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The System Works. Leave it Alone.

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Thu, Sep 6 2012 3:02 PM (45 replies)
  • spraypantscorona
    121 Posts
    Tue, Sep 4 2012 8:17 PM

    Wow that,s harse . I could see  taking away a 1000 exp points , but what you are suggesting is a little overboard ,  and the real prob  is for those that do not quit , but because of  the way wgt is running things  we suffer .  Don,t  tell  when i get kicked  off  after THREE  times  that I  forfeited,   THATS  THE  REAL  PROB  !!!!!!!!!!!

  • bfghd
    1,344 Posts
    Tue, Sep 4 2012 9:02 PM

    The main idea of the system is good, it just needs to be fine-tuned and tweaked, like many other things. 

  • FamousBeef
    271 Posts
    Tue, Sep 4 2012 9:09 PM

    bfghd:

    The main idea of the system is good, it just needs to be fine-tuned and tweaked, like many other things. 

    It just needs to work

    If it was working (properly that is) there wouldn't be so many threads with folks griping about how and when it doesn't.

  • spaceghost88
    1,624 Posts
    Tue, Sep 4 2012 11:03 PM

    i was worried abut it at first  i went down but now goin up its gonna be ok folks !;] wow yankee can type can he not that stuff is way to long to read wow its all good i put alot into this game but so does wgt they try to give us what we ask for thats what matters they try and do pretty well i think !

    SG88

  • drmoose
    3,546 Posts
    Wed, Sep 5 2012 4:48 AM

    Obviously, to the vast majority of players, the system is flawed. My earlier post was based on my limited experience of Alt. shot games. Not knowing much about computers or software ( or anything else for that matter :), perhaps if there were a way for the system to differentiate between a deliberate closing of the window and an accidental disconnect this system could work. Without it , I fear we are doomed. :(

     

    Doc

  • sardono
    114 Posts
    Wed, Sep 5 2012 8:00 AM

    Here's a post I made some time ago, answering a question why legends don't play stroke games with just anyone.

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     TonyTurbo78:

     

    Every time I search for a random ranked strokeplay or alt shot game for legends, I can never find anyone to play.  Is there something wrong with the search feature at the moment?  

     

     

    I used to .... but ... here's what happens 95% of the time ... for stroke play

    I search for a game including Am+ ...(figure I can give some tips) I join a game and sit and watch while 10-20 people come in and out, it's my game now and the timer expires before I can tee off with 4.

    So I set up a game including Masters+ .. and sit and watch while 5-15 people click in and out, usually I can get 4 and off we go ... 35min later I am on the 9 th tee alone.

    If its a 18 hole game 65 min later I am standing on the 18 th tee alone ....

    Now have wasted my time and lost xp points as it only counts as a single player game.

     

    for alt shot ... not as bad .. but the dis-reconnects drive me batty .. I see about 50% completion. And again I lost xp points. 

    So for me its a frustrating form of futility.

    Now I pretty much just play with friends, CC members, and friends of friends. 

    If your on my friends list and you quit too many times, you get removed without notice.

    **********************************************************************

    And this is the reason I will put up with the quirks for now, and let WGT fix the bugs. I've lost so many xp points, and wasted sooooo much time, any filter to help weed out the problem people (comp problems or just ***'s) is good by me.

    Funny thing is, playing with my normal group of players has not resulted in 1 negative number. 

     

  • chrodon420
    13 Posts
    Wed, Sep 5 2012 8:15 AM

    While i do agree that it is a good thing. Please be aware that there are problems, the last 3 stroke play games i played were completed yet when i went to start the next , was told that i had forfieted yet shows my final score each time.My percentage has dropped because of it .  I am proud of the fact that i have NEVER quit a game yet to other people seeing my percentage it appears that i have.  WGT plz  fix this problem.

  • drmoose
    3,546 Posts
    Wed, Sep 5 2012 9:00 AM

    In keeping with the idea that the system needs to differentiate between accidental disconnects and intentional quitting, I believe it would not be too hard to program in a failsafe, as in "are you sure you want to navigate away from this page ?" or something similar whereby the user must click again to exit the game. If this were instituted, I further believe it would cut way down on the number of games people would quit as they would no longer have the anonymity the current system offers. Also, it goes without saying, this should only affect the percentage of the user who quit. Thoughts anyone ?

    Doc

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