This 5 points is so unfair !

Imagine this:

I'm a good tennis player, and let's say i play against Federer...
Any chance of me winning a set? NO!

But if a set was only 1 game (thats 4 points), believe me, i could beat him at least once, by being a bit lucky.

if i was serving ofcourse.

So..... a newbie uses fancy lag, and fancy break, thats already 1 of 5 points needed....doesnt take ANY skills !!

Please incrise 5 points to 10 or 15...

P.S The real game isn't 5, 10, or even 15, its much more than that.

Thanx,

fuzz

been mentioned before and i agree but you have to think of beginners too, we won't get anyone else playing carom so an option is fair.

5
10
15
20
25
and 50 as damee requested on another thread.

ranking scale would have to be increased for each but 50 may be a problem as they would leave due to boredom so i was thinking maybe a rank limit on that one.

675 - unlock 5 points
700 unlock 10 and 15 points
725 unlock 20 and 25 points
750 unlock 50 points

without 50 points...

675 - unlock 5 points
700 - unlock 10 points
725 unlock 15 points
750 unlock 20 and 25 points

somewhere long these lines would be good i think but i can see some negative feedback coming from this as well.

reminds me of this thread using funky points to buy things:

http://www.funkysnooker.com/thread/7256/change-colour-of-cues-ect/3

Edited at 12:31 Thu 16/09/10 (BST)

All that good !

But still....

A game is a game, for begginers, advanced, pros, same rules. Simple...

Ok, lets do this....Lets make snooker easier for beginners

Instead of 147, lets make it 47 ... ok?

lol i like your style but 147 is the snooker maximum no changing that.

but i agree about 5, players like destiny you wouldnt stand a chance because he would beat you and you would have 1 chance to break even.

if this does get increased 10 is the way to go but unless there is a drop down box with options then i don't think this will be implemented.

147 is the rules james, its so simple.

if it was 47, then a newbie has 24 points, and takes the frame!

we over complicate things.... Fancy breaks, a good shot, and a fluke, its 3 points...pfft

Agreed. The amount needed to win a game should be upped or have a choice to choose the amount of points needed to win.

Erm isn't this called 'Arcade'

lol buddy ! Ye it is haha!

Imagine the current carom, its arcade carom, but 5 times worse!

woohoo!

I agree with you fuz.

There should be a dropdown menu so you can choose what the limit is for your game. Playing against fuzzy and destiny is pretty hard at 5 points but with the limit higher then there is more of a chance that you could come back and win the frame.

Actually yeah, 5 is a bit low, being able to choose the points would be ideal.


Really? How come?

think of arcade and original, longer type, more points you gain/lose.

arc you lose 6 points to a 600 from 850 etc but orig you lose 12.

Game limit needs to rise, this would actually probably generate more players interested.

If i saw destiny or cue_power waiting for a game, i would be far more interested playing to say 10 or 20 than the current 5. as suggested 1 good lag and then thats usually game over from the top players as they tend to score 5 for a past time. 10 or more is only achieved by the greatest players so thus harder to achieve from the initial break.

I am developing carom, but alot do suggest that the game is boring, so by raising or having option of choosing 5,10,15 etc.. would i suggest make more people willing to take part, which lets face it, is what this site is all about.

Yeah but arcade and original are different games. But as this would still be all the same game type surely rankings wouldn't need to be changed. Maybe I'm wrong. I'm not really fussed lol

Yep, i agree

Dgen, you have no argument , the real game is more, so call the current one on here arcade carom and let the rest of us go and play "regular" carom,

Thanks

what are you talking about?

im not trying to cause an argument im only stating that the more points that are used the rank system should be increased for each, the longer games should have more ranking, thats why its easier to gain/lose ranking on original rather than arcade.

maybe the real carom has more but no matter how much we want for the default point to be more than 5, it will probably remain at 5.

ive suggested a drop down box with options of 5,10,15, 20, 25 and even 50.

yes there should be more points but as buddytobud always says we must cater for beginners too thats why i suggested the option to choose number of points.

read before trying to cause a scene.



whats that suppose to mean?

i might not be the best caromer on here but ive played it longer than anyone on this site and i think i know what im doing

Edited at 15:58 Fri 17/09/10 (BST)

i agree lol ooops

Edited at 16:00 Fri 17/09/10 (BST)

Your debate is flawed, depends on who's playing at the end of the day.

I can guarantee that if the likes of dame, destiny, spursjay ect played each other in original then the games would be over sooner then two newbies on the arcade table, as for the carom rank having to be increased is ridiculous imo, it will just make the good players get a higher rank easier and it will only take an extra what? 2 minutes...:S.

Wrong thread maybe? :S

He didn't mean argument as in "RA RA RA", but like argument as in a process of reasoning.

I don't think it's based on the length of time the game takes. If that were the case then surely the rank scale would have to be changed for each shot time limit.

It would still be the same game regardless of how many points you're playing up to (unlike you're example of arcade and original), so I'm pretty sure the rank scale wouldn't need to be changed.