The lack of hearing the sound in 5 sec games is because it isn't there (yet)

What I'd like to see, for all game durations, was the last 5 seconds being counted down with a slightly increasing pitch for each tick (just the tone of the sound, not the volume)

This would in my opinion provide the best control on remaining time without having to take the eyes off your aiming (and believe me, in 5 sec games you don't want to have to go and look lol, no time for that)

just put it back the way it was if it aint broke dont fix it

Edited at 07:41 Mon 06/09/10 (BST)

If people didn't fix things that weren't already working, then you wouldn't be living the lifestyle you live at all Upgrades and modifications always have to be made to improve things

Like this idea Jan, increasing sound would benefit the player as he/she doesnt have the time to look at the countdown clock when playing 5 sec game. Therefore giving the player a little more concentration time on the shot, without worrying about how long is left!

I hear it, lol.

is this happening for anyone else.

on firefox i cant get on new FP server at all unless i reset my modem which family play on xbox's etc so unless they get disconnected i can't reset modem (need new one me thinks).

on opera it will let me on funkypool server (old one) despite it being down and won't let me on new one.

strange.

I'm using firefox and i'm having no problems mate

must be my internet then

i have to do this to get on here:

-go to pool (old server) and says about it being down
-click new server
-take new out in address bar
-then it lets me on using this http://funkypool.com/

I just played a guest and went to check my results page and it seems to have wiped it all off?

It may be my computer but i think people should try it just to make sure it isnt a glitch in the system.

Thanks k1rk - that is a problem with the displaying the results for games vs. guests. I will fix it.

DGeneratio, over time the old server name will go to the new site. You can also try to press refresh on that page.

Nice changes nick

But nothing was fixed. Just updated for the better. Come back when you have something constructive to say. The changes are for the better. Can not see one downside to any of this.

I'm very pleased with the new server update and changes made by Nick, and majority of comments in response to these changes show nothing but gratitude for Nick's efforts to please the funkypool community.

Great work Nick.

well said me olde skip

Hear hear!

ok then eemad what i ment to say was the 5 second warning sound was fine the way it was im not a fan of the new one cant hardly here it not much of a warning sound
all the other stuff cant grumble good stuff

Edited at 00:17 Tue 07/09/10 (BST)

Edited by forum moderator clooneman, at 00:57 Tue 07/09/10 (BST)

yeah fair point qpounder. i dont mind the new sound, although it is irritating being so subtle that when you have music playing or loud noises i nthe background you often cant hear it

may have been mentioned... but has anyone else noticed the balls travelling less on the us table (ie; having to hit them harder to make them move more than before). playing us8 i have experienced this, and ive asked several opponents and they have also noticed. anyone else noticed this here? and, if you know what i'm talking about, was this a deliberate change nick?

Played a lot of US8 last night and saw nothing of the sort.

solution to the above problems?

johnnyveggie - there were no deliberate changes to animation, however what you experienced before may have been the animation running slower than intended (due to other processes etc).

Results versus guests display problem has now been resolved (just shows a blank for opponent).

Edited at 09:14 Tue 07/09/10 (BST)