flumpy just stop posting, you are ridiculously ignorant on the subject so save yourself the trouble. And yes you would nominate a pocket on the break or just not have golden breaks in 9 ball. Many tournaments today do not count the 9 on the break. Pro players have said in numerous interviews that it shouldn't count in the break. But I think that you should be able to nominate a pocket. Mostly, any effort is better than none when it comes to making the game less lucky. And again I'll say, you shouldn't be allowed to have 2 accounts. When are the mods gonna start enforcing the site rules?

If you want this to stop just stop posting.

pro players on TV?

this isnt about what goes on TV in the real world. This is funkypool. There are many rules that many users, me for one have pointed out that funkypool does not enforce.

this site has stuck by its original rules for the sake of the game play and the enjoyment factor of playing online, not what goes on in the real world of pool

Couldnt agree more.

flumpy you are right, you are right about everything you have ever said. I don't know why I haven't listened to you sooner. After all, why would we want the gameplay to be more realistic, competitive, fair, and demanding of skill. Oh sure, it couldn't be any fun if you had to actually think before you lined up the 9 ball and shot as hard as you can. It wouldn't be fun if all if a 500 couldn't come into a room and win a game by pure accident against a 800. Ya know if you had to call your shots the higher skill levels might actually play the lower skill levels more often meaning that more people on this site would make friends and acquaitences and also it would be easier to find a game when not many people were signed on, and who would want that? Not me, I like segregation, luck, and skilless play, I've converted to your way of thinking, mostly so I don't get complained on anymore by a guy who gets special priveleges from admin. Yaaaaay for flumpy!!!

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Wtf is that? lol

i don't see the point it only stops flukes thats it

Im guessing thats your attempt at saying "waste of time"?

i looked at that for ten minutes and had nothing

hahahhhahahahahahah

u better not be laughing at me haha

You don't see the point, yet you just stated the entire point lol

lol, dam straight there!

i like the flukes.....so unpredictable (and many go my way !! )

That's right, and because they go your way you support them. It does just stop flukes, but stopping flukes may have added benefits. For instance, I'd be much more likely to play a lesser ranked player (and others would too) if it weren't as easy for them to fluke a win. Its a huge difference if I'm playing a 600 and end up 14-5 instead of 14-9. i'd be throwing away points needlessly. And the willingness for others to play in any ranked games could cause a tighter community here. But I don't believe Aflumpire has any want for that.

but shouldnt we be giving the lesser ranked players a chance to get up the rankings?

if your going to take the normal unpridictible part of the game away, they will just slide and slide until they reset their stats and act as a newbie.

at a pub, if your ball doesnt go down a nominated hole, you cant just take it back and respot it...unless you want to pay $2 everytime someone fouls because it went into the wrong hole.

and one last thing monstrmac1; are you saying that you have NEVER fluked a shot in 9 ball?

Edited at 05:56 Wed 16/04/08 (BST)

never said that, in fact said the opposite in one of my removed posts. I HATE when I fluke it in, would much rather lose or runout. You are right about the money on bar/pub tables, but coin-op tables did alot to ruin pool games, made many games less common (billiards, straight pool, one-pocket, cut-throat, 15 rotation) because you have to spot balls.

It wouldn't eliminate luck completely so new players could still win, it would just minimize it. and I think lesser players would enjoy getting games easier.

try playing in a pub where you dont have to pay.. lol and plus if you do foul in one of those arcade tables, the other oppent gets ball in hand... or if you happen to hit the 9 in the wrong pocket.. (i guess we are talking about 9 ball but it works with any) you automatically lose.. quite simple really..

wouldnt be easier if they fluked them more often?

but its simple.....you fluke a few, your opposition flukes a few.

If you cant take a fluke here or there, then why is anyone on here? flukes happen....in pool, snooker, football, tennis, ten pin bowling....EVERYWHERE!

people do things out of the ordanary....who says that Roger federer tried to get his shots right on the line everytime he does that? Did......um....say Christiano Ronaldo really try to get the ball in off the cross bar?

the best fluke, and the worst fluke....if you cant handle a few flukes here or there, then why are these sorts of people on this website?

When I said getting games easier I meant it would be easier for them to find a game because higher ranks would be more willing to play lower ranks. its more likely for a lower ranked player to fluke the 9 than a higher ranked player because the higher ranks have more purpose and skill to their shots. Many flukes come from missing the initial shot, so players who miss less, fluke less. That's why it would make the field more even. so really its not as simple as the flukes going bothways.

but as it is, high ranked players prefer to play high ranked players anyway.

it doesnt matter if you lose by a fluke or just good play, thats the risk a highly ranked player takes when they play a lower ranked player.

That was the risk that you took when you played a lower ranked player and somehow, you lost 7 times....I can not believe for one second that a low ranked player beat you 7 times on flukes....yes, maybe 2 or 3 but you took the risk of playing a lower ranked player and you lost....7 times!!! maybe you should leave the room if he is winning!

If you make it that you must nominate the 9 ball, you take that flukeness away from the lower ranked players, coming back to my point before that they will reset stats

Yes, higher ranked players dont fluke as much...but if high ranked players like you take the risk of playing a low ranked as you did, of course you should pay the price if you lose as you did

thats the beauty of the ranking system

You lost, you pay for it

Edited at 08:08 Fri 18/04/08 (BST)