Dear Gentle Readers,
Two recent one-pocket matches. Both involving Dennis Orcollo and both riveting in different ways.
DO hammered the Freezer and later Tony Chohan schooled Dennis on the first day of their four-day fais do-do. Tony hung on to win.
What struck me, though, wasn’t the phenomenal play. Well, it was, but in addition to that was the very fact that I could watch the matches. In real time.
Not that long ago, live streaming was more of a wing and a wish, more experimental than consistent. Early pool streams were often fraught with peril - - freezing, dying, constantly in need of refreshment.
Technological advances, better equipment, on-the-ground experience, bandwidth availability … all have contributed to the progress we witnessed in these two matches.
But beyond the evolution, there had to be will power. From my perspective, Lenny and Daniel were pioneers. Probably, I imagine, at some personal sacrifice. There are certainly more remunerative ways to pass the time.
Well done, boys!
Credit where credit is due is my life,
Sunny
Postscript: Of course what’s wanting on these streams is an unfettered commentator - - someone to illume the atmospherics. Fashion appraisal of course. Plus room and audience descriptives, players’ demeanor and psyches. Probably start and end with psyches.
Two recent one-pocket matches. Both involving Dennis Orcollo and both riveting in different ways.
DO hammered the Freezer and later Tony Chohan schooled Dennis on the first day of their four-day fais do-do. Tony hung on to win.
What struck me, though, wasn’t the phenomenal play. Well, it was, but in addition to that was the very fact that I could watch the matches. In real time.
Not that long ago, live streaming was more of a wing and a wish, more experimental than consistent. Early pool streams were often fraught with peril - - freezing, dying, constantly in need of refreshment.
Technological advances, better equipment, on-the-ground experience, bandwidth availability … all have contributed to the progress we witnessed in these two matches.
But beyond the evolution, there had to be will power. From my perspective, Lenny and Daniel were pioneers. Probably, I imagine, at some personal sacrifice. There are certainly more remunerative ways to pass the time.
Well done, boys!
Credit where credit is due is my life,
Sunny
Postscript: Of course what’s wanting on these streams is an unfettered commentator - - someone to illume the atmospherics. Fashion appraisal of course. Plus room and audience descriptives, players’ demeanor and psyches. Probably start and end with psyches.