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Wed, Sep 4 2013 2:45 PM (98 replies)
  • bhoese
    679 Posts
    Tue, Aug 20 2013 3:44 PM

    Good news, Shoe.  Not exactly the Tour concept, but sounds like fun.

     

  • bhoese
    679 Posts
    Tue, Aug 20 2013 4:07 PM

    MBaggese:

    ya know...sure wish someone "credit heavy" who still likes this game, would offer up his/her credits for that 1 hour chat with MsterWGT.....AFTER...a compilation of concerns.

     

    What would you get for 100,000 credits?

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  • lvietri
    3,326 Posts
    Tue, Aug 20 2013 5:09 PM

    WGTdbloshoe:
    It will be single play for the most part.  Each week will have a different style game play and different club restrictions.  There will also be a long drive and closest to the hole competition every week.  Points will be given based on placement and winning the long drives and closest to the hole.  Points will be added up to determine the winner.  Should be pretty interesting.

    Ouch ... I hope to heck I am wrong ... but this smells like it's going to be run by WGT .. but in the same manner we would run a community tournament.    Having worked with Vic (Coolswing) to put together  the 2 seasons of the WGA Tour ... and having run 2 big community tournaments I can tell you this is a huge undertaking.   (The one in 2012 was the small one Genorb -- :)  )

    Just a guess but Long Drive and CTTH will be done by screenshots ...  some of the competitions will be CTTH.  When you have club restrictions this means everything is done manually and tracked with screen shots and the honor system.

    I repeat - I hope I am totally wrong.

  • WGTdbloshoe
    2,840 Posts
    Tue, Aug 20 2013 5:30 PM

    lvietri:

    WGTdbloshoe:
    It will be single play for the most part.  Each week will have a different style game play and different club restrictions.  There will also be a long drive and closest to the hole competition every week.  Points will be given based on placement and winning the long drives and closest to the hole.  Points will be added up to determine the winner.  Should be pretty interesting.

    Ouch ... I hope to heck I am wrong ... but this smells like it's going to be run by WGT .. but in the same manner we would run a community tournament.    Having worked with Vic (Coolswing) to put together  the 2 seasons of the WGA Tour ... and having run 2 big community tournaments I can tell you this is a huge undertaking.   (The one in 2012 was the small one Genorb -- :)  )

    Just a guess but Long Drive and CTTH will be done by screenshots ...  some of the competitions will be CTTH.  When you have club restrictions this means everything is done manually and tracked with screen shots and the honor system.

    I repeat - I hope I am totally wrong.

    Any advice you have to run it smoother is most welcome.  And if you wish you can contact me privately to discuss more. 

    Yes this is a big undertaking and yes some will be done manually.  But hopefully I have it set up so it won't be to crazy and I will give players the benefit of the doubt in the club restrictions.

     

    WGTdbloshoe

  • MBaggese
    15,378 Posts
    Tue, Aug 20 2013 7:32 PM

    bhoese:

    What would you get for 100,000 credits?

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    Ya lost me Ben...lol!

  • mmyers0
    478 Posts
    Tue, Aug 20 2013 9:53 PM

    MBaggese:

    bhoese:

    What would you get for 100,000 credits?

    1 0 0, 0 0 0 
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          f    t      p   f    a
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    Ya lost me Ben...lol!

    Reading down: 0bfuscation, 0btuseness, 0pposition, 0ffishness, and 0pacity.

  • geraldlarousse
    1,986 Posts
    Tue, Aug 20 2013 10:05 PM

    Single play for the most part?

    Not single play....count me out.

    Edit: Why do i get the feeling of a qualifying ball grab coming?  ;)

  • LOLserver
    3,522 Posts
    Wed, Aug 21 2013 3:17 AM

    WGTdbloshoe:

    lvietri:

    WGTdbloshoe:
    It will be single play for the most part.  Each week will have a different style game play and different club restrictions.  There will also be a long drive and closest to the hole competition every week.  Points will be given based on placement and winning the long drives and closest to the hole.  Points will be added up to determine the winner.  Should be pretty interesting.

    Ouch ... I hope to heck I am wrong ... but this smells like it's going to be run by WGT .. but in the same manner we would run a community tournament.    Having worked with Vic (Coolswing) to put together  the 2 seasons of the WGA Tour ... and having run 2 big community tournaments I can tell you this is a huge undertaking.   (The one in 2012 was the small one Genorb -- :)  )

    Just a guess but Long Drive and CTTH will be done by screenshots ...  some of the competitions will be CTTH.  When you have club restrictions this means everything is done manually and tracked with screen shots and the honor system.

    I repeat - I hope I am totally wrong.

    Any advice you have to run it smoother is most welcome.  And if you wish you can contact me privately to discuss more. 

    Yes this is a big undertaking and yes some will be done manually.  But hopefully I have it set up so it won't be to crazy and I will give players the benefit of the doubt in the club restrictions.

    WGTdbloshoe

    Great to hear WGT is interested through Shoe.

    Must say this; club restriction & ball restriction...humm,

    I was very interested on last Best Club Tournament hosted by Shoe but suddenly all went very confusing by not having Leaderboard, groups, etc, etc. I personally dislike the idea of restricted clubs & balls, even tho I enjoyed the Match Tournament organized by Shoe using those tools, it was EASY to follow the development because it was only 36 players, this time is different.

    Lets make a Tour using full equipment & only championship greens, like the latest Virtual Us Open. It might give an advantage to top players but so what, they are are the top because they are the best, and we would like to try to play them at their level too.

    & please Shoe, let those guys with lots of experience organizing big tournaments handle the setup of the Tour Tournament.

    .....my opinion.

    Eric 

  • genorb
    1,255 Posts
    Wed, Aug 21 2013 6:10 AM

    I must admit that I started this thread without much hope but I am happily surprized by the outcome.

    Well done Shoe.

    Let's see how it goes. A thread could be created during/after the competition for feedback to potentially improve subsequent editions (I indeed hope that this is only the beginning of something running regularly).

    Just one point. I am not sure that a round with club restriction is a good idea if it cannot be controlled. It can be fun but it will just throw doubts on the good scores posted. We don't need this I think (especially for the moment if you see what I mean).

    Even if you are honest it can be problematic. Indeed, if this is a single play round and if you start the round and forget to set your bag correctly (yeah we getting old and it can happen!), then you are in trouble. If you play it, this is unfair and if you withdraw you are penalized... If this is a round without driver for example, you can still play the round and don't use your driver without having to set your bag before starting the round. But if this is a round with starter club for example, then if your bag is not appropriate there is nothing you can do once you have clicked on "tee off"...

    I have no problem to see a mix between single and unlimited rounds. I agree unlimited are quite boring but you can see this as a win/win situation. We waste some balls playing the unlimited tourneys (which is good for WGT) and in turn we get a new competition to play (which is good for us).

    So let's see how this competition will look like. Feedbacks will certainly be useful afterward. But you cannot make everyone happy of course.

    Regards

  • demcug
    1,456 Posts
    Wed, Aug 21 2013 6:14 AM

    I am very happy to read a response from WGT and then see that they are close to the proposals of the great players of wgt.

    At least it is a start not to see the death of the Site and not to wait a year for the big event.

    For sure I am convinced that a tour is much appreciated but for me, do not miss the characteristics.

     

    Just my opinion but: unlimited round it goes against what I like to see.

     

    Proposal: Why do not you do a survey and send via email 4-5 questions about how you would like this tour (as done in the past for something that now escapes me)?

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