by Holden Chinaski » 03 May 2022 Read
Why is it almost impossible to find full snooker matches on Youtube these days? These days all you find is those short-form matches where they cut from one shot to another, which sucks because the commentary gets cut mid-sentence.
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by Prop » 03 May 2022 Read
I think they get taken down. BBC, ES etc won’t like it.
Remember Tequila? That was a brilliant channel. And they pulled it. Seems there was a concerted effort a couple of years ago to remove accounts like that.
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by Holden Chinaski » 03 May 2022 Read
Prop wrote:I think they get taken down. BBC, ES etc won’t like it.
Remember Tequila? That was a brilliant channel. And they pulled it. Seems there was a concerted effort a couple of years ago to remove accounts like that.
Tequila was brilliant.
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by The_Abbott » 03 May 2022 Read
Its stupid really because I understand that companies don't like TV shows and films on there as they are copyrighted and people can watch something they own for free. But nobody screens snooker repeats (unless its Ronnie's 147, Cliff's 147 or 85 final) so they remain a distant memory lost in the BBC/ES archives
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by Iranu » 03 May 2022 Read
You should be able to watch any snooker match that was broadcast on Eurosport, on Discovery Plus.
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by Holden Chinaski » 03 May 2022 Read
Iranu wrote:You should be able to watch any snooker match that was broadcast on Eurosport, on Discovery Plus.
I have Eurosport Player so I can watch on that. But I miss snooker on Youtube. Great channels like Tequila, and the comments section...
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by Iranu » 03 May 2022 Read
I never really watch matches back anyway. Only compilations.
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by Cloud Strife » 03 May 2022 Read
Prop wrote:I think they get taken down. BBC, ES etc won’t like it.
Remember Tequila? That was a brilliant channel. And they pulled it. Seems there was a concerted effort a couple of years ago to remove accounts like that.
Isn't Tequila, Alex0paul? Or was he pretending to be? I remember reading that on here a few years ago.
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by Holden Chinaski » 03 May 2022 Read
Cloud Strife wrote:Prop wrote:I think they get taken down. BBC, ES etc won’t like it.
Remember Tequila? That was a brilliant channel. And they pulled it. Seems there was a concerted effort a couple of years ago to remove accounts like that.
Isn't Tequila, Alex0paul? Or was he pretending to be? I remember reading that on here a few years ago.
Yeah he was pretending.
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by Cloud Strife » 03 May 2022 Read
Holden Chinaski wrote:Cloud Strife wrote:Prop wrote:I think they get taken down. BBC, ES etc won’t like it.
Remember Tequila? That was a brilliant channel. And they pulled it. Seems there was a concerted effort a couple of years ago to remove accounts like that.
Isn't Tequila, Alex0paul? Or was he pretending to be? I remember reading that on here a few years ago.
Yeah he was pretending.
Ah, OK. Not sure why he would do that, but I guess it takes all sorts.
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by Alex0paul » 03 May 2022 Read
A lot of mjt snooker’s videos are being taken down too
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by Prop » 03 May 2022 Read
Iranu wrote:You should be able to watch any snooker match that was broadcast on Eurosport, on Discovery Plus.
As you know, on the first Saturday evening I couldn’t even watache Ronnie’s first match a few hours after he’d played it. The organisation from BBC and ES in terms of their streaming services is terrible.
If they’re so picky about taking down YouTube videos they need to get their own ship in order first.
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by LDS » 03 May 2022 Read
It's all an automated process unfortunately. It's not anyone taking things down, it's Youtube's GraemeBott. And that bot has been fed data from the original publishers.
So if the bot matches any data from one publisher to any video not associated with that publisher, it gets hit, regardless of content.
A bit like deep sea fishing trawlers, they go fishing for cod and scoop up dolphins while they're at it. It's quite horrific really.
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by McManusFan » 03 May 2022 Read
When I was living in Australia, youtube mataches were a lifeline, sometimes you've got to sleep! I'd typically only stay up for big finals.
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by rekoons » 03 May 2022 Read
Cesar muroyas YT snooker channel is very watachable and still online.
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by Holden Chinaski » 03 May 2022 Read
rekoons wrote:Cesar muroyas YT snooker channel is very watachable and still online.
Thanks, I will check that out!
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by SnookerEd25 » 19 May 2022 Read
Shame about the camera angle. Clearly filmed on someone’s phone
But great footage. Amazing how old Fred looked even then - 32years before he took a frame off Ronnie O’Sullivan
Used the loop bridge at one point, which surprised me , and a nice left-handed shot on the yellow to avoid using the rest. Interesting to note too how hard he hit some shots with barely any movement on the cue-ball - nowadays it would be flying round the table from shots like that!
Great stuff
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by badtemperedcyril » 19 May 2022 Read
Fred would’ve been 46 here. He was in Australia to play in the BA&CC sanctioned “World Open Championship”, which he won easily.
This exhibition took place after that tournament at the Festival Hall, Melbourne.
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by MarcoStaiano » 19 May 2022 Read
badtemperedcyril wrote:Fred would’ve been 46 here. He was in Australia to play in the BA&CC sanctioned “World Open Championship”, which he won easily.
This exhibition took place after that tournament at the Festival Hall, Melbourne.
I was waiting to find someone talking about that here, I was sure!
I'd love to see more of Fred in his prime, even if probably impossible. Lot of people think he was slower than Joe, but if you look at this video, he looks really fast.
Although it's only a break-off, I finally saw Warren Simpson in action. Wonder if there are more footages of him.
Don't know why I'm sure that his story (like Norman Squires' one) would be great for a book!
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by Holden Chinaski » 19 May 2022 Read
I’m watching Ronnie v Higgins again. Ronnie’s playing some fantastic snooker! He really was brilliant this year. When he’s playing his best nobody can touch him.
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by LDS » 20 May 2022 Read
That's a truly wonderful video. Words cannot express how great it is to see one of the all time greats actually being great and allowing everyone to see that snooker has had geniuses for all it's history.
My only dilemma now is whether to replace Fred's WSC 1970s televised century with this video when I remake the updated Top 269 World Snooker Championship Legends 1927-2020 to be 1927-2023. It's so good and so much more apt for his era, but it's not a WSC match, and not even a technically correct snooker game, but, oh my, the artistic license is so tempting to use, it's such a great vid!
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