I would like to thank all contributors to the WGT Forums. For the first year or so I was here I was totally oblivious these even existed - I would turn up, hit play now and never actually looked at the rest of the site. Had I known this existed it would have saved me a few bad purchases when I finally upgraded from the starters equipment. And so in turn I have tried to be objective when I post, particularly to the new players asking for help. So I would highly recommend all players look at the forums to improve your game.
The wave of generosity starter by Legendcrusher made me proud to be part of the community so like many others I joined in, and it felt great. Then you see the allegations and the knives being sharpened in the background, but as any high profile figure, this does come with the territory I suppose.
I suppose most of the topics have been rehashed hundreds of times such as cheating, multi-accounting, sandbagging and VEM to include a few. But there have been many (in my opinion) great ideas suggested and thats where they seem to stay - as empty words typed on a long forgotten forum page.
I know WGT Icon and Pizza have acknowledged some of the ideas and will put them forward (to whom I cannot say) but never have I seen an announcement from WGT - as a result of the forum feedback............(and I do feel for Icon and Pizza at times as they are damned if they do and damned if they dont).
So my point to this rambling is, what good does the forum do in influencing the powers at be at WGT, whether its Chad or the incredulous idiots within the marketing department, bearing in mind the players who contribute to the forums is the vast minority of players who play the game.
I know in the last Chat with MisterWGT he said there were hundreds of things to be done and natutally were prioritized and sometimes perhaps these suggestions are in the "to do" basket but the lack of communication leaves everyone in the dark. I said in a diifferent post yesterday that WGT is virtually a momopoly for online golf games, and as such, can do what it wants, when it wants and at whatever price it wants.
I believe this is true and as such WGT takes very little notice of the small group of players who write in the forums (perhaps we are considered radicals whom under a dictatorship would simply disappear) lol.
There are two things that rile me, they are ignorance and arrogance and sadly WGT seem to be showing signs of both recently.
This is my last thread I will participate in, and it may well get pulled regardless. I am not leaving the game but have returned to my roots where I started, using mostly starters equipment (kept the wedges and putter - man do you need the wedges with this gear) but this time I will pop in to read the forums time to time to see what other suggestions are made that will once again be empty words never acted on.
Alan - blue skies and tailwinds