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Who's your caddie?

• PRStevenson 842 Posts

  Sat, Jun 8 2013 12:05 AM

  There's an interesting product you can buy under Accessories at the Pro Shop; the Virtual Golf Bag. It's aesthetically pleasing and sits next to you as you tee off!

  Now if you can have a virtual golf bag sitting there it's not a stretch to imagine purchasing a caddie. Of course you'd only see them from the back and they'd probably just be standing there with their arms folded or hands in their pockets but I'm sure that as a virtual product it would be wildly popular among players and almost everyone would want to buy one.

  It could be introduced and bought under the avatar section and clearly labeled as a caddie in the description with various avatars available at a range of CR costs.

  No doubt there would be some requests to introduce certain types of caddie (Angelo Argea, Eddie Lowery, Fanny Sunesson, Steve Williams and Oddjob spring to mind) but the creative choices and development rests with WGT.

  The marketing/business decision to introduce caddies however is one I strongly recommend WGT capitalize on.

• royphillips1 1,278 Posts

  Sat, Jun 8 2013 11:32 AM

  Dare Say People would Purchase them, Though They might be a bit of a distraction  in the Peripheral Eye Line

• srellim234 2,077 Posts

  Sat, Jun 8 2013 5:26 PM

  Considering how poorly the virtual caddy selects clubs here I don't believe any of those "big-name" caddies would want their good names and images associated with it.

• PRStevenson 842 Posts

  Sat, Jun 8 2013 10:18 PM

  royphillips1:

  Dare Say People would Purchase them, Though They might be a bit of a distraction  in the Peripheral Eye Line

  Only as much of a distraction as a Virtual Golf Bag or anything else you put on the screen. The player is often placed centre of slightly off-centre screen, so the Caddie would likely be placed to the far left (just on-screen) and shouldn't provide any distraction if a player is paying attention to what they're doing.

   

• PRStevenson 842 Posts

  Sat, Jun 8 2013 10:33 PM

  srellim234:

  Considering how poorly the virtual caddy selects clubs here I don't believe any of those "big-name" caddies would want their good names and images associated with it.

  1.) The 'virtual caddie' often does a fair job with selection...if there's little wind. Anyway it doesn't really pose a problem as every player just changes for the clubs they want to use for the shot.

  2.) I don't really see the point in comparing the potential marketing use of caddie names with the club selection of the virtual caddie....a rather weak reason to oppose the idea.

  3.) As I mentioned in my previous post, there would likely be suggestions for caddie names but WGT have the creative control. They may decide that hey would have imitation caddies with the trademarks of actual caddies but use different names so there isn't the affiliation.

• alosso 21,094 Posts

  Sun, Jun 9 2013 12:23 AM

  Please allow for a different opinion:

  A functionless caddy picture complimenting that ugly oversized artificial and useless bag in destruction of the natural HD photo?

  The caddy to accompany the player on every shot through the round, spoiling each pic?

  Next idea, a buggy parking in our view, further useless expense?

  Not for me, certainly!

• Jimbog1964 8,378 Posts

  Sun, Jun 9 2013 12:46 AM

  Why not introduce a real figure with the same useless guide's as the current invisible one, and charge say 1000 credit's?  That way in 6 month's they can bring in one with the odd idea that might, make some slight now and then sense, and charge 2000 credit's rather than 500 to upgrade? can't see me bothering with fluff like that, but them some one gifted me a bag and I leave it on.............

• Glossopade 518 Posts

  Sun, Jun 9 2013 3:00 AM

  PRStevenson:

  The marketing/business decision to introduce caddies however is one I strongly recommend WGT capitalize on.

  " Kerching " !!!

• PRStevenson 842 Posts

  Sun, Jun 9 2013 3:56 AM

  alosso:

  Please allow for a different opinion:

  A functionless caddy picture complimenting that ugly oversized artificial and useless bag in destruction of the natural HD photo?

  The caddy to accompany the player on every shot through the round, spoiling each pic?

  Next idea, a buggy parking in our view, further useless expense?

  Not for me, certainly!

  You're entitled to your opinion. If you didn't want one, nobody would force you to get one. As they say 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder' though 'natural HD photo' is something of an oxymoron.

  As for the buggy idea, I think you're barking up the wrong (artificial) tree with that one.

• Mushy01 2,567 Posts

  Sun, Jun 9 2013 5:58 AM

  Just as long as they stand within striking distance,  may actually be a form of stress relief after all the WTF shots.