Yowsas! The number of hits to my blog has exploded because I happened to mention yahoo pool auto aimers in one of my posts. Well, sorry to disappoint you guys, but I really don't know much about auto aimers except that they exist and you can download a free trial version called poolbuddy here: http://www.playbuddy.com/pb/poolbuddy.htm. The issue of auto aimer detectors on the other hand, is a lot more interesting. I'm pretty sure they exist because some people I played against seemed to know when I was using one and when I wasn't even when I would miss shots on purpose. My guess is that the aimer detectors are home brews passed on by e-mail only, but pretty soon I would expect one to pop up on the net for download. I think another way to tell if someone is using an AA that some AAs keep the cue stick immobile while one is lining up the shot. So the timer will be ticking away with no sign of movement and then with 3 seconds left, the cue stick will automatically line up the perfect shot and whack away. The sad thing about this whole topic is that I no longer enjoying playing yahoo pool because of the prevalence of auto aimers. I admit that I used it for the 7 day trial, and boosted my rating up to the high 1600s but then it started getting boring since I felt like I wasn't really winning with my skills. After I stopped using it, I started losing every game. My rating is now barely 1400, much lower than the mid 1500s where I used to be before auto-aimers came onto the scene. Since I've used it, I can tell when someone is using it and I'd say about 25-50% of the players in the advanced lounges are using them with an increasing number every day, as evidenced by the number of hits I am getting on my blog. So I'm hardly playing yahoo pool anymore. The same thing happened with yahoo spades with people using messenger to cheat. It just reduces the pleasure of playing games when the same rules don't apply to everyone.