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Improvement of skins game

• Tresclub 934 Posts

  Thu, Nov 3 2011 5:36 PM

  Toothpic:

  Warren you are missing the point of skins, its to win credits not the match, if there are still credits (skins) left to be won then you must complete the game, it  will allow the other players to reduce their losses.

  EG you are playing for 50 credits a skin over 9 holes, you win the first 5 skins so u r 250 credits up, the other players have won nothing yet, but have paid to enter the game. By playing the remaining holes they have the chance to win a few skins and maybe break even.

  Its a cash game, it is not matchplay

  ahaaaaa, you are so right, I did in fact miss the point.  hmmm, wonder if old age has anyrthing to do with that.  :}

  Warren

   

• SR69 1 Posts

  Fri, Nov 4 2011 1:59 AM

  May I suggest that when a player disconnects the game just carries on rather than wait 5 mins for them to come back - so many drop out when it isn't going well that it puts unnecessary delay on the game.

• thatcanadianguy 557 Posts

  Fri, Nov 4 2011 10:57 AM

  When you play and the last hole is tied the game ends no one winning the last skin. There is no carry over. There should be a carry over until all 9 or 18 skins are won.

• jbiscuit 314 Posts

  Fri, Nov 4 2011 2:13 PM

  SR69:

  May I suggest that when a player disconnects the game just carries on rather than wait 5 mins for them to come back - so many drop out when it isn't going well that it puts unnecessary delay on the game.

  This.

   

  Twice already someone has said they're quitting and we've still had a 5 minute re-connect delay. Putting me off having another game until it changes to be honest as it's already quite a slow format.

• gordoste 9 Posts

  Sat, Nov 5 2011 2:56 AM

  DukeLonnald:

  Just played a few skins games to test ... format can be fun, but some comments

  - Need to be able to concede hole if way off the pace and holding up partners

  - Timer speed at 90 seconds is too slow ... the game goes on forever. Max should be 60 seconds

  I think you're spot on. The other alternative is that once everyone is on the green, the person who has taken the least number of shots goes first (instead of the furthest away). Because it's pretty annoying if you get 2 feet from the hole and you have to wait for everybody else who cannot possibly win the hole.

  Also 90 seconds is too slow, it should default to 45 or 60.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

• txfisherman 713 Posts

  Sat, Nov 5 2011 12:22 PM

  Tresclub:

  WGTicon,  Suggestion:  when the total number of skins won has put the game/match out of reach for the other player (in a 2-player match), the game/match should end, much like match play and alt-shot matches end.  You shouldn't have to play out the match if you can't win enough skins to catch up.

  Warren

   

  heck, If I win 6 holes you want the match to end? No way! I have possiblilites of winning all 9 skins which down the road will give me more $$ from the guys Im playing with...

   

   

• letemrip 15 Posts

  Sat, Nov 5 2011 1:41 PM

  Concede hole ,pick up your ball....same thing....would be very good for this game, and when in the world are you going to add tournament greens to the practice mode.

• twichipper 424 Posts

  Sat, Nov 5 2011 1:52 PM

  Well said canck, and I might add that a playoff of the next hole wins the skins. So if both players have four skins on the ninth hole and tie it , then move on to the next hole to have an out--right winner of the game. just like suddendeath in a match play. This can apply to 18 holes as well.

• TarheelsRule 5,566 Posts

  Sat, Nov 5 2011 1:59 PM

  You can't have concede option in skins.  You can only have an option allowed any of the players to pick up and take themselves out of the hole.  If you had a concede option you can bet a player with a 2 foot putt would find that one of the other players conceded a 50 footer so that everyone would tie.

  Concept is good, it really is a game for credits not as much for fun.  Skins has a lot of give and take in it and being at the right place at the right time is the key.  I'm not sure if the tees are going to adjust to the player level when it moves to play for credits, if so I'm sure the sandbaggers will be happy to have another format to feed on players.

• BigRedNewfie 205 Posts

  Sat, Nov 5 2011 4:29 PM

  Pick up your ball option ... exactly.