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Re: Do I get penalized if my alternate shot partner disconnects and leaves the game?

• PRStevenson 842 Posts

  Thu, Nov 7 2013 8:34 AM

  Just curious for some information from WGT:

  I'd like to know how this affects my stats in the game? Assuming WGT actually do penalize players for the behaviour of another player, to what extent does is the damage to the innocent player's stats who was unlucky enough to have a partner that doesn't give a sh-it?

  I only ask because I have had players disconnect on me about 60-70% of the time during Alt.shot.

  This happens a lot and is nothing to do with arguments via in-game chat. Everything is going fine, everyone is getting on, then suddenly...disconnect. I can only surmise that this happens for one of the following reasons:

  • because they suck and just can't keep up with the other three over 9 or 18 holes so just get fed up and leave.
  • because they play a very bad shot and lose their patience and leave.
  • because something else distracts them.
  • because they just get bored or don't really care to play on.

  ....and the list goes on.

  but these reasons are very common and it happens a lot, so it would be nice to hear from WGT to explain if, why and how they penalize the unfortunate player.

  I know some people will say just play alt.shot with your friends but that doesn't always work out.

• WGTicon 12,511 Posts

  Thu, Nov 7 2013 1:36 PM

  hi

  if you play in a/s game and your partner leaves, you will lose the match and get credit for incomplete. Only reason I can think of is that a/s is a team play, so if 1 leaves, it means team leaves and game is over, so you also get incomplete. 

  I don't have an explanation, just that's how it is.

  -wgticon

• PRStevenson 842 Posts

  Thu, Nov 7 2013 3:00 PM

  WGTicon:

  hi

  if you play in a/s game and your partner leaves, you will lose the match and get credit for incomplete. Only reason I can think of is that a/s is a team play, so if 1 leaves, it means team leaves and game is over, so you also get incomplete. 

  I don't have an explanation, just that's how it is.

  -wgticon

  Thanks for your reply Icon but don't you (WGT) think that's very unreasonable though? Someone else disconnecting from the game shouldn't reflect on you. It would be great if WGT could work a solution to this problem. There HAS to be a better alternative!?

   

• WGTicon 12,511 Posts

  Thu, Nov 7 2013 5:45 PM

  PRStevenson:

  WGTicon:

  hi

  if you play in a/s game and your partner leaves, you will lose the match and get credit for incomplete. Only reason I can think of is that a/s is a team play, so if 1 leaves, it means team leaves and game is over, so you also get incomplete. 

  I don't have an explanation, just that's how it is.

  -wgticon

  Thanks for your reply Icon but don't you (WGT) think that's very unreasonable though? Someone else disconnecting from the game shouldn't reflect on you. It would be great if WGT could work a solution to this problem. There HAS to be a better alternative!?

   

  hi

  since a/s is a team game and 1 person leaves, that team loses due to not completed round. since the round was incomplete, that's what it records.

  I understand what you are trying to say but I am not sure if that can be done.

  -wgticon

• alosso 21,094 Posts

  Sat, Nov 9 2013 5:48 AM

  WGTicon:

  if you play in a/s game and your partner leaves, you will lose the match and get credit for incomplete.

  In that case, all four players would get a minus in the completion %% stats / status buttons. Alas, I think to remember that A/S games were excluded from this count(?)

• PRStevenson 842 Posts

  Sun, Nov 10 2013 7:52 AM

  WGTicon:

  I understand what you are trying to say but I am not sure if that can be done.

  Again thanks Icon for replying to this thread. I think most people would acknowledge that it can be done. So the question is not can it be done but  will it be done? I don't know the answer to that but it would be a far better game if they did change this.