Power Snooker is a great idea, and can be a great game...

however, I've just played someone who deliberately wasted the game, taking 20 seconds for each and every shot (from the first shot) because I'd been awarded the first break.

With safeties, and snookers, we didn't even finish the first frame. Final score: 46-43...

I'm sick of volunteering to 15 minutes of 'tactics' from these people. (Even though I won, in the end).

Can't we start a list of people to avoid?

Well if you don't like the tactical side that much it's a good tactic to use against you. If I ever play you I might just do that.

Secondly it's against the rules to name and shame, so no!

Taking 20 seconds for a shot -- for every shot, and from the first shot -- simply because the other player is awarded the first break isn't tactics. It's cowardice, it's petty, and it's the reason why I very rarely play Power Snooker. I'll make sure I avoid you, thanks.

dont i lost my rights precisely because of this

Were they purposely taking that long ? - Did they say that ?

The reason I ask is some people if they have a bad connection appear to be taking that long when they really aren't.

Some people don't change do they. You just backed up my previous points made against you. Reading that made my face wince with disgust.

It wasn't a connection problem. He deliberately took his time over every shot. Each was measured to twenty seconds. When I asked him to hurry up, he claimed I was 'gay'...

are you?

Are you interested?

He's taken anyway.

Although I don't support people taking 20 secs every shot in the beginning of the game, you have every right to take as much time as you want (especially late in the game).
Considering it was a 47-44 final score, it did not give him much of an advantage anyway. Just wasn't fun.

Lol !!!

Depends what photo you send him

Whocares is right, as long as the time limit is 20 secs, then it's legitimate to take any time you want to shoot from 0 secs to 20 secs.

However, it's really sad for a player to use up completely the 20 seconds on every single shot on purpose, just because he's in front in the scoreboard. That's against the concept of Power Snooker. I was playing Power Snooker this afternoon while I was watching the O'Sullivan v Higgins Quarterfinal, so was a bit distracted and took some time to shoot, but would never do it normally.

I can't consider that being a ''strategy'' nor ''tactics''. It's legitimate if you're doing it, but really sad if you ask me. Not for the Funkysnooker community, but for yourself.

Power Snooker was created to promote attacking / aggressive play.. That's why I'm saying it.

i spoil them all?