you dont see any players doing it though

Theres a difference between players doing it, and it being a rule though

what about the respotted black going to the lowest rank?

god ure posts get better everyday

j_d you have problems,you are on here prowling the forum looking for an arguement,your posts had no relevance to the topic as usual.

yes it did, it was a stupid idea

have you always been so negative?

not at all, but you going on about something that aint going to change anyway.

smile j_d it wont hurt

random is fair and it wont be changed.

Random is by far the fairest way. You can't go giving people advantage of first shot just because they are a lower rank or because they didn't break.

Greatest you just come on here to cause an arguement and relate things to your stupid ideas and then cry like a baby and annoy others to the peak where people can get banned, grow up please.

In relevance to the thread, the rules are its random to who plays the black respot, in The Cruicible for example, im sure they will flip a coin to see who takes the shot or something like that, so its totally random, and not favoured to one player.

They do indeed toss a coin to decide who has first shot at a re-spotted black. Seen it happen a few times on TV.

Exactly, so why should the rules be changed to favour one player, totally barbaric if you ask me.

He's just being silly and annoying as usual

One thing I would change though....

I agree intensly

Just to settle this once and for all, here is a video of a re-spotted black.

It's a bit long, but fast forward to 9mins and you'll see the re-spot. You can clearly hear Michaela Tabb say "It's tails" as she shows the coin on the back of her hand.

there was a guy in the 90s who smashed on the break in the welsh open but cant remember his name so greatest, shut up

Firstly I agree that the only fair way to play a re-spotted black is a random chance 'flip of a coin' as in the official rules.

The point that doesn't seem to have been raised is that on a re-spotted black there is a very good chance that a reasonable player will pot it, this is where it differs from the real game.

No professional, or club player, would try to pot the black out of the 'D'.

I think with the law of averages for the few times a game is drawn it's ok as it is.

The only way to make it fairer could be that the player having to take the first shot at a re-spotted black has to play safe, as the pro's do in a real game but I image that would be difficult to write into the programme.

In arcade, if you play safe off a respotted black its basically impossible, because people with talents such as bud can pot a ball from anywhere on the table, so thats basically out of the window.