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Sat, Nov 5 2011 4:14 PM (27 replies)
  • b0geybuster
    2,574 Posts
    Fri, Oct 21 2011 11:27 AM

    I agree with mrenn.  6 hours would be perfect. 

    Cheers,

    b0gey

  • birdwell
    561 Posts
    Fri, Oct 21 2011 2:19 PM

    ForrestLeigh:

    If you take away some then players who like to grind them out say over a weekend suddenly have their fun removed because they have played the available, and are waiting for the 1 or two people who sign up and don't play or wait till the final half hour to play

     

     

    There are 17 ready gos available to me right now. I challenge you to play all the 100cr ones, and complete them all before any of those payout. A sleeve of balls of your choice if you can do it, and can show proof. (sure it can be done, but is it really worth your time and credits?)

     

    ForrestLeigh:
    If we're the paying customer, shouldn't we have more options not less?

     

    Didn't Steve Jobs teach you anything? It's not up to the customer to know what they want! (I'm not saying I agree - just food for thought)

     

     

  • b0geybuster
    2,574 Posts
    Fri, Oct 21 2011 2:46 PM

    birdwell:
    There are 17 ready gos available to me right now. I challenge you to play all the 100cr ones, and complete them all before any of those payout. A sleeve of balls of your choice if you can do it, and can show proof. (sure it can be done, but is it really worth your time and credits?)

    Used to do this almost everyday.   Then would be in no mans land waiting for one to pay out.

    Cheers,

    b0gey

  • GoldCard
    298 Posts
    Fri, Oct 21 2011 3:42 PM

    mrenn29:

    Im sure I am not the only one here who thinks this but here go's.I personally think the time limit on a closed RG should be cut in half to 6 hours from 12 hours once a ready-go is filled.It seems that everytime there is one or 2 players that like to sign up and either not play it,or wait till 11 hours after its closed to finally get around to it.Just kind of gets old to come back on the next day and still have to wait 8 or so hours to play that same RG.

    +1

    Definately agree with mrenn29 on this!

    As far as many other RG's to play then fine,play them if you wish but don't try telling others which RG's they should play in.

     

  • borntobesting
    9,710 Posts
    Fri, Oct 21 2011 3:57 PM

    GoldCard:

    mrenn29:

    Im sure I am not the only one here who thinks this but here go's.I personally think the time limit on a closed RG should be cut in half to 6 hours from 12 hours once a ready-go is filled.It seems that everytime there is one or 2 players that like to sign up and either not play it,or wait till 11 hours after its closed to finally get around to it.Just kind of gets old to come back on the next day and still have to wait 8 or so hours to play that same RG.

    +1

    Definately agree with mrenn29 on this!

    As far as many other RG's to play then fine,play them if you wish but don't try telling others which RG's they should play in.

     

    The shorter the time limit the greater the chance that you will have to deal with the top players like Mrenn and bollie

  • birdwell
    561 Posts
    Fri, Oct 21 2011 5:58 PM

    impatience > logic

     

    don't waste yer breath on this crowd Born...

  • birdwell
    561 Posts
    Fri, Oct 21 2011 8:21 PM

    ...oh darn I know I am wasting my breath, but i do like a good debate.

     

    If there were less ready go's, the current ones would likely fill faster - effectively cutting your wait time dramatically. It took about 14 hours for the last Oakmont Full 18 to fill. 

    I can't say for sure, but I think if there were about half the amount of ready go's, that fill time would be cut in half - and you would effectively we waiting 7 hours less to play the same ready go. No need to cut the wait time to 6 hours -  just clean up the system.

    The more popular rg's would still fill faster and they might fire off 3-4 times before the previous pays out. That's better for WGT in the long run - having these things fire off continuously with the same pool of top tier players that aren't putting a dime of real money back in is bad news - it could potentially push out new players or players that are establishing their games - they are the players that are putting in the $$ - Not the ready go junkies!  Shortening the wait times just feeds the sharks more.

    We have way too many 9's. Why is it necessary to have both 9's and a full 18 of the 4 non-tiered 100cr courses? why not scrap those  8 9's and add  9's of the other courses?

     

    anyways... so please someone bring an argument contrary to mine other than "I dont like to wait" or "we are paying customers, so blah blah" .  What benefit to the game's economy would shortening the time without making other changes bring?   

    For some real evidence that what I say may have some merit, take a look at my career earnings - about $800 of that was earned when the ready go's were first introduced - we had 6 to chose from - later there was 9 when Andy's was introduced. I am by no means a shark here - I just barely break even. During that time I had no trouble playing the same ready go twice a day. You can't really do that now. 

  • Chrishan24
    10 Posts
    Fri, Oct 21 2011 9:05 PM

    I also agree with M and bogey!!!

  • LizzieRossetti
    1,545 Posts
    Sat, Oct 22 2011 1:48 AM

    Have we not been here before?

    http://www.wgt.com/forums/p/40709/231643.aspx#231643

    And why does that link not show green and ready to rock? I wanted green mehh.

    Lizzie xx

  • Kriztjan
    1,437 Posts
    Sat, Oct 22 2011 2:51 AM

    i would also see a 6hrs limit.,

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