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Denn,
I'm not going
to heap abuse on you and I ask you to read on.
This is a very
'realistic' game; they have thrown in (unknown & unexplained) variables in
order to continually challenge players.
I'm not that good (nothing like some of the WHIZ KIDS in lower tiers
shooting "Legend" scores) but I have learned a few things which are
worthy of your consideration:
1. Every
course plays a little bit different(ly?).
2. That said,
each course plays the same - each time you play it. I.E. St Andrews today will be (mostly) like
St. Andrews tomorrow - but will be different from Royal St. George!!
3. It seems
that green speeds change (by just a bit) each day. So if the game says "Very Fast"
today and "Very Fast" tomorrow - the amount of power that you need to
make the ball roll 6 feet into the cup, well, changes - daily - but not by a
huge amount ( more like 1-3 %). So pay
attention on your first putt - if you hit it (for what you thought was a 6'
putt and it only went 5.5' - add a
little more juice on the next putt & remember that you will have to add a
little more juice on every other putt - for that course - all day).
4. If higher
level players are whining about the (fiction) fact that their shots are falling
longer (or shorter) after an update - TAKE THIS TO THE BANK - they probably never
bothered to "index" or "dial in" their clubs - I.E. they
don't really know what to expect from their equipment. If they did (see #3 above) , when game
conditions change (daily??), they would adjust their play to add or subtract
power/spin as needed! To be a little
more "direct", if your first 2 balls travel shorter than you should
reasonably expect - consider adding more
power ; - ()!!
5. Just as
bad as never really learning the equipment, some jump from one ball to another
in an effort to find a combination to their liking, LMAO!!! REALLY!!! You don't see PGA Pros doing this
IRL - so why do it here? Until you get a
whole lot better (& me too), pick 1 ball, index it to your clubs and play
the darned thing. This way, at least you have a reasonable idea of how far the
ball should be traveling on any given shot and are able to adjust to (daily?)
changing conditions.
5. Faulty
meter performance has, in this Forum, for (at least) the past three years that
I've been playing here, been attributed to the browser that a player is using,
the version of Flash resident in your computer, and the cleanliness (for lack
of a better term) of your cache. I use
the latest Flash update, the latest Foxfire update & set my computer to
clear my cache each time I leave the web. Also the Forums have suggested
holding your club at whatever backswing power you have calculated for 3-5
seconds before releasing it for the shot.
Following the above, I have found VERY FEW problems with the meter
(& I am on a 6 year old E-Machines box running on Windows XP with old
Athlon XP chip).
6. People who
play here are just the same as people that you see every day (except that they
may be a bit more competitive). There are crybabies, macho persons (PC gender
neutral), 'Charlie Browns' {why's WGT always pickin' on me'}, El Perfectos (the
game is screwed up because I NEVER MAKE THAT MISTAKE), cheats
(multi-accounters) and then a whole bunch of nice, friendly people who enjoy
what WGT has to offer.
Your choice
is which group do you want to join? For
a FACT, you cannot earn a living here!
If you wish
to join the Crybabies, the El Perfectos or the "Charlie Browns", you
have my sympathy.
If game conditions
change, adapt - it is meant to be a challenge!
But please,
have fun - life is entirely too short to get hung up over trivialities!!