How cool would it be if pool was popular enough to plant a pool table where the pitchers mound is and have that many people come watch!
The Legendary Pearl to Take On 14.1 Attempts
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and time frame is basically the square of the times it takes a person to run a certain amount to now double that amount.
if it only takes an average 20 attempts to run 200 then in about 400 attempts he will do it.
and most likely the person who makes it to 400 will be random from the contestants. unless we have a stand out.
if it only takes an average 20 attempts to run 200 then in about 400 attempts he will do it.
and most likely the person who makes it to 400 will be random from the contestants. unless we have a stand out.
I don't think the stats really work like that. What you guys are saying is basically "given enough time, Earl can run 400, or 600, etc, and the length of time needed is based on how long he took to run 200".
By that logic, you could calculate a time period for him to run 1000. Or 2000. Or for a banger like me to run 100. None of those are possible, even given an infinite amount of time.
By that logic, you could calculate a time period for him to run 1000. Or 2000. Or for a banger like me to run 100. None of those are possible, even given an infinite amount of time.
It was great watching Earl and the others so far too.
A big Thanks to Bobby and all the others involved in making this happen for us!
A big Thanks to Bobby and all the others involved in making this happen for us!
actually they are. it might get quite large but certainly doable based on what you can run.
and if you can run one rack you can and would run ten racks given enough time. maybe more than a lifetime.
but if you did throw in the variable that you would be getting better quickly. say playing 8 hours a day at it, than you might become a standard 100 ball runner. and i expect a person would if he had good hand eye co ordination.
and if you can run one rack you can and would run ten racks given enough time. maybe more than a lifetime.
but if you did throw in the variable that you would be getting better quickly. say playing 8 hours a day at it, than you might become a standard 100 ball runner. and i expect a person would if he had good hand eye co ordination.
I think I know what he means. Pros, particularly those from yesteryear, seem to have a habit of reccontextualizing tournament wins. So you see CVs with claims like “70 majors” or “18 world titles”. But in reality they are just counting every tournament win with the word, “world” in the billing.
| Earl's runs for Day 6 | |
| Earl had 30 innings today. High run was 147 | |
There were numerous scoring errors. Earl wasn't the only one tired.
Inning 7: Counter incremented twice after rack 2. Run was 147 not 161.
Inning 12. Counter incremented twice after rack 1. Run was 43 not 57.
Inning 13. Counter incremented twice after rack1, and incremented twice again after rack 4. Run was 58 not 86.
Inning 24. Counter incremented twice after rack 1. Run was 91 not 105.
Inning 27. Counter incremented twice after rack 2. Run was 74 not 89.
Inning 28. Counter incremented twice after rack 4. Run was 112 not 126.
L
Should read
Unverifiable claimed high run of 480.
Event witnessed high run of 238
Lifetime high run of 480,....
Should read
Unverifiable claimed high run of 480.
Event witnessed high run of 238
And there’s the 2nd reply after saying no more replies. 
My conspiracy theory:
I found the claims of 408 and 480 a little uh odd. So perhaps his original claim was four oh eight ish. I mean in practice he might not have the exact count. So in the passing by the telephone game the number became 480s. Yes that's the story it was 480.
kanzzo
hobby player
the math works quite well and yes, you can calculate the time period needed to run 1000 or 2000 for Earl or 100 for you.
If you put in the numbers, you just notice, that it could take a few thousand years.
if a banger like you runs a perfect rake of straight pool with nice break ball once every 10 attempts for example (just to put in some numbers, I don't know your level of straight pool) - it would take about 10^7 attemps to get 98 balls. With average attempt being 5 minutes and 8 balls per attempt this would amount to just about 20 000 weeks playing straight pool 40 hours a week or just 400 years playing straight pool full time. So for most players it's safe to assume, that they will never reach 100 in their lifetime.
But since a typical banger bangs pool only 1-2 hours a day or 8 hours a week it would take 2000 years for a banger just to reach 98 balls
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tomatoshooter
Well-known member
I'm sure he'd get better with all that table time.