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Days Played Issue

• alosso 21,070 Posts

  Wed, Oct 5 2016 5:27 AM

  TomJay1:

  Also not happy with the way the daily bonus point time is now that we cannot start a game until the time change. The old way of as long as you finished after the clock tick was much easier. Now we got people waiting around to play because if you start 1 minute to early no bonus points credited.

  To me, we just have to change a bit of our habits.

  Each game is a game starting after time change - you will get the CDP anyway. If you're keen on the CC XPs, just pick the right one.

  And, that is even easier than before. No fear for early finishes, no fear for discons and quitters. Don't care for the early games, just give the pass to the next game.

• TomJay1 200 Posts

  Wed, Oct 5 2016 6:43 AM

  Everyone has different reasons but for me and about a dozen of my fellow country club members we meet at WGT and talk on Skype. We always started at 7:30 eastern because we knew that when the first game was over we would have our daily bonus points for our club. We also have members all over the globe and the later time makes it more difficult for them to join when we play later. We have players in Ireland, Australia and Holland just to name a few. Now we have to start 30 minutes later. We played 2-3 games but now we only play 2 because we are finishing too late. I realize that most players aren't doing this so the time matters a lot less to almost everyone but to an international club this makes getting together a lot more difficult at point time.

   

  alosso:

  TomJay1:

  Also not happy with the way the daily bonus point time is now that we cannot start a game until the time change. The old way of as long as you finished after the clock tick was much easier. Now we got people waiting around to play because if you start 1 minute to early no bonus points credited.

  To me, we just have to change a bit of our habits.

  Each game is a game starting after time change - you will get the CDP anyway. If you're keen on the CC XPs, just pick the right one.

  And, that is even easier than before. No fear for early finishes, no fear for discons and quitters. Don't care for the early games, just give the pass to the next game.

   

• alosso 21,070 Posts

  Wed, Oct 5 2016 7:11 AM

  In this set-up, it looks more difficult, but it isn't. Indeed, your habits are perfect for the former and the new CDP rules.

  TomJay1:

  We always started at 7:30 eastern because we knew that when the first game was over we would have our daily bonus points for our club.

  [...]

  Now we have to start 30 minutes later. We played 2-3 games but now we only play 2 because we are finishing too late.

  As I said, the new setting makes no difference regarding the CDP - it will only come one game later.

  So, why not start as usual and use your passes on the second of the three games?

• alosso 21,070 Posts

  Wed, Oct 5 2016 7:58 AM

  HarrysShoes:

  I just lost an 111 day streak due to this. What gives??

  You tell me...

  ...then start from scratch and be a happy camper soon!

• SPatrick8896 1 Posts

  Wed, Oct 5 2016 9:30 AM

  Does consecutive days actually matter? I am relatively new to this.

• HarrysShoes 69 Posts

  Wed, Oct 5 2016 9:31 AM

  alosso:

  HarrysShoes:

  I just lost an 111 day streak due to this. What gives??

  You tell me...

  ...then start from scratch and be a happy camper soon!

  I'll tell you what should happen. WGT should restore the CDP.

• tonyb2004 154 Posts

  Wed, Oct 5 2016 5:37 PM

  I'm still waiting or the over 12000 xp I lost due to this.. It costs real money to earn them what's the problem paying off?.

• petervcpt 1,013 Posts

  Thu, Oct 6 2016 10:53 AM

  alosso:

  HarrysShoes:

  I just lost an 111 day streak due to this. What gives??

  You tell me...

  ...then start from scratch and be a happy camper soon!

  And........you win the Internet today with that response :-)

  Well played!

• alosso 21,070 Posts

  Thu, Oct 6 2016 11:56 AM

  SPatrick8896:

  Does consecutive days actually matter?

  It matters indirectly to players of certain levels who want to improve by buying better equipment. Said equipment is released by levels, and levelling up requires XPs.

  For convenient play it's good to keep the levels in "harmony" with the tiers - otherways, you won't have fun with short equipment from long tees!

  The CDP bonus is the highest extra XPs you can get besides of playing A LOT!
  It's 880 XPs after only six days of continuous play, and now you need only one shot per day to get it. (mind you, the "day" is in GMT timezone!)
  Two 18 hole tournaments give only a tad (70?) more XPs in at least an hour's time!

  OTOH, there's the belief in the big number. 500 CDPs, 1000, 2000... some think that this matters a lot to them. From another POV, it's a perfect means of bonding the players to the game.

  A recent change in programming has cost many players their CDP, and some whine loudly... But, the CDPs are visible only to the player himself, there's no comparisons, no leaderboard etc., so what the heck? If you chose to get back on the train, it might have "cost" you two or three days to the next level, but it's no death threat
  - it's but a game, the goal should be fun! and not points and purchases!

• HarrysShoes 69 Posts

  Thu, Oct 6 2016 1:27 PM

  SPatrick8896:

  Does consecutive days actually matter? I am relatively new to this.

  Some country clubs have consecutive days played competitions where you screenshot your days played.