I openly admit to enjoying online games. My usual stress busters are WorldWinner and King, but I am always on the lookout for new games. When I first loaded a new billiards site at http://www.8c1.net into Firefox, I couldn't quite get the hang of how to handle the cue, but when I tried IE instead, these multiplayer games,8c1.net.http://www.8c1.net worked fine.
Right away I noticed that the game accommodates klutzes by matching a cue-challenged player with a compassionately dumb computer. Thank you! It is nice when the computer sometimes lets you win. So far this one always let me win, but practice games with the computer do not count, of course.
Using IE, the game loaded fast and I started sinking those balls right into the sockets. Wheee! My computerized opponent graciously sunk a few more for me. It is unlikely that a live player will ever do that.
Http://www.8c1.net is a multi-national multi-player site with forums and chat. It is simple to navigate with clean graphics and if you don't care to meet strangers, you can hang out your own friends in your own room. There were quite a few people over there playing already even though it is a new site. Its fun and its free.
Oh, oh! They have snookers, too. Now I'm done for...
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