Monster player...

Matt_24

Matt_24

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Hmm...this should get everyone going.

Can one legitimately list a cue as a "monster-player" if said individual is "not" a monster player?

What qualifications define someone as a monster player? Must you be an A player? I would think so, if you're going to define their skill level as monstrous.

What if an A, or shall we say "monster" player lists a cue - but they think Meucci's play jam up - like cliff Joyner? If Cliff said a Meucci is a monster player (ok, one of the newer crappier Meucci's) could anyone disagree with him? No, because he could prove it on a table. That still doesn't mean the cue is a monster player. Right, or wrong?

If DrCuesProtege (wherever he may be) advertised a cue and said, "This Meucci I'm selling is a monster player."...in one of his adds we would all laugh to ourselves agreeingly, with the thought "What a doosh.", coming to mind (or something similar, perhaps a bit friendlier in description).

It is all so confusing.

In all honesty - shouldn't people say, "I think this cue plays great, and hope that the eventual buyer will agree."

Guess it all falls back on good marketing.

Just some food for thought.

Matt
 
Don't forget one of the best marketing lines of all time... Bullshit makes the flowers grow.
 
It is all snake oil, smoke and mirrors

Hits a ton

Can run many racks

Draws the length of the table

Gives a lot of feed back

Same as a SW

Perfect balance

Rare wood combination

Don't make anymore of these

Best playing cue that I have ever had.

I know that I am missing many more famous phrases of foolishness. I guess the sellers feel the need for the hype in hopes of getting some sucker to pay a higher price for their magic wand.
 
TheBook said:
It is all snake oil, smoke and mirrors

Hits a ton

Can run many racks

Draws the length of the table

Gives a lot of feed back

Same as a SW

Perfect balance

Rare wood combination

Don't make anymore of these

Best playing cue that I have ever had.

I know that I am missing many more famous phrases of foolishness. I guess the sellers feel the need for the hype in hopes of getting some sucker to pay a higher price for their magic wand.
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My personal favorite that is used ALL the time is
"this used to be so and so's playing cue"
I agree that if you cant make 2 balls in a row how can you tell me what plays good and what doesn't
 
I liked the part in the Color of Money book where Eddie is talking to one of the guys he is gambling with, who eventually becomes a friend, and the guy says that the stick Eddie is using has circuits in it and that Eddie doesn't even have to go to the poolhall with it... it can go by itself and get the cash.
 
I think it needs to be remembered that it's all personal opinion. Of course I value the personal opinion of a champion more than I value the opinon of an APA 2 when it comes to how a cue "hits".

Lines like "this cue hits a ton" are somewhat meaningless unless the source is known to be someone who is fairly conistent in selling cues that most decent players agree is a good hitting cue.

When I sold custom cues I gave both my opinion of the hit and if I had the chance to get other people's opinion then I gave theirs as well. But always with the caveat that my opinon was just that.
 
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