by The_Abbott » 13 Jun 2017 Read
They have just announced the World Games teams and every country has one team except China has two teams A and B. That's not entirely fair is it?!
Link:
http://www.wpbsa.com/2017-world-cup-teams/
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by SnookerFan » 13 Jun 2017 Read
I'm assuming you meant to post this in the World Cup forum?
But to answer your question, because it's a crap tournament and should never be taken seriously. By anybody....
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by SnookerEd25 » 13 Jun 2017 Read
They are the reigning champions, so Yan Bingtao & Zhou Yuelong get to defend their title, while the highest-ranked Chinese (Ding & Liang) also compete as the other team.
Fair enough, I would say.
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by SnookerFan » 13 Jun 2017 Read
SnookerEd25 wrote:They are the reigning champions, so Yan Bingtao & Zhou Yuelong get to defend their title, while the highest-ranked Chinese (Ding & Liang) also compete as the other team.
Fair enough, I would say.
Didn't they have two teams last time?
Do the Chinese always just win this then?
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by kolompar » 13 Jun 2017 Read
Host country gets two teams, Thailand also did in 2011.
And yes, the Chinese could win it when they only had 1 team.
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by Alex0paul » 13 Jun 2017 Read
It's a big country
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by SnookerFan » 14 Jun 2017 Read
Alex0paul wrote:It's a big country
So is the USA.
They should enter two American teams.
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by Alex0paul » 14 Jun 2017 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Alex0paul wrote:It's a big country
So is the USA.
They should enter two American teams.
I agree completely young sir
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by TheSaviour » 16 Jun 2017 Read
The speculations are always just speculations. If, for example, China A team does better than the B then it can be argued it was 100% sure that it was always going to be the case. If it goes vice versa then people give different estimations. 65-35, perhaps.
If looking back history, the science always estimates what has happened was always going to be the case, so 100% sure it would always happen. And things that has not happened or materialised always had 0% to happen. Well obviously that´s a spot on approach. Because everyone needs to trust. Whether it is about the science or anything really. Whether that´s called a destiny then, or whatever. But it can be always argued that what was the probability that something rather erratic did happen. So perhaps taking something between 0-100, perhaps a 50% then.
So if someone asks a quastion like here was made there always is a some kind of case. Asking that why China has A and B teams. So it isn´t necessarly sure that A does better than B. If an underdog wins people throw the science (and a destiny) out of the window, and starts to ask questions, and starts to take the rather mathematical approach. The mathematics always just tells how things are, but never give any answers why things has happened. Or to give any hints about the reality.
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by SnookerEd25 » 16 Jun 2017 Read
That's deep, man. Deep.
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by SnookerFan » 16 Jun 2017 Read
TheSaviour wrote:The speculations are always just speculations. If, for example, China A team does better than the B then it can be argued it was 100% sure that it was always going to be the case. If it goes vice versa then people give different estimations. 65-35, perhaps.
That's all I was trying to say, man.
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by SnookerFan » 16 Jun 2017 Read
This cobblers on Eurosport?
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by The_Abbott » 16 Jun 2017 Read
SnookerFan wrote:This cobblers on Eurosport?
yeah they lost out on the Shootout
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by SnookerFan » 16 Jun 2017 Read
The_Abbott wrote:SnookerFan wrote:This cobblers on Eurosport?
yeah they lost out on the Shootout
We should be grateful for small mercies.
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by SteveJJ » 16 Jun 2017 Read
It's a good job that no one much gives a toss about this otherwise we could get het up about the fact that presumably Mark Selby turned down the chance to represent his country! How unpatriotic.
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