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Weird shots ???

• fidelleke 1 Posts

  Thu, Jul 10 2014 12:05 PM

  Hello golfers,

  sorry to say but I'm a bit mad with game.  Although I'm pretty new to this game by playing a lot I gather some experience with it. From time to time I've got the feeling someone is cheating, and it isn't me! Sometimes a shot goes extremely wrong after taking into account all the different elements (lie, elevation of the hole, wind etc.) and hitting the ball at, or very close to the white line. A few minutes ago a shot came short by maybe 10 to 15 yds and landed in the water, but not by my mistake. Same thing happens from time to time with chip and pitch shots, with outcomes who are in no relation to my choices of wind, distance etc. Have some of you had the same problems and what can be done to avoid this. I can't imagine that there's something wrong with my computer so why do this things occur. Can someone help me please?

   

  Thanks in advance,

  Fidelleke (Antwerp, Belgium)

• alosso 21,092 Posts

  Thu, Jul 10 2014 1:04 PM

  There's a randomizer included in the calcs which gives precise and less precise results of identical shots, and sometimes (1 / 3000?) the results are weird.

  Heavy slopes support this, missing the ding (ever so slightly) does so, too.

  Take it like a man (or woman) and continue...

• JimbeauC 5,835 Posts

  Thu, Jul 10 2014 2:44 PM

  fidelleke:

  Sometimes a shot goes extremely wrong after taking into account all the different elements (lie, elevation of the hole, wind etc.)

  fidelleke:

  why do this things occur

  It sounds like you're on the right track. 

  In order to get us to spend credits, WGT doesn't make the starter/free/cheap equipment very good. In fact, compared to the expensive stuff available at higher levels, they are downright awful. 

  Early on it doesn't take long to move up in level. Really, there aren't that many good alternatives at your current level. Go to the pro shop and figure out what new equipment might best help your game. Get to the right level for it, and on the way, use the opportunities for free credits. 

  That's how most of us have progressed. 

  Good Luck on your quest. Have fun.

   

• ApexPC 3,164 Posts

  Thu, Jul 10 2014 4:29 PM

  WGT has patented its Virtual Equipment Model

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  WGTniv:

  Forgiveness shifts the precision circle left or right (and usually short) depending on how much you mishit and what the forgiveness rating of the club is.  Clubs with lesser forgiveness ratings shift the circle left/right more on mishits.

  This is why (especially on low precision clubs) you can mishit slightly right of the mark and have the ball go left instead.  Mishitting right shifts the circle to the right, but part of the circle is still "leftover" on the left side of the flag, so it has the potential to land there.

  WGTniv:

  The game is pretty simple. 

  Precision controls your accuracy.

  Imagine it's like a circle that surrounds the flagstick when you aim at it.  The size of that circle is related to the precision rating.  The higher the rating the smaller the circle.

  Your ball can land anywhere in the circle on a dinged shot (left or right, long or short).

   It will ALWAYS land in the circle on a ding shot, though sometimes it may land in the center of the circle and sometimes it may land on the very outer edge or anywhere in between those two points.  When it lands on the outer edge this is what you guys have come to know as "the beast".

  Was the shot pre-programmed? Does it know you're standing on the 17th hole at Kiawah?

  No, it's just unfortunate timing.

  The result you see is the logical spread dictated by the precision rating of the club over 100 or 1,000 or 10,000 shots taken on the site.  No matter how big or small the sample it's amazingly consistent because it is after all only a simple mathematical formula.

  The shot data is spread out amongst all users, so there will be times when you run into a lot of "edge cases" (aka deviations, aka outside edge of the precision circle) and times where you seemingly can't miss the center (even when you mishit).

   

  This is the ebb and flow of the game and it's always been there.  In the short term you will have "bad" days and "good" days.  In the long term (providing they are using the same clubs) any one player will see the same amount of "edge cases" or "deviations" that the rest of the players do.