BolloxInBruges:
Having the same winds for everyone is only going to favor the very top players. If everyone has the same wind the majority of the field in a HS rg will have absolutely no chance of winning. Most people need the random winds to have chance. I don't understand the argument for same winds for all unless you are someone that plays 1 rg a month where it is going to take years and years for the variance to even out. If you are playing multiple RGs a day, the variance is going to even out pretty quickly.
Its just like a poker touranment, just because you're the best player doesn't mean you will win, you may be dealt 23 offsuit all day while Johnny Luckbox to your left gets AA every other hand. While if everyone were to get an exactly even distribution of cards somehow, only the absolute best players could ever win. Think of it this way, chess has almost no luck element, so if you have inferior skill you probably lose, and competitive chess doesn't get a whole lot of attention. Poker any idiot can win (due to variance such as random winds), every *** wanted to be like Chris Moneymaker and turn 40$ into 2.5 million, and he certainly was a beneficiary of variance as it was the only way he had a chance.
In conclusion, if you're not one of the absolute best, you better be careful what you ask for.
I guess we all have our opinions, but to me you're saying that random winds means that the skill factor the better players have can be negated - how can that be right in a skill based game?
It may even itself out over time, but if I get poor winds in a 2K tournament and good winds in a 100cr tournament that is not evening itself out - I played five 500cr RG's and I got 5 really bad sets of wind which at my level put me outside breaking even or getting my money back - if I knew everyone was shooting the same conditions I'd have been happier with my scores
Not everyone has a 'credit pot,' and to use the credit card and gamble $20 in a tournament on the basis you may get a good wind is a gamble a lot of folks probably wont make. Especially in the new 2K at St Andrews, even in moderate winds you or I can reel off at least 8 or 9 holes where a good wind will give you a much better chance of birdie/eagle than a headwind, given the winds I would like I reckon without much effort I could be -7 or -8 and I'd take any wind on the remaining 9 holes, if you put a 25mph headwind on those holes then I would not be so confident and may be happy with -4 which with the payout system would probably mean I'm loosing money
Its a topic that constantly comes up - so why can't WGT put some RG's on that are fixed, that would make everyone happy, have a tab on the RG screen, random Rg's, Fixed wind RG's, more revenue for WGT, more RG's for us to play, everyone happy