To be honest im rushing most of my shots...especially in the powerplay....asap opening up all reds....free pathways for black to both corners....got a max break of 148....6 reds/blacks within 2-4 secs/shot.Most of the time waiting for cue ball being stopped again.
Still i wonder how people get 170+ breaks here...should use potting black from power zone during powerplay.....??
Playing powersnooker feels like playing pool.....and not snooker....
Still good fun...and many think of that....seeing many frames played there....

i rush mine too, take like 5-10 seconds a shot normally and about 3 seconds during powerplay.

i see no reason why 20 secs a shot is necessary,all the better players dont need that clock. I think this clock was made to suit the average players. Power snooker is meant to be fast and furious.

Maybe a choice between 5,10,15 and 20 seconds would stop arguements.

it got put there because it is an offical rule of power snooker.

He's on to a point though, there's no reason we can't have a choice for shot time.

Normally I'd be the first to jump in an go for a short clock, as anyone who knows me knows!

However, 20 seconds is the official Power Snooker rule, and a fundimental one due to the timed format of the game. Sure, we have a few variations from the official rules, but these are primarily to make it work well in an online format.

The fact is you can take your shots in 15, 10, 5, even 2 secs if you want. Removing the 20 second clock would remove the tactical choice of whether to play quick, or take a chance and buy time.

i think using the clock is wrong.

If people choose to play a slow game, it's upto them the fact is you are able to do it yourself

I for one hate them players but yougive and take with the game i guess

Im against having an option of time tbh, but just thinking about other players and what there thoughts may be.

I think I understand lol... so this means the half cent won't be in the events tab but will still be added to the half cent stat on your profile? That doesn't sound right though :S

Yeah 150+ sounds good... wondering what it would be called though...

Well I can see what you're saying... but I've never had any problems with it and never heard of anyone struggling to understand what they refer to. If anything it could only take a new person a couple of games to understand what it all means.

But seeing as you seem to be set on keeping "snooker" at the end of everything.... maybe you could re-design the "game rooms" table a bit so it looks less messy. Maybe have the game type tabs down the side or something? I don't know how much effort it is to do so it might be more than it's worth. But those tabs do look pretty crowded.

Edited at 01:20 Mon 08/11/10 (GMT)

About the concede button.... you can easily get a situation where someone can be so far behind that there's no chance of winning and there still being good break chances on the table for both players. So if there was a concede button and it meant the game finished at the end of the current break without the "leading" player needing to consent, the leading player would be a bit hard done by as they could miss out on some decent break opportunities.

Hopefully that makes sense lol

thats a good point.

you could be on 99 (for example) and the opponent could concede and stop you getting a 100.
i think you would have to have a concede button that after 1 player concedes they have to wait for the player at the table (who is winning obviously and maybe on a break) to click it as well.

i think james is saying that a concede button would rob people of the chance to get cents in subsequent breaks in the same game (since the game ends prematurely). however, this already occurs with players abandoning, so a flag doesnt make much of a difference in that respect?

Yeah you understood what I meant Seb.

And yeah it already happens when someone abandons but it's hardly a plus side of the game that we should be giving more of an opportunity to happen. So I'd say it does make a difference to be honest.

right it makes a difference to the negative. how about a mutual flag (one that both players have to click)?

Yeah that would be ideal.

problem solved. NEXT

Yeah i swear i had to breaks in a row on power snokker before, i t was my first game and i was like, oh thats pretty cool lol,