I won my first frame earlier against a very patient player who invited me back even after I conceded the frame immediately on potting the "black then cue ball", which I know is bad form (and I feel awful about it) but I had just lost the previous frame to same player after what should have been a gr...

SquaredCue - Yes, that's the one! And wow I never realised it was that far away, I was probably so frustrated already by that point I didn't think enough about it. My real issue is that I'm getting very few chances, and as soon as one is presented to me, I miss it - then I just sit and watch someone...

Aaaah that might explain it then, thank you!

I've just started SnookerQ, and I'm finding it very hard to play. I know I'm doing it properly - or at least I feel like I am - but I'm getting nowhere and losing spectacularly every frame I dare to play. It seems like there's a random element applied to the game that is heavily weighted against me ...

Just a minor issue but the only tutorial I have yet to finish is the top spin one which keeps saying I have failed despite clearly doing it properly and ending with the cue ball inside the shaded area as instructed.