Stop the newbies from playing tournaments again, all these 'newbies' who play tourneys just to get their rank up to a good level is annoying.

Stuff like this doesn't help. It's pathetic. Can't even have a laugh. Enjoy your power trip, soon there will be no one to moderate lol.

I like this comment but maybe make a change and have only newbies allowed to enter micros and then main tournaments are for non newbies, I'm sure would stop people deactivating and making new names or resetting stats

No need scrap em entirely just 1 or 2 an hour, which in return might generate more interest in the bigger hourly ones. Like how it used to be.

Certainly! Click the spoiler for a list of changes that are in the works:

Its all about advertising, unfortunatly this site has none other than the site itself, its 100% the best online pool game but doesn't match some other sites out there, like 8baller.co.uk i have seen over 200 people online and playing.

Not sure why, i don't think the name helps "funky" it sounds like a mess around of a game when actually it is a very well thoughtout game, the spin and pace is second to none, aswell as the controls, is just weird to me how more people dont stay on.

You can say what u like about tournys, medals, rasnkings etc it doesn't mater if the people don't even get to the site! ... it needs advertising with a small budget which can be done.... if 200 people visit the site u might get say 50 people stay, if 2000 people visit the site u might get 500 people staying... someone mentioned call of duty which is of course completly different but the game got huge adverts everywhere u went it was in ya face, obviously its different to a java based game but yh u get the picture, this is a decent game that u can play for free and thats part of the trouble also, u dont get call of duty free, that will cost u 40 quid which is used in so many ways none least than advertising! .... lets hope numbers inprove anyway.

I remember nick saying that the funky app has gotten quite a decent response. If he could make this game playable on phones, numbers would rapidly increase.

I say the only way to make players come back is set it to how the site was about 5 years ago by eliminating EVERYTHING but 8 ball uk, 9 ball u.s and 8 ball u.s.

I am saying everything but those because that's how it was 5 years ago. Many people can say oh what about straight?

Well. by adding in straight your just having more players play that by not entering tournaments. Since it takes long to complete a straight game or even killer at the fact they don't bother joining tournaments.

Like I said, if it was me I would take out all games except uk, 9 and 8 u.s then you would see the numbers enter in tournaments AND RANK MATCHES for that matter.

I like this comment but maybe make a change and have only newbies allowed to enter micros and then main tournaments are for non newbies, I'm sure would stop people deactivating and making new names or reseting stats

what and how would this motivate people to come on and stay

you have this already in ranking tables,, maybe with a few extras

the site needs to be promoted, new users need to be encouraged to stay

pool isnt an old game, as many have said before
its still played throughout the world
so its a world wide game with wide appeals

most of the issues are long standing with this site
abuse
slating
multiple accounts
manners

ask yourself the question
would you read forums and contribute as a newbie
its such an intimidating place even for long standing users

the chatroom most days has newbie fake accounts abusing people, its not a sociable place to hang out and chat

people say to many tournaments are the problem. i dont see it as they are the most popular rooms on this site

clans: really they are for longstanding established players, since its gone to one division and the continuous beating of the lower reams
it is hardly a great arena for newbie players getting hammered 13.2 ,, 14-1 or 15-0 most games

my solution is allow 2 divisions a stater league with maybe 6 players per team, so the better players can progress

i will get shot down as ever but what i say is fact and until its addressed this site will continue to decline

newbie none fake players need to be encouraged to stay
not look once and run away forever

I disagree.
I think removing options for players, thus forcing them into them same repetative formats, is boring.
To keep more players... is simple.
Improve the gameplay regularity.
I can make the exact same shot to the pixel 100 times..
at least 10 of those shots will miss though. Why?

I do agree that, in comparison to other pool games out there, this is definitely a leader (IMO). However, I still get very irritated by it when the lag/cheating/ratings/disadvantages kick in.

Remove options? No! I would go the other way add add more things to do.
No to mobile games
Cure the lag, make every game fair.

As for advertising, when was the last time you personally got a real life friend to try fp? (Not saying you don't, but when was the last time)