philippines to start with.. i suspect germany may be in contention too
Which country has the best pool players?
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philippines to start with.. i suspect germany may be in contention too
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That's an interesting way to count the beans. It the US we're talking roughly about the best player amongst each 330,000 population.
For, say, Finland to compete, it would need 15 players at or above that speed in the same 330,000 population.
We have Shane and Sky, everybody else has 12 year olds they play better than the rest of our country
Woodshaft
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The folks who live on Pacific islands seem to have the highest concentration of top players, both known and "unknown".
Fargorate is neat and all, but there are a ton of unknown studs who aren't "rated".
Fedor Gorst just lost 86 to 90, playing 10-ball, to Pinoy Baseth Macoibat on Sharks, for example.
Mike Page's rating system is very exclusive-- limited to those who compete in regularly fargorate events.
The Asian countries--- especially China-- are greatly under-represented because of this.
There's A LOT MORE fargorate 800-ish capable players in the world than most folks think lol.
I definitely take the fargorate top 100 lists with a big grain of salt.
Fargorate is neat and all, but there are a ton of unknown studs who aren't "rated".
Fedor Gorst just lost 86 to 90, playing 10-ball, to Pinoy Baseth Macoibat on Sharks, for example.
Mike Page's rating system is very exclusive-- limited to those who compete in regularly fargorate events.
The Asian countries--- especially China-- are greatly under-represented because of this.
There's A LOT MORE fargorate 800-ish capable players in the world than most folks think lol.
I definitely take the fargorate top 100 lists with a big grain of salt.
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tomatoshooter
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Well I guess we have more depth than most due to population, but if you are taking the top thousand players in the US, a LOT of those will not be top players. I don't know how many guys are sneaking around without a Fargo, but the 100th ranked player is 724. You might be getting below 650. If you took the top 10 players, I'd say Philippines.
Guy Manges
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Brilliant...
tomatoshooter
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Yeah, I think Fargorate is great but there are some areas that are underrepresented.The folks who live on Pacific islands seem to have the highest concentration of top players, both known and "unknown".
Fargorate is neat and all, but there are a ton of unknown studs who aren't "rated".
Fedor Gorst just lost 86 to 90, playing 10-ball, to Pinoy Baseth Macoibat on Sharks, for example.
Mike Page's rating system is very exclusive-- limited to those who compete in regularly fargorate events.
The Asian countries are greatly under-represented because of this.
There's A LOT MORE fargorate 800-ish capable players in the world than most folks think lol.
I definitely take the fargorate top 100 lists with a big grain of salt.
It's nowhere close to being one country.
tabi1
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Come and spend a week in the Philippines bouncing around to the little pool halls and to a few of the nicer places in Manila and I bet the naysayers would change your mind.
Another sport that Filipinos will amaze you is basketball, if they had a 6' and under league i would bet the Philippines could definitely compete way up there. Again, it's another sport that's available everywhere, is generally free to play so it's a no brainer for them to play well.
Maybe i am biased as a foreigner living in the land of legends for many years but I think the comment earlier about the # of 800 Fargo scores speaks volumes.
Another sport that Filipinos will amaze you is basketball, if they had a 6' and under league i would bet the Philippines could definitely compete way up there. Again, it's another sport that's available everywhere, is generally free to play so it's a no brainer for them to play well.
Maybe i am biased as a foreigner living in the land of legends for many years but I think the comment earlier about the # of 800 Fargo scores speaks volumes.
You probably wouldn't if you were on one...lol ....All tongue in cheek my friendI definitely take the fargorate top 100 lists with a big grain of salt.
Even though the top 100 ratings are pretty woeful in Canada. I was proud to have a short stay on it.
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You don't need to slide that goal post all the way to 1000. Instead how about we only consider players born in the USA...? You guys are definitely coming out on top now.
WobblyStroke
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there isnt a chance in the world that the top 1000 in America are better than the top1000 in the Philippines. EVERYONE is good there. That was Fedor's experience of it. Check out his interview with Rogan for his takeaways from his trip to the Philippines. A bartender that doesnt even play much strung 2 racks of 9b on him. it was unlike anything Gorst has seen. And hes seen America.
Yes, he's had wings and has been to the shitter
Tiawon
The US is often overlooked for how many good players we have. Yes we don't have as many great players, but there's still a lot of pool being played here.
MrEleganza
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Exactly.
It's a fun conversation though, so I'll throw out a couple of countries that I plan to wager beer money on for the World Cup knowing that the ROI will be huge if they get lucky and take it down:
1) Myanmar, already mentioned in this thread
2) Peru; Gerson Martinez won the Markulis one-pocket this weekend, was a semifinalist in the 9-ball, and another Peruvian, whose name I forget, also made a deep run at the tourney.