Live viewer number has been super low. Last match featured Alex Pagulauyan and had 46 viewers when I was tuned in. This match features speed deamon Soufi, and is currently at 15 viewers.
Heyball live in Qatar, low viewers
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trying too hard to make it look like snooker
and it comes off fake looking/feeling and boring
and it comes off fake looking/feeling and boring
This game is unwatchable! I never thought I'd be bored to hell watching Soufi. I sure hope he didn't give up WNT events for this boring ass game.
theres not even any one watching in the seats, how can anyone be expected to watch the stream
It's a good game.
If someone makes a mistake and the opponent plays safe, it would be nice to see them "working to finish" rather than putt the ball nonchalantly.
If someone makes a mistake and the opponent plays safe, it would be nice to see them "working to finish" rather than putt the ball nonchalantly.
A big reason is that it’s on a relatively small platform and wasn’t well promoted. They have 12k subscribers and don’t update.
One thing that any promotion can learn from matchroom, if you have ever even heard of them, they‘ll find you and won’t let you forget that their next tournament is in 4 weeks! 3 Weeks! 2 Weeks! 5 days to go….
It looks like 8 ball with funny pockets. Do you watch the U.S. Open 8 ball? Was it boring?
I can't stand any 8 ball. The most boring game ever invented IMO. Chinese 8 ball takes it to a new level of boring, due to the rounded pockets eliminating about half of the shots possible on an American style pool table.
Actually I partially take that back. I played a "short rack 8 ball tournament" on 7' Diamonds a week ago that was ok.
This is the danger IMO with tightening pockets too much on American style pool tables. On snooker style rounded pocket tables, half the shots are not available. (anything even remotely near a rail at speed). That's the bread and butter shot in pool. If pool tables are tightened too much, the game will become boring, cinch pool, with little CB zinging around the table.
^^^ That right there. To me it looks nothing like 8 ball on a regular table. Too much slow rolling balls, they don't play for angle so there is little cue ball movement and you don't see them going multiple rails for a break out often. The breaks look huge but its just balls rolling around bouncing off the cushions and nothing seemingly falling.
The average recreational player will struggle on 5" GoldCrown pockets. This current craze/lunacy of constantly making pockets tighter is bad for anyone but pros. 4.5" is 'kinda' doable but even those are tight for average league players. Ch8b is just mind-numbingly boring to watch.
Those shots are not possible due to the rounded pockets. The only shots that can be hit with speed on rounded pocket tables are the ones that enter full into the pocket, without hitting the "round". (or in pool terms, the facing). Those are the shot angles that skip the facing and instead directly hit the back plastic/leather/rubber part of the pocket. Those types of angles are not conducive to twice across table position routes, or 3 rail forward position routes. Or even one rail cross table shots. etc. Those are the routes that make pool fun, both playing and watching.
That's why snooker has a lot of similar straight back 1 rail power draw shots from the stack area. Because that's one of the few shots that can be hit with speed on a rounded pocket style table.
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