The title is my hypothesis. here’s the explanation:
When playing, sometimes balls just pops on our while ball, as if the client had them in the wrong place, and when we collide with it server-side its position is refreshed on the client.
it’s not an uncommon bug, I noticed it a few times already.
I don’t know if my report is understandable enough
I’ve also had this happen. I had to have someone point to where the 8-ball was because it was nowhere near where the ball was on my screen.
I’m assuming it’s not too dissimilar from the Minigolf/Ball Race desyncs or when phyisics items in Condos are in completely different locations between the hosts and guests.