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Re: Boycott Coin Rooms & Turf War

• funkyshot0 25 Posts

  Sat, Aug 31 2024 11:08 PM

  Yea. Its a tough topic. I agree that its unfair a tour pro matched with champion especially when were truing to get win streak in coin games achievement or just need to earn coins to upgraid apparel. I think handicap scores should be implemented not only couple meters apart for tea. Pff

• Juanasteros 15 Posts

  Sat, Oct 5 2024 1:05 PM

  That's a very interesting point regarding handicaps. It must have already been discussed, shirley? If so, what was the conclusion? In the real golf world, high handicappers can enjoy a meaningful game against scratch or single figure players, thanks to the handicap system. Is there any reason it can't be done in WGT? Incidentally, if a handicap system IS introduced, even if initially on a trial basis, please, PLEASE don't use the new yankee system which has totally destroyed ready-go golf in the UK. One needs to be a mathematical genius to work out the number of shots each player shall have. Several factors must be taken into account; slope index, colour of tees, wind speed, inside leg measurement . . . . utterly ridiculous! Tirade terminated. :-) 

• Nancy1959 7,319 Posts

  Mon, Oct 7 2024 12:04 AM

  It's amazing to me that this is even coming up as an issue.  WGT often offers a daily or CC goal of winning games in the Chelsea Room, for example.  Lately, I've been playing in those daily goals, as I've stopped spending a dime on this game and that gives me some credits to play with.

  When I have played there, I often meet sandbaggers at tiers hack to tour pro (many experienced and good players who are purposely staying at the lower tiers to gain an advantage) who have about 100-yard advantage off of most every tee and they can often drive the ball as far as I do.  What more advantage do they want, lol?

  ~Nancy

• stovepipes0 599 Posts

  Mon, Oct 14 2024 6:59 PM

  Play the coin games to level up on apparel.  I used to dislike Legends and Champions playing me as a Master but I found out, as I moved up the tiers, that at least they are the ones being honest.  I've had many coin matches with players who had over 10,000 rounds under their belts who were 'Tour Masters.'  My estimate is that over 75% of players in the coin rooms manipulate their tier to their advantage. 

  Stoves

   

• Duphpherer 469 Posts

  Wed, Oct 16 2024 3:03 PM

  To what end? What does a million coins get you, or a billion or even a trillion? It's akin to playing poker for toothpicks... it's only a means to keep score in the long run.

  When I first began about 3 years ago, WGT would keep your won/loss/tie stats each week. It was fun to try to get a least twice the wins for every loss. Then during an upgrade they got rid of it. When I mentioned it, they only shrugged.

  If there is sandbagging for coins, it is kinda sad and pathetic. 

   

  stovepipes0:

  <snipped>  My estimate is that over 75% of players in the coin rooms manipulate their tier to their advantage. 

  Stoves

   

   

• callaghan159 6,387 Posts

  Wed, Oct 16 2024 4:17 PM

  Duphpherer:

  a billion or even a trillion?

  Duphpherer:

  for toothpicks...

  That many toothpicks would enable you to start a campfire

• Duphpherer 469 Posts

  Thu, Oct 17 2024 8:59 AM

  callaghan159:

  That many toothpicks would enable you to start a campfire

  Living in California, the entire state sometimes seems to be a campfire. Send marshmellows.

   

• callaghan159 6,387 Posts

  Fri, Oct 18 2024 4:47 AM

  Duphpherer:

  callaghan159:

  That many toothpicks would enable you to start a campfire

  Living in California, the entire state sometimes seems to be a campfire. Send marshmellows.

   

  Have a Smores, at least there is marshmellow and chocolate combined in them

• AnthonyDuffy7 4 Posts

  Fri, Nov 15 2024 12:38 PM

  Spot on and a point I haven’t seen mentioned yet - I have only read page 1 to be fair - and this is an important point….

   

  When playing lower coin levels, up to 20k (I don’t do room names, just coin amount) higher level players play off tees at their level… so me as Legend will play off back tees. An amateur will play from red… can be a difference of 100+ yards on some holes. One that springs to mind is the 17th @ Erin Hills… a 250 carry without wind. I learned that the hard way, practiced, levelled up and got better at the GAME!! 

  Coin games from 50 to 100k are played from same tees - games from 250k are all played from back tees… not sure if the revert back to ‘tees for tier’ like lower coin games do as I haven’t seen lower ranked players play in those games.

   

  All the best