Is Anyone Else Frustrated by the Lack of Live Scores & Updates in Cuesports?

[NextGen Games]

Hi all

I’m curious if others feel the same, because lately it’s become a real headache trying to follow cuesports events — especially snooker and even the new, fast-growing HeyBall tournaments.

We just had several international events here in Australia, and honestly… it was a horrible experience trying to find out scores or even basic updates. No central hub, no live scoring, barely any communication. In a few cases it was literally easier to wait for players to post their own results on Facebook — and a couple were even kind enough to livestream their own matches just so people could follow what was happening. That alone tells you something.

Cuesports keeps talking about “growing the game,” but if fans, players, and federations can’t even access results in real time, how are we supposed to build momentum?

I’m wondering how things are on the other side of the world.
For the players and fans in the U.S. — is it just as difficult to get live scores and updates when events are running?
Or do the tournament organisers over there do a better job of keeping people informed?

Would love to hear your experiences, good or bad.

Stay well,

Shawn

Founder of NextGen Bets
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[Johnson]

I'm in the US but snooker is my favorite, I have purchased dazn and watched most of the World Championship but that's just way too time consuming. I really enjoy how Matchroom does the snooker updates on their youtube it's basically like Cliff's Notes and I've never purchased the Mosconi ppv but I like to watch the highlights which tend to be updated within hours and has 3/4 of the good stuff and I don't have to watch all DAY!!! You just have to stay off the Mosconi thread on here or fb to avoid updates that'll spoil you rewatching!!

I like heyball but the names of the tourneys make it IMPOSSIBLE to know which round is which if EVERY stream is titled "Grand Finals"!! Only the finals of ANY event in ANY sport should ever be titled "finals" otherwise it's REDUNDANTLY CONFUSING!! I really enjoy all the Ultimate Pool USA events because they will all be live and it'll take up fri/sat/sun but I can just watch the current 4 - 6 hour live stream and pause it when I need to or fast forward through commercials/racking/interviews so it's actually faster that way! Alex P tends to focus on snooker/heyball and has a lot of live streams: https://www.youtube.com/@alexpagulayanpro/streams

The Derby will be starting in 5 weeks or so and it's a true marathon event similar to the snooker championships and they have multiple streamers streaming DOZENS of tables for free but I always like to buy the ppv's for the 1P and banks semis/finals but sometimes the scheduling for those can be lagged by a day. Fedor and Mickey Krause stream most of their matches live: https://www.youtube.com/@FedorGorstPro

In the US there's also other pro part time streamers that cover Derby billiardnet, post up, etc.. And there are state/regional streamers that will sneak in lower level pros in Fargo split bracket tourneys which are whacky w 3 hour calcuttas lol. Post up covers a lot of the West coast pro stuff which isn't much US Open 10b banks 1p and any of Oscar's events, typically some streams going on here most weeks mon - thur w gambling match ups or weekend tourneys pro or split brackets.

If I'm not watching an event "live" and streaming at my own pace there's really no need for "live" results. If I need them I can come on here and there's always gonna be an open topic about the bigger events. If you want to know about any US streams you can check the live stream forum or ask in the main section for a specific event. Most of the main tours aren't keeping an updated schedule so you never really know!

 

[alphadog]

I have been complaining about trnmnt info for years. Promote your trnmnt before during and after the event.

 

[garczar]

I come here to AZ, Facebook, Youtube. I stay pretty up-to-speed on what's going on. There is no single clearing house for everything. I don't watch Heyball and very little snooker or billiards. For the games i like i find what i want.

 

[InsertCleverNameHere]

wouldn't it be cool to see major events scoring on apps like scoreandodds or the score or hell even like CBS sports or even ESPN. That would be super cool. The promoters of events could even add buttons to buy content in the apps and the companies can get advertising for pennies. Doubt it ever happens but that would be very cool! Somebody should pitch this to WNT.