty dollar stick are handicapping themselves.
Hu