According to the latest news on November 3, 2021, Beijing time, six-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan once again responded forcefully to his remarks after urging Karen Wilson to strive for good results. Commenting on Karen Wilson, O'Sullivan noted that Wilson was not a player who pleased the masses and that he should focus on his own game after complaining that he wasn't playing on the live stage. Wilson complained about the lack of attention to his game, and he was snubbed by the organizers of the game. But O'Sullivan noted in his latest response that Wilson is unlikely to be a big, popular label. Because O'Sullivan thought Wilson lacked enough game charm.
O'Sullivan: Wilson shouldn't please the audience
In O'Sullivan's view, Karen Wilson is not at all the one to please the audience because he lacks enough charisma in himself. O'Sullivan said in an interview: "For Karen Wilson, what I want to say is, stop trying to please the masses. As long as you win the race, that's all you have. You'll never be an audience pleaser just because of your personal ways. He's not that charismatic in many ways, but there's no denying that he's still a very good player. If you want to get more opportunities to play on the live stage, it has to be exciting. For me, even if the organizers put me in the parking lot to play, I would never complain. ”
O'Sullivan: Spectators love to watch passionate games
Six-time world champion O'Sullivan believes that spectators and fans like to watch games with passion, and people don't like to watch that kind of dead game. O'Sullivan said: "If you can win the game and make it exciting. That's the game people want to see, but Wilson isn't that kind of player. A lot of times, he wasn't personal enough and his games weren't glamorous enough. Wilson aside, even a machine-like winner like Hendry can't please the audience because he doesn't have enough personality, but that doesn't stop him from being a great player. So a lot of things are not what you think, you think maybe you have good grades, people will like to look at you. It's not like that, people will like players with personalities and unique charms, which is the preference of fans and spectators, Wilson does not have to do this. ”
O'Sullivan: Only three players can sell for seats
O'Sullivan, 45, also revealed that he believes the only active players are him and Jimmy White, the only players on the tour who can sell tickets to any arena. O'Sullivan said: "Sometimes it's not what you win, it's your personality, your charm. Alex Higgins won the audience, Jimmy White won the audience, and I think I won the audience too. When we show up at the game, the stadium is always packed with spectators. We may not be robot-like emotionless players like Hendry. But if you want to sell tickets to snooker, Alex Higgins, Jimmy White, and possibly me are the only three players who can sell out any arena tickets. Everyone else just has to play snooker well. I'm not saying that other people aren't good enough, it's that they can't meet the needs of fans and spectators. Snooker is like that, maybe you think your results are good, maybe the fans will buy it, then you are very wrong. Objectively speaking, there are few people in the world who have better results than Hendry, but he is not one of the highest-grossing players. This shows that the performance does not have much to do with whether it sells or not, and people like to look at players with attractive personalities who think they can get pleasure. ”