well, doesn't matter i guess. 4-2 to me against timpark. i got a 57 break.

That rule is really open to abuse. Say I just disconnect my internet and it logs me off. Under those rules it will be replayed, no?

Completely agree


Edited at 18:06 Wed 06/07/11 (BST)

Edited at 18:09 Wed 06/07/11 (BST)

Yeah we talked about this when the rule got put in about 2 seasons ago.
Couple of things:
The rule is there so that people don't lose a frame when they are ahead 125-0 and get disconnected. It only really applies when it's an obvious case of disconnection.

Players would only really disconnect on purpose to gain an advantage. If the opponent is winning or it's roughly even, we leave it up to the opponent to decide whether to claim the frame or not.
The opponent does NOT have that option when the disconnected player is way ahead or has already effectively won the frame.

Edited at 18:11 Wed 06/07/11 (BST)

What about the case above when a player on a 40 break (guessing winning at this point) disconnects and loses the frame?

If the score mattered in these games, I would've had them replay it, since it was clear that he didn't disconnect on purpose, since he was winning the frame.
(off for food, can explain more tonight if there is need).

Missed that post but sounds about right. Here's a scenario for you.

Score is 45 - 69 with 25 points remaining. Blue and pink tied up but the player on the table (with 45) disconnects accidentally on purpose

What's the result for this frame during a league match?

I would go about that one by first seeing what the players themselves say.
Without spectators, we wouldn't actually know about the position of the balls on the table anyway as it's the word of one player vs the other. We also wouldn't know about who's turn to shoot it was.

If the players themselves couldn't resolve it, I would leave it up to the opponent (who didn't get disconnected) to either claim or replay. Clan league runners should only force a replay in a situation where it was obvious that the disconnect was not on purpose.

Ultimately, all rule possibilities can result in a case where a player loses a frame he shouldn't have or replays a frame he should've won. So far, the current rule has worked all right (this is actually the first time it has come up).

One more addition: If a player is way ahead and gets disconnected (example 85-0), the frame will be awarded to the player that got disconnected.

any queries post on discussion thread or message me/seb

lets get this back to what it should be used for

where are these games updated/posted?

Just to finish that off, I'm gonna update that rule and post it on discussion thread to cover some more cases (that we just discussed).

i only updated the 1st game played so far, was about to do others and saw this chat lol.

Yeah, are they posted anywhere?

previous page.

lol i mean all the fixtures

there all on site, never pasted in forum except for clan threads

mmm, they don't show on the website for me. The 'clan league games' page remains blank.

damee had this also i think it has problems on certain browsers (IE and Opera maybe 2 of them), can try unpublish and publish from google docs but i rarely had problems with it.

same with me