Questionnaire after discussion on the promotion thread: http://www.funkypool.com/thread/20114/promote-funkypool

It's just for fun and we'll get some history logged at the same time

15 questions, so you may want to make two posts depending on the length of your replies. You can either paste the questions or answer them by number.

1. When and how did you find Funkypool?

2. Do you remember your first significant Funkypool achievement?

3. Which game type is your favorite and why?

4. Would you consider yourself a rank, tournament, clan or anything goes type of player?

5. Where do you stand on resetting?

6. If you could pass on 'one' single tip what would it be?

7. Do you play pool in real life?

8. What's your worst habit whilst playing funkypool?

9. Which table baize colour do you use?

10. Which is your preferred cursor?

11. Do you have a bogey player?

12. Can you name 3 members you respect and the reasons why?

13. Where do you see Funkypool in 10 years time?

14. Which country on average produces the best Funkypool players?

15. Lastly, if you could have one single idea implemented to Funkypool what would it be?

1. 7 years, whilst googling pool games.

2. Winning 4 staight tourneys back to back

3. Str8 and i dont know tbh.

4. I like tourneys but do like a good clan game, just not the crap that goes with it.

5. Dont like resetting at all.

6. Dont join clans.

7. I used to alot, now its now and then, did play the other day but sucked lol.

8. Asking people why they havent said gl lol.

9. Blue.

10. Cursor?

11. Hmmm i struggle against crappy adam, maybe turtle.

12. Hippesville, im_crap_adam, as they always carry there selves well rarely argue, and ang3l as shes a very good friend.

13. Think it will be down, or have even less players.

14. England maybe? Sebs from germany, as is mike whos pretty good so maybe Germany.

15. Id make it so aiming aids are impossible, but doubtful. Also think it needs to be promoted better.

1. I found the site after doing a google search back in 2005 for an online pool game. I had inadvertently played on the previous site poolgame, although briefly.

2. The first time i won a tournament. It was a hard task back then. I'm not taking anything away from tournaments these days, but back then is wasn't unknown to get 100+ entries on a regular basis and plus 50's most of the evening time.

3. I was a UK player for a long time. Still love UK, but i find 9 ball to be the best game for a technical player and a lot of fun. I like the unpredictable factor as well.

4. I consider myself a rank player. By that i mean meeting players in room to play as opposed to tournaments. It's more relaxing to me and I've met a lot of good people this way.

5. I don't particularly agree with resetting, but i understand the reasons it was implemented and i also understand why some players use the feature.

6. I remember somebody saying don't play the player, play the table. Great advice if you can pull it off without your heartbeat ringing in your ears LOL.

7. I do, but not for a while. I'm hot and cold when i do.

8. Starting games or entering a tournament when i know something more important in real life might be incoming!

9. I was a green man for a long time, but now i only use the light blueish baize. I find you can see the outline of the ball a lot better.

10. Outline. I find it more effective than the ghost ball which would be my second choice.

11. Loads of bogy players. One that springs to mind right now is adam27. It's not like I've played him much, but on the occasions i have there hasn't really been much i could do to avoid defeat.

12. Easily. Firstly the__priest - 1000 tournament wins, on the level and passionate on his views. Secondly sunk_seven - Again on the level, old timer with a great personality. Many laughs with this guy. Lastly martin_blank - Simply because he's awesome and I've lost count of on the amount of times he's literally made me laugh.

13. Still here, loads of members, more features including doubles.

14. Is it me or does Ireland have load of good players? I'll say Ireland.

15. Voice chat for game rooms.

Next

1. Unfortunate chance - Google Search
2. 9us Run Outs hit 250
3. 9us, quicker frames and easiest to runout in
4. Depends on the mood
5. No issue, it's personal to the end user, lag issue is very evident a lot recently so missing shots which I would usually pot for breakfast. So the statistics are not a true representation for the player so I reset.
6. Keep opinions to yourself.
7. Used too every day but sold pool table, might buy a new one.
8. Too opinionated
9. Black
10. Outline
11. A few.
12. It would be wrong for me to select only 3, a lot of decent folk on the game, some opposite too but 'c'est la vie'.
13. No comment
14. Ireland
15. Revamp the games room, offer a proper membership. 5 Cues is not enough. Make the game actually 'FUNKY', atm is 'Flat'. Also move the host server to Incapsula, CloudFlare is too buggy.

Edited at 15:31 Tue 02/06/15 (BST)

1. When and how did you find Funkypool?

Started on Snooker for a month then clicked Pool icon (google searched for snooker)

2. Do you remember your first significant Funkypool achievement?

First Ace in Mini Golf, never forget the relief when i got it.

3. Which game type is your favorite and why?

In clan games 8us but normally 8uk to try for runouts (Straight also with friends)

4. Would you consider yourself a rank, tournament, clan or anything goes type of player?

Friendly person who plays with friends

5. Where do you stand on resetting?

Don't mind, rank is just a number, regret snooker reset though with set of maxes

6. If you could pass on 'one' single tip what would it be?

concentrate, amount of easy misses by talking

7. Do you play pool in real life?

yes not often though

8. What's your worst habit whilst playing funkypool?

rushing, love shooting within 3-5 seconds but bites me in butt at times

9. Which table baize colour do you use?

black now but always liked dark blue (green for snooker)

10. Which is your preferred cursor?

Default (Outline for Golf)

11. Do you have a bogey player?

Used to be destiny for years, now i would say whocares8x8 or those types of players

12. Can you name 3 members you respect and the reasons why?

too many but destiny in my early days due to teaching me, seb now one of my best friends, most of guys in Uprising, Pros and Chips n Gravy and few from Unbeatables

13. Where do you see Funkypool in 10 years time?

Off the map unless something drastic is done

14. Which country on average produces the best Funkypool players?

Germany and the United States, Third would be the UK

15. Lastly, if you could have one single idea implemented to Funkypool what would it be?

Fix Java for sure but better promotion, if site was busy then Group Messaging and Chat so can talk to more than one person at once.

Great reading!

If you get 10 minutes lads

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thegame26
cuesportfeva
maxus
bonfireheart
n0trespondin

A guy i know uses something called Teamspeak i think it is, as i used to go on something called SONY (Streets of New York - now closed down) but the owner still uses Teamspeak today as once i forgot i added him to FB years ago and mistook him for budweiser who i haven't added yet as i was moaning about carom then realised it wasn't him haha *embarrassed*. Skype is another method which w_hoolahan uses frequently

Yeah i know there are ways to do it mate. I'm just saying i would like to see it built into the game engine.

Do you mind if i ask what angels is? Seen you mention it a fair bit on the forum and curiosity's got the better of me.

I've used Team Speak on here but everyone would need to use the same channel and it be moderated properly. The problem with 'speaking' is the ease of using expletive language and it not being able to be controlled appropriately/properly.

IF speaking is implemented then MODS and Admin must have the right to access any channel at any time and a lot of players on here will not approve that.

So I personally don't mind having it between a circle of friends not the whole site. I know a few on here use Skype whilst they play - which is the same as so to speak - all be in the possibility in using video too.

1. Colleague
2. Winning a 9 Ball tourney where I'd beaten some of the players who really stood out
3. 9 US.....I know it is nicknamed flukeball, but I love Trick Shots and there are such a variety to play here.
4. Anything Goes
5. No Resetting, it's crap.
6. You gotta think outside of the box sometimes
7. Yes
8. Personal Messages & Forums!
9. Light Green/Turquoise
10. Default
11. Sean, Tom, Ang, Niall to name but a few!
12. Am gonna name some oldies here, not discounting those who are about at the minute who should know who they are!!! joker86 janmb aflumpire jooodles
13. At the minute with The Java Palava I can't see it lasting more than 10 months never mind 10 years
14. Seem to be a fair few Irish who can play very well
15. As I have posted on Forums, the option to put a player back in play in Straight AND Killer. More so Straight though.

Here endeth the lesson, Hippes of Gazereth

1. Found it on google a few months ago

2. A couple of gb's and some micro tourny wins so far

3. Killer

4. I like taking loads of points off higher ranks in tournies

5. Annoying when you think you're playing a newbie

6. Don't rush shots like I do. Use the full shot clock

7. Yes, but play snooker most

8. I rush my shots too much

9. Blue for US games, green for the others

10. Ghost ball

11. Not sure, I tend to play people who are way better than me

12. Not been a member for long, so don't know many people. Had a lot of games with x_connor, which is always fun.


13. A ghost town unless significant improvements are made to keep up latest internet gaming trends.

14. UK

15. 3D game engine with more features such as swerve shots and jump shots

Edited at 00:38 Wed 03/06/15 (BST)

1. When and how did you find Funkypool?
Seen my cousin play it about 10 years ago.

2. Do you remember your first significant Funkypool achievement?
Winning my first tourny, was UK8 I believe.

3. Which game type is your favorite and why?
Us8, dunno why I just like it more.

4. Would you consider yourself a rank, tournament, clan or anything goes type of player?
Will play anyone when on rank tourny or friendly.

5. Where do you stand on resetting?
If someone wants to reset their stats let them, they would only deactivate and make a new name anyway, which is more annoying at least you know who they are this way.

6. If you could pass on 'one' single tip what would it be?
Don't take it too seriously.

7. Do you play pool in real life?
I attempt to from time to time.

8. What's your worst habit whilst playing funkypool?
Focusing on position and missing easy shots

9. Which table baize colour do you use?
The original colours...
Uk - Green
Us games - light bluey green colour

10. Which is your preferred cursor?
Ghost.

11. Do you have a bogey player?
There's a few, probably go with the__priest

12. Can you name 3 members you respect and the reasons why?
Jimmy_efc - says things how he sees it, and is a good lad.
Liam__scfc - If I didn't say him he would cry.
rubber_duck - same reasons as both the above.

13. Where do you see Funkypool in 10 years time?
A distant memory.

14. Which country on average produces the best Funkypool players?
Germany/Ireland

15. Lastly, if you could have one single idea implemented to Funkypool what would it be?
Real advertising for the site to attract new members, or doubles.

Do you mean aimbots? I didn't think they worked on this site. I had to leave Yahoo Pool years ago because it became ridiculous with everyone cheating

Its a RPG game similar to Final Fantasy, Strategy etc. Click where you want to go, Automatic Battle System and need to think about what your doing with Skills, Gems and other things.

Yep, was a guy who used one to show it could be done but got banned after a few days

1. When and how did you find Funkypool?
I googled pool game a little over 8 years ago.

2. Do you remember your first significant Funkypool achievement?
Hell yeah. I won a UK tournament, I think I made a thread in Game Shouts when making threads in Game Shouts was still a daily thing!

3. Which game type is your favorite and why?
UK has always been my favourite because that's what I was searching for when I googled pool game! I play UK in a league in the real world and this is a decent place to brush up on your angles!

4. Would you consider yourself a rank, tournament, clan or anything goes type of player?
In my formative years, a rank player definitely. Hitting number one overall was my crowing glory on this site at that time! These days you can't be a rank player really, the games just aren't there...I remember when you could scroll down in the game windows for each type because there were so many to choose from! Now you can create one and not a game for an hour.

5. Where do you stand on resetting?
I'd remove it...I think it annoys more people than inspires. Personally, couldn't care less if somebody wants to reset but if I owned the site, I'd do a poll and go with the majority.

6. If you could pass on 'one' single tip what would it be?
Don't take it too seriously!

7. Do you play pool in real life?
Yes, I captain my local in the regional league.

8. What's your worst habit whilst playing funkypool?
Smoking!

9. Which table baize colour do you use?
Green for UK. Blue for everything else.

10. Which is your preferred cursor?
I forgot you could even change that til reading this question. Whatever it is set as!.

11. Do you have a bogey player?
I barely know anybody these days, certainly nobody well enough to be a bogey player...If I'm on form I'm confident enough against anybody!

12. Can you name 3 members you respect and the reasons why?
Again, I don't know anybody well enough on here these days to say I respect any of them. I try to respect everybody I play and if they take it too seriously, I try to avoid them in the future.

13. Where do you see Funkypool in 10 years time?
A long defunct website unless Nick reemerges to sort it out....Or somebody buys it off him!

14. Which country on average produces the best Funkypool players?
Ireland has produced some of the best I have ever played.

15. Lastly, if you could have one single idea implemented to Funkypool what would it be?

Shock this to anybody that knows me....Doubles/Play for cash!
But the site has fallen into disrepair sadly...There are plenty of more important little touches that should be in front of that in the queue....I hope to one day win the Lotto, buy this site from Nick and give it the attention it deserves....It would turn a big profit in no time with the right marketing!