US Open hard to watch
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It is difficult. Having players at simple shots forever. I agree the shot clock just makes it better.
it's that simple. with no shot clock even fast players take more time than necessary because of the occasion. and watching the slow players is interminable. it makes me adverse to them as players, i'm rooting against kaci now.
I think the final 16 are on the clock.
Could be wrong.
The final 16 is for Mainstream, who pays the rent so tah speak.
Be nice if the announcers, would let the audience/non players know which ball color is which #.
Or maybe show somewhere on the screen that the purple ball is the 5 and the pink is the four to HELP.
Could be wrong.
The final 16 is for Mainstream, who pays the rent so tah speak.
Be nice if the announcers, would let the audience/non players know which ball color is which #.
Or maybe show somewhere on the screen that the purple ball is the 5 and the pink is the four to HELP.
I think it effected Ruiz's play, brutal match to watch, tho NOT Kaci Brutal.
Like the live open final Kaci was in against Shaw.
40 second shot clock, but when you were down on the shot, and the clock ran out, you were still able to stay down and execute.
Kaci actually wore himself out by his play style, got 4 games.
Shaw played the best final, I've ever seen by any player EVER.
One other note, at times the players created extremely Good safeties because of having the extra time.
So what does it cost for DAZIN?
I have stated I prefer the traditional colors. But.... the only ones I here complain are us Americans. I dont here the bitching from Europe, Asia, The Philippines, or anywhere else. So drawing a conclusion, these colors are here to stay... at least in most major events.
And when it comes down to it, it's not that difficult to remember "pink 4 and purple 5". It been repeated here by all the haters countless times, and many times in this thread. It shouldn't be that hard to figure out which ball is next. Get over it.... move on.
And when it comes down to it, it's not that difficult to remember "pink 4 and purple 5". It been repeated here by all the haters countless times, and many times in this thread. It shouldn't be that hard to figure out which ball is next. Get over it.... move on.
My vote for post of the year ^^^^
It's at the bottom of the screen.
It's been there on all Matchroom broadcasts for decades
And it shows which balls have been pocketed.
LARGER than the normal colors, could HELP, hard to see.
I do remember them, but it's still difficult to retrain/brain.
Was watching Ruiz run the hill game out, and I thought he got the incorrect position, NOT.
Brain/color/miscue.
It will be interesting today when Filler plays Kaci .... with a shot clock. I'm thinking 10-3/10-4 Filler.
I'm totally with you on the changing of the colors of the four and five ball. One of the stupidest things I've ever seen in this sport. I'd like to ask the people responsible for this idiocy if they would also consider changing the colors of the four and five ball in snooker? Of course not! It is only the American game of 9-Ball that they would do something like this with. All that blather about it being done for television is 100% unadulterated BS! Every time I watch a match and see this I am infuriated that they got away with it. Shame on the companies who are making these balls. Over 100 years of tradition thrown in the trash like yesterday's garbage. And only some vague and blithe remarks to explain it away.I don’t want to knock MR as they are doing a lot for pool.
The purple 5 is beyond bad.
The rest I can live with. I’ve sweated a few matches with a couple friends while talking on the phone-was fun.
I’m just glad we are past all the BS and at a live venue and people are there. Let’s not forget what was going on a couple years ago. Let’s be grateful that pool is being played-even if the 5 is the WRONG color. And I’m working on fixing that.
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Fatboy
I agree with you that MR is doing a lot to grow the sport, but this glaring error needs to be called out again and again!
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I completely agree regarding the shot clock comment. For what my opinion is worth....Matchroom, please please please put a shot clock. I understand that it is a professional event and so on. That being said, I would think that viewership matters from a standpoint of manifesting growth. Though this isnt the PGA, even the PGA has a time criteria for hitting each shot. The amount of time that drags between shots makes it brutal to watch.
Again, for what my personal thoughts are worth....you are hearing this feedback from fans who are already loyal to this sport. I dont think its possible to grow interest when you are being questioned by those who are already loyal. To grab new viewers seems almost impossible. A very simple change could only help.....in my opinion.
I definitely dont have all the answers, but I think not having a shot clock is definitely a small step in the wrong direction from a fan standpoint.
CanadianGuy
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shot clock and for the love of god ban those stupid air strokes
I completely agree regarding the shot clock comment. For what my opinion is worth....Matchroom, please please please put a shot clock. I understand that it is a professional event and so on. That being said, I would think that viewership matters from a standpoint of manifesting growth. Though this isnt the PGA, even the PGA has a time criteria for hitting each shot. The amount of time that drags between shots makes it brutal to watch.
Again, for what my personal thoughts are worth....you are hearing this feedback from fans who are already loyal to this sport. I dont think its possible to grow interest when you are being questioned by those who are already loyal. To grab new viewers seems almost impossible. A very simple change could only help.....in my opinion.
I definitely dont have all the answers, but I think not having a shot clock is definitely a small step in the wrong direction from a fan standpoint.
I love pool, but I watch many of matches at 2x speed on YouTube (not live) because they are so slow. Even at 2x speed it can be hard to sit through the delays. Golf tries to solve this problem by switching between holes/players while the golfers futz around.
I've seen this week some fans on youtube have edited the US open matches so they only show the shots with everything else cut out. I've liked those edits. It's similar to what you can see on the NFL network, where you can watch a whole NFL game in 10 minutes.
CaptainBly
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Replying to the part in RED. Matchroom doesn't care what we think. They don't care about the current fans at all. They just assume we will always be there to support them because we love the game. Queen Emily only cares about bringing in new viewers and sponsors. Everything they do is to attract NEW viewers not to please current viewers. Their whole mindset is to create a tv sport. She couldn't care less what the tradition is or what people like Jay who have been influential in the game for a long time think. She knows best.I completely agree regarding the shot clock comment. For what my opinion is worth....Matchroom, please please please put a shot clock. I understand that it is a professional event and so on. That being said, I would think that viewership matters from a standpoint of manifesting growth. Though this isnt the PGA, even the PGA has a time criteria for hitting each shot. The amount of time that drags between shots makes it brutal to watch.
Again, for what my personal thoughts are worth....you are hearing this feedback from fans who are already loyal to this sport. I dont think its possible to grow interest when you are being questioned by those who are already loyal. To grab new viewers seems almost impossible. A very simple change could only help.....in my opinion.
I definitely dont have all the answers, but I think not having a shot clock is definitely a small step in the wrong direction from a fan standpoint.
Now, before Buckshoey comes in and defends his crush. Yes Matchroom is doing great things right now. I think they "might" be the future. They have a chance of succeeding, but if they run off all the hardcore fans, who is going to support them until all the new fans get on board? How long will it take before a match gets millions of views? Can they make it that long without us? I say this a lot but really, Pool is a participation sport, not a spectator sport. Except for the very few diehards like me who follow pro pool like the NFL. I mean ask your league teammates or your next competitor at a tournament who Aloysius yapp is and what country he is from, Most would have no idea.
As for the purple 5, yes I hate it, yes, I hate the way it has been addressed. Right from the start, when these were first announced, they were widely panned and criticized. Emilies response was, suck it up, if you want to play matchroom, this is what we are using. This is the response you give after shiting on 100's of years of tradition? American pool balls have colors, these colors are instantly recognized and are a vital part of pattern recognition. They were not just chosen at random, years of study and research went into choosing the color pattern. Our brains recognize the color pattern before anything else. The fact that they switched a historic color for the 4 ball to another ball is the egregious error here, not that the color changed. Keep the pink 4, make the 5 anything other than another ball's traditional color. Why is that so hard?
DAZN doesn't show it on their main page. You have to go to "sports" and then scroll down to pool. I see it now, whether it will be working in 10 mins I don't know.
