This is so wrong it should be in the BIBLE!
Are you saying that all shots that are pocketed by using stun should scratch in the adjacent pocket?? Do you even PLAY POOL??
Actually, what you've posted is just more CTE "double talk." It's preceding "depending on the layout of the balls..." provides the equivocation necessary for the statement to actually say nothing.
It's the same as saying: "If the layout is such that making a ball with stun would cause a scratch then...making a ball with stun will cause a scratch."
Boy oh BOY this hundred page write-up is gonna be quite a read
Why do I have a growing feeling that, despite all the hype, NEITHER the hundred page write-up OR the DVD are ever going to see the light of day? (Well, maybe they will--as long as the necessary fudge can be found. With the DVD I'm guessing it will all be PROMISES--that will be fulfilled when you come for lessons...)
I think your disdain of not being spoonfed is causing you to misread everything said about it. Clear your mind, and try again. 
This is so wrong it should be in the BIBLE!
Are you saying that all shots that are pocketed by using stun should scratch in the adjacent pocket?? Do you even PLAY POOL??
Actually, what you've posted is just more CTE "double talk." It's preceding "depending on the layout of the balls..." provides the equivocation necessary for the statement to actually say nothing.
It's the same as saying: "If the layout is such that making a ball with stun would cause a scratch then...making a ball with stun will cause a scratch."
Boy oh BOY this hundred page write-up is gonna be quite a read
Why do I have a growing feeling that, despite all the hype, NEITHER the hundred page write-up OR the DVD are ever going to see the light of day? (Well, maybe they will--as long as the necessary fudge can be found. With the DVD I'm guessing it will all be PROMISES--that will be fulfilled when you come for lessons...)
Let's just go through this step by step, shall we? Sentence by sentence.
Let's be bold, and start with the first TWO sentences together:
#1: CTE can be used for caroms. One's accuracy with the method depends squarely on his/her ability to strike the OB with zero spin (no follow/draw).
Means: CTE is accurate for caroms only if no follow or draw is used.
Right? What else can those two sentences mean? Of course, they CAN'T mean that--because later on he talks about the need to use draw or follow to adjust the carom. So let's be generous and interpret it as the only thing it COULD mean:
When the CB hits the OB, the CB is deflected on a tangent when hit with stun.
Does that mean anything special? That non-CTE players wouldn't know? Does CTE have anything to do with that fact? No, No, and NO!
#2: Depending on the layout of the balls, performing a thin alignment/pivot with no spin upon contact brings the CB to an adjacent pocket (scratch).
Well, this can only mean essentially nothing, because of the first clause "Depending on the layout of the balls." With that equivocation, the sentence means:
If the balls are laid out in a certain way, and you do a certain CTE "thin alignment/pivot," and hit the shot with no spin, then you'll scratch in the adjacent pocket.
The corollary to this can only be: And if the balls are laid out differently, and you do the same CTE "thin alignment/pivot," and hit the shot with no spin, then you WON'T scratch in the adjacent pocket.
Those two taken together are just...useless nonsense: "If you aim in certain ways, some shots will scratch, some won't." So let's be generous again and assume that CANNOT be what is meant. What could it be, then?
I can only assume this is the "setup" for the following sentence. So it must mean:
Imagine a shot where with CTE you would set up by "thin alignment/pivot" which, if hit with stun, would scratch in the adjacent pocket.
#3: Using that as a baseline, applying proper draw/follow brings the CB up or down a diamond or % of a diamond.
Ok, this one is simple enough:
If you know where the tangent points, you can move the CB angle with draw or follow.
Is that a big deal? Something any player wouldn't know? Something specific to CTE? No, No, and NO!
Does it have any special meaning in the context of a shot that would scratch with stun? No.
#4: Therefore, if there's another ball you'd like to hit, try to make, etc, you identify the track and apply the appropriate follow/draw required at contact.
This just means:
If you know how to apply the appropriate follow/draw, you can make make billiards off the OB with the CB.
Anything new? Players don't know this? Related to CTE?
Nopey, Nopey, NOPE!
So let's recap. Giving the most generous and plausible interpretation to the original statement, it's translated as:
When the CB hits the OB, the CB is deflected on a tangent when hit with stun. Imagine a shot where with CTE you would set up by "thin alignment/pivot" which, if hit with stun, would scratch in the adjacent pocket. If you know where the tangent points, you can move the CB angle with draw or follow. If you know how to apply the appropriate follow/draw, you can make make billiards off the OB with the CB.
So...this is pool 101. What's CTE got to do with it?
Oh, and btw fellas. I've got this ALL FIGURED OUT! Ha! Here's the deal:
1) This is a test.
2) AZBilliards forum is actually a HIGHLY EXCLUSIVE forum--only people who are serious about pool and who don't have brain damage are allowed to get onto the actual forum.
3) New posters (such as myself) are put through a "training forum" where they're challenged with what appears to be COMPLETE NONSENSE that is enthusiastically supported by numerous members.
4) If the new poster is drawn into the discussion, it shows he cares enough about pool to not sit idly by while people are writing gibberish.
5) If he can withstand an onslaught, and still dissect the errors and give correct pool information, then he's not brain damaged.
So, Ok guys. I got it. It's time for my pat on the back, and entre to the inner sanctum forum
btw, all kidding aside (I could only DREAM that the real world really DID have secret inner forums). To anyone who would like to challenge or debate any of the above, please supply YOUR interpretation of sentences 1-4, and how they demonstrate that CTE is useful for carom shots.
I'm sorry, but how in the world did you make it through college with your reading comprehension?? Try reading the part you left out in your quote, the part that is critical to the statement he made. Then see if you can understand it a little better.
It looks like you are cherry picking statements and parts of statements to prove that CTE doesn't work, instead of trying to understand what has been written and then going to a table to try it. Have you even tried any of this on a table?
Let's just go through this step by step, shall we? Sentence by sentence.
Let's be bold, and start with the first TWO sentences together:
#1: CTE can be used for caroms. One's accuracy with the method depends squarely on his/her ability to strike the OB with zero spin (no follow/draw).
Means: CTE is accurate for caroms only if no follow or draw is used.
Right? What else can those two sentences mean? Of course, they CAN'T mean that--because later on he talks about the need to use draw or follow to adjust the carom. So let's be generous and interpret it as the only thing it COULD mean:
When the CB hits the OB, the CB is deflected on a tangent when hit with stun.
Does that mean anything special? That non-CTE players wouldn't know? Does CTE have anything to do with that fact? No, No, and NO!
#2: Depending on the layout of the balls, performing a thin alignment/pivot with no spin upon contact brings the CB to an adjacent pocket (scratch).
Well, this can only mean essentially nothing, because of the first clause "Depending on the layout of the balls." With that equivocation, the sentence means:
If the balls are laid out in a certain way, and you do a certain CTE "thin alignment/pivot," and hit the shot with no spin, then you'll scratch in the adjacent pocket.
The corollary to this can only be: And if the balls are laid out differently, and you do the same CTE "thin alignment/pivot," and hit the shot with no spin, then you WON'T scratch in the adjacent pocket.
Those two taken together are just...useless nonsense: "If you aim in certain ways, some shots will scratch, some won't." So let's be generous again and assume that CANNOT be what is meant. What could it be, then?
I can only assume this is the "setup" for the following sentence. So it must mean:
Imagine a shot where with CTE you would set up by "thin alignment/pivot" which, if hit with stun, would scratch in the adjacent pocket.
#3: Using that as a baseline, applying proper draw/follow brings the CB up or down a diamond or % of a diamond.
Ok, this one is simple enough:
If you know where the tangent points, you can move the CB angle with draw or follow.
Is that a big deal? Something any player wouldn't know? Something specific to CTE? No, No, and NO!
Does it have any special meaning in the context of a shot that would scratch with stun? No.
#4: Therefore, if there's another ball you'd like to hit, try to make, etc, you identify the track and apply the appropriate follow/draw required at contact.
This just means:
If you know how to apply the appropriate follow/draw, you can make make billiards off the OB with the CB.
Anything new? Players don't know this? Related to CTE?
Nopey, Nopey, NOPE!
So let's recap. Giving the most generous and plausible interpretation to the original statement, it's translated as:
When the CB hits the OB, the CB is deflected on a tangent when hit with stun. Imagine a shot where with CTE you would set up by "thin alignment/pivot" which, if hit with stun, would scratch in the adjacent pocket. If you know where the tangent points, you can move the CB angle with draw or follow. If you know how to apply the appropriate follow/draw, you can make make billiards off the OB with the CB.
So...this is pool 101. What's CTE got to do with it?
Oh, and btw fellas. I've got this ALL FIGURED OUT! Ha! Here's the deal:
1) This is a test.
2) AZBilliards forum is actually a HIGHLY EXCLUSIVE forum--only people who are serious about pool and who don't have brain damage are allowed to get onto the actual forum.
3) New posters (such as myself) are put through a "training forum" where they're challenged with what appears to be COMPLETE NONSENSE that is enthusiastically supported by numerous members.
4) If the new poster is drawn into the discussion, it shows he cares enough about pool to not sit idly by while people are writing gibberish.
5) If he can withstand an onslaught, and still dissect the errors and give correct pool information, then he's not brain damaged.
So, Ok guys. I got it. It's time for my pat on the back, and entre to the inner sanctum forum
btw, all kidding aside (I could only DREAM that the real world really DID have secret inner forums). To anyone who would like to challenge or debate any of the above, please supply YOUR interpretation of sentences 1-4, and how they demonstrate that CTE is useful for carom shots.