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Days Played Issue

• ncjohn51 2,008 Posts

  Sun, Sep 11 2016 5:51 AM

  alosso:

  So you are upset because you don't know how to provide all XPs to your CC?

  Relax, and take a different view:

  If you only play one stroke per CDP day, you will receive full reward for it, no matter if that game is finished or not. Just put in your free CC pass with that game (preferably solo stroke play), and it will get 900+ XPs including the boni.

  Your L19 CC, IBIS, doesn't need more, believe me. Me thinks, it doesn't need any, as only the company profits from that race.

  No matter what you play next, you will receive your personal XPs for that, too. No change in this, except for a safer way to gain the CDP.

  Now, if you know that your last game started before midnight GMT, there's easy remedy: Just play one stroke(!) in any solo game on the new day, practice or ranked, with a free pass, and you've reached your goal. Me thinks that there is an unadverted extra bonus in such play!

  You may have to modify your habits slightly, but I'm sure that you are flexible, aren't you?

  Wow, it's just wonderful that you are in a position to decide what other people do and don't need and what should or shouldn't upset someone else. You may want to step out of your ivory tower. If the stuff in this thread doesn't bother you and you don't feel affected your time might be better spent posting in threads about things you care about rather than being a troll on things you don't. Having established rules changed in midstream in a negative way, for no apparent reason, is a concern for a lot of us whether you think it's important or not.

  As the game has played, for as long as I have been here, I have been able to take a couple  practice shots before starting my round without that applying to being my first round.

  My experience point gain from my first round of the day, and that to my CC, has been over 1400 per day when I play my first round of the day at 18 holes, and around 1200 even on a 9 hole round if I just didn't have time for 18.  So the XP contribution is now decreased by over 500 XP per day by making an unnecessary change to count those practice holes. Whether you think that is important or not is really not relevant.

  Classic case of "if it ain't broke, fix it until it is." When combined with all the random variation on distances and speeds that has crept into the game, the whole thing is going downhill fast.

  If WGT is going to use this first stroke of the day on any kind of round type of approach, then  please come up with the "driving range" that has been requested forever now without it counting for the consecutive days or XP calculations.

• JasCooper 528 Posts

  Sun, Sep 11 2016 6:25 AM

  ncjohn51:

  Wow, it's just wonderful that you are in a position to decide what other people do and don't need and what should or shouldn't upset someone else. You may want to step out of your ivory tower. If the stuff in this thread doesn't bother you and you don't feel affected your time might be better spent posting in threads about things you care about rather than being a troll on things you don't. Having established rules changed in midstream in a negative way, for no apparent reason, is a concern for a lot of us whether you think it's important or not.

  As the game has played, for as long as I have been here, I have been able to take a couple  practice shots before starting my round without that applying to being my first round.

  My experience point gain from my first round of the day, and that to my CC, has been over 1400 per day when I play my first round of the day at 18 holes, and around 1200 even on a 9 hole round if I just didn't have time for 18.  So the XP contribution is now decreased by over 500 XP per day by making an unnecessary change to count those practice holes. Whether you think that is important or not is really not relevant.

  Classic case of "if it ain't broke, fix it until it is." When combined with all the random variation on distances and speeds that has crept into the game, the whole thing is going downhill fast.

  If WGT is going to use this first stroke of the day on any kind of round type of approach, then  please come up with the "driving range" that has been requested forever now without it counting for the consecutive days or XP calculations.

  I have to agree with alosso. You're arguing over a minor portion of what has been a major issue. Yes, it would be nicer if there was a practice mode that wouldn't affect points awarding. Fight for that. You're worried about your score on a round that you're getting CDP points? Play a tourney with unlimited play and use a starter ball...

  'if you want to gripe about something, maybe make it about how some of us get duplicate emails for all the numerous posts in this thread. Or after months of being a WGT member, still being treated like a child and told posts are being moderated. 

• ConfusionMaster 1,653 Posts

  Sun, Sep 11 2016 8:09 AM

  WGTShamWow:

  arleen9190:

  i play alt everyday to meet new people and i never seam to get my days played credit

  is ALT shot off the days played credit?

  Arleen

  The days played counter and XP should now be counted on the first stroke of the first round played. I believe this is also the time that will be factored in to when you played(I.E. round is counted when you take your first stroke, not when you finished the round) We have received a few reports regarding Alt Shot rounds not counting for some players for their first round played and days played counter and we are investigating this. 

  All the Best,
  WGTShamWow 

   

  AS doesn't count all it seems.

   

  I have not got any CDP's since the 1/9 except the one day after I played a CC stroke play tournament. Then my next days AS counted as well before I got reset to 0 again and have stayed there since.

  I have played every day, so when this is fixed I expect my CDP to reset to what it was before plus the days in between. I also expect 880 points for every day missed to be added to my XP and my clubs XP.

   

   

• ConfusionMaster 1,653 Posts

  Sun, Sep 11 2016 8:11 AM

  JasCooper:

  'if you want to gripe about something, maybe make it about how some of us get duplicate emails for all the numerous posts in this thread.

   

  It's in every thread, CC ones as well.

  What get's me even more is I get 2 email notifications of the post I made. It's pathetic.

   

• ncjohn51 2,008 Posts

  Sun, Sep 11 2016 9:57 AM

  JasCooper:

  I have to agree with alosso. You're arguing over a minor portion of what has been a major issue. Yes, it would be nicer if there was a practice mode that wouldn't affect points awarding. Fight for that. You're worried about your score on a round that you're getting CDP points? Play a tourney with unlimited play and use a starter ball...

  No, actually that is specifically NOT what I'm arguing about. I'm not happy, and there are many others like me, that you can no longer just go hit some practice shots without losing the entire tournament portion of the XP and only getting the CDP bonus. I have yet to hear any valid reason for making this change. As I said, if we're going to take the bonus from the first shot of the day there needs to be a separate non-counted practice mode created.

  I only get to play limited amounts and confine it to tournaments I care about. Being forced to go play an Unlimited Play tournament to get the points is no different than being forced to play an entire round in practice mode. I simply want the points for the tournament I'm playing to count as they always have before this unnecessary change.

• jetrep7 1,316 Posts

  Sun, Sep 11 2016 10:57 AM

  I have read alot of the WGT Forum on the Days Played issue (in which I have added 3 posts) along with my own reports to WGT support regarding the subject report. My latest response from WGT Member Services has no bearing on my reports or the forum issue.

  I have reported on a valid issue, even with a suggested temporary "play-around" solution. that WGT did not relay this to the WGT Forum in a professional manner. Nor, has my requests and suggestions in my report string been completed in a totally satisfactory manner.

  First, and most important, is for WGT Technical Support to report to players that the initial patch solution did not work. Share this information in the WGT Forum as well as to player reports pending resolution (such as me). A timeline on the next try at fixing the issue should also be shared. (Y'all DO know this patch don't work ... right??).

  
  

  Next, request players not use passes or expect CDP credit or XP if the round they are playing overlaps the "next day" time. The next round played following the "new day" will yield the maximum XP  for players and CC (if a pass is used) in addition to counting the "Consecutive Days Played" and announcing "You have Played Today". This "Play-Around" should be suggested until the announcement of the next solution patch installation.

  A REAL response from WGT Member Services would help this situation very much.

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Sun, Sep 11 2016 12:13 PM

  Am I missing something here?  Has something changed since yesterday? 

  I have been able to play practice without using a pass and then later after the new day starts use a pass and get full CDP and bonus XP's. 

   

   

• alosso 21,070 Posts

  Sun, Sep 11 2016 12:31 PM

  ncjohn51:

  Having established rules changed in midstream in a negative way, for no apparent reason, is a concern for a lot of us whether you think it's important or not.

  So I was wrong, you aren't flexible, are you?

  Many players complained here that their CDP + pass becomes void if they can't finish their round, and for once I think that WGT reacted in a way which is good for all: From now on, you know that your first shot of the day is worth the full CDP points, no matter what!

  (except for the flaws in MP games)

  ncjohn51:

  My experience point gain from my first round of the day, and that to my CC, has been over 1400 per day when I play my first round of the day at 18 holes, and around 1200 even on a 9 hole round if I just didn't have time for 18.  So the XP contribution is now decreased by over 500 XP per day by making an unnecessary change to count those practice holes. Whether you think that is important or not is really not relevant.

  So what? Which relevance do these 500 have to you and your CC? What is changing, what is your real disadvantage, apart from some numbers rising less?

  You certainly are in a different movie than I, and me thinks that yours is about chasing fake goals with your good money and/or time.

  I commiserate you, but you are in control of your life, aren't you, or is WGT at the controls?

• JasCooper 528 Posts

  Sun, Sep 11 2016 4:35 PM

  ncjohn51:

  No, actually that is specifically NOT what I'm arguing about. I'm not happy, and there are many others like me, that you can no longer just go hit some practice shots without losing the entire tournament portion of the XP and only getting the CDP bonus. I have yet to hear any valid reason for making this change. As I said, if we're going to take the bonus from the first shot of the day there needs to be a separate non-counted practice mode created.

  I only get to play limited amounts and confine it to tournaments I care about. Being forced to go play an Unlimited Play tournament to get the points is no different than being forced to play an entire round in practice mode. I simply want the points for the tournament I'm playing to count as they always have before this unnecessary change.

  As was pointed out, practice before the day change without using a pass. 

  Sure it would be nice to have a disconnected practice mode that doesn't risk CDP points, but there isn't. There are plenty of things worth fussing about, but the switch from CDP points being awarded when one starts to play vs. when they finish is not one of them. 

  NOTE TO MODERATOR - Since you're moderating all my posts, could you please take this as a request to take me off moderation since I've been here for five months. It's a bit off putting to have my replies to a post not appear for a long time after the post I'm replying to.

• DoctorEagle 1,312 Posts

  Sun, Sep 11 2016 5:42 PM

  Not going to read this thread but will provide wot wgt asked for since it is an issue for me.  Bonus has bugged out twice on me but my days played was not reset to 0. 

  The first was when I quit a round and then played a different one and it didn't give me my bonus. Not sure what i did today other than play a round earlier in the day and get bonus from not playing yesterday that i got earlier today :P . It didn't give me or my cc a bonus in the after new wgt day round which was started after the wgt new day :D

  So in fun summary at a glance i think it is a combination of issues related to the new wgt day time change :)