The cue ball struck the blue. It rolled, wobbled on the lip… and dropped.
The crowd roared. Arjun punched the air.
Arjun loved snooker. He loved the quiet click of the balls, the geometry of the angles, the slow-burning drama of a safety battle. But he was terrible at the official WSC Real 11 game on his PC. Every shot was a miss, every long pot a disaster. The virtual crowd’s polite applause felt like mockery.