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declining games beneath you!!

• Johnbubba72 41 Posts

  Thu, May 17 2012 11:08 PM

  Well your all right i tried to join several Blitz games and as soon as they saw i was a master they kicked me off. and that was pro's, hacks and amateurs. if i was a hack i would be playing masters and anyone above me to either pick there brains or try and learn from them. not kick them off. any way my *** for the day. John Bubba

• dflop 1,877 Posts

  Fri, May 18 2012 12:52 AM

  Took me 25 minutes to get a game of alternate today , got 3 games started that didn't make the first green , but patients prevailed and i was able to find a group of players who were absolute great company we had a blast , and i made a new friend he is a TOUR PRO and we were not even partners . Me and my new friend have since played again and i am so greatful i stuck it out , good things do happen but sure do take time !    The good always out way the bad  !   ...  dflop  !

• pb1711 1,183 Posts

  Fri, May 18 2012 1:56 AM

  There is another side to the coin too, which I just found out first hand...

  I was looking for a blitz challenge and found 1 with 2 masters, as soon as I accepted the game started. After my first shot the host started crying saying why don't I play with other legends and stop scamming credits from the lower tiers. This went on every hole and then he started swearing at me during the game while the other player was completely quiet the whole time. I asked, why didn't he just boot me and he said he had already started the game when I "barged" in?

  So I was ahead the whole game and on the 9th I saw the quiet player had played a good shot and would finish second so I forfeited to let him have the win. Ironically if the rude player had actually been a decent person and didn't swear and go crazy I would have resigned on the first if he had asked and said that he didn't get a chance to boot me.

  So as much as a lot of lower tiered players would actually play with and try to learn from more experienced players there are also those that are like this idiot.

• BubbaCrusher007 1,567 Posts

  Fri, May 18 2012 12:13 PM

  pb1711:

  There is another side to the coin too, which I just found out first hand...

  I was looking for a blitz challenge and found 1 with 2 masters, as soon as I accepted the game started. After my first shot the host started crying saying why don't I play with other legends and stop scamming credits from the lower tiers. This went on every hole and then he started swearing at me during the game while the other player was completely quiet the whole time. I asked, why didn't he just boot me and he said he had already started the game when I "barged" in?

  So I was ahead the whole game and on the 9th I saw the quiet player had played a good shot and would finish second so I forfeited to let him have the win. Ironically if the rude player had actually been a decent person and didn't swear and go crazy I would have resigned on the first if he had asked and said that he didn't get a chance to boot me.

  So as much as a lot of lower tiered players would actually play with and try to learn from more experienced players there are also those that are like this idiot.

  That's when it's tough for me to do too is, just close the chat window. If they finish great & if they leave you get the credits anyhow.

  Just a thought.

• renniw52 5,385 Posts

  Fri, May 18 2012 1:07 PM

  I usually put Master or higher when trying to get an AS game. Lately I have put any level. It's amazing when they see Legend they just bail. My goodness, if they only knew how bad I am, they would be lining up to beat a Legend. That is just a level I have earned with a lot of playing. I am far from Legend skill. I love to play the AS games, just getting harder to find one.

• dflop 1,877 Posts

  Fri, May 18 2012 2:25 PM

  Well they could beat BOTH of us if they only stayed and tried ,  like you say  renniw52  i am far from the real ledgends on WGT , big lol lol  !!

    dflop  !

• Games4Ever71 623 Posts

  Fri, May 18 2012 2:53 PM

  Guess, I am one of the quickest. I was amateur in one day. Pro in two weeks and Tour Pro in 4 weeks. I been member since April 9th, 2012. So does that mean I am very good? Maybe or maybe not. I just got some time on my hands so I play a lot. I choose to play on level of Tour Pro+ when choosing a game to play as multiplayer, because I do not want slow greens that make it harder for us higher tiers. Some people complain about meter. I really only a few times meter issues. Not enough to hate this site and game. I think this game is very fun. If I was rich I probably be on the real course instead of here. Just keep practicing and you will get there eventually.

  I rather have a decline and research for game, than have a game started with a legend playing me as tour pro and quit the game with forfeit at only two strokes into the game, like that happened to me yesterday. Now, that was not nice. No word on why he was giving it up, he just forfeited. Happened actually twice yesterday, and the other player was a tour pro. There are just as many quitters as there are decliners. I personally do not see why someone would start a game then just say they won't finish. It is multiplayer game. It has nothing going against your average at all. So really the reason for quitting is none at all.

  littlesmac:

  To those of you who without thought , refuse or DECLINE to play with any tier below you, SHAME ON YOU!!!! You too also started out as just a hack. I understand you worked hard to get to you are today, but can you honestly say, you never got advice or a kind word from any fellow golfer. I myself have worked hard for months to get to AMATEUR, but probably would have taken longer if it wasn't for help and patience of fellow golfers who remembered that this a great game and intended to be fun for all, and that they to had once carried HACK beside their name.Remember not all hacks can play many of those all important games ,many great courses aren't open to them, they can't hurt your TITLE whatever it may be, they just want to play ,have fun, meet others as you have and learn to play and play well. I'm sure there's always that fear that they just might outplay you, but all we ask  of ya'll,  is to accept an invitation to play a friendly game of golf from time to time. For me, whenever i see that a fellow golfer has "DECLINED" an invitation to play, it leaves a "lower then" feeling inside. Loosen up your knickers and remember when, you to were just a "HACK"

   

• k9114 103 Posts

  Fri, May 18 2012 5:15 PM

  Remember too ; that when you play an advanced player (tier) you are playing on their green speed, not yours.

  I was in an AS game with 2 TP's and and Amateur, obviously the host gave me the Amateur. So I would try and get close enough with shots to help him/her out. Then I would tell my P about the green speed and what I thought he/she should shoot or putt. Would you believe that the Amateur told me to mind my own business and not tell him/her what to do? (not in a pleasant way either)

  I just laughed, closed my chat window and let the inevitable take its' course. On the final hole the TP's were laughing at my P, and my P then has the audacity to say : "Why didn't you help me?"

  We took the 2 TP's to an extra hole - I don't know how - and we won 1UP. My P then sent me a friend invite.

  You guess what I did.

• Games4Ever71 623 Posts

  Fri, May 18 2012 8:06 PM

  k9114:

  Remember too ; that when you play an advanced player (tier) you are playing on their green speed, not yours.

  I was in an AS game with 2 TP's and and Amateur, obviously the host gave me the Amateur. So I would try and get close enough with shots to help him/her out. Then I would tell my P about the green speed and what I thought he/she should shoot or putt. Would you believe that the Amateur told me to mind my own business and not tell him/her what to do? (not in a pleasant way either)

  I just laughed, closed my chat window and let the inevitable take its' course. On the final hole the TP's were laughing at my P, and my P then has the audacity to say : "Why didn't you help me?"

  We took the 2 TP's to an extra hole - I don't know how - and we won 1UP. My P then sent me a friend invite.

  You guess what I did.

  That is funny. Why people like to be like that is beyond me.

   

• BubbaCrusher007 1,567 Posts

  Fri, May 18 2012 10:04 PM

  k9114:

  Remember too ; that when you play an advanced player (tier) you are playing on their green speed, not yours.

  That's a great point for the thread. Idk how many times I chose to make a game with tour pros & they get MY green. They bomb the hole on the first couple putts (hit the putt too hard). Then I have to apologize for having made them putt on fast greens that they are not used to yet.