Rempe, Kakuto, and Parica, WCs Tokyo 1977

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It's called a World Championship and it includes 15-ball rotation. This clip was dated 28 Nov. 1977.

I'm pretty sure Parcia is someone we know under a different name. I wonder what the rotation format was. Total points? Usually a rack ends when a player has scored 61.

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Did 'Parcia' ever get inducted into the hall of fame? I remember watching a video where he was griping about other players with similar records getting recognized...

(Okay, realizing how lazy it would have been to just ask without googling, I've checked and he was inducted in 2014.)

I know the (main) World Championships has a patchy history. Was there a gap in the US-based (if that's the right term) World Championship then?

(Okay, in the spirit of not being lazy, it looks like Allen Hopkins won the 'main' 1977 straight pool world championship, there wasn't anything held for 9-ball yet, and nothing for rotation.)
 
Hang on, it looks like there was a (non-BCA) World 9-Ball Championship, and Allen Hopkins won that too.
 
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I don't know whether to blame pool politics, wikipedia, or my own ignorance...
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I guess in each case you have to ask how the event was approved or sanctioned and whether the organization claiming the title had any authority, in your view. The first real international pool organization was the WPA, so far as I can tell. Part of this was because Brunswick ran pool until about 1950. Snooker has/had its own set of "issues". Ditto for carom.
 
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I think a starting point is whether the competition attracts most of the top players. That alone can't be enough, or a lot of pro events could all be world championships (for players to hold the title for about a week!)

When John Roberts Junior used to bypass the billiards championship, I guess I would still consider the championship event to be what it claimed. Even if you know the 'champion' isn't the top player. But if the top two or three or four players skip it, you've got bigger problems.

Actually, I think that happened for a while in billiards too, but the history of earlier years where all the top players participated helped paper over the lean times.

When you're judging between two different events that make a credible claim, I guess it gets much harder to split them. I try to cling to objectivity as much as possible, but the postmodern perception-based way of thinking forces its way in eventually :(


On the other hand, since tournaments don't necessarily go to the best player, perhaps the real world champion should be decided on longer-term performance. In which case you're into cumulative results, fargo rates, or votes based on judgement (like the original World Series of Poker)...

Anyway, I'm happy for Kakuto to be the 1977 World Rotation champion!
 
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