Power Snooker

[gerbisto]

I was in attendance at the arena. At first the chanting and singing was quite annoying but you get caught along in it if you are there. Probably watching it at home you cant get the atmosphere properly. Obviously wont replace the main game of Snooker but would be happy to see it again, would like the players to interact with the crowd more though.

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http://www.youtube.com/user/MaximumSnooker
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When they were singing "Ding Junhui" to the tune of a popular church song, were they seriously supporting Ding or taking the mick?

[gerbisto]

Certain players who are more sociable gelled better with the event I guess. Ali Carter, Ronnie, Robertson, White and Selby seemed pretty much at home.

Ding and Murphy were uncomfortable I felt and did not know how to react to the crowd.

[cazmac1]

The colour of the cloth was rotten, but more to the point I don't think it was a match standard cloth and was to fast for all but ronnie. I don't see how singing and slagging players off while on the shot will help this event. The format works and people calling out and friendly banter between shots is fine but any thing that would cause a player to miss a shot just won't work. Like I said if the prize money go's up players won't put up with it.

[cally]

over my dead f*****g body

if Barry or any other tit wants a fight ill give them one hell of a fight nobody and i do mean nobody going to ruin Snooker while ive got breath in me.

Gotta love this post...

And i agree with you for once jonesy boyo...
(take note now, cos i can't see it happening very often)

[nevets]

In a really good (proper) snooker match there is crowd involvement. This happens naturally due to the genuine excitement of a good close game. When it's artificial and fuelled by alcohol it just gets embarrassing.
You can't just create an atmosphere.

"You're in the Power Zone"

[Gargon]

When they were singing "Ding Junhui" to the tune of a popular church song, were they seriously supporting Ding or taking the mick?

Well I was doing it to support him myself, dunno about the other guys. There wasnt really much mick being taken out of Ding, quite alot for Murphy though.

Video of O'Sullivan getting trophy; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNWCyX2h5FA

[beechy1212]

The crowd got embarressing at times. It's ok creating at atmosphere but you get a couple of morons having to go too far. The presentation needs a lot of work, too.

The table was a bit dark but i thought the biggest problem was the pace. If you are going to try something new, do so but don't change the conditions. Let Snooker players play on a proper cloth. You wouldn't get twenty20 cricketers batting on a concrete pitch.

Apart from that, i thought the game was great. This could be big in clubs. The rules were actually quite easy to follow. Surely it didn't take everyone very long to figure it all out. There wasn't that much to it.

[Jools]

over my dead f*****g body

if Barry or any other tit wants a fight ill give them one hell of a fight nobody and i do mean nobody going to ruin Snooker while ive got breath in me.

Why is it everyone thinks this is going to "ruin" snooker? Explain to me exactly the process it's going to go through to ruin it?

The people who like it will watch it, the people who don't won't. The majority of Britain were probably oblivious to its existence anyway apart from the few who stumbled across it whilst channel hopping and became curious and this can only raise snookers profile anyway surely. Those who became interested may then give 'traditional' snooker a look when the Masters or another prestigious tournament is on BBC, those unintrested will just forget it and get on with there lives.

Those of us here who genuinely love the traditional game as we know it won't suddenly start disliking it because of a new format, what is everybody frightened of?

I found it quite exiting, i can appreciate potting and strategic play from anyone and usually just root for the underdog, was rooting for Ding in the final match and thought he might clinch it with that early lead and when he fell behind, the format allows what seems a mammouth deficit possible to reduce, the time restrictions just add to the drama.

In my opinion there is room in the game for a 'points' based scoring system with time restrictions as things can change very rapidly. Keep the format, lose the chicks escorting the players on thats pointless, lose the innapropriate behaviour from the crowd but keep a more casual atmosphere.

In summary liked it. Personally don't feel were losing or ruining the traditional format all of a sudden though. I bet there was people who played billiards who would have nothing do do with snooker for the same reasons.

[cue1]

Why is it everyone thinks this is going to "ruin" snooker? Explain to me exactly the process it's going to go through to ruin it?

The people who like it will watch it, the people who don't won't. The majority of Britain were probably oblivious to its existence anyway apart from the few who stumbled across it whilst channel hopping and became curious and this can only raise snookers profile anyway surely. Those who became interested may then give 'traditional' snooker a look when the Masters or another prestigious tournament is on BBC, those unintrested will just forget it and get on with there lives.

Those of us here who genuinely love the traditional game as we know it won't suddenly start disliking it because of a new format, what is everybody frightened of?

I found it quite exiting, i can appreciate potting and strategic play from anyone and usually just root for the underdog, was rooting for Ding in the final match and thought he might clinch it with that early lead and when he fell behind, the format allows what seems a mammouth deficit possible to reduce, the time restrictions just add to the drama.

In my opinion there is room in the game for a 'points' based scoring system with time restrictions as things can change very rapidly. Keep the format, lose the chicks escorting the players on thats pointless, lose the innapropriate behaviour from the crowd but keep a more casual atmosphere.

In summary liked it. Personally don't feel were losing or ruining the traditional format all of a sudden though. I bet there was people who played billiards who would have nothing do do with snooker for the same reasons.

Some people find it difficult to accept change or innovation... Not just in snooker but in everything else, I remember years ago when some people were against automation because they thought IT would take their jobs away! It's just resistance to change... It's part of the human nature and there is nothing we could do about it.

I liked the format, enjoyed the event but like you said there are a few annoying things... I would however give the organizers credit and I'm sure they would get it better next time

Whatever you do, don't lose the chicks... The power girls rock!!!

[cazmac1]

I love it, I think it would be a great comp for clubs as you can set a start time and finish time because you know how long each game will last and you don't have to stick to 1/2 hour you could play 20 min, 15 or 25. No longer playing to all hours waiting for the slow players.

[nevets]

Let's look at what has happened with T20 cricket. It's been hugely successful and has got new fans into the game. Good.
As a cricket "traditionalist" I watch T20 but still regard Test cricket as the best version of the game, but I have the option of 3 versions of the game so it all works nicely. In this country that is.
In the rest of the world, especially India, T20 has taken over. Have you seen an Indian Test match? There's no one there and the players are quitting Test cricket to concentrate on the more lucrative T20.
Test cricket is in very real danger.

Don't be complacent about this, snooker as we know it could very easily die. If it can happen to a game as big as cricket, it can easily happen to a little game like snooker.

What happens if Power Snooker really takes off in China?

[SD7792]

One other suggestion I forgot to add last night was that once the 30 minutes are up, I would like to see the current rack finished off. The player potting the final black and clearing the table is always a great finish but a horn going off and play stopping with balls still on the table isn't so good in my opinion..

[gavpowell]

Well I watched a small amoutn of it and i thought it was drivel, but then I think the same of the Premier League and Piot black, so I'll ignore it like those in the same way.

[wildJONESEYE]

Why is it everyone thinks this is going to "ruin" snooker? Explain to me exactly the process it's going to go through to ruin it?

The people who like it will watch it, the people who don't won't. The majority of Britain were probably oblivious to its existence anyway apart from the few who stumbled across it whilst channel hopping and became curious and this can only raise snookers profile anyway surely. Those who became interested may then give 'traditional' snooker a look when the Masters or another prestigious tournament is on BBC, those unintrested will just forget it and get on with there lives.

Those of us here who genuinely love the traditional game as we know it won't suddenly start disliking it because of a new format, what is everybody frightened of?

I found it quite exiting, i can appreciate potting and strategic play from anyone and usually just root for the underdog, was rooting for Ding in the final match and thought he might clinch it with that early lead and when he fell behind, the format allows what seems a mammouth deficit possible to reduce, the time restrictions just add to the drama.

In my opinion there is room in the game for a 'points' based scoring system with time restrictions as things can change very rapidly. Keep the format, lose the chicks escorting the players on thats pointless, lose the innapropriate behaviour from the crowd but keep a more casual atmosphere.

In summary liked it. Personally don't feel were losing or ruining the traditional format all of a sudden though. I bet there was people who played billiards who would have nothing do do with snooker for the same reasons.

I WAS REACTING TO THIS POST and not to that ****ty rubbish at the O2.

Sadly - and I do mean sadly - I think we all have to accept that radical changes to the snooker we all know and love is inevitable.

[wildJONESEYE]

and Regarding your Billiards analogy

that was starting to die so what did they do try and make it more fan friendly,TV Friendly and speed it up all they managed to do was accelerate the decline.

Traditionalist Did not like it and they couldn't get new fans.

Power Snooker wont get New fans interested they will tune in get a migraine trying to work out all the rules and turn off.

Snooker or Cue sport appeal in general is the simplicity of the rules that people of all ages can enjoy it.

that trash did nothing for snooker and never will.