Hello there, I'm thinking about organising a Best Of The Best tournament to decide who really is the best here (not a tourny for kids like the other one has proved to be). I doubt this idea will get any further than this, but if any of you are interested, stick your name down here or email me at listerthelegend@hotmail.com with details of who you are. Oh and no point trying to get yourself in with multiple accounts as this will be an invite only tourny so only the best players will play - better competition! My idea is that we have 32 players with a group stage followed by a knock-out stage, and the game will be 8-Ball as it's the most popular! :) So yeah, anyone interested? (lol)
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>If there were ne prize score would not be the same :@ lolololololol I hope your joking, you got sat.
Well first off, a big thanks to everyone who took part in this, it went a lot better than I ever imagined it would and you lot certainly made my job of running this tourny much easier than it could have been. Congrats to Jay for a great victory, and well played Damien for being runner-up. Now as far as prizes are concerned I was originally planning to give prizes but then thought there would be no point as the winner could have bragging rights, which is good enough. :p However if I get a decent paycheck on my next pay-day I'll have a rethink... Maybe something like this could happen again, maybe next year, I'll pass over to someone else for now though :D Thanks again everyone, Martin :)
If there were ne prize score would not be the same :@
Wd Jay
Ty martin for this tourney , i love u, u know kiss kiss
evryone
Damien :)I beat Damien in the final 18-8 gg's Damien Thanks for the tourny Martin was great ;) Well Played everyone. ~Jay Btw any prise or what? :o
Oh I had forgot about the tourney, I haven't played for a while and don't really want to come back as I get stuck/obssessed to it the minute i open snooker or 8 ball ;\ So this means I wont play so good lucky Damien and Jay in the final, it was a nice tourney Martin well done bringing good players to it.. //Dev
Ok , Devrime when yu redy find me in pro , 9 or light . 1 week waiting now :( snif snif. Jay iz waiting to get skooled hurri :P
Well done Jay, you play the winner of Damien and Devrim in the final. Damien and Devrim is rt15, gl. And if the two losing semi-finalists would be up for it, you can play a 3rd place playoff if you want - optional! :p Thanks Martin
Yeh i beat Chris 15-12 lol just about he did get unlucky towards to then but all in all it was a very competitive match even tho we both didnt play to the standard we would have liked to im sure. But thanks rdc for giving me my toughest games of the tourny so far Jay :p
Well me n jay have played and Jay won 15-12...unfortunately pot the white in that last game cudve been different if i put more backspin haha ow well gr8 games and vwp jay gl in final oh and cheers for a very well run torny martin good job wp all Respect da champ
Semi Finals Chris v Jay race to 15 gl And just a reminder of the other quarter final still to be played, Ray v Damien race to 13, with the winner to play Devrim in a rt15. Thanks Martin :)
Chris beat me 13-11 i came bak from 5-11 to 11-12 and then choked:(, but anyways ggs wp:p now win the tourney:D
Chris beat me 13-11, i came bak from like 5-11 to 11-12, then choked, then he made gd clear:p, so oh well ggs man, and win tourney now:>
Well as Martin said that by Sunday if me and ryan's games were not played I would go through because of more activity and as a result me and Kris played our match which ended 13-11 so tight...a great comeback here
Lol good games Nando and Ray, even though it only should've been race to 11 in the last 16 :p Quarter Finals, Ray v Damien race to 13 gl
Was some good games there Nando wp... Damien, I can't wait until you smash me in :)! Ray 13 - 11 Nando
Just for the record, ive been on most evenings this week and was unable to spot Nando online. I'm quite eager to get these games played, so if anyone spots him before I do, let him know I was after him!:) Thanks Ray
K this is going on too long. Deadline for last 16 games is this Sunday, still to play is Chris v Ryan and Ray v Nando. Deadline for last 8 games will be the following Sunday. Come on, I just wanna get this over with lol.
I might come back boys u never know :p! Scotty...sort urself out son you'll never beat me even if i was blindfolded, u'd dc! hahaha! Jay vs martin i dno who u are mate lol
Ahhhhh Nish long time no see . Back in the day when you was around it made fod more of a challenge for me and alot of other players, im IP banned now rofl but oh well... id love to play you again sometime. Gl People left in tourny get your gamesss played :p
Minor kiddo no worries ;)! I'm guessing jay's seen as 1 of the best these days? not to worry, I'm gonna sort out my computer soon and i might start playing again, see if we can show these kids how its done :p. Gd luck to whoever's playing in this tournament anyways! Nish
Nish :p You weren't not invited, but I heard you had lost your internet connection! You were just a bit too late or you obviously would've been in :p! That's two quarter-final's games been played, but now that Devrim and Jay are through they've got to wait on the 2 remaining last 16 games, plus the other two quarter-final's! Come on guys who haven't played last 16, don't leave this hanging too long :p!
Lost 13-11 to Devrim... good games man altho the quality disappeared for both of us towards the end :p
Wow this were some quality frames and some were less quality especially at then we played quite badly both of us, but at the end it finished 13-11 to me, wp and ggs m8 Devrim (Me) 13-11 Nick
To reply to the guy who said he saw nish in 8ball in september or whenever it was, that wasnt me so stop making names of me u sad people. Out of curiousity, who won this best of best tournament? And why wasnt i invited :p?
Well its "half time" and the score is Devrim 7-7 Nick.. The frames can't get any better both have done some amazing clears :p
Chris wen u guna be on mate lets get are games played i aint played for over week so shud b easy for u pal let us no
Just played Jay and despite me taking a 4-1 lead he came charging back and eventually won 13-6, really disappointed with myself but nevermind, ggs Jay wp gl rest. ;)
Although there are still 2 games left to play in the last 16, I'm putting up the draw for the quarter finals now. Those who haven't played their last 16 game yet, please try to get it played as soon as possible. Quarter final is race to 13 - Christian or Ryan v Kris Jay v Martin Devrim v Nick Ray or Nando v Damien
Eric Abidal 11-8 Rise gg's m8 was some quite good frames though me and you never actually impressed in any frames.. wp anyway!
Sorry Nando, ive was ill all last week - hate having the flu :p I hope we can get the games played soon, I will be here most evenings this week and some parts in the weekend. Ray.
I lost to Jay 11-7 i think it finished, did well considerin i went 6-1 down lol, Cheers for tourny Martin your a star ! :p
Jesus... Just played Steve (King of Pool) and it finished 11-10 in my favour - I honestly have no clue how I managed it! Well played mate, cheers for the great games!
first of all, great games nick :p lost 11-10, and wp, fort from start it wud go all the way and it did! just a shame i didnt finish on top :p make sure u go all the way:) cheers for torni martin, gl 2 the rest of ya :p may the best win :D
I dont think im the Steve you are referring to that plays you Marty? If I am give me a shout... and ill be happy to be Rocket's replacement! Steve
Woah I got through? How did that happen! Oh well I'm not one to complain. I'm back at uni now so I'll get in touch with you on msn Dev.
Last 16 is as follows: Seedings are in brackets Christian (1) v (16) Ryan Kris (8) v (9) Daniel Jay (4) v (13) Scotty Steve (5) v (12) Martin Devrim (2) v (15) Scott (Hara) Rich (7) v (10) Nick Ray (3) v (14) Nando Damien (6) v (11) Ric This round is race to 11!
Sorry guys for not getting in touch sooner. My older days are slighty more busy than my younger ones. Broke my toe and have had ALOT of work to do for university. Ciao
Matt, About this rule you want added, my thoughts are exactly what Ray said - it is an online game, not the real thing! It's not a foul on FOD, so I don't know why it should be a foul in this tourny. At the end of the day this is only for fun! Next round draw will be up tomorrow, if you haven't completed your games then sorry! :)
Hey Marty Sorry I havnt been about at all much.. only realised this tourney had begun couple of days ago. Thanks for the invite anyway. To each their own too huh lol. Steve
> Hello there, > > I'm thinking about organising a Best Of The Best > tournament to decide who really is the best here (not > a tourny for kids like the other one has proved to > be). I doubt this idea will get any further than > this, but if any of you are interested, stick your > name down here or email me at > listerthelegend@hotmail.com with details of who you > are. Oh and no point trying to get yourself in with > multiple accounts as this will be an invite only > tourny so only the best players will play - better > competition! My idea is that we have 32 players with > a group stage followed by a knock-out stage, and the > game will be 8-Ball as it's the most popular! :) > > So yeah, anyone interested? > > (lol)
Next time we do something like this I think it should just be straight knockout all the way. It's a bit hard trying to organise groups of 6 into playing all their games - but if a game isn't played in a kockout tournament it won't hold up as much of the tournament, and it can be pointed out more quickly. That's what I think anyway :|... anyone else?
Rofl, maybe:p I'm just pleased to be through to the next round, and am looking forward to a thrashing from someone else :D!
ggs ty rich wp mate - 9-8 to Rich - Was a bit off form as I was drinking at the time:p hehe! @Matt - It's an internet game - not the real thing. If you dont like it, then leave mate. If you wanna continue to participate, then great. Regards Ray
Scotty...... I'm talking about the push shot! Against a few players now, i have seen that when they have the ball in hand, they place the white ball touching with the ball they want to play! This is a push shot, and is an illigal shot! For an example for people who dont understand what a push shot is...... when two balls are touching each other, say the black and white, if a player tries to hit the white into the black, its a foul shot because all three things are in contact at the same time, the cue tip, the white and the black! Don't get me wrong, i dont find nothing wrong with it, when it is in normal play! but alot of people are playing it with the ball in hand, which i think is a joke! so with ball in hand, this shot should be made a forfit of that leg! Like i said before, if this rule isn't implimented into the tourny, i no longer want to participate in it! ty Matt
As theres pretty much no chance of me going through what with my terrible perfomance theres not much point writing this but I shall be going away from today till wednesday so if by some miracle I was through on that 4th place thing I won't be able to play till then. (Pretty possitive I won't be through anyway what with the smashing I took from Ray but thought I'd better say)
probs my fault 2 lol i aint been on much either, i'l b on quite a bit 2day, and this evenin, 2moro evening, and sunday evenin, so pretty much evry evenin, but usually i just go in rm1 n check 4 ppl in my group, if none r there i usually log out lol, my bad
Steve 9-8 Nick Great games mate. So close... why did you have to come back from 5-1 down :( Haha well played mate ggs :p
Apologies from me Martin. It's probably my fault that I havent played the games with Rich. Ive been working every hour god sends - which leaves me with little time to be here. Been on here late evenings and unfortunately unable to see Rich around. Sorry again, as I know you need these games played asap! Kindest Regards, Ray:p P.S. Rich, could you let me know what times you may be on, so I can do my best to be here :)!
Martin, there needs to be a new rule added to this tourny! The rule of no playing a touching ball when having the ball in hand! (this just got extremely abused in a couple of my games with nick) This is a foul in its own right! classed as a push shot or double hit! since i do not play this type of shot ever, im sure every one else in the tourny can play without playing an illigal shot! if you are not going to add this rule into this tourny, i officely withdraw myself from it! i refused to play in a tournament when every one is just going to abuse an illigal shot! ty Matt
>Martin v Daniel Which reminds me, if anyone bumps into Daniel (PhuzKaz) please tell him to add me to MSN (martin_lister@hotmail.co.uk) so we can arrange a time to play! I'll keep an eye out for him too while I'm on. I can play tomorrow until 4pm (UK time) and most of the day on Friday before spending most of Saturday and Sunday down in Leeds!
Okay, I've decided that the final deadline
will
be Sunday (was going to say Friday but I won't be on all weekend!), and there will be no extension after that with the last 16 getting underway on Monday! This is getting a bit frustrating now lol, so anyone who hasn't played all their games please get them played, or if you no longer want to play please tell me ASAP so at least I know your intentions! Either say here, or send me an email at martin_lister@hotmail.co.uk Games left are as follows - Matt v Nick Steve v Nick Steve v Euan Ben v Nick Ben v Euan Nando v Nick Nando v Euan Nick v Euan Stef v Enigma Stef v Ric Stef v Fret Ric v Enigma Martin v Daniel Daniel v Lee Ray v Rich Cent v Joe Cent v Mossy Joe 3-6 Rich (to be finished) Joe v Mossy Rich v Mossy
Sorry guys, I broke my toe recently so I've so done a lot of lazing about, and I was too lazy to pick up my laptop also. Should be on here between 1 and 5 tomorrow and maybe tomorrow night if anyone in my group wants to hammer me. Ciao ladies.
>I don't know the nicks of anyone in my group Ben = Playstation3. / Skilled Cue Nando = Potting Machine Steve = The Stone Roses Euan = Chookes, dunno if he's been on lately though! Hope that helps you.
Apart from Matt I don't know the nicks of anyone in my group lol, or their MSNs... so if anyone could tell me one or the other that'd be helpful thanks :D Nick, Group 1 :p
cheers scott, i'll try n catch sharky1 then, i gota finish my games with him, also gota play ray and mossy
Yea ggs Eric bit unlucky for first few games but i got goin after a while and you deserved the win mate Wp (Y)
Sharky has just been on but I couldn't play him now because I'm at home and unlike my university connection the connetion here is too laggy to play unsubbed. I have arranged to play him around 7pm UK time tomorow so if anyone else needs to play him you can prob catch him on around then.
Joe/Rich Let me know when is best for yourselves to play, until then I will keep an eye out for you guys.
If anyone who knows joe and mossy from my group can u tell em im on all nite tonite shud be in room1 or unrated. Cheers Scott
Ok, we've been running for a week or more now and a lot of games have been played. However we're now getting held up by players who still haven't played their games. Please get them played as soon as possible. I've set a deadline of night time on Tuesday to get them all played. Anyone who hasn't attempted to get their games played by this time will automatically lose their games. I won't be on tomorrow, back on Sunday! :p
Cheers for the tournament Martin sorry about my getting stressed and giving up 3 times :|? Been a stressful week but was fun games :D
At the time of writing this is the updated tables. Check to make sure the results here are correct too, thanks.
Group 1
Results: Matt 9-4 Nando Matt 9-4 Ben Matt 9-0 Euan Matt 9-7 Steve Nando 9-6 Ben Steve 9-6 Nando Standings: Player Played Won Lost Frames Won Frames Lost Difference Points Matt 4 4 0 36 15 21 8 Steve 2 1 1 16 15 1 2 Nando 3 1 2 19 24 -5 2 Ben 2 0 2 10 18 -8 0 Euan 1 0 1 0 9 -9 0 Nick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matches Remaining: Matt v Nick Steve v Ben Steve v Euan Steve v Nick Nando v Euan Nando v Nick Ben v Euan Ben v Nick Euan v Nick
Group 2
Results: Damien 9-7 Jay Damien 9-3 Fret Damien 9-3 Enigma Lncb Stef 9-5 Damien Damien 9-5 Ric Jay 9-2 Fret Jay 9-6 Enigma Jay 9-6 Stef Jay 9-5 Ric Fret 9-8 Enigma Ric 9-7 Fret Standings: Jay 5 4 1 43 28 15 8 Damien 5 4 1 42 27 15 8 Stef 2 1 1 15 15 0 2 Ric 3 1 2 19 25 -6 2 Fret 4 1 3 21 35 -14 2 Enigma 3 0 3 17 27 -10 0 Matches Remaining: Stef v Enigma Stef v Ric Stef v Fret Ric v Enigma
Group 3
Results: Kris 9-2 Scotty Kris 9-4 Nathan Kris 9-4 Ryan Liam 9-3 Kris Devrim 9-8 Kris Scotty 9-3 Nathan Scotty 9-6 Ryan Scotty 9-4 Liam Ryan 9-4 Nathan Nathan 9-2 Liam Devrim 9-3 Nathan Ryan 9-0 Liam Devrim 9-5 Ryan Devrim 9-8 Liam Standings: Devrim 4 4 0 36 24 12 8 Kris 5 3 2 38 28 10 6 Scotty 4 3 1 29 22 7 6 Ryan 5 2 3 33 31 2 4 Nathan 5 1 4 23 38 -15 2 Liam 5 1 4 23 39 -16 2 Matches Remaining: Devrim v Scotty
Group 4
Results: Martin 9-8 Stezz Daniel 9-5 Stezz Stezz 9-8 Mark Christian 9-2 Stezz Stezz 9-0 Lee Martin 9-3 Mark Christian 9-8 Martin Martin 9-8 Lee Mark 9-6 Daniel Christian 9-4 Daniel Christian 9-7 Mark Mark 9-4 Lee Christian 9-5 Lee Standings: Christian 5 5 0 45 26 19 10 Martin 4 3 1 35 28 7 6 Mark 5 2 3 35 37 -2 4 Stezz 5 2 3 33 35 -2 4 Daniel 3 1 2 19 23 -4 2 Lee 4 0 4 17 36 -19 0 Matches Remaining: Martin v Daniel Daniel v Lee
Group 5
Results: Ray 9-1 Hara Ray 9-3 Cent Ray 9-1 Mossy Hara 9-8 Cent Rich 9-6 Hara Hara 9-5 Mossy Cent 9-1 Rich Standings: Ray 3 3 0 27 5 22 6 Hara 4 2 2 25 31 -6 4 Cent 3 1 2 20 19 1 2 Rich 2 1 1 10 15 -5 2 Mossy 2 0 2 6 18 -12 0 Joe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matches Remaining: Ray v Rich Ray v Joe Hara 2-1 Joe (to be finished) Cent v Mossy Cent v Joe Rich v Mossy Rich 6-3 Joe (to be finished) Mossy v Joe Those who haven't played many games yet, please make an effort to get them played - I know people have work etc, so if you could maybe get your opponents' MSN or something, and try arrange a time to play. It's possible future events like this might happen, so at least getting all your games played will give you a good chance of being in any future event, even if you don't play so well in this. :) Thanks, Martin.
Was just an idea, ad I don't think it would be fair. If I suggested it much earlier then it would have been no problem but we will only play 1 game each. There's been a couple of changes to who's in and who's not, affecting Group 1 and Group 5. Domi and Billy are apparently no longer playing, so they've been replaced by Euan and Steve (The Stone Roses), while in Group E Steve (Irish Hitman) has been replaced by Mossy. Anyway my results for tonight were, Fosters 8-9 -Paralyzed- - don't know how I won this was 8-5 down! Never_lost_it 3-9 -Paralyzed- So I'm through! :p
I played Sharky and won 2-1 have to finish that rt9. Also won 2-1 against Mossy to be finished tomorow.
ye same for me scott sharky posted a comment sayin he aint seen us but were on like everynite dunno how he hasnt seen us lol neway to paras suggestion i wudnt mind playin twice if the opponents actually showed up
//Nah come on that will take ages Paralyzed, We are tired of playing race to 9 :p.. Anyways I just played Boomer and he was in a very bad shape/form and it kept get worse so i won 9-5 at last ggs thx Boomer and unlucky! Eric Abidal 9-5 Boomer
im up for playin every1 twice. lost 9-0 to Mag wp looks like im out then unless were playin each other twice.:p
My games s far Martin :D LOST 9-7 RDC LOST 9-8 Fosters WON 9-4 Uk hardy WON 9-6 Phuz thanks mark :D
This is stupid I'm in the only group where no one shows up. Please can someone in my group check unrated room at some point lol.
Would anyone be up for playing your opponents twice in the group stage? Just an idea, would make the tourny go for a bit longer (I'm actually enjoying this :p), and would perhaps be more accurate, like if it's just 1 game against everyone you could be off form in some of your games and get smashed by players you expected to beat, second match could be a different story... Just an idea. :) Thanks Martin
Ye wp scott told ya 9-8 eh :p shame i cudnt finish the comeback off with a win but nevermind was great fun and an awesome match. might meet u in the later rounds so we';; wait and see :p:p:p thanks scott p.s anyone know about irish hitman and sharky not seen em around. If u guys r on im in unrated everynite so drop in ;)
Haha nice attempt for the tables on the forum anywayz if anybody was wondering I'm that random Christian guy whose in there aswell (Y)
Updated Tables: Group A Player Win Loss FW FL Diff Pts Matt 3 0 27 8 19 6 Nando 1 1 13 15 -2 2 Ben 0 2 10 18 -8 0 Euan 0 1 0 9 -9 0 Billy Nick Group B Damien 3 0 27 13 14 6 Jay 3 1 34 23 11 6 Fret 1 1 11 17 -6 2 Stef 0 1 6 9 -3 0 Marcos 0 3 18 27 -9 0 Ric Group C Kris 3 2 38 29 9 6 Scotty 2 1 20 16 4 4 Devrim 2 0 18 16 2 4 Ryan 1 1 13 13 0 2 Liam 1 3 23 30 -7 2 Nathan 1 3 21 29 -8 2 Group D Christian 4 0 36 22 14 8 Stezz 2 2 25 26 -1 4 Daniel 1 0 9 5 4 2 Martin 1 1 17 17 0 2 Mark 0 2 15 18 -3 0 Lee 0 3 13 27 -14 0 Group E Ray 2 0 18 4 14 4 Cent 1 2 20 19 1 2 Hara 1 1 10 17 -7 2 Rich 0 1 1 9 -8 0 Joe Steve
Me n Phuz played a few games which stopped at 3-2 in my favour due to his mother wanting to go on the computer
fosters 5-9 phuzkaz (biggest mup on game such a sore winner watch out for him guys). fosters 9-0 UK Hardy. first 9-0 of tourny hope i qualify now just started playin well. stezz.
I'll play if use want me too seeing as I finally have an internet connection again. But I warn you, I've played 4 games in a year so I'm crap. Still better than Matt though.
Ah played 187 (Flawless) and must say this was another fine match he did a crazy comeback from like 6-2 to 8-8 but in the last frame it ended up in my advantage (once again) soo the result.. Eric Abidal 9-8 187/Flawless, ty for frames!
I haven't even seen any of my opponents online yet, let alone played em... People in my group... add n_clayton@hotmail.co.uk to arrange a time :D ty
Edited? Why you edit? Its exactly the same as what I wrote. Now people will think I was swearing about score or something?
>Para if 2 people have dropped without playing add Euan in one of there places... Apparently Domi doesn't want to play now, is this true? If it is true then I'm sure someone like Euan could be a more than capable substitute. :) Cheers Martin
martin i dint kno u needed the score man, was 9 to 4 against nathan, and 9 to 2 against scotty:)
Thanks for the great match Liam (HmmOkayThen) must have been the best match so far but ended up for my advantage last frame as the result got 9-8 for me so... Eric Abidal 9-8 HmmOkayThen
hmm martin i was playin pie r eazy winnin 7-1 was about to be 8-1 then he left im my eyes its a forefit but up to you. thanks scott
>Scott (hara) shud be good game me n u 9-8 perhaps ? Hah doubt it mate, more like 9-0 to you. I was hoping to play while I was at home, but I'm back at uni now, for some reason the game looks blured at a distance on my laptop...plus I've not played for a while because of this. I'm hoping I've only been playing bad on the laptop because its harder to see the angles and I was just being careless and rushing so i'll give it my best:p.To people that don't know me, it may sound like I'm making excuses but that doesn't matter, I'm saying all that now so whatever the score in my games it will be good fun and there will be no arguments or complaints. Whoevers in this tourney is absolutly class and good luck to the lot of you. People in my group bare with me, I gotta get myself a subbed nick before I can play so I'll try and do that asap.
Me n Fosters finished 9-2 but that is not how it should've been i had luck throughout the game and he basically had none at all still was good games thats 3 in 3 (Y)
Good to see this is going smoothly so far. :p As well as Nando updating that site, I'm also saving all results and tables on a spreadsheet, just to make sure it's accurate.
hii i wen 3-0 up against hmmokaythen then & he left match & told me in lobby he quits & dont wanna play again
Class games with Para really really close match taking it in turns to win a frame I won 9-8 in the end again vggs
Ah, shame I was too late for this. I just played my first game since I don't know when and won with style :). Second game, not so good. Regards, Euan. (The Wizard)
I really didnt even expect to be put in this...so once everybody was asking me about it i decided to check this topic ow well ill try ma best
hey iguana im in ur group so ill add u to if every1 in my group wanta to add me to arrange my addy is sgreaves87@hotmail.co.uk Cheers Scott P.s Scott (hara) shud be good game me n u 9-8 perhaps :p?
Thanks to Nando for producing updated tables. :) Scott (Century_King), play in any 8-Ball room, rated or not it doesn't matter although obviously it's gotta be agreed between both. As well as posting results here, please tell me if you see me on the game, I use the name "Mag." in the games. You could also email me results at martin_lister@hotmail.co.uk, this would be easier. :) Thanks, and good luck, Martin.
How wonderful scott lol, looks like your in my group - cant wait to play you:D. For those who want to contact me to arrange, I am on rayz@hotmail.co.uk - either send an IM or e-mail. Look forward to playing you all soon! Martin - Thanks for organising this tournament, your doing a great job, keep up the good work mate! Thanks Ray
I was like ahh I've got a right hard group! But they all look hard lol. For anyone who needs to know and doesn't already I'm Hara but I'll use the nick I play on to post results on forum (not sure which nick that will be).
Draw:
Group 1
zander rfc Rocket The Omen Other Dimension - ⪠- Skilled Cue
Group 2
Rockin Music. Enigma Lncb Big Boi Tank Calcio de Sport Ic3 m4n fret130887
Group 3
Boomer -Flawless- -Scotty- Eric Abidal All Time Legend HmmOkayThen
Group 4
-Paralyzed- PhuzKaz Fosters UK Hardy Respect da champ Never_lost_it
Group 5
-Iguana- HaraKiri PIE R EAZY SHARKY1 Century_King Irish Hitman Good luck everyone. :)
>who are HmmOkayThen & - ⪠-
First one is Liam.
Second one is Nick - Salad Fingers.
>Enigma said : ok eu jogo("ok i play")
K. Entry closed. 30 people in! :D
Draw will be up in the morning.who are HmmOkayThen & - ⪠- didnt think this was a tourny u could hide ur identity in, thought it was best of the best
Format is going to go something like this: 5 groups of 6 players (total of 30 players) Like Matt suggested, there will be seedings. For argument's sake I'm not going to reveal who's going to be seeded and who's not. Will be 15 seeds, 15 non-seeds. 3 of each in each group. Everyone in group plays each other once in a race to 9. The top 3 players from
each group
will progress. Because this will only make 15 progress, there will be one more spot in the last 16 going to the best 4th placed player, i.e who has most points out of all 4th placed players, or if points are equal, who has best frame difference (frames won/lost). For this reason it is important that the scores you report to me are
accurate
. Please don't lie about scores as it just makes everything a pain in the backside - I'm sure you all are honest enough not to do this. :) There will be no set time when to play opponents. What I mean is, if you see a player in your group you can just play him there and then. I originally said all games would be played in unrated. However, I'm going to give you the choice of which room to play in (aslong as it's 8-Ball obviously!) - of course it's gotta be agreed between the two of you before starting. For a win you'll receive 2 points, for a loss obviously 0. After the group stages we'll move into straight knock-out rounds. Format will be simple: Last 16 - race to 11 (best of 21) 1/4 Final - race to 13 (best of 25) 1/2 Final - race to 15 (best of 29) Final - race to 18 (best of 35) Obviously because it's long races I understand if players have to leave during a match. If this happens, please remember what the score was when you left, and continue from there next time you're on. I think that's just about everything covered, if not tell me! Now the only thing we need is a 30th entrant! Thanks, Martin.
Its Me Jay, i spoke to spence today and he said he's not up to playing in the tourny "no point playing bcoz ill just get smashed without practice" its unfortunately really as we know hes a great 8 player :(
can u put a list up of every1 in tourny pls, & ty 4 lettin me join ur tourny should be good if every1 behaves(y)
Pen and paper out! :p List of players in is as follows - if you no longer want to be in, tell me ASAP. -Paralyzed- -Iguana- -Scotty- -Flawless- - ₪ - All Time Legend™ Century_King The Omen™ Rocket HaraKiri PIE R EAZY Other Dimension SHARKY1 HmmOkayThen Ic3 m4n Rockin Music. Calcio de Sport Eric Abidal Never_lost_it zander rfc Fosters Skilled Cue fret130887 Big Boi Tank Boomer PhuzKaz Respect da champ UK Hardy Irish Hitman That's 29. Scott, if you can ask Spence if he's interested that would be great. If we get 30 we'd be perfectly set for a start.
Para where will the games be played? Unrated or Normal Room 1. and how you gna know if one says yeh i beat him 9-5 or watever and has no proof? maybe try organise referees? idk :p
By adding UK Hardy, Respect da champ and All Time Legend, we have 29 players. Adding these players, also will mean I will use seedings. If we can get 3 more
good
players in, then that would be class as we'll then have 32 exactly. I'm wanting to get this thing started tomorrow, or by Sunday at the very latest.
Sounds alrite, Para ill be happy to take one of the lower seed places, help you out a little if your doing it this way id also put Rocket in one of lower places :p
Yeah but who's going to decide who should be seeded and who shouldn't be? I might give it a go. At the end of the day, if you want to be the best, you gotta beat the best, no matter which stage it's at! :)
yeah para thats what i said! do not do number 1...2...3...4 seeds, do it in groups of ppl! like how the champs league is set out! they have 4 seeding groups, and you have 1 from each seeding group in every group league! but what ever you think is best?! ty Matt :D
Good idea, but that would create SO MANY arguments, is it really worth that? I just want to get this thing underway ASAP. Perhaps just having half the players seeded and the other half not seeded might work, instead of number 1 seed, number 2 etc, but I'll see what works.
Para, maybe adding seedings into this tourny! seeing as it isn't just the best players now, we should have seedings, cos i dont want to see a group with all the worst players in the tournament in 1 group! which ends up putting a top class player out of one of the other groups! Maybe copying the champions league seedings would be good, (will also stop arguements on who is the top seed) so the top seeds will be 8 players etc. then you have the 2nd seeds of 8 players! this will stop the 4 fav's to win the whole thing ending up in 1 group, which we all know will be a disaster! ty Matt :D
I would attempt to enter this myself except im rather crap now haha so no point be interesting to see who wins though
Hey Nando, If you could, please ask him (Enigma_Lncb) as I'd like to have him in this. And I'll keep you in the tourny, there's not going to be a set date or time in which to play your games, if you see someone you got to play just play them there and then so it's quite flexible. Ok the draw will be going up on Friday so if you ain't in yet and should be, then get yourself in! :p Thanks.
Martin,
As you know, I don't have much time to play nowadays.The past few days I've been quite busy at university("works,works and more works").If you need someone to drop...feel free to drop me.
I can ask enigma_lncb, up to you Martin.
P.S: Matt said :
"Also maybe try getting Enigma (the real one, not the lncb one) to enter it, as he is one of best 8ballers ever!".Now i ask: Matt, 970 is not good enough?..I thought we were talking about 8ball. Regards, Nando.
Yeah it should be underway soon, just trying to get a few more in as we have something like 26-27 people in, and it would be great if we got 32.
so para whens it gonna get underway, are we just waitin for every1 to be contacted, like spence etc
One more post here tonight, Anyone can get in touch with these players? Daniel (PhuzKaz) Zain Enigma Lncb Enigma Spence Lucas (baller42) Euan And probably a couple other obvious ones I've missed out.
Ok, tourny will have 32 players not 20, but I will not go any further than 32, this is already becoming a pain in the a*** without you lot (not all of you) acting like children! That Riley Lad, I agree, maybe I am indeed one of the weaker players on that list. However, next time, post that on your normal name, you muppet! I don't care who you are really, but for christ sake stop being sad and stop hiding! ;\ Ray, I would have no reason to drop you, you're one of the best I've ever played against! Potting Bullet, I'm not your son. ;) Scott, Stef = Powerful Shot, currently uses the name Calcio de Sport. Don't know if that helps you. And I don't know which Mark you mean, but I'm on about Never_lost_it. And Steve = Irish Hitman, old name was Panther, but apparently (according to some!) I've only included him because he's a mate... Mr. One n Only (bakr), It's best of the best...
32 seems ok if you can get 32 players. You don't want to start adding players who arn't that good because it defeats the point of the tourney.
I think Baz idea was good, why dropping players? I don't get the point to be honest it's not like we got any kids in it who would ruin it all. But It's up to you, seeing from my perspective I would rather pick the one whose more experienced than the ones whose on "good form"! I would say the players on the list right now are all good enough to win the tournament, alternatively reaching the semi's..
You beat me that day, so? I think your obsessed with me, keeping a gallery of ss's on me? As for fake screenshot of my cent! Oh please. You sit there all day trying to get me banned by cloning and abusing your other name whilst I'm in the room. I think we both know you clearly have a passion for me :).
well so many ppl want to be in, and theres lots of good players. i think you should make 32 players. and have 8 groups of 4. top 2 go through, and then play last 16, quaters, semis the the final, just an idea for ya martin, as i want ur tourney to have the best and be a success. just an idea for you to consider;) gl with it still:)
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You think I care if I'm dropped? Armen and Will jealous because I'm better than them :(. You two need lifes because you making 5-6 names per day pretending to be cool and chat to each other. BLNT ;)
Not many you could drop tbh, I would just make it a bigger tourny. Out of the players you have this is what I think on who could be dropped... Me -no Max -no Ray -def not Billy -no Matt -no Stezz -no Scott -well I can't tell you not to drop me so you can make your own decision on that:p Scotty -no Kris -no Nick -no Rich -no Ben -not if hes still about Stef -who???? Dunno if hes good or not Damien -def not Ric -prob not if hes still as good as before Domi -no Jay -no Mark -does Mark even play? He was good but only when on form and he takes ages to get good again after a break, and tbh I've not seen him on in ages... Devrim -Again Devrim is good but not the level on Matt n Stezz etc, plus I didn't know he still played. Nando -Never heard of? Joseph -no Steve -who? Liam -no Ryan -no Other Scott -no Not many to drop there:D. Everyone is class when they are on form so the only way to decide who to drop would be to decide whose not on form..and thats a bit hard without playing matches, and playing matches is part of the tourney. So gl on dropping some:D glad its not my decision:p.
Martin, If you end up with too many players, feel free to boot me out, although I would still like to play if possible. Thanks Ray
if your gonna drop the players down to 20... then it should be the people most likely to hold up the tournament that should be dropped, no doubt all the players on that list are good, sp droppin shouldnt be dependent on the skill cos there is no clear cut difference
Ok para, i hope for you that you wont cut Liam cuz he already came to me and bragged that he was the best cuz he was accepted here ;) I wish you the best of luck Liam they are no hard feelings here:D
Your dropping people wow! that would be very stupid as every player there as the ability to beat anyone on there day also every one has had a crown most even having more thn 1 in different games. and how you gonna choose who to drop Martin if any think your one of the weaker players...
>the most popular players are in it. Because the most popular players are the ones who are class, not the ones who think they're cool because they always get demmed/banned. I'm going to cut this to 20 players by the time we get started, so if you're dropped then I'm sorry.
I personally dont think zeus is actually any good! how can some one be in a best of best tourny, when he can't even break and clear! or even opp break and he clears! i personally believe there is alot better players out there than him! dont get me wrong, he has a great 8ball brain, but his skills doesn't match up to his brain! therefore he isn't amoung the top 100 players! if he does get entered please put him in my group, i could do with the easy points! ty Matt :D
That's like the real life situation in snooker. All the new kids on the block are becoming more attacking, which is the way I like to play on any game. Wheras the oldies are sticking to a good patient game. Theres different views to it. But if the best are good enough than surely they can beat him. I'd probably be annoyed but meh I ain't going to lose sleep over it at the end of the day :D
Trouble with Luis (zeus) in is that people arn't gonna like losing to him ( me included). In a normal game you are playing for the points, no point crying if you lose because you know how luis plays and you took the risk you would get snookered and lose. In a tourny for the best though I would feel a bit annoyed going out to him because although he is a strong player and I would class him as one of the best I feel I have more skill at potting. Although you could argue that play snookers requires skill with Zeus it turns into more of a game of patience and even a better player could lose to him by getting fed up or by getting snookered every shot. I do enjoy playing Luis in normal games because it makes a change in the style of play I have to use, but going out to him in a tourney like this? That wouldn't be so good. That just my opinion and obviously its up to Para, either way it shall be a good tourney:D.
Right, where to start now... Scott, I agree, Enigma_LNCB should definately be in - I can only recall ever winning a handful of games against him - and I've played him a good few times! So if someone wants to ask him (if anyone can communicate with him, he only speaks Portuguese, he's Brazilian) that would be cool. Rocket, if you (or anyone else I suppose) can get in touch with the real Enigma, then that would also be cool as he'll then be entered. :) Ryan, no worries I'll add you too. SwissBeatz, okay I agree with you, but does Zeus really want to play in something like this? Ask him and get back to me, I'm not on the game much so won't see him. Century_King, I will add you as I know you're pretty good in light - I know it's an 8-Ball tourny, but if you can play light, 8-Ball should be no problem either. And last but not least, although Fretty is a snooker player, I shall enter him! Looks like we'll have much more than 20 in, so this is gonna be a long one - which is good, obviously... And for all you impatient folks, sorry, but at the end of the day, we want the best don't we?! :p Thanks, Martin.
well both the enigmas are class, but id say theres only one enigma on this site, and thats Enigma and yes i agree, u want the best there is, so will take time, this will be a good tourney, so be patient BAZ;)
Matt you say not the lncb one but although I know the real one is class, I played the lncb one for the first time recently and admittedly I was playing bad but he walked all over me. I think I only got like 1 shot in the whole bo3, so if thats his normal standard the lncb one deserves a shot too.
Para, let Fret in this tourny, he is actually very good! we want a good competative tourny, and he will add alot to it! Also maybe try getting Enigma (the real one, not the lncb one) to enter it, as he is one of best 8ballers ever! ty Matt :D
ok para, I didn't know this was a reality contest lol I thought you wanted a tournament with the best players ;) slow or fast shouldn't really make a difference...
para m8 when u got scott in the list u meen me yeh? i only know me and scotty called scott so i think its me neway :p
Trouble with this is everyone is absolutly pro so if you don't play on form for 1 game your, well ****ed:p
Ok ok, I know there's a few players who might be better than what we have, but we have a lot of good players in anyway. The only player from your list I'd even consider, SwizzBeatz, is Ganges but that will just slow everything down because of the way he plays, and I'm not sure how popular a choice it would be if he was in (I don't consider playing 5 snookers per frame class, enough said). The reason I'm delaying starting is because there is always going to be a couple more class players who end up expressing an interest (and we want to make this the proper best of the best, right?), so I'll leave it open for now. I'm 90% sure we'll have this underway at some point next week though. Entrants so far are: Me Max Ray Billy Matt Stezz Scott Scotty Kris Nick Rich Ben Stef Damien Ric Domi Jay Mark Devrim Nando Joseph Steve Liam Thanks.
anoth... if u didnt realise, this is an 8ball torni!!!! so it doesnt matter if ur gd at 8, and not others, as its 8ball which wil b bein played, and i agree, enigma lncb shud b in it, if hes about
Diego,Rise will win 5-0 im sure so don't try ;) swizz: yea,jesus is better than enigma..enigma only plays 8 ball..
rise,who are you to tell me i cant play?i was asking paralyzed.If u dunt think im gd enough why dnt u play me rt5, winner has ur spot
ok if that's the case then I suppose, for an example, jesus lncb is much better than Enigma_lncb ? ok point made ;)
i disagree scott, i think a couple he has mentioned... are better than a couple in the torni, but who am i 2 argue bout who's in n who aint :p
Swiss no offence to any you put, but the players listed for the tourney are kinda better than those...
hmmm im interested, im not a pool player though ur choice for me paralyzed.. if u think im good enough :p
i saw a guy called Nish in 8 ball yesterday, so i guess ull find him. well im sure it was Nish:p
so many players that you could have put down to make this tourney more efficient, even though I don't admire the guy, Sven` should be put down, even tho he only plays in snooker these days, he could compete with pretty much anyone on your list. Mark (Ganjard) was 1 of the best, Armen (no intro needed :p) Enigma_Lncb, .Ganges, the joker, laurence (Primacy Politic) need I say more.
just like to confirm i will be playin under this nick. and i am the 7th person down in ur list para :p
Ok, I agree Domi and Jay need to be in it (someone ask Domi? ;\), I'm also going to put Devrim and Mark into it, so we now have 22. Because I'm trying to make a lot of the best players play in this, and there still will be players who haven't seen this yet, I ask you all to have some patience as we're very close to getting this started. There's still a few players, like Zain, Ben, Nish etc who would all be in if they were interested. Anyone heard from any of these? :| So, because we're gonna have more than 20 players, the group format will be altered slightly, but no matter what, games in the groups will still be race to 9. As soon as the list is
finalised
I'll confirm rules and all that jazz.
tbh, i think jays past it, he cries 2 much ne way, he'd b in tears if he went out at group stages, get domi in it ;z
Also even if im not including :D im called mark but you have to include jay come on hes class lol :D hit back
Yeh that sounds like a good idea there man :D i ll play in it, and i also asked jay aka big boi and wicked cue he said that he would play in it aswell hit back with more information.
Sir Joseph isn't euan!!! he is Sharky, a very old player who was class when all the top players were playing! And yes he should be playing in this! ty Matt :D
Para josheph is Euan, dunno if that helps:p. Ty for changing it cos I don't wanna use Rise, I'll use Hara or something. Don't really think you will need ss because the players in the tourney are good enough to be honest and not cheat so..
Ok I think I've decided how this is gonna work. All games will be played in unrated to save argument about points etc. As for the format, it's going to go something like this: Group Stage: 4 groups of 5 players - race to 9. Top 2 from each group progress to the Quarter Finals. 2 points for a win, 0 for a loss. If points are tied after all the games group positions will be decided by frame difference, and if that's level, frames won. If that's still level, head-to-head result will decide who finishes above who. Quarter Finals: Race to 12 (best of 23) Seim Finals: Race to 15 (best of 29) Final: Race to 18 (best of 35) Obviously because it's long races some players may have to leave during games, if this happens please make an effort to remember (maybe ss) what the score was when you left, and then continue from there next time you're on. There will be no specific order in which you play your group games, just play your opponents when you see them. :) Obviously we're close to having something on the road now so stay tuned! B-) Martin.
Ok Scotty, I'll take your word for it, Joseph's in. ;) Me Max Ray Billy Steve Matt Stezz Scott Scotty Kris Nick Rich Liam Nando Stef Damien Joseph Ric We nearly have 20, so if there's anyone else who should be in this let them know! :p Should be a good tourny. :)
Para, Sir Joseph is good enough to be in this tourny mate he used to be class not played him for a while though :p
Updated list: Me Max Ray Billy Steve Matt Stezz Scott Scotty Kris Nick Rich Liam Nando Stef Damien Sir Joseph - I don't know you, so I'm unable to include you at the moment.
> post a subject an respond with another nik, pfff What are you on about? I've posted on one name during this whole thread. Put the whisky down! ;)
Il play u day an night, an how many niks u got para u post a subject an respond with another nik, pfff see that inflatable head of urs , maN
Well obviously over time subs run out and players get names banned - or lose their pass :p, so I might make it so that you can play on whatever name you want, however this might lead to some people impersonating others, so I don't know if this would work.
Stezz said he would like to play in it! as we all know he is complete diff class, so he should be enter too!
Thanks for putting me in but I can't play on Salad lol... that name got erm... well... let's just say I lost the pass. :p - ⪠- is the name I'm on now. Cheers, Nick
I'm thinking about cutting it down to 20 players with 4 groups of 5, with group games being rt9 and top 2 qualifying - we'll see how much more interest we get though. Hopefully will get something sorted in the next couple of weeks. Current list is as follows - if you're listed below you're pretty much guaranteed to be in. Jesus_Lncb -Iguana- The Omen⢠ıÑısн нıÑмαи⢠Rocket Rise -Scotty- Guess-What ronaldo Salad Fingers Sixers -Paralyzed- (why not:p) So we still need a few more, as you can see that's only 13 players and we need more than that to have a decent tourny so if you bump into anyone who might be interested let them know and then let me know. Thanks, Martin
OK but don't try too hard please:p? Maybe miss the odd ball, or even just pot the white every go, its all good:D
sounds gd man, if u get enough playes tell me, i dnt mind getting skooled by sum of the best:>
Count me in mate :p i may have lost my pro touch for now but im sure i can compete in 8ball. Hehe matt if i do meet you in this i hope its in final because when i play people i usually know if i should beat them or not with you i normally think im gonna lose :p. Hope this all goes well !
I'd be up for it mate, if I'm invited of course;). Not been playing well the past couple of days, not sure if its cos i've just started playing on my laptop at uni or I'm just out of form, but I'll do my best:D. If I'm lucky my game might be on a day when I'm on my comp at home:p.
It will indeed be long races, none of this rt3 or rt5 crap - all building up to a bo35 final (probably). Don't know yet if I'm feeling generous enough to give out prizes for the winner(s), but we'll see about that. And yes, I probably will end up reducing it to 16. Lets wait a while and see how much more interest this gets, then I'll start taking this further.
Most
of the players who have posted here so far would've been invited - you probably know I have a fairly good idea who the class players are around 'ere anyway. :p
guys guys, he said class players!!!!! not average!!! I agree will be diff finding 32 class players, best of reducing it to 16! also with 8ball, you wanna make it alot of frames, cos all are class its only way to decide it! plus they should be played quickly! when i mean by alot of frames, talking like bo35 final!! (i played a great old player and we went through 20 frames in like 40 mins! so it can be done ;) I would sure hope a old legand name Rocket would be let into it, cos im sure he'd beat most of these wanna be's :) ty Matt :D ps dont let scotty in it :| dont wanna lose in 2 tournys to him :D :p
Omen said gl finding 32 class players, well im not class but ill give my best shot, if invited that is:p
Would be cool especially invite only, don't know about me being the best but am definatly interested. Hit me up a mail: corruptingthemind@gmail.com The Fearn B-)
hey para sound gd m8 only trusted players invited like as u know they'll play. Count me in m8 cheers scott