Snooker is great but it's much harder than it looks on telly - it's almost embarrassing the first time you play after a while, you're doing really well if you get a two-ball break!
I'm dead jealous of you, Dan... my friend Amy has been to the Crucible (with the sole intention, I believe, of pulling Ronnie
), and I'd love to go - just never got my arse in gear to actually go... but then again, my concentration span is so bad these days (thanks Playstation, thanks Carling, and thanks Ernest & Julio Gallo
) that I doubt I could watch a whole game (let alone two simultaneously!) without getting twitchy...
Oddly, Snooker has a strange effect on me, as does Darts - unlike other sports, Snooker (and Darts) make you want to play the game right away. Why is that? You don't watch a Grand Prix and get the urge to jump into your car (or do you?!), but Snooker always makes me want to play. Ironically, watching Ronnie O'Sullivan also helps put the game into perspective - to be that good doesn't take practice, or hard work, or other weedy things like that - it takes real genius, and that is something we mortals just have to deal with
I'm OK at Pool, esp. American pool, and 9-ball is becoming a speciality! Ever seen Steve Davis play 9-ball?
The man is amazing... I could just imagine when Steve Davis started playing, and 'established' 9-ball players came up against him in a tourney, not knowing that it was
the Steve Davis they were up against. The rules of 9-ball are that the winner of the last game breaks off, and it is relatively easy to pot legally from the break. I saw one match where Davis potted on his first visit to the table in Frame 1 and his opponent never got another shot in the match
Pwned!