u/Little-Revolution-11

Located at New Jersey, United States. The sprite tea was removed from shelves in July 2025 and it never came back.

Why was it taken away? I want it back!

Two weeks after this year's world championship, I have to admit my deep concerns for one player --- Si Jiahui.

From becoming the one of the youngest players to advance to the semifinals in 2023 to becoming the only top 16 player to be defeated in Round One this year, I'm uncertain what happened to him but certainly hope he could get back to the best of himself.

I first noticed him when he defeated Shaun Murphy in Round One of 2023 World Championship, back then he had sharp cueing and excellent long pot accuracy. At the time, Ding Junhui's performance wasn't very good and Zhao Xintong was under investigation; Si Jiahui was viewed as the future of Chinese Snooker and was given the nickname "Pearl".

Despite failing to become the youngest finalist in 2023 and the fact that he did have a technical disadvantage in safety exchanges and cue ball control, I generally thought he could gradually strengthen these aspects, provided that he also had a clear advantage in his shot accuracy and the ability to quickly adjust when the cue ball position wasn't perfect.

I'm sure losing to Luca Brecel in that heartbreaking semifinal gave him a lot of pressure, but he had, in the following season, some very good performances: runner-up for German Masters and Wuhan Open, semifinalist for Saudi Arabia Masters, and multiple 147 breaks (he also defeated the current world champion Wu Yize 10-4 in the final qualifier round in 2024 world championship, after being 0-4 down). Although never winning a title, he kept himself securely in the top 16 and gave us an impression that he was indeed capable of letting miracles happen.

Then we had some disappointments. His performance in the last season was not how we expected him to be like --- if I remember correctly, he never reached semifinals in any ranking matches in the 25/26 season. His playing skill also reflected this, as his cueing hasn't been that sharp and his safety shots/decisions are still questionable. It somehow feels like he's been trying to improve his shortcomings while he hasn't managed to keep his other advantages, it feels now that both of his aspects have regressed.

He is my favorite player and I do wish him all the best, however it is very likely that he will drop out of top 16 in the upcoming season because many of his points will be deducted. If you are like me who also want to see some great exhibitions from him, please feel free to share some of your ideas below!

Today I was playing snooker with one of my friends. He committed a foul and I got a free ball (it was a blue ball), then I attempted but failed to pot that blue ball and it somehow bounced back and snookered the cue ball.
I know that snookering using free ball is not allowed (except when there’s only pink and black). But since I didn’t play that snooker on purpose (it was clear that I was attempting to play the pot), is it still a foul?