John Schmidt runs 820

u12armresl said:
The guy filming said straight pool is the greatest game. I know there is a small group of people who love it, but really isn't it more of a single player accomplishment game?
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I do think there's this weird pride thing going on with the 14.1 diehards. "Yeah I can't beat today's players at a rotation game, but 14.1 is the real game anyway." As IUTBR likes to say, it's just balls and a stick.

I think these high runs have more to do with psychology than knowledge. The two JS's have unlocked this portal in their brains that allows them to attempt these ridiculous runs. There's no reason to believe that other players could do the same. Someone like Filler has the ability in his arm, but he may not be challenged enough to do it. Putting a huge dollar prize out there as a carrot, cheapens the achievement in my book, while turning it into something psychologically different than what John Schmidt is doing. For him, this is nothing more than a personal mountain he must climb. I can't think of anything more laudable than that. I dare say there's not another player on the planet that can do exactly what he has! All the others have to be enticed to even try. Say what you want about John Schmidt, but the dude is a beast!
 
Lots of players have the ability to do this - Schmidt is far from the most talented shooter out there - but the Venn diagram combining pace of play, stubbornness, persistence, and 14.1 vision is small indeed.

Slow players are pretty much disqualified.
 
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