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Champion Tier

• Jimbog1964 8,378 Posts

  Wed, Aug 26 2015 1:36 PM

  WGT set up the New tier, and any one that reaches it well done...........personal goals within remits set by WGT.

  Wonder if they have any news on the "by invitation only" T Champ Tier.  Hopefully not only for those who "won" a gnome in a clash.

  And WGT  (yes I guess still thinking it through LOL) it is a bit too pompous having zero hard criteria laid out, IMHO :)

• 2,840 Posts

  Wed, Aug 26 2015 2:12 PM

  Jimbog1964:

  Wonder if they have any news on the "by invitation only" T Champ Tier.  Hopefully not only for those who "won" a gnome in a clash.

   

  We aren't planning on moving anyone up to the highest tier until we get a good amount of people in the Champion tier.  Probably looking at a 3-6 month wait until the first wave goes into the Tour Champion tier.

   

  - WGTdbloshoe

• cdefghi 2,872 Posts

  Wed, Aug 26 2015 2:44 PM

  WGTdbloshoe:

  Jimbog1964:

  Wonder if they have any news on the "by invitation only" T Champ Tier.  Hopefully not only for those who "won" a gnome in a clash.

   

  We aren't planning on moving anyone up to the highest tier until we get a good amount of people in the Champion tier.  Probably looking at a 3-6 month wait until the first wave goes into the Tour Champion tier.

   

  - WGTdbloshoe

  With all due respect to any players that tiered up the right way by playing their default tees, you're saying once you have enough Champions, whether they're " Red Tee" wonders or not, you'll create this new T Champ tier.

    You just can't make this chite up.

   

• 2,840 Posts

  Wed, Aug 26 2015 2:54 PM

  cdefghi:

  WGTdbloshoe:

  Jimbog1964:

  Wonder if they have any news on the "by invitation only" T Champ Tier.  Hopefully not only for those who "won" a gnome in a clash.

   

  We aren't planning on moving anyone up to the highest tier until we get a good amount of people in the Champion tier.  Probably looking at a 3-6 month wait until the first wave goes into the Tour Champion tier.

   

  - WGTdbloshoe

  With all due respect to any players that tiered up the right way by playing their default tees, you're saying once you have enough Champions, whether they're " Red Tee" wonders or not, you'll create this new T Champ tier.

    You just can't make this chite up.

   

  I didn't say anything of the kind, I just said we wouldn't be moving players up right now.  I gave a rough time frame as to when we will move players up, not the players who WOULD be moved up.

   

  - WGTdbloshoe

• 559 Posts

  Wed, Aug 26 2015 3:00 PM

  cdefghi:

  you're saying once you have enough Champions, whether they're " Red Tee" wonders or not, you'll create this new T Champ tier.

  I would not think the Red Tee warriors have a chance of making T Champ.  I mean assuming WGT is promoting T Champ's as the best o the best.

• Jimbog1964 8,378 Posts

  Wed, Aug 26 2015 3:28 PM

  I don't see T Champ now being just for the best of the best.  Maybe a roll of honour for that?  

  No disrespect to many new red tee champs the tier is a joke if real competition ability is a measure, and IMO it should have been.  WGT thought different and is what is.

  Some basic criteria shared would be good though, IMO.  All just looks a bit too pompous as it stands, and frankly expectation is low so not a big one - sadly.

   

   

• WoodenHands 526 Posts

  Wed, Aug 26 2015 5:45 PM

  I just can't understand why players would pound red tee comps to get to Champion, then continue to pound them once they're there?

  Agree with what's been said already, averages should only count from tier specific tees.

  I look at the Champion averages and I see that mine is one of the few in the 60's, does it matter? Not really, as I've said before it makes no difference to how I play, only how others perceive me.

• mikewilleford 1,544 Posts

  Wed, Aug 26 2015 5:55 PM

  WGTdbloshoe:

  [We aren't planning on moving anyone up to the highest tier until we get a good amount of people in the Champion tier.  Probably looking at a 3-6 month wait until the first wave goes into the Tour Champion tier.

   

  - WGTdbloshoe

  what about Iconian does he qualify as a nobody lol

• DuFussMcGoo 2,902 Posts

  Sun, Oct 4 2015 3:57 PM

  Soon every TL who's been playing at that tier for any length of time, will be a "Champ".

  If WGT locks in averages at 500 rounds, we will eventually have many "Champs" playing at THAT tier...and being bored out of their skulls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• FarFoo 2,921 Posts

  Sun, Oct 4 2015 4:55 PM

  Getting to Champ level is indeed an achievement , well done.

  For some though, it is more a measure of how many times you play , rather than how good you are and as has been said, red tee warriors are playing alongside guys like fmagnets, which simply makes the status 'champion' pretty meaningless.

  The top players are still the top players, probably more than 50% of them still TL's.

  It would be good if they made the next tier a pure ability based level, maybe needing to win a VT or big tourney at champ level,, or something along those lines for people to strive for.
  
  I also note that the VT for champs only pays out top 5. I think this is a mistake given the range of abilities being moved up to champ tier,  once the best TL's move up to champ level also,  80% of the field will not have much chance of winning $ so the contest , which is a good one , will lose a lot of its appeal / players I think.