The other "How do you play?" thread got me thinking about the subjective rating systems that we've always been using (A, B, C, APA6, SL4, etc.). As another poster described, such rating systems are rather meaningless since we have our own definitions of what a B player or APA5 should be. Why can't we all use a rating system that is much more OBJECTIVE?
I think there is no better objective way to gauge your speed as a player than by giving the particular rotation ghost with which you play more or less even, say for a race to 5. The only subjective aspect of this rating system is what type of equipment you use to determine your rating. For consistency sake, let's assume a fairly tight table with 4.5'' corner pockets as the standard for the "ghost rating".
For example, I currently play the 5-ball ghost fairly even (I beat it roughly half the time, while losing roughly half the time) in a race to 5, using a Diamond Pro with pro-cut pockets. So my ghost rating would be G5, for ghost 5.
So, what is your ghost rating?
(Warning, this is a public poll, so don't answer if you don't want to knock your action. Or at least lie.
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I think there is no better objective way to gauge your speed as a player than by giving the particular rotation ghost with which you play more or less even, say for a race to 5. The only subjective aspect of this rating system is what type of equipment you use to determine your rating. For consistency sake, let's assume a fairly tight table with 4.5'' corner pockets as the standard for the "ghost rating".
For example, I currently play the 5-ball ghost fairly even (I beat it roughly half the time, while losing roughly half the time) in a race to 5, using a Diamond Pro with pro-cut pockets. So my ghost rating would be G5, for ghost 5.
So, what is your ghost rating?
(Warning, this is a public poll, so don't answer if you don't want to knock your action. Or at least lie.
)
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