Why does this happen?

its been a bug since day dot (as far as I know)

it happens to me one in a hundred games - its an odd thing but dont let it get to you, its only technology

very strange, ive played 3/4k games, never had that problem once, go me

its cos ur special

i know i am

I've played 14k games and i've never seen anything like this either. I've heard of it before, but never experienced it

better question how did u get picture of it ? and its never happened to me before either

I'm sure all of us have seen the balls going a bit mad after the break and zooming around the table, I wonder is this related to it, or even responsible for it...

iv had it a few times, makes no odds to the balls when they split up, they dont divert off in any different way.

does look weird though

I do have a feeling those two issues are related too - but really too few samples to base any real analysis on - which I very much expect is the problem Nick faces when debugging this too - problems occurring so rarely are very hard to find and fix.

and when rarely happening and not affecting the game is it worth trying to repair

i get it every so often in practice and it games every so often, some times they stay on to each other untill they hit like 2 cushion then let go i like watchin it really( im sad ano) but it don't make a big difference.

Me too i usually have just enough time to point it out to me opponent who usually goes ooh look at that lol

As for balls zooming round table i get that a lot especially when im practising shame it cant happen on me break i reckon id have a lot more goldens haha

A prudent question indeed. I don't agree that it doesn't affect the game tho - it does whenever it happens, but question remains - when it happens once in a blue moon, do we really care or is Nick's time better spent elsewhere?

nick's time is better spent elsewhere

its something small...its the internet, its computers, there will always be bugs. It will never be perfect.

As long as the game changing bugs are out of the system, then I see no harm in these small bugs.

Yes, the zooming balls can be game changing...but it happens once out of how many games? I think we should just let it be, nothings perfect.

the zooming balls needs leaving alone, it is so funny when it happens , oh and iv had a golden break off it , was about 4 years ago though

lol

totally agree - has turned so many bad shots into brilliant shots.....

it happens to me so often I was actually thinkin of changing my name from Mervyn to Merlin

zoooooooooom! oh look a gb

its fun, but annoying when they get it against you, besides if the balls are overlapping just make sure you dont touch them, could force your opponant to having to play 1 of em which may or may not pot

I have experienced the overlap a couple of times, i agree with kev that it is hardly a cause for concern as it doesn't seem to change the game. When hit, the balls move as you would think they would if there were no overlap. Even if it does effect the game, Jan has a point that Nicks time would probably be better spent elsewhere imo