I think its 'right'. So what if you dont know how to do a golden break? Go onto youtube and type in funkypool, there are heaps of videos on there showing you how to do a golden break (just ignore my crummy videos )

So what if its an 'old school rule' that there never used to be a golden break? I think that its been in for too long for it to just vanish.

The practice table is there, so use it to try to GB! Thats all I practice sometimes - the break so I can get an edge when I am in the tournaments.

i hate that i'm saying this, but i revoke what i just said about the golden breaks, i agree that the other person doesnt get any ranking taken off them, just the person making the break, the golden breaks are hard to do but its good to try and do them lol, so i think it is an achievement if you get one and it should be showed

Try gettin' to 900+ and get golden breaked see if you have the same view then!

some peoples rank takes too much time and effort only to lose on a simple unfair break.

understandable which is why the -ranking for them should be put into place, simple! case closed, i think nick should remove opponents getting ranking off

Why ranking off? If a player wins, the player wins... And for every winner there has to be a loser. Therefore the loser has to pay the "losing price" and the winner gets the reward.

Flukes happen and are a fact of the game.

Next there won't be any points lost for run-outs... *Rolls eyes* (To make it clear, this is sarcastic...)


EDITED for sarcasm.

Edited at 11:35 Mon 29/12/08 (GMT)

how can you compare the effort of getting a run out to a simple flukey break?

EDIT: i see were your coming from with the seemingly same 2 people suggesting every change to funkypool

Edited at 11:32 Mon 29/12/08 (GMT)

Heh... an1h0ny, if there was any effort into getting my run-outs, I wouldnt have them...

woah woah sm that is showing off a bit, i believe run outs take skill as do golden breaks, when you play a ranked game against somebody you are taking into whatever happens, i was just leaving a game and somebody decided to play me so i golden breaked him, i wanted to go lol, he joined that room knowing it was a give or take game, as does anybody, i went from 730 to 710 and now i'm coming back because people ran me out or golden breaked me or just plain beat me, a game is a game and if you have good sportsmanship you will keep it that way and not moan about it.

well an1 you shouldnt be naming and shaming, i am getting my opinion across because the rest of you don't, you just wait till we do it then start voicing your message that way, i have been away so a lot of this is new for me, i am just wanting to know what happened, if i wanted it changing i would message nick not write a post in here for people to comment on, you need to rethink what your saying mate

edit: i have wrote 3 posts to get the opinions of other funkypool members not to get things changed, there is over 195 pages in this gamequeries section, i don;t think i have posted every single one of them

Edited at 11:44 Mon 29/12/08 (GMT)

LOL!

What I was trying to say Shripman, is that my run outs have been very lucky and very easy to acheive. I have never had to work or play some awesome shots to acheive any of my run outs.

I.e - Break - 4 spots down on break - Other 3 out in the open with the black on the pocket.

Break - Potted a spot - The spots and stripes went to opposite ends of the table with the black on the middle.

Break - Stripe down - The other stripes were on pockets or out in the open.


You see? Non of my run-outs have been challenging...

I havent name and shamed anyone just stop trying too hard on that one mate.

someone is a little paranoid

well i was like that in the speed lol, i just whack the break and see what happens, it depends what happens after your break and how you play your shots, also if you get a rubbish opponent that usually helps too :p

sorry mate am having a stressful day, i'm not trying too hard lol, i never understood the concept of golden breaks, now i do, i'm just voicing my opinion on what you guys think, one of the original posts was that the person making the golden breaks got the ranking and the person who was the victim of the golden break didnt, but now i think it should just stay the same as it is, i have had my question answered lol, people just like to carry it on, thats why its a debate lol

lol no probs it happens to us all

On the subject of golden breaks...i like inflicting them on people, but don't like them been done on me hehe

true lol, i just got my first one earlier, i hate it when its done to me but i felt so good when i finally did it to somebody else, its just a part of the game, its something we have to live with!!

i agree. you go into a ranked game risking points which is what ranked games are about.

if your opponnent get a golden break, then congratulate them! Yes, it was a lucky shot, but you have to know how to do a golden break!

and then insted of whinging and whining, try to do the same to get your points back!!!

simple as people. Just because its a little hard, you all want the easy way out.

Good point on not losing points, but thats not ranked games a designed for. Like betting on a football game and your team losing in an injury time penalty. you cant ask for a refund because of the 'lucky penalty'.

Nice analogy Aflumpire with last minute penalties in football games. I think that makes it clear that the current ranking system for golden breaks doesn't need to be changed. You are taking a risk with your ranking by playing in the first place.
Plus they're not that hard to achieve!

Edited at 01:29 Tue 30/12/08 (GMT)

Fouled? The opposing player can move the white anywhere behind the line. He may pot any ball using his first shot carry. He can play up table.

Fouled on the black? Two shots. If you don't like it, don't foul.

Potted the black on the break? It's a re-rack. Pot the black on the break in pub pool? You lose.

Pot a yellow on the break? You may nominate reds. Whichever ball you hit first on your following shot is the balls you'll be playing.

These are the main rules I play in the local pubs and Rugby club I play for. If some douché came up and suggested a different set of rules he'd be a laughing stock. It just doesn't seem right to change anything.

to be honest with you i agree on some of that, but as long as we are in funkypool we have to abide by funkypool rules, there is nothing we can do, we can debate all we like but the final decision rests with nick, its his site he decides the rules

Am, I think that's the point. rules are different everywhere. We play golden breaks where I'm from, and one shot after a foul on the black. 3 fouls on the black and you lose.
On this site we play the FUNKYPOOL RULES. Not the "Obscurity's Pub/Rugby club rules" or the "_andyh87_'s rules". No matter what the rules are they won't suit everyone. If they are changed one way there will be others who want it back the other way. So give it up and live with it I say.

Edited at 17:15 Tue 30/12/08 (GMT)