Should we start a petition to change the 5 ball back to orange again?

Why don't the players show up with their OWN balls and flip a coin between player A's balls and player B's balls.
If only one player shows up with balls, use that set.
If neither player shows up with balls, then use the matchroom set.
 
MitchAlsup said:
Why don't the players show up with their OWN balls and flip a coin between player A's balls and player B's balls.
If only one player shows up with balls, use that set.
If neither player shows up with balls, then use the matchroom set.
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Does the referee have a proper ball roundness tester and a weight tester?

There should be standards for equipment check. Some players are good at magic.
 
MitchAlsup said:
Why don't the players show up with their OWN balls and flip a coin between player A's balls and player B's balls.
If only one player shows up with balls, use that set.
If neither player shows up with balls, then use the matchroom set.
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I’ve brought my balls to every match I’ve played……😂🤣😂🤣
 
I now own 18 different sets of balls for my table. (B.A.D. Billiard Acquisition Disorder) :-)
I own the infamous "Blacks" with the purple 5 ball.
It honestly wouldn't matter if all the balls were multicolored with pictures of unicorns... I cant play worth a flip with any of them! :oops:
 
i see absolutely no reason why anyone even thought that it was necessary to deviate from ball colors used for decades before I was born.

I watched ESPN pool back in the day. Men‘s and Women’s competition. Can’t think of a second when I thought, “What ball is that?”

Butt-heads.
 
Fatboy said:
I’m the wrong guy to start a online petition because I don’t know how to use the interwebs that good.

But I’m a life long pool player and gambler. The “orange crush” is the 5 and the break. Who wants a “grape crush”?

If we get a petition started I’ll deliver it to Karl Boyes of MR as I’ve know him for 15 years. Or at the very least he can point me in the right direction and we can create a voice loud enough to correct this tragic assault on pool as we know it.

I fully support MR and everything they are doing in pool, I believe we all should get behind them and support their effort. They play players, create content, will give rail birds something to bet on.

Everything but purple 5 balls.


It’s a necessary change to restore what little order we had in pool. None of us ever complained about the 5 ball. God knows we have argued everything else into the ground 10X over. But show me one thread about how bad the orange 5 is. We all have common ground the orange 5 was correct. Possibly the only thing in pool that has been correct all these years.

We can start a international movement here, now is our chance.

Thanks
Fatboy<——-making the 5 orange again
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While we’re at it why don’t we try to get rid of the pink, brown and lime colored balls as well! The only change I can live with over the original colors is the Measle cue ball.
 
ChrisinNC said:
While we’re at it why don’t we try to get rid of the pink, brown and lime colored balls as well! The only change I can live with over the original colors is the Measle cue ball.
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That was my first thought, but the purple 5 is a crisis. So I thought about it some more, and decided to put the crisis first and then clean up the loose ends.

Great minds think alike,
Fatboy 🎓🧠
 
whoever starts the poll i will vote
orange 5

is it a big deal, well yes and no

personally i liked the initial
snookerization (snookerisation)
as they might spell it in the uk
of the pink and the brown

they’re better than maroon and purple

but if you then bring the purple
color back please don’t rearrange
our sport’s long history in a short
sighted way, for example new ball contracts
 
Fatboy said:
I’m the wrong guy to start a online petition because I don’t know how to use the interwebs that good.

But I’m a life long pool player and gambler. The “orange crush” is the 5 and the break. Who wants a “grape crush”?

If we get a petition started I’ll deliver it to Karl Boyes of MR as I’ve know him for 15 years. Or at the very least he can point me in the right direction and we can create a voice loud enough to correct this tragic assault on pool as we know it.

I fully support MR and everything they are doing in pool, I believe we all should get behind them and support their effort. They play players, create content, will give rail birds something to bet on.

Everything but purple 5 balls.


It’s a necessary change to restore what little order we had in pool. None of us ever complained about the 5 ball. God knows we have argued everything else into the ground 10X over. But show me one thread about how bad the orange 5 is. We all have common ground the orange 5 was correct. Possibly the only thing in pool that has been correct all these years.

We can start a international movement here, now is our chance.

Thanks
Fatboy<——-making the 5 orange again
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An argument for changing it from a company's perspective: The original sets become collector's items so they won't be sitting on dead stock. Wait until their warehouse is getting low to introduce the "new" colors. I for one will buy a set of "Black" if they did away with the purple 5. The pink 4 is horrible enough but 5 should never be purple.
 
I will sign as well. I despise the purple 5 ball, in real life and watching on the tube.

It was a terrible idea and remains so. That’s not an attack on whoever made the decision, everyone makes mistakes and has dumb thoughts, especially the true chef, but doubling down on a mistake once known is unacceptable.

Every other regular ball set on earth has a purple or sometimes pink 4 ... !!y un cinco naranja!! 🍊 - ALWAYS. 5 = orange - Orange = 5.

When I’m watching pool now I need to figure out what ball set they’re using to know what exactly is going on.

At least four times I’ve tuned into something and thought I was watching 9 ball for a minute, then was shocked when someone played shape on the 9 before the 8. But the 8 was actually a freakin black and dark blue ten ball 🤢

That’s a different issue to the wrongfully purple 5 but it’s the same godforsaken ball set. They have to go.

Only one group is using them. I don’t think anyone actually likes them, regardless of what they may say on the internet or interviews. And they are objectively bad. Ugly. For 8 ball they are an absolute nightmare and make the game unwatchable.

Next the cue ball will be orange and have a random 5 on it for who knows why? We must save matchroom from themselves with a nicely worded kick in the ear. It’s still early enough that this little hiccup can be quickly and quietly fixed and forgotten about.

A little remembered chapter with a few rare ball sets as a memento and future collectors item. A fairy tale to my great grandkids that once upon a time there was a purple 5 ball. True story!!
 
JazzyJeff87 said:
I will sign as well. I despise the purple 5 ball, in real life and watching on the tube.

It was a terrible idea and remains so. That’s not an attack on whoever made the decision, everyone makes mistakes and has dumb thoughts, especially the true chef, but doubling down on a mistake once known is unacceptable.

Every other regular ball set on earth has a purple or sometimes pink 4 ... !!y un cinco naranja!! 🍊 - ALWAYS. 5 = orange - Orange = 5.

When I’m watching pool now I need to figure out what ball set they’re using to know what exactly is going on.

At least four times I’ve tuned into something and thought I was watching 9 ball for a minute, then was shocked when someone played shape on the 9 before the 8. But the 8 was actually a freakin black and dark blue ten ball 🤢

That’s a different issue to the wrongfully purple 5 but it’s the same godforsaken ball set. They have to go.

Only one group is using them. I don’t think anyone actually likes them, regardless of what they may say on the internet or interviews. And they are objectively bad. Ugly. For 8 ball they are an absolute nightmare and make the game unwatchable.

Next the cue ball will be orange and have a random 5 on it for who knows why? We must save matchroom from themselves with a nicely worded kick in the ear. It’s still early enough that this little hiccup can be quickly and quietly fixed and forgotten about.

A little remembered chapter with a few rare ball sets as a memento and future collectors item. A fairy tale to my great grandkids that once upon a time there was a purple 5 ball. True story!!
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WHAT A GREAT IDEA! We can use the old, no longer needed Orange 5's for spare cue balls! Both get play time and problem solved 😁
 
The color change didn't happen because of the unmentionable here, did it?

Please tell me it didn't.


Jeff Livingston
 
Yep I'll sign it 2-3 times!!!

I watched alot of 9 ball and I had no ideal what they were shooting next. It makes it real hard to get into when you can't follow along. If people who have played their entire life don't know what's going on then how/why would anyone else. Dumbest move in pro pool ever
 
Is there a set designed for visually challenged people that cant distinguish colors properly. It would be a great awareness set for people with vision issues.

For competition purposes targets make no difference. I propose having a step ladder available during matches to have a better view of the table.
 
Idea.

Develop a GPS app that shows what ball is what and where. Then they can be all one color or any color. Arguments over. Make special GPS glasses for the players and audience.



Jeff Livingston
 
chefjeff said:
Idea.

Develop a GPS app that shows what ball is what and where. Then they can be all one color or any color. Arguments over. Make special GPS glasses for the players and audience.



Jeff Livingston
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Its called augmented reality and most people can handle 5 minutes before nausea.

If smartphones can use an app and filter the table to match the ball to any set, that is todays technology at its best.

to interact with a pool table while adjusting properties of physics in 3d space. Could be a nice way to promote science and pool?

imagine having the phone and an imaginary pool table in AR to practice lining up or looking at shots. It could be a puzzle game. how does this dead combo look dead.
 
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