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Holding the backswing

• Covenant 1,498 Posts

  Mon, Jul 1 2013 2:04 AM

  One of the outcomes to our little investigation about the extreme long pause between swing and ding was the fact that people did that to give the processor a bit of rest.

  It turns out that if you hold the backswing the activity from the processor drops froma bout 40% to less than 5%, which is btw extremely logical, because at the moment you hold the backswing, there IS ALMOST NO ACTIVITY FOR THE COMPUTER TO PERFORM.

   

  But curious as i was, i tried it...........................and got the same amount of metered shots I usually have. Even my first attempt resulted in a metered shot.

  Does that mean it does not work? I dont know, I dont believe it for a second, i think even that the opposite could be true, using some kind of flow in your shot using the capabilities of your computer would suit the game better.

  But people seem to believe in holding, however, when thats extended to more then 10 seconds, is it so strange to ask not only yourself, but also the player who does that, why that is????

• courteneyfish 15,796 Posts

  Mon, Jul 1 2013 3:04 AM

  I have to do it or it's completely unclickable. Simple as that.

• alanti 10,564 Posts

  Mon, Jul 1 2013 3:07 AM

  I personally do hold the backswing, for about 2-4 seconds. My CPU meter shows as I pull back there is an increase, the hold drops it then increases it slightly as it is released. Bear in mind I usually play on an older laptop and I try to have as little open as possible but if I play on a newer PC I seldom have to do that - downside is my PC is not optimized for WGT.

  It will not stop getting metered, but in my view less often. However why a player needs to hold for longer than a few seconds is totally beyond me, but you could draw your own conclusions.

   Edit:

  courteneyfish:

  I have to do it or it's completely unclickable. Simple as that.

   

  I thought thats why you espoused the viirtues of Maxthon.

  One point if when I release and my meter jumps or the CPU spikes I will let the swing go through, sometimes the brain sending the message to the finger gets lost - end result - a very bad shot lol

• courteneyfish 15,796 Posts

  Mon, Jul 1 2013 3:15 AM

  You should try playing with the internet that I use. I'm uprated it shortly and hopefully things will improve, some days here I can't even play.

• alanti 10,564 Posts

  Mon, Jul 1 2013 3:28 AM

  courteneyfish:

  You should try playing with the internet that I use

  My oh my Ms Fish, is that an invite? :)

• mantis0014 8,946 Posts

  Mon, Jul 1 2013 4:50 AM

  Not sure, but I think,  our computers is still loading stuff in whilst we are having our shots.......causing the jump in the meter. 

  It might explain the fact that holding the swing...... might just give it that extra time to finish loading what ever it's doing at the time.

  -Roger

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Mon, Jul 1 2013 6:00 AM

  alanti:

  One point if when I release and my meter jumps or the CPU spikes I will let the swing go through,

  Developing this ability is one of the best ways to handle meter skips/stalls. It's not as easy as it sounds but once mastered will save you a lot of grief.  :-)

• Chinajohn 1,190 Posts

  Mon, Jul 1 2013 6:27 AM

  My interenet connection is intermittent or at least it is with WGT it is fine with all other sites. I have a practise swing, to see how the meter is, then I hold the backswing until my CPU goes down to at least 5%, usually this is 6 or 7 seconds. Then about 80% of the time once the shot has been played my connection will freeze, often for as much as a minute, and about 50% of the time I have to refresh the complete screen. I don't know how this 'freezing' would show up on this time thing the cheat detectives seem to use.

• PaulTon 10,731 Posts

  Mon, Jul 1 2013 7:00 AM

  courteneyfish:

  You should try playing with the internet that I use.

  Have you tried the World Wide Web? That one works fine for me.

• MBaggese 15,378 Posts

  Mon, Jul 1 2013 7:52 AM

  Covenant:

  But people seem to believe in holding, however, when thats extended to more then 10 seconds, is it so strange to ask not only yourself, but also the player who does that, why that is????

   

  Two things for me...one...I've just gotten used to doing it...a pause...not really how sure long anymore...is just part of my "routine"...second...I've also been taking a slow back swing..might be mental...dunno...but I find when I take a fast backswing, it seems to speed up the meter...so just like IRL Golf...I take it slow and steady;)

   

  Edit:

  This (the monitoring) could all be put to bed and or confirmed, if only the "release to hit" were monitored...not the entire swing sequence.