Oh and also, if someone replies to one of your posts on threads, is it possible you can maybe make it so that you receive a message if they reply to your message specifically if you are not on the server?

thats amateur's play what i would like to see is watch the game whenever you enter the game room. i.e. i enter Seb's Original Room, hes on a max on 104 but im blind so i say some text etc, where as if i could see hes on a max i would stay silent until he got it/missed

g_k - as damee said. It's basically the only game currently suitable for a single player mode.



This does exist now, however until a few days ago this was failing. So long as your forum notification message is set correctly you should get a notification for my reply here.

Just in case you missed this Nick!

Maybe he just thought it was a terrible idea

it clearly isnt haha.

Thanks for the Reply Nick.

After posting the forum refreshes to the bottom of the page and shows your available posts - I was wondering if it would be possible to put the forum navigation buttons (Game queries/Forum list) there as well ? As it would save you scrolling back up to the top.

Also is it possible to put a Killer practice game in ? We have just reds at the moment but there is no black, so you can't work out where black would land. I think this could be handy for practising breaks and general game play

The navigation buttons are at the bottom of the page as well!

Absolutely right Adam, my mistake. I hadn't noticed, as it refreshes (after posting) to a higher position on the page. My bad

i agree james would be better like that

16 days have past and carom practice is already reducing rapidly.

No more than 25 players have recorded a practice run of 2 (or more) in 24 hours.

No more than 5 players have completed a 100-shot session.

For once more carom is being changed in the wrong direction. Even less players compete each other, because of practice been introduced, and now practice is going down hill too.

Carom is more of a 'fun' game this way..hit a couple of balls in practice and get rewarded...

Show some more respect for the most difficult billiards game in the world and make the (MANY) very good players in here motivated and start playing it again more seriously.

Purpose of the game is not practice alone, but playing against opponents.

With respect

fuzzy

i personally think the ONLY way to get players motivated is to increase the point limit or have an option for friendly games, how about instead of a drop box to pick 5, 10, 15, or 20 how about you can put the points you want to go up to so 5 minimum, 25 maximum for friendly games only (5 would be the default for newbies), i mentioned that newbies would have to stick to 1st to 5 until they lose their tag then they can choose too.

i agree practice has gone downhill a little but its too exhausting for me, i tend to practice for about 20 minutes then practice another type. im still after that 8 run though (4 7s lol) but yeah competitiveness has gone down too, myself i feel i can practice carom without playing if you know what i mean

least you won't be deactivating fuzz until adam beats your 76, so one good thing came out of it

You're right, but this is such a minor impact.

Lets keep this discussion on subject. Nothing really came out of this, absolutely nothing.

1) carom change to regular table
2) 10 (or 15) points winning points per frame.

Nothing more nothing less. -

Edited at 23:27 Thu 15/03/12 (GMT)

The thing for me is that if I'm not over 80% after 20 shots I start over as all that matters is beating fuzzy's 76, which isn't going to happen.

You are right though, points limit needs increasing as I know many of the best players are put off by losing to hit and hope shots from players who have no interest in learning the subtleties of the game. Also, games up to 5 between good players are over in a couple of minutes and one person hits a 5 run and its over. Be much more interesting to play up to 25. Am I right when I say real life carom is up to 35 fuzzy? Been ages since I watched any.

First to 50 (95% sure of that) in real life. Also there isn't equal innings, which makes the lag more important than what it does on here (apart from the usual easy 1st point)

Putting it up to 25 would be more interesting, however, you can't have a drop down box for the amount you want to play to, as it creates a massive problem with the ranking system.



This assumption changes when you play to a higher number (as you expect the better players to win a higher percentage)

It would need an overhaul of the rankings just to give more options to a game which struggles for users enough as it is.

As much as I enjoy playing carom on here, it's clear as day that it's the least popular, just the same handful of players playing it over and over again, and should not be given so many options when it's clearly just a side game for the site and work should be looked into other areas which can benefit the site a whole lot more.

Agreed. Admins should decide ONE different number other than 5 points per frame. And this should be at least 10.

I'll come with details about real life, but points per frame differ depending on type of competition etc.

There's also a time limit per frame as in power snooker.

Thats also a nice option. 10 or 15 minutes per frame with 20 secs per shot.

what would be good if carom does have a time limit, say 5 or 10 minutes per frame if that remove the first to whatever points and have no limit so game continues until the time is up no matter if your on 20 points, 50 points or 100 points.

regarding the run at the end i think once time runs out if your on a run instead of not counting it it should be the last number that was showed, e.g. fuzz is in a run of 19 and time runs out 19 would be the announced run.

i actually think my idea above will bring back motivation.

Everything is good apart from the current format.

Timed carom of 15mins in my opinion, exactly like power snooker (with your rule that seems fine)

Or at least 15 points per frame.

I personally think they should change the yellow ball into a purple ball, and then make it first to 1 point wins. That way everyone can have so much more fun.