I think the only to options in this

1. is for for all rank games you can only be a (Professional) player to enter these Tournaments

2. is for all players in rank Tournament to be premium player only this the only way it can be check

i think if player has 2 accounts long as they dont play yourself
which is called cheating and there dont post in both names i really cant see nothing wrong in my eyes
I always thread all players as the same weather there are newbies our Professional
so i think Professional are going over the top with this if your a very high rank player you should still win

as i always say you win some you lose some

Not sure why last forum on this subject was capped as it is good healthy debate.

Perhaps we could have some ranked tournies where only pros (800+) can enter......

Either that or I could have a secondary 'ranked tournies only' account lol

i agree with 3rd point, 2nd point i don't agree, 1st point i don't really agree although you could make it non-newbies only tournament but it also wouldn't be fair for the real newbies out there who would like to play against the top players.

the other thread got capped and sorry to say but i don't think this thread will last much longer as we are still on about the same topic as the other thread

let people air their views - what happened to freedom of speech....

No freedom of speech here, this is a private site with rules we all agreed to remember

I'm happy to let this thread go but please try to keep strictly on topic and remember the ToS.

All these points are being listened to, that I can promise you

very true it will help mods and admin

i agree with all to be fair but i do think its a little unfair when the real newbies wanna play us top players and the only chance they get is in tournies ... maybe no newbies for ranked tournies ?
may get the newbies playing more to get rid of newbie badge lol ?

i dnt get it rick if you got to be pro to play rank game how do others get to pro? or are we talking tournys

Don't forget there is also the Ranked Tournaments thread

http://www.funkypool.com/thread/17166/ranked-tournaments-plus-new-uk-table

which may be more relevant for some of the points either already raised, or about to be raised, which would keep all the discussion points for that particular subject nicely together and easier to take notice of.

Feel free to shoot me down here but why not just make it so newbie's can't play ranked tournies? That way if you do get a natural low rank opponent if you are indeed a top player or so then you should have no problem beating them, sure they may fluke the odd frame but when you think about it why have a fake rank when you know you aint that good. Hence why iv never been very high in rankings, sometimes I play higher ranks then i may change to anyone if i feel like im playing well.

Anyway it's just a rank people know if your good or not and the majority of the time if your criticised 9/10 times that person isnt even that good.

Who knows what may be coming over the next few days/weeks/months..

Could also be used as a incentive to play more games to unlock ranked tournies etc

Indeed

hi people

my son was a Moderator on here he had the same ip address as myself he also got the same name as me
this not one person having 2 accounts because he as his own pc upstairs and he 25 years old so you are telling me we cant play at the same time as each other
we use have some great matches between us
but now your saying this still wrong we never played rank game always friendly
because we did not want people to talk about us and think we was cheating
i also done accounts for my grandson who is 11 years old
so is wrong to
like to know what other users think

this is a fun site for family 2 play who ever they like

I played your 11 year old grandson in a ranked tourny the other day. For an 11 year old he was a very good player... he beat me two - nil, Good cue ball control, deliberate fouls, good positional play.

It made me think I was playing a pro rather than an 11 year old.

Rather bizarrely it was during school hours to...

could have been an inset day

OOPS!

Edited at 13:55 Fri 19/11/10 (GMT)

Yes probably was dgen - silly me

everytime my brother tries set up account it gets banned and we dont play at the same time just on same laptop

good job its my laptop or i would be the one without an account lol

Edited at 14:34 Fri 19/11/10 (GMT)