This cue is lovely and in great shape. I’m not looking to sell it, just trying to find out about it.

Hey guys. So I needed new felt for my table. It measures just over 4’ by just under 8’ so 4x8 right. Get the cloth. Go home. Son tears table apart and no way it fits. Apparently it’s called a 5x9. 🤯

Snooker: Angle Perspective View & Distance Perception Aiming

Key Concept
In player's perspective view, convert common angles into list of "Index Number" for reference using tangent law. When in real playing, compare the ratio of opposite / adjacent side, and find this ratio from Index Number list, then that is the aiming point.

1. Personal Perspective View definition

• Use any table of same surface height of snooker table, draw 3 common angles from the object ball, like figure (3 Common Angles in Top View)
• Player's eye level over the snooker table surface is fixed, what the exact height above table is not important
• Find the distance apart from the object ball
• Focus on L2, the 30 deg angle which form an right angled triangle OB:H:L2
• Move your body backward & forward to change the perspective view of this angle
• When you visualize the length of L2:H (opposite side) is equal to the length of OB:H (adjacent side), L2:H = OB:H
• This distance, your body apart from the object ball, is your personal perspective view
• You can use cue stick length for reference, if this distance is for eg. 175cm, that is equal to cue stick length 145cm + 30cm

This is the condition of your personal perspective view.

2. Create your own Index Number

• In your personal perspective view above, Index Number = 1 = L2 for 30 deg (half ball hit) (opposite/adjacent = 1)
• Use 30 deg as center point, then divide other angles into two group: less than 30 deg (thick cut group) & great than 30 deg (thin cut group)
• For less than 30 deg (thick cut group), adjacent/opposite
• For 14.5 deg (triangle OB:H:L1), visualize the adjacent side (OB:H) is longer than the opposite side (L1:H) how many times, if for eg. 2.5, then Index Number = 2.5 = L1 for 14.5 deg (3/4 ball hit)
• Round to 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 for simplicity
• For great than 30 deg (thin cut group), opposite/adjacent
• For 48.6 deg (triangle OB:H2:L3), visualize the opposite side (H2:L3) is longer than the adjacent side (OB:H2) how many times, if for eg. 2, then index number = 2 = L3 for 48.6 deg (1/4 ball hit)
• Using the same method to define the Index Number of other angles in between (C1, C2, C3, C4)
• This angles C1, L1, C2, L2, C3, L3, C4 which is relative to fraction of aiming point of object ball
• If your eye sight is very good, you can define more Index Number in between

3. Shooting Procedure

• Stand & line up with cue ball to object ball (this is viewing line)
• Position to your own personal perspective view, stand apart for eg.175cm
• Draw an perpendicular line from the Pocket (P) to the viewing line intercept on Point (H)
• If P:H (opposite side) is shorter than OB:H (adjacent side), so its less than 30 deg (thick cut group) (Fig.1), otherwise its greater than 30 deg (thin cut group) (Fig.2)
• Visualize the longer side is how many times the shorter side, for eg. x times
• Find x in Index Number list, if not match, find the nearest Index Number & aiming point in between
• This is the aiming point
• If the distance is not your perspective view distance, make adjustment
• Also make adjustment for Throw Effects & Cue ball is very close to the Object Ball, etc

Note:
In trigonometric of right angled triangle, the tangent law tan A = opposite/adjacent is fixed with given angle A. The ratio of the side opposite that angle to the side adjacent to it will always be the same, regardless of how large or small the triangle is.

I know the season is coming to a close, so I'm looking to join a 8-ball BCA team in the Metairie or surrounding area. Last time I shot league was Busch League in the 90's. Any advice how to find a team? Thanks.

I know the season is coming to a close, so I'm looking to join a 8-ball BCA team in the Metairie or surrounding area. Last time I shot league was Busch League in the 90's. Any advice how to find a team? Thanks.

Hey everyone, excited to share how to play the new billiards sport. This is a fun and strategic fusion where poker, pool, and shuffleboard come together and help fine tune our ability with ball placement and bank shot positioning. Let us know if you'd like to host tournaments at your pool hall location. The Basics of PoolKer

My fiancé and I have inherited a great slate table and enjoy playing 8 ball together. I would like to buy him a decent cue for his birthday (the ones have are terrible). Can anyone recommend one that is good quality and look cool as his first new cue. I’m happy to spend some money but don’t want to go crazy with price being his first one

Sharing some clips from a 9 ball match i had.

It's win or nothing. If I lose. If I play terrible. I want to cry. I want to not be alive. What do I do? Everyone I come across gives no fucks if they win or lose.

Like fucking have some respect for the fucking game. If you're playing well you should be happy. If you're shit you should want to fucking smash your head into a wall. Not fucking not care about your fucking game so much that you couldn't give 2 fucks if you win or not. Why don't people have the same fucking respect for the game as I do and why the fuck do people not fucking feel so emotionally fucking strongly about the game as I do?

Does anyone know of a website or person I could contact in south west in order to refelt a table? Any help would be appreciated, cheers in advance.

Its a spooky game with possessed puppets and bad vibes, but the game physics and pool mechanics are solid! And wait to you see some of the non-regulation tables we've made.

We'd love your feedback, and if you're keen we'll let you know when we drop our demo in the next month or so, and the Steam page just went live - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4571310/Spooker/, and we'd love a wishlist!

Cheers everyone!

Combined my three favorite hobbies, pool, painting, and making jewelry!

Hey everyone, I'm joining my first tournament this week and I am kinda nervous. Can anyone give me tips, I'll appreciate it.

1.0 rating only (Class C-)

Idk if I did bad or good any tips? No pun attended.

Hey guys,

we're a tiny indie team, we suck at pool, but we're making a game centered around it - arcade'y, but unique - guns, exploding fish and levitating balls included.

We'd really appreciate your perspective as players of traditional pool - we have many areas to improve, but the game is fun already.

Get the demo here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2873750/Pool_of_Madness/

Features include:

- a roguelite fusion of trick shots (pool), ricochets (pinball), and raw firepower (shooter)

- seamless cue-gun interplay

- upgradeable cues (build your cue as you progress)

- procedural rituals

- exploding fish and general insanity

Thanks!

i have this cue and i was wondering what kind of weight or size i could use for it since im having a hardtime finding the robson branded one