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Re: your new rules regarding thehe new rules on stroke play

• frappefort 3,994 Posts

  Wed, Sep 5 2012 5:37 PM

  i must say ,it is not fair,,,, but people  that knows you and they know you has  a non quitter ,will know  that this %  is not reliable to  the higher tier player   .......... And YJ  you are correct  on your post ........  and i hope that most of you that are complaining about this %   thing have many friends  ,that like me  i dont look at a friend % ..... All my respect to the community   Frapp

• SpikeMike 51 Posts

  Thu, Sep 6 2012 6:38 AM

  It gets worse: last night I had three players drop out of a Skins game, leaving me alone. I waited for the 5-minute countdown and was told, "the game is over you won three skins!" and then it STILL took percentage off! This idea is turning into crap and is NOT discouraging anyone from quitting a game. Please take it out of the game and back to the drawing board.

• drmoose 3,542 Posts

  Thu, Sep 6 2012 9:02 AM

  I listed a suggestion in another thread which for some reason won't update when I add to it so I'm re-posting it here. I believe the problem with what WGT has tried to do is the fact that the system they chose does not recognize the difference between an involuntary disconnect and a deliberate one. My suggestion was that they implement a "failsafe" by having a dialog box pop up when you try to "X" out of the game which requires you to "X" out again. That is what should count against your percentage as you deliberately left the game. Aside from re-booting your computer to get around it ( and even this could presumably be identified ) I think this may go a long way towards dealing with most players complaints about the current system. Any thoughts on this are welcome.

  Doc

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Thu, Sep 6 2012 9:04 AM

  drmoose:

  I listed a suggestion in another thread which for some reason won't update when I add to it

  Refresh the page after you post it. Like your idea.  :-)

• drmoose 3,542 Posts

  Thu, Sep 6 2012 10:04 AM

  Thanks YJ, by not updating , I mean it won't show up as an active thread whether  I or someone else replys to it.

  Doc

• TarheelsRule 5,566 Posts

  Fri, Sep 14 2012 1:24 PM

  I had got my percentage to 100% after a number of games only to play 3 consecutive blitz games in which the player who was up to hit disconnected, locking up the game for all of us and moving me down to 90%.

  Blitz is the worse because unless it is challenge, you don't go back to the lobby but just get disconnected.  I play a lot of blitz and have come to the conclusion that my target for my percentage has to be around 80%.  That's basically 7 of the last 30 games in which I get charged as a quitter, nothing I can do about it though so I look at the percentage as a guideline.  75 to 100% is pretty good numbers under the circumstances we play with so I join players accordingly.

• alosso 21,072 Posts

  Fri, Sep 14 2012 1:30 PM

  My impression is that 70% may be a number to have in mind, but the hard value for quitters might be at 50%. 43% were mentioned for an "L" player quitting at hole 2...

  The games ppl play are decisive - Skin, Blitz and Stroke pulling deeper than matches and (perhaps) A/S (being out of the equation now?)

  Also the country of origin, some having worse communications than others...

• gsoup 2,929 Posts

  Fri, Sep 14 2012 5:01 PM

  haha i was down to 69% and the friends i have kept playing with me

  not my fault i had to restart CC tourneys a million times

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Fri, Sep 14 2012 5:05 PM

  gsoup:

  not my fault i had to restart CC tourneys a million times

  
  Single play doesn't affect it.

• doobie181 291 Posts

  Fri, Sep 14 2012 7:07 PM

  very unfair system, i played a guy today he was losng badly & disconnected & because game wasn't finished i got a 3% penalty