How It Started

It all started in the fall of 1997 when an intermediate player named Wei, encountered Lou, a well-seasoned one pocket player from St. Louis, in a public newsgroup called RSB (rec.sports.billiard.)

Lou was trying to describe a specific shot in a post. Even though he is a true expert in the game with good communication skills, the shot was a bit too complicated to be described without a visual reference. Out of the blue Wei wrote a simple diagram/email tool for Lou to draw it out and to show the shot.

It had a crude, yet easy to use interface and quickly gained popularity amongst pool players in cyberspace because it satisfied the great need of players who want to share their experiences on the table. In 2000, a slightly more refined version came out. The software was only 37k in file size, so people can look at shots quickly.

WeiTable History

The software has been affectionately called the "WeiTable" in internet chat forums. It is happily sitting in our back room now. It still works great! CueTable can understand everything he says.

The Y2K version of WeiTable has served over 1 million layouts between 2000 and 2006. It is still available here if you would like to take a look:

http://CueTable.com/WeiTable/