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How did this player get to Legend?

• 2,114 Posts

  Mon, Nov 25 2013 7:23 AM

  So the minimum number of ranked stroke rounds is no longer a requirement?

• alosso 21,094 Posts

  Mon, Nov 25 2013 8:25 AM

  It may become circumvented.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Mon, Nov 25 2013 9:23 AM

  Kelsey12:

  So the minimum number of ranked stroke rounds is no longer a requirement?

  Yes, it still is. This guy used what Alosso called circumventing. In the battle against sandbaggers, WGT has deemed if you can beat a Legend in MP you should be a Legend. His average being as high as it is leads you to believe he isn't that good. NOT. He played the system and since sandbagging at the Legend and TL levels is pretty much non-existent he discovered a way to mislead you. 

• brooksnelson 41 Posts

  Mon, Nov 25 2013 9:40 AM

  If you have a friend or friends that are legends.All they do is let them beat them in stroke play....beat a legend 13 times and well there....a legend is born.

• 2,114 Posts

  Mon, Nov 25 2013 11:45 AM

  Maybe I'm missing something. I get the whole "trying to eliminate sandbagging" thing, although I don't know the algorithm, nor agree with it, whatever it is. I was referring to the OP where the screen shot indicates that particular member hadn't played a single ranked stroke round between Pro and Legend. If the minimum number of ranked stroke rounds is still a requirement, they shouldn't have moved up - it doesn't matter how many matches they win against anyone, regardless of the opponent's tier.

  Just from the OP's screen shot, and assuming that player spends their time concentrating on Matchplay, I'm inclined to believe that "stroke" rounds are no longer the requirement, and ranked matchplay rounds are being counted as well in meeting the minimum number of ranked rounds requirement.

  Either that, or there was a glitch somewhere along the way... twice.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Mon, Nov 25 2013 11:59 AM

   As a TP you beat a Master-you're going up. As a Master beating a TM-you're going up. As a TM beating a Legend-you're going up. This is the scenario that gets around the ranked rounds requirement. You don't need to play ranked rounds to get there this way. As I understand it, MP for credits is what triggers it.

• 2,114 Posts

  Wed, Nov 27 2013 8:25 AM

  So if I'm understanding correctly, you only need the minimum number of required ranked rounds if you choose to go the stroke play path. If you choose the MP for credits path, the minimum ranked rounds is not part of the requirement.

  Doesn't do one a lot of good playing from the Legend tees at level 23 when you can't even purchase equipment that will get your ball to the fairway, but hindsight is what it is. Circumventing requirements has its price.

  Thanks YJ & Happy Thanksgiving  =)

• Steve2golf 930 Posts

  Wed, Nov 27 2013 9:13 AM

  I think you guys might have it all wrong. I found a LVL 60 Legend a while ago, wondered then but moved on. Took a bit but I found it again.

  2 MP games, 67 average, a total of 21 RR's with only 1 as Legend, 1 as an AMAT and 1 as a Pro.

  Did not look like it was cleaning anything up except the 1 round as pro was a winning RG.

  But the MP record showed as follows.

  VS. Legend 1 - 1

  04.16.13	Legend Bethpage Back 9 Ready Go	Back 9	Legend	35
  04.16.13	St Andrews Back 9 Ready Go	Back 9	All Players	32
  03.19.13	Pro Congressional Full 18 Ready Go	Full 18	Pro	59

  Everything is never as it seems here. Likely an obvious Multi that was moved up rather than shut down.

  Wonder if the legend had some juice?

   

   

   

• duffer19 3,670 Posts

  Wed, Nov 27 2013 10:33 AM

  didn't take much to find that player Gerald - nor his trash talk to others (although most have deleted his wall posts lol)

  funny thing is, that player shows up on my blog link showing another sinister problem with peoples morality relative to wgt - your guy is on my guy's wall posting a comment lol

• geraldlarousse 1,986 Posts

  Wed, Nov 27 2013 5:16 PM

  duffer19:

  didn't take much to find that player Gerald - nor his trash talk to others (although most have deleted his wall posts lol)

  funny thing is, that player shows up on my blog link showing another sinister problem with peoples morality relative to wgt - your guy is on my guy's wall posting a comment lol

  Yeah Duffer i seen that lol. Seems you found a Multi,, one of thousands here. WGT will do nothing if report also,, shame but true. But i have been looking for this other clown for the last 2 days.( aka... Lawn Chair Man )

  Looking to give him another beating. I promise though when he sees me in lobby he will run. He knows whats up now.

  Dude is a lowlife. This time i will be talking shite the whole time i'm whipping that azz.....lol.