Nominate the colour after potting a red

[guokai2003]

Hey, thank you for your games . But i have an idea to propose. Why do I need to nominate the color ball after potting red in the snooker mode? From your former reply, it is for the referee to judge when the two color balls are close together. However, for example,if I nominate the black ball but hit the pink ball carelessly, I would be punished by 7 points. This is not true in the real game. Would you please cancel this nominating step?

[dzomery]

In the real game if you nominate the black and hit the pink first, you receive a penalty of 7 points.

In this type of situation penalty is the value of the ball on or the ball hit not on, whichever is higher.
Personally I dont see any reason to cancel this feature. Nominating the colour is extremly important part of the game.

[guokai2003]

Originally posted by dzomery:

In the real game if you nominate the black and hit the pink first, you receive a penalty of 7 points.

In this type of situation penalty is the value of the ball on or the ball hit not on, whichever is higher.
Personally I dont see any reason to cancel this feature. Nominating the colour is extremly important part of the game.

No. Not like that. You can choose any of the color balls to play. If I nominate one but change my mind later, how could the referee know which one I am going to hit? In real game, the player never informs the referee which color ball he will hit. He could hit any and change his mind anytime until he begins to hit.

[Mattie O'Stim]

Originally posted by guokai2003:

In real game, the player never informs the referee which color ball he will hit. He could hit any and change his mind anytime until he begins to hit.

That's not true, unfortunately. I have been watching proffesionals for many years and I have seen many times the situation when player says the colour after potting red ball. Very common situation - long red with position to black, red goes in but black finishes on the cushion and the player has to play safety shot. After taking position it isn't obvious if he wants to play brown, yellow or maybe even blue ball, so player nominates colour and referee has to say the same - as a confirmation. Normally they don't do that because it would be quite irritating and makes no sense, but nominating is part of sport, even when that's not said.

So, this feature must not be cancelled. The only thing I would propose in nominating system is possibility to change your mind and cancel the first nomination - that is possible in normal game, but not possible in cc2.

[Bulldog Interactive]

As others have said we think it's probably quite important to keep the colour nomination in snooker, although we will explore the option to swap for another colour if you change your mind after selecting a ball.