I haven't been here for very long in the grand scheme of things. But, in my few months I've seen an awful lot of threads about cheaters and sandbaggers. And, I don't doubt that there are some here that do in fact manipulate the game to benefit themselves. But, tonight I had reason to check myself before I assume someone falls under that blanket.
I chose to enter a random MP tonight. The player I was matched up against was ranked as Pro. We had very little in the way of chat during our round (a concept a bit foreign to me if you ask anyone that knows me. lol). My opponent played the game very much to the point. Given that I had time on my hands between shots, I took some time and studied up on my opponents stats.
First thing I noticed (besided the quite respectable avg) was that this player had a very impressive MP win avg. But, what I noticed even more was that my opponent didn't have a huge bankroll, ie: Credits Won. Meaning, this person wasn't using their pro status to invade, and win over and over again, RG tourney's, etc.. Nor was this person mis-representing themselves as a lowly Pro to sucker others out of thier credits in MPC rounds. Bottom line (imo) was that this person simply enjoys playing MP above all other options here at WGT.
And, that's cool. We all enjoy different aspects of the game and social experience here. But, we'd be wrong to take this player at face value and claim them to be a cheat or a sandbagger using the system to give them an unfair advantage against us (again, IMHO). My opponent wound up winning the round 1up in 9, btw. It was a well played round and I enjoyed playing it.
Just some food for thought the next time you want to pull someone to the carpet here because they seem better than their tier shows them to be.
Sorry so long. Didn't mean it to end up being a tome. Hit well, have fun.
Lashe