When I started playing in June of 1011, the game was catering to me because I was new. The starter set of clubs did what they said they would for hitting distance and the free wgt balls actually stuck after putting full down spin on.
When I got to Tour Pro level, the clubs and balls went inconsistent and nothing worked so I did some surveys and bought Taylor Made Burner Irons and R9 Driver w/ R11 3 Wood. Also purchased Callaway Balls.
Wow , what a difference, hitting farther and stopping on the greens. Had a good game one day and finished 9 holes at Kiawah -4. Boom, I was moved up to Master level and almost immediately my clubs and balls went wild and my average went from 66.88 to 75.99 in an hour. Wonder who was controlling that?
Found out that a Virtual Ethernet Module uses switching modules embedded in a VM( Virtual Module) and control plan software running in a VSM ( Virtual Switch Module).
What all that means is WGT can put a control change on you the minute you log in. This VEM can be set to any perameter they chose such as "let this person have a few good holes using their own knowledge of the game. Secondly at a specific time the VEM will switch to control right or left shots wild, shorter then usual putts on greens, short or long shots to the green and then run for ever even with full down backspin.
WGT wants control of there game because they can weed out negative input and force players to buy better balls and clubs continually. That's one way they make money. The other is surveys. Interesting things about survey is , after you have answered all there survey, they tell you sorry you didn't qualify for the survey you just took. When you try to contact them, the contact doesn't work. If you do get to send them a contact, they will never respond back.
This hole game is feeling the economic crush of today and it doesn't look any brighter if things continue the way their going.
P.S. The Vem seems to only be out on those players who use WGT balls or still use WGT starter clubs in Master Level. Those who have spent a lot of money on equipment are not having to much trouble. If they are using the best clubs and balls money can buy they will not have problems related to a VEM placed on them.
This is aggravated harassment to control for monetary reasons. They can do whatever they want, it's their program. We don't have to play if we don't want the aggravation.
My computer is set up to tell me when WGT is downloading info on my comp. and how much by % and kbs. Every game has to load some stuff but if you notice any strange reactions in you game, you will notice that is when they are loading the most info at anytime.
They will tell you that is normal because graphics require a large amount of bytes to display but if you go to settings on your WGT window and click on the little file to open it. Then click and drag the amount of kbs to the left all the way then click ok and on the next window cilck "Never ask me again". This will turn off some of the controlling features. Try it and see if it works for you when things just don't seem right. See ya.