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Re: WGT Changes

• Dubfore 4,350 Posts

  Thu, Oct 2 2014 10:52 AM

  If someone can post a  link here to any discussions re the recent changes on WGT.  Has anyone else noticed changes in wind speeds, breaks and other effects?

• PaulTon 10,731 Posts

  Thu, Oct 2 2014 11:09 AM

  You could post that question at any time in here and some people will reply agreeing with you. I haven't seen anything but normal gameplay for many many months.

• WillyBigg 2,135 Posts

  Thu, Oct 2 2014 11:14 AM

  Yep Dub, I'm see plenty of it. Mostly 110% vem but something else is broken, possible overloaded code or ignorance of the programmers. Not a single shot has made the least bit of sense today. Wasn't much better yesterday.

• ApexPC 3,164 Posts

  Thu, Oct 2 2014 11:38 AM

  PaulTon:

  You could post that question at any time in here and some people will reply agreeing with you. I haven't seen anything but normal gameplay for many many months.

  Same here.

  And being at the Legend tier, only Tour Legend players get subjected to a greater degree of VEM.

• Dubfore 4,350 Posts

  Thu, Oct 2 2014 4:13 PM

  So does that mean the shots tips posted by members before the changes are not relevant?

• PaulTon 10,731 Posts

  Fri, Oct 3 2014 2:07 AM

  Dubfore:

  So does that mean the shots tips posted by members before the changes are not relevant?

   

  What changes are you referring to?

• Dubfore 4,350 Posts

  Fri, Oct 3 2014 7:50 AM

  After the recent overhaul, all the new club features etc.   I noticed odd stuff happening in my games to do with wind, green breaks etc, and especially  the flop shots,  I was very accurate with those 99% up and down..too many way off.

  I'm reading this post:  http://www.wgt.com/forums/t/218671.aspx

  denn13:

  For those of you who do not know what VEM is…  VEM stands for…           “Virtual Equipment Model”. What VEM does is change the properties of the game as you get better to ensure you don’t get too good at it. It is set up with preset variables and as you play if you do better than a predetermined threshold set by WGT then the game changes the characteristics of the virtual equipment to screw with your game... In other words, they really think that if they screw up your game it will seem more challenging to you… All it does is piss me off.

   

  Mean, while back at the joke channel.

  The success of WGT had it quoted on the stock exchange last year.  At the launch, some joker shouted FORE' and the greedy bustards went crazy!

• dedBuNNy 1,919 Posts

  Fri, Oct 3 2014 8:33 AM

  And being at the Legend tier, only Tour Legend players get subjected to a greater degree of VEM.

  Not sure, perhaps I missed it  on there somewhere. I was just reading the 'white paper' with respect to the 'VEM Patent and technical public data submissions. 

  I can't seem to see ApexPC anywhere on them. In saying that, I suppose it could have just been omitted in the 'credits' or something. 

  It's good though that someone who is personally involved with it clarifies that VEM can and is being applied and directed at a 'group of players', because to the best of my knowledge WGT doesn't do that. Having the ability to target certain players with higher levels of VEM in order to make their game environment harder than say someone who's advanced in almost the same manner would just be, well.... I don't really need to spell that out do I? 

   

• IRISHPUNK 4,019 Posts

  Fri, Oct 3 2014 9:20 AM

  Dubfore:

  If someone can post a  link here to any discussions re the recent changes on WGT.  Has anyone else noticed changes in wind speeds, breaks and other effects?

  I have.... every day!