wpalive.tv (where china open streams)

[skogstokig]

just signed up. stream is looking nice enough but the interface is even worse than wnttv. can't skip or go back, can't put the video floating over other apps, can't cast to tv.

is this the only place to stream the china open?

 

[mjantti]

just signed up. stream is looking nice enough but the interface is even worse than wnttv. can't skip or go back, can't put the video floating over other apps, can't cast to tv.

is this the only place to stream the china open?

It's also confusing because you suddenly get Heyball live tables as well. Also no live scoring so would see what matches are on going and what are the scores.

 

[skogstokig]

on the forward/rewind thing, i noticed you can tap the left or right side of the video, and it worked. then it stopped working for some reason, but the function is there

 

[Billard puzzle]

 

[JAM]

It's worthy of note that the China Open stream is free to watch. No subscription needed. Yay!

 

[jbart65]

It's worthy of note that the China Open stream is free to watch. No subscription needed. Yay!

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Everyone likes free, but of course almost nothing in life is really "free." Someone is paying to air the matches.

If sponsors and advertisers are paying, great. I am not sure that is a sustainable business model that can pay players well, but I am still happy to tune in.

WPA Live sure needs a lot of work, though. Why are pool broadcasters so 1990s! ??

 

[skogstokig]

kozoom streams only fixed camera and no commentary right? that's the difference between wpalive.tv i think (and youtube commercials, obviously).

china open has always had the main camera slightly too low/flat. i like it get up a bit more, and zoom in a bit more.

filler should have lost against fu che wei. fu dogged it bad at hill-hill

 

[sjm]

This field is abvsolutely loaded.

Americans tend to overlook just how elite the China Open really is. Until aboput 2015, it was probably harder to win it than the US Open 9ball, although that has changed since Matchroom took over the US Open in 2018 and made it more international. Many of the game's legends, despite countless attempts, have never managed a China Open title.

This event will produce a great champion. May the best man win!

... and, of course, the question burning inside of me is "Can Yapp add another major to his already mind-blowing resume of 2025?" Wishing him and all the other magnificent players in this field the best of luck.

 

[jbart65]

Fairly strong field, but not as strong as any WNT major this year or the big Predator events, if the bracket of players I've seen is correct.

This list is missing a few of the top Tapei players in the event, and I am not familiar with most Chinese names.

Filler
Gorst
Yapp
Ouschan
Capito
Oi
Kazakis
Mario He
Lechner
Vogel
Pagulayan
Sniegocki
Szewczyk
Wu Kun-Lin
Pehlivanovic
Hohmann
Dan Jin Hu
Fortunski
Tobias Bongers
Ignacio
Maciol
Souqet
Kasper
Juszczyszyn
Teutscher
Gerson Martinez
De Luna
Grabe
Szolnoki

 

[skogstokig]

Fairly strong field, but not as strong as any WNT major this year or the big Predator events, if the bracket of players I've seen is correct.

This list is missing a few of the top Tapei players in the event, and I am not familiar with most Chinese names.

Filler
Gorst
Yapp
Ouschan
Capito
Oi
Kazakis
Mario He
Lechner
Vogel
Pagulayan
Sniegocki
Szewczyk
Wu Kun-Lin
Pehlivanovic
Hohmann
Dan Jin Hu
Fortunski
Tobias Bongers
Ignacio
Maciol
Souqet
Kasper
Juszczyszyn
Teutscher
Gerson Martinez
De Luna
Grabe
Szolnoki

the chinese players don't conform to our sense of order, much less to fargorate, and tend to wreak havoc with the poor euros up until the QFs, when order resumes and filler wins.

 

[mjantti]

the chinese players don't conform to our sense of order, much less to fargorate, and tend to wreak havoc with the poor euros up until the QFs, when order resumes and filler wins.

Yeah, Chinese players are mostly technically flawless and always cause upsets, especially on their home soil. Most of them don’t travel outside China for tournaments or don’t do well in them. Usually under Fargo radar.

 

[jax_joe]

Yeah, Chinese players are mostly technically flawless and always cause upsets, especially on their home soil. Most of them don’t travel outside China for tournaments or don’t do well in them. Usually under Fargo radar.

Accept for there are hardly any showing in the brackets for stage 2.