Shark Grey Simonis

buckshotshoey

buckshotshoey

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The Simonis Shark Grey has been in use for some time now. I know there was resistance to it, as there is with many new ideas or products that have sprung up in the billiard industry. Since we've had time to get used to it, what do you think? Has anyone here played on it?

Personally, I like the Shark Grey. It really gives nice contrast and I can see the ball colors and van identify them clearly, especially on my Android. I think they could go back to the traditional color balls now. I wasnt against the new colors, just don't love them.
 
I don't like it! I don't deal with change very well but going from green to blue was easy. Blue is bright and feels inviting, just seems to feel professional to me for some reason. The grey looks dull and makes me wanna take a nap.

As far as ball color who cares cause no one knows which is which anyways including most/all commentary folks. They say the Purple 4 has got to change because people can't tell the 4 from the 8, yet somehow it makes sense to make the 5 purple??!!!??? Dumbest shit I've ever seen
 
sos911 said:
i have to drive 2hrs to play on 9ft tables. local rooms have like 25 bar tables to every 1 9ft ... it is annoying. in my eyes pool is on life support
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Figure out a way of selling a 9' for the price of a bar table and you got a chance of it happening. Bar tables allow a poolhall to have double the tables for the same cost, not to mention the size of room needed.
 
Not sure about Shark Grey but I've played on very similar shades of grey in Asia and they are beautiful to look at and the balls show up well. I like green, I like blue more but I like grey best. A similar grey is increasingly being used in English pool tournaments on TV in the UK.
 
garczar said:
Here in the US maybe but not globally. Go anywhere else in the world and all you see is big tables.
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I was talking to Pijus few weeks ago, he tried sneaking into our small town tournament unknown LMAO, he was still allowed to play just because it's cool but that's what he was basically saying. Big tables only and surprising but maybe not cause ive never been to Lithonia but very few tournaments like we have
 
sos911 said:
i have to drive 2hrs to play on 9ft tables. local rooms have like 25 bar tables to every 1 9ft ... it is annoying. in my eyes pool is on life support
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Don't know where you live but pool is far from on life-support. There are more tournaments in my general area(central US. Ok,Ks, Mo., Tx.) now than in the last 15-20yrs. Most are on bb's but there are a fair amount of big table events too. I'm lucky in that my home spot, Magoo's in Tulsa, has 10 nice GC4's, a Diamond ProAm and two old CamelPro-era Diamond Pro's. 4bux/hr during the day. Its the nuts. They also have 16 bb's and an old B'wick 10ft golf table.
 
PracticeChampion said:
I was talking to Pijus few weeks ago, he tried sneaking into our small town tournament unknown LMAO, he was still allowed to play just because it's cool but that's what he was basically saying. Big tables only and surprising but maybe not cause ive never been to Lithonia but very few tournaments like we have
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Europe and Asia just don't play on little tables other than the British 8ball mini-snooker tables.
 
garczar said:
Don't know where you live but pool is far from on life-support. There are more tournaments in my general area(central US. Ok,Ks, Mo., Tx.) now than in the last 15-20yrs. Most are on bb's but there are a fair amount of big table events too. I'm lucky in that my home spot, Magoo's in Tulsa, has 10 nice GC4's, a Diamond ProAm and two old CamelPro-era Diamond Pro's. 4bux/hr during the day. Its the nuts. They also have 16 bb's and an old B'wick 10ft golf table.
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I usually have to drive to Iron City AL to play on 9ft. local bars/poolhalls have mostly 7ft tables. The 2 9ft tables are basically a race to get there before anyone else. so i dont even bother just make the drive to either Georgia or iron city.
 
garczar said:
Don't know where you live but pool is far from on life-support. There are more tournaments in my general area(central US. Ok,Ks, Mo., Tx.) now than in the last 15-20yrs. Most are on bb's but there are a fair amount of big table events too. I'm lucky in that my home spot, Magoo's in Tulsa, has 10 nice GC4's, a Diamond ProAm and two old CamelPro-era Diamond Pro's. 4bux/hr during the day. Its the nuts. They also have 16 bb's and an old B'wick 10ft golf table.
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I agree... I truly think it's making a big come back, slowly but it is and I give credit to all the people who is putting out even semi professional streams. People like to bring up a video and show there game and really it's a great learning tool watching your game from overhead. They say tv adds 10lbs but I think they lie, it's more like 30 lol
 
sos911 said:
it just always seemed lame shooting on a 7 foot table to me.
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All my local tournaments for some reason are on 8ft's and my home table is an oversized 8 but when I play on a 7 ft obviously long shots are easier but I think a big table plays easier as long as your shape is good enough that your not shooting 8ft shots all day. My challenge with 7 foot tables is congestion, almost always gotta move balls around to get out and that challenge makes it hard but fun
 
garczar said:
Europe and Asia just don't play on little tables other than the British 8ball mini-snooker tables.
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You will find plenty of smaller tables in bars in Singapore, and to a lesser extent in other major Asian cities. But yes, in a pool hall it's 9ft all the way in Asia and for "American pool" in Europe.
 
In photography, 18% gray is considered Middle gray, the exact middle between white and black. (forgot how 18% was calibrated). If the "Shark Gray" cloth mentioned here is close to 18% gray, that would explain its attraction to some players. I did an experiment a while back, can't find the photos, but if you took a B&W photo of Simonis 860, it matched 18% gray. Ergo ...

As far as bar boxes, not having the room for larger tables, most bars would never of had pool tables and the sport today would only be a fraction of what it is. Be grateful for the little things.
 
PracticeChampion said:
All my local tournaments for some reason are on 8ft's and my home table is an oversized 8 but when I play on a 7 ft obviously long shots are easier but I think a big table plays easier as long as your shape is good enough that your not shooting 8ft shots all day. My challenge with 7 foot tables is congestion, almost always gotta move balls around to get out and that challenge makes it hard but fun
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I agree. I played league Mon night in an 8 foot Valley. I played better. It was a pleasant treat when I walked in and seen it. There just isnt many 8 foot Valleys around anymore. I would rather play on an 8 or a 9, but I wont bitch and moan about 7 footers. If the owners keep them maintained and clean, I have no complaints.

Back to topic, doesn't anyone else think the grey is better when watching a match on a computer or cell phone?
 
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