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  • #16
    haha how ludicrously detrimental to snookers original format.... can this even be called snooker?


    http://www.powersnooker.com/rules.php

    The rules of the traditional game of snooker apply, subject to the following variations:

    Nine reds are racked in a diamond, with the point of the diamond next to the pink.

    The middle red is the PowerBall, once potted, this triggers a two minute PowerPlay during which every ball potted counts double – if a shot is missed during a PowerPlay, the clock stops and the player’s opponent inherits the remaining time.

    Each game lasts half an hour; the clock starts when the reds are broken, and stops as the final black of each frame is potted.

    A shot clock limits players to twenty seconds for each shot.

    If the twenty second shot clock is exceeded, there is a 20 point penalty and the player still has to take the shot.

    Points count, frames don’t. The most points scored after half an hour wins.

    When a player breaks, two or more reds must hit a cushion otherwise the player’s turn ends.

    The area behind the baulk line is the PowerZone – if the cue ball is struck from within the PowerZone, any colour potted counts for double and during a PowerPlay, quadruple.

    A century break in any frame is worth 50 bonus points. If this is repeated in the next frame, 100 bonus points. If this is repeated in the third frame, 200 bonus points.

    The “ball in hand” principle applies following a foul shot. The cue ball can be positioned anywhere in the PowerZone.

    The game will end after the half hour playing period and the player with the most points wins.
    Last edited by gavhay; 22 July 2010, 02:44 PM.

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    • #17
      Powerball, Powerzone, PowerPlay, Power off?
      I often use large words I don't really understand in an attempt to appear more photosynthesis.

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      • #18
        I am all for slight changes to snooker to make it more marketable and appealing but this is a joke... it is so far from snooker it is scary.

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        • #19
          Originally Posted by gavhay View Post
          haha how ludicrously detrimental to snookers original format.... can this even be called snooker?
          I'd be glad that there's exposure for the players and cuesports in general. We haven't had this much media coverage in years. We're not gonna get by with just the traditional game, change is needed and I for one highly applaud this.

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          • #20
            What an abolsute farce that is!

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            • #21
              WOW! How amazingly crap. That stupid snooker thing that ITV did with Phillip Schofield called Tenball (partly invented by Hearn) now doesn't look so bad. This , like Tenball ,will fail. Who is this going to appeal to?

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              • #22
                Originally Posted by JasonFrancis View Post
                no players in powersnooker with be scheduled matches on that satuday so they can compete in both
                Maybe you're right but sounds a bit unlikely to me. Can't see these players travelling from UK to Offenbach on Thursday/Friday, (back) to London on Saturday, back again to Offenbach on Sunday, and finally back home again to UK...

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                • #23
                  The new rules look like a bit of fun to me.

                  Although Ronnie's comment about the Worlds being boring has irritated me. If he finds it boring he should do something else.

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                  • #24


                    I can't remember the last time I've had as good a laugh as when reading the opening post of this thread, the rules in particular.

                    Good luck to the organizers and everybody involved in this, and good luck to the people looking forward to it. As for me personally, I think it's the biggest, most ridiculous piece of crap I've come across in a long time, and I wouldn't watch it if you paid me.

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                    • #25
                      Way too many rules to make this fun & appealing to an audience IMO!

                      I certainly won't be tuning in for this one..
                      "Statistics won't tell you much about me. I play for love, not records."

                      ALEX HIGGINS

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                      • #26
                        I would say a very loose connection to snooker, only that it is played on the same table and with some snooker balls, apart from that it sounds awful, in fact it seems quite similar to a game show from a few years back (big break).

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                        • #27
                          Great ! ! More adverts than pots !

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