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Mon, Sep 9 2013 9:53 PM (64 replies)
  • YankeeAirPirate
    124 Posts
    Wed, May 9 2012 10:29 PM

    My biggest complaint is that WGT apparently refuses to acknowledge the great disparities of Internet connection speeds, bandwidth traffic jams and other technical gotchas that afford the super high speed users a killer advantage over we the great unwashed.

    With the level of sophistication that is evident in what is here already (kudos), it is just downright preposterous to presume that a swing meter MODULE -- a simple progress bar pachage that would run off the user's own box -- is not doable.

    We're left to conclude that WGT simply doesn't want to level the playing field by doing that. I smell profit motive. The more people getting goosed out of bounds and in the water by swing meter balks and jumps, the more virtual golf balls WGT sells. Hell, from the scores that are being posted in stroke play tournaments, it's obvious some/several/many have already programmed their own progress bar scripts.

    Isn't it about time WGT acknowledged that obvious fact and truly leveled the playing field by offering the same bandwidth-indifferent package to all players, at no additional cost, as an integral feature of WGT?

  • pjctas0822
    4,621 Posts
    Wed, May 9 2012 10:35 PM

    Geeezzz That sounds confusing . Im glad I pay extra for 100 mbps then :)

  • FuzzzyNutzz
    131 Posts
    Wed, May 9 2012 11:10 PM

    pjctas0822:
    I pay extra for 100 mbps

     

    I would if we could get it. 24mbps is fastest in Australia

  • pjctas0822
    4,621 Posts
    Wed, May 9 2012 11:18 PM

    FuzzzyNutzz:

    pjctas0822:
    I pay extra for 100 mbps

     

    I would if we could get it. 24mbps is fastest in Australia

    That sux :( May as well be dialing in on phone modem LOL

  • MBaggese
    15,378 Posts
    Wed, May 9 2012 11:58 PM

    YankeeAirPirate:
    Isn't it about time WGT acknowledged that obvious fact and truly leveled the playing field by offering the same bandwidth-indifferent package to all players, at no additional cost, as an integral feature of WGT?

    Should be coming soon, because of requests such as yours, WGT has been lobbying Congress on this issue for the past 5 months.

    The issue as it seems, are that some ISPs only offer dial up, DSL, etc.

    Last I read, WGT is at it to ensure the entire world is hardwired to a T1 connection.

    After all, it is WGT's problem, right?

  • manabouttown11
    573 Posts
    Thu, May 10 2012 12:30 AM

    i run this game with a Mobile Wireless internet connection that gets me at best 4mbps yet i very very rarely get any meter problems. When i do get a meter stutter (every 20 rounds or so) a simple cache and flash clean clears it up.

    This is my latest speed test after shooting 29 at Oakmont(not a single meter problem). A measly 2.8Mb/s download and 1.05Mb/s upload so it is possible to play this game with a slow internet connection.

     

  • DannyPhan
    1,013 Posts
    Thu, May 10 2012 8:36 AM

    My ping was a little slow. 

    and that is just the "Normal" Comcast package I don't pay for the higher tiers...

     

     

  • pjctas0822
    4,621 Posts
    Thu, May 10 2012 12:48 PM

    Comcast rules wish I had that service in my area . I am stuck with COX for now.

  • YankeeAirPirate
    124 Posts
    Thu, May 10 2012 3:01 PM

    Advantage to those who can "pay extra" is precisely my point. Disparity that creates a "privileged class" game environment at WGT. Really, there's nothing complicated about a downloadable swing meter module. It's a simple "progress bar" program script and wouldn't take but a minute and an IQ = shoe size to install, so that your swing meter would run off of your own CPU.

    Results = no balks, no skips, no leaps because there's no interference or competition going on for CPU horsepower, and it would not at all be dependent on Internet speed to work the same for everyone.

    You'd hit your ball with the same (in appearance and function) swing meter, and upon the click to stop the progress bar it would transmits that data to WGT. Might be a millisecond response delay between click and the animated character's swing, but we see that a lot, especially on weekends, anyway.

    Point being, the data your onboard swing meter would send to WGT would be exactly what you clicked, just as though you had clicked it on computer connected to WGT by a T1 or other fiber optic line the size of your leg and never had an issue with bandwidth capacity or consistency.

    Technologically, this is entirely doable. Basic stuff. So, why won't WGT do it? I've been a member for several years now and recall this downloadable swing meter module discussion being posed back then, so this isn't some novel idea that WGT has simply never thought or heard about before.

    But never an answer as to why not, leaving only one conclusion -- profit motive. I can tell you that I've hesitated inviting some friends to come check out WGT for that very "uneven playing field" reason. To see no reason why an onboard swing meter hasn't been offered is equally discouraging. Does WGT think that the extra virtual golf balls they sell due to twitchy swing meters is more important, more lucrative, than bringing new members aboard?

  • YankeeAirPirate
    124 Posts
    Thu, May 10 2012 3:19 PM

    MBaggese:
    WGT has been lobbying Congress on this issue for the past 5 months.

    Thanks for your input, MBaggese, but that still sounds like "bandaging the wrong wound," Yossarian (Catch-22).

    Additionally, not knowing just what it is WGT might be lobbying Congress to do (about bandwidth disparities), I'm not at all sure I'd be in favor of my tax money going toward hardwiring every house in my town, let alone the whole country. Presume that comment was in jest. For that matter, I'm hard pressed to imagine what Congress could possibly do to assure me of a silky smooth swing meter even at peak WGT server crunch times over the weekend.

    So, back to the downloadable swing meter module. How 'bout it?

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