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Unbeleivable Deviation/$WGT ball stealers

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sun, Feb 13 2011 2:18 PM

  Steelers75:

  j/k Jim.  Couldn't resist.

  LMAO. I call instigation. Not to worry, not going there.  ;-)

• VanHalenLover 1,422 Posts

  Sun, Feb 13 2011 3:02 PM

  YankeeJim:

  Nothing snide about the laugh, VHL, keep trying.   ;-)

  It wasn't the laugh at all YJ, we all know you add that 'lol' or 'lmao' or 'heh' just to justify your upcoming  remarks, lol   ;-)

  In all seriousness, I was just struck funny by how you wrote off his complaint about the wind so easily with the 'mother nature' comment. I think he has a very valid point.

• thebigeasy707 5,885 Posts

  Sun, Feb 13 2011 3:28 PM

  why when someone posts a complaint as such on here we always get for example...." in real life golf......"

  this is a game and will be pretty much impossible to closely replicate what happens in real life with regards to nature.

  if i see a 5mph wind on here then i expect it to be a 5mph wind because we have no way of knowing otherwise...usually until the balls gone skew whiff and usually into water...weeds and lost.

  bringing in real golf to explain wgt f*ck ups is only letting them off the hook.

  tbe

• NickN85 193 Posts

  Sun, Feb 13 2011 3:33 PM

  You ppl do realize that the base line premise of the coding of this game is in direct refference to a RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR.. there are measrues in place to be able to control the deviance of this random number.. but in the end.. its still just a random number generator. so if the number you were looking for isnt generated.. things can go awry..

   

  thats the root cause of most peoples complaints on here.. and there's not much they can do about it without making the game that much easier..

• VanHalenLover 1,422 Posts

  Sun, Feb 13 2011 4:01 PM

  I fully agree with you tbe, this is a programmed game that gives programmed and expected results within the confines of the built-in deviation. I don't hear anyone saying that a 12 mph headwind should always take exactly X yards (or X %) off of a shot. What I DO see however, is a lot of folks complaining about just how unpredictable and extreme some of these programmed deviations are.

  It has always been, and continues to be, one of my biggest pet peeves, especially when the launch angle it taken into consideration. Sure a stronger wind should result in more deviation, that's to be expected. But when you aim half way across a green to counter for a cross wind, and miss that 'ding' by ever so slightly, it should not affect the launch angle The ball should still START where you have aimed it, and then react accordingly. I have seen countless times, where the slightest of mishits downwind of the 'ding' start the ball of to the downwind side of the pin, and seem to ignore the aiming marker right out of the box. Many here have commented about aiming upwind AND missing upwind in order to make the right shot. if this is the case, then why even have the center of the target as an aiming point?  

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sun, Feb 13 2011 6:27 PM

  VanHalenLover:

  In all seriousness, I was just struck funny by how you wrote off his complaint about the wind so easily with the 'mother nature' comment. I think he has a very valid point.

  I did nothing of the sort. The response was to the ludicrous statement about "they should be done for false advertising" as posted by PGA. 

  R.I.F., bucko.

• fairwayslim 5 Posts

  Sun, Feb 13 2011 6:51 PM

  this is the second time wgt took $20.00 from my bank account!!! what gives wgt? i no the difference between $1.00 and $20.00 it's not enough that you purchase the upgrades only to get skrewed by the meter monster.  there may be a bright side tho, that might be the extra $20.00 bucks that they needed to fix this problem. yall can thank me later

• WGTicon 12,511 Posts

  Mon, Feb 14 2011 9:26 AM

  fairwayslim:

  this is the second time wgt took $20.00 from my bank account!!! what gives wgt? i no the difference between $1.00 and $20.00 it's not enough that you purchase the upgrades only to get skrewed by the meter monster.  there may be a bright side tho, that might be the extra $20.00 bucks that they needed to fix this problem. yall can thank me later

  Hi,

  I am not sure what the problem is, but if you email members@worldgolftour.com and let them know, they will handle the issue for you. Put wgticon in subject, so I may track it too.

  take care,

  -wgticon

• PGATourReject 20 Posts

  Mon, Feb 14 2011 9:50 AM

  YankeeJim:

  The response was to the ludicrous statement about "they should be done for false advertising" as posted by PGA. 

  Dont you realise that it was a tongue in cheek sarcastic coment????

  If we didn't laugh off these lost ball "deviations" we'd all go mad!!

• chrisironsbones 3,524 Posts

  Mon, Feb 14 2011 10:32 AM

  But a dinged shot flying left "exagerated left" no were near aimed point, opposite to wind direction, that costs you to loose a ball, could understand slightly off ding, but to fly nearly off the screen left into water, obviously a bug or a extreme deviation, for this to happen and you to loose $1 because of it shouldn't be right, if you where driving your new car along a straight road, then it suddenly turned left into a wall on its own, you'd go straight to the dealer to get your money back wouldn't  you!