Being Snookered

[Brossnooker298]

Wasn't the "foul and a miss" rule intended for the pro circuit only?

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Also what i thought

[Brossnooker298]

If I were you, I'd drop the Foul & Miss rule, as far as I'm aware, it wasn't intended to be used by amateurs anyway.

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He wont do it he thinks that me asking doe that is some kind of advantage to him but thats his only way of winning which sucks

[PatBlock]

He wont do it he thinks that me asking doe that is some kind of advantage to him but thats his only way of winning which sucks

Well, you could:
a. Practice escaping from snookers.
b. Play him at his own game, rolling up at every available opportunity until he gets as sick of it as you.
c. Play with someone else.

Personally, I wouldn't go down the shootout rules route, don't think it's a good idea to bolt one bad rule on top of another, taking you even further away from the game of 'snooker'. But at the end of the day, it's your game, hopefully you can come to some sort of compromise where you can both enjoy it, after all, that's what it's all about, surely.

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[Cue crafty]

TBH I wouldn't play him. In the snooker league I used to play in we played the miss rule but based on handicap the ref would make a decision on a reasonable attempt that got to within a couple of inches as a proper attempt ( depending on difficulty of escape etc )

You cant expect any club player to always escape from a snooker no matter what. They only call a miss almost indefinitely in pro snooker because these guys are sooo good!!

In the group I play with who are 60/70 break makers we decide rules each time before we start a Best Of 7 etc E.g we will play say three misses on a snooker escape. I really like this, because it's helps you learn some angles and discipline in your escapes and improves your match game, but isn't crippling in that the player who potted more and scored best should still win.

[Brossnooker298]

Well, you could:
a. Practice escaping from snookers.
b. Play him at his own game, rolling up at every available opportunity until he gets as sick of it as you.
c. Play with someone else.

Personally, I wouldn't go down the shootout rules route, don't think it's a good idea to bolt one bad rule on top of another, taking you even further away from the game of 'snooker'. But at the end of the day, it's your game, hopefully you can come to some sort of compromise where you can both enjoy it, after all, that's what it's all about, surely.

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I like your comment, i recently have thought that im going to play the same as him (rolling up to colour at every opportunity) because its getting riddiculous and he thinks that its some type of win over me when we both cant make a break of 40 plus, so why are we concentrating sooo much on snookers lets try making high breaks ultimatley thats how you win a game of snooker even pros have said it

[Brossnooker298]

TBH I wouldn't play him. In the snooker league I used to play in we played the miss rule but based on handicap the ref would make a decision on a reasonable attempt that got to within a couple of inches as a proper attempt ( depending on difficulty of escape etc )

You cant expect any club player to always escape from a snooker no matter what. They only call a miss almost indefinitely in pro snooker because these guys are sooo good!!

In the group I play with who are 60/70 break makers we decide rules each time before we start a Best Of 7 etc E.g we will play say three misses on a snooker escape. I really like this, because it's helps you learn some angles and discipline in your escapes and improves your match game, but isn't crippling in that the player who potted more and scored best should still win.

Completley agree 10000%% we were playing 5 attempts at getting out of the snooker but i have got sick of it and have challenged him to a 1 snooker attempt game to see if he can do it again and again also the session after that were going to be playing unlimited attempts untill snooker required because then it can benefit us both because i have gave him some good snookers but max 5 attempts

[Brossnooker298]

This problem rised up because of the last session we had played and it was 3-3 in sets ,2-1 to him in frames to him (we play up to 3 for a set) and he had been fluking all over the gaff and that particular frame he fluked a snooker really bad and my head just went and we had abit of a falling out (nothing personal) but in snooker terms

[theplough]

every time he calls for a fourth attempt twat him on the ear with the butt, northern rules

[Brossnooker298]

every time he calls for a fourth attempt twat him on the ear with the butt, northern rules

Hahahaaa😂😂😂😂

[itsnoteasy]

I used to play a lad like this, I told him I would only play him if we played highest break wins the frame. It changes the whole approach to the frame, sure you can play a snooker to create an opportunity but there's no point racking up points from it as its not a break so doesn't win you the frame.

[Brossnooker298]

I used to play a lad like this, I told him I would only play him if we played highest break wins the frame. It changes the whole approach to the frame, sure you can play a snooker to create an opportunity but there's no point racking up points from it as its not a break so doesn't win you the frame.

I agree but we try to play as close to the rules as possible so he just would flip it back on me and say 'so were changing the rules now'

[vmax]

I would put that rule in motion but he thinks that rolling up to a colour after a red is some type of 'selby snooker'

Which it is I suppose, used to gain points and ruin the opponents focus.

[Brossnooker298]

Which it is I suppose, used to gain points and ruin the opponents focus.

Yeah typically i would agree too but when you cant pot 4 balls in a row its just a cry for help

[itsnoteasy]

I agree but we try to play as close to the rules as possible so he just would flip it back on me and say 'so were changing the rules now'

My answer to that would be "yeah I'm changing the rules because you do my tits in with your negative pish, so it's this or feck off and drag someone else's game down"
I'm not a very patient man
Honestly I'd rather play on my own than with someone like that.

[Brossnooker298]

My answer to that would be "yeah I'm changing the rules because you do my tits in with your negative pish, so it's this or feck off and drag someone else's game down"
I'm not a very patient man
Honestly I'd rather play on my own than with someone like that.

10000%%% Agree but he thinks that thats his one over me as in hes a better player because of that which is not the case at all so im in a pickle