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Let's look at what was promised a year ago

• gr8flbob 592 Posts

  Fri, Nov 12 2010 11:35 PM

  • Driving range & putting green - NOT AVAILABLE YET
  • New courses - DONE
  • Concede putt/hole in match play - NOT AVAILABLE YET
  • Smoother swing meter - HA HA HA IT IS TO LAUGH. ACTUALLY I THINK A SMOOTHER METER CAN BE HAD BY MINIMIZING OTHER APPS RUNNING - ESPECIALLY FLASH APPS. TRY TURNING OFF 'CHAT' IN THE GAME WHEN YOU'RE SHOOTING FOR EXAMPLE.
  • Spectator mode - NOT AVAILABLE YET
  • Saving replays in multiplayer modes - NOT AVAILABLE YET
  • Reputation tracking - NOT AVAILABLE YET*
  • Left-handed play - NOT AVAILABLE YET
  • More outfits for avatars - DONE
  • Ability to reconnect to multiplayer games - NOT AVAILABLE YET
  • Shot shaping - NOT AVAILABLE YET
  • Stance control - NOT AVAILABLE YET
  • Player rankings/more stats & leaderboards - NOT AVAILABLE YET*
  • More sound effects - ARE YOU KIDDING?
  • Multiplayer closest-to-the-hole games - BLITZ!!! YIPPEE!
  • Shorter timers in multiplayer games - FINALLY A DECENT RANGE OF TIMERS
  • Fee for multiplayer rounds to stop disconnects - DON'T GIVE THE WGT BEAN COUNTERS ANY IDEAS
  • See competitor's equipment/stats before tee-off - NOT AVAILABLE YET
  • Lobby to chat and find players - NOT AVAILABLE YET*
  • Ability to swap out Irons for other clubs - NOT AVAILABLE YET

  * NOT YET ON WGT, BUT AVAILABLE AT WGTLS.UK

  By my reckoning, of 20 promised upgrades nearly a year ago, just 4 have actually gone on-line. I realize that a number of the promised upgrades may be technologically difficult to program. There are a number politicians out there who have a better percentage for keeping their promises.

  But others would seem to me to be relatively simple:

  • Iron substitution! I've paid good money to acquire a variety of clubs, and I'd like the ability to put what I want of them in my bag. Certain courses it would be nice to trade out a 3 iron for a hybrid as an example, or play Rapture long irons and my G-10 short irons - all without losing the ability to keep my scoring wedges in the bag.
  • 'Concede hole' button for match play! I hate having to take 2 or 3 shots when my opponent is sitting 2 or 3 feet from the cup! (Or more rarely, the other way around.)
  • Saving replays in multi-player mode! 98% of my play is with other players; if I hit the occasional miracle shot, it's gone forever. Since we can already save single-player replays, this would seem to be a no-brainer.

• andyson 6,415 Posts

  Sat, Nov 13 2010 5:31 AM

  Not to defend WGT or anything, but that is from the Player Suggestion List, not the WGT Upcoming Product Releases.  Its what we asked for without any commitment from WGT other than to be considered or looked into.

  Your point is still valid, progress on the great majority of the list is at a snails pace, well OK, progress is at a standstill.

• SgtDoodles 3,112 Posts

  Sat, Nov 13 2010 6:48 AM

  Wow. I've been playing for a few months which is long enough to get good at the game, but not long enough to know about all these promises from a year back. WGT, this is a disgrace (if it's true).