was reading about carom on wikipedia and it talks about average runs, and i was then interested to know how they related to our success percentage on here.

Can this extra piece of information be added to the carom statistics maybe? eg:

Fuzzy:

Carom Newbie
Ranking 675.0 (2,938th)
Maximum 675.0
Wins 24 (63.2%)
Losses 14 (36.8%)
Turn Success 190 of 295 (64.4%)
Average break 1.81
Greatest Run 11
Run Today 7
Runs of 5+ 9
Runs of 10+ 2

the maths is easy, just take the percentage and divide it by (100 - your percentage) to get the average run.

so for fuzzy 64.4/35.6 = 1.81 (about)

any thoughts?

its a gr8 idea !

I think this could even REPLACE the % , coz its the same thing really in other words...

But, this new thing is 'official' coz its being used all over the world in carom tournaments !

definitely a gr8 addition or replacement of % !

this is pathetic if u ask me.

this is pathetic if u ask me.

other idea i had before on % ive copied below (from a month back):

One idea that might work in carom could be having two percentages, eg overall and in last 1000 shots. This could work for success percentage in carom.

eg:

adam_147 in carom:

Turn Success 2,872 of 7,537 (38.1%)
403 in last 1000 shots (40.3%)

(obviously that last 1000 shots would be continually changing but it would be a good way to monitor improvement). Doing that would ignore the time when you were learning the game, saving you having to reset. It would also give a better reflection on the players abilities.

good one too adam !

Thats the reason i often reset, i just want to see my % of the day sometimes .... or of last 500 or 1000 shots.

But back to the average run now, please please include it !

Edited at 03:11 Sun 11/07/10 (BST)

Fuzzy how can u post?

u going to be going on bout this all day?

your second idea adam with the % of the last 1000 shot is just awesome

thats what i thought. how could he post when he hasnt played 100 games?

i asked Frank and apparently he said fuzzy asked the admins to let him have his posting rights before the 100 games got played.

I dont think it should replace the % but I like the ideas

no james, i didnt ask anybody...

i was pming with an admin for a totally different reason, and accidently HE saw i dont have posting rights, he knew im an old user, and he was willin to activate them for me....i asked nobody.

But this is not the right thread for this matter guys, plz stick to the ideas about carom

Edited at 18:21 Sun 11/07/10 (BST)

I never knew Frank could give you posting rights aswell!

For posting rights or drugs, talk to Frank.


Loool sorry, been drinking

but if he deactivated and kept same email address tingy he can post straight off i think anyways

That's a good idea, and if Nick usually takes time to implement things, I could do it relatively quickly in my firefox add-on.

The other item of my to-do list is also related to carom, I think I can release both functionalities soon in a new add-on version.

For reference: http://www.funkysnooker.com/thread/6469/firefox-add-on-for-funkysnooker-2

Pffffft, get cracking then Blutch!

Would be quality!!

agreed

Done, enjoy!
http://www.funkysnooker.com/thread/6469/firefox-add-on-for-funkysnooker-2

nice work mate, can adams 2nd idea be done at all or is that down to nick?

if you can, can you do last 500 and 1000 turns?

Edited at 21:42 Sun 11/07/10 (BST)