Warning... Just my opinion here....This subject bothers me for some reason and I think it does have an effect on people's perceptions of the game and the community......
With the introduction of "Status" in Tiger last year, I got wrapped up into trying to maximize it. The lure of the CC leaderboard caused me to make some rash decisions on CC membership and I made a few people who I consider long term friends upset at me. (We have since gotten back on a good footing.... but I think I will forever be known as a Status Nazis in my group.... the jokes are good...)
This year, I vowed to not care one bit. My new focus is just to fine tune the group to ensure we have as many participating members as possible. It has worked and we have a solid group together.
The discussion topic is the idea that one guy in the game (xbox) basically has more status than any full club below the top ten. He is double the individual in 2nd... It is not cheating to get that out of the way.... but he is playing Wolf creek offline, customized holes, practice, over and over and over.... The effect is that it severly hampers and alienates a lot of people's attitudes in the game. (Low scores do this as well... but not the subject of the discussion)
I think a simple solution is in order here... just disable status points in any Practice rounds. If you want to maximize status with full rounds in Career, H2H, Live Tournaments, or even quick play tournament rounds....knock yourself out. I have zero issues with that.
This really should not bother me... I know.... but it does. I also think it bothers more than just me. The fact that the Country Club Tour and Connected Tournaments give us a CC competition is fantastic and takes away some of the sting off status.... Still, that one leaderboard is status driven and it is the one most look at and shake their heads....
I left this discussion off the EA boards intentionally.... I do want to hear some opinions on it though and maybe garner some attention toward an easily remedied issue...
Thanks for letting me get that off my chest....
The Guru
With the introduction of "Status" in Tiger last year, I got wrapped up into trying to maximize it. The lure of the CC leaderboard caused me to make some rash decisions on CC membership and I made a few people who I consider long term friends upset at me. (We have since gotten back on a good footing.... but I think I will forever be known as a Status Nazis in my group.... the jokes are good...)
This year, I vowed to not care one bit. My new focus is just to fine tune the group to ensure we have as many participating members as possible. It has worked and we have a solid group together.
The discussion topic is the idea that one guy in the game (xbox) basically has more status than any full club below the top ten. He is double the individual in 2nd... It is not cheating to get that out of the way.... but he is playing Wolf creek offline, customized holes, practice, over and over and over.... The effect is that it severly hampers and alienates a lot of people's attitudes in the game. (Low scores do this as well... but not the subject of the discussion)
I think a simple solution is in order here... just disable status points in any Practice rounds. If you want to maximize status with full rounds in Career, H2H, Live Tournaments, or even quick play tournament rounds....knock yourself out. I have zero issues with that.
This really should not bother me... I know.... but it does. I also think it bothers more than just me. The fact that the Country Club Tour and Connected Tournaments give us a CC competition is fantastic and takes away some of the sting off status.... Still, that one leaderboard is status driven and it is the one most look at and shake their heads....
I left this discussion off the EA boards intentionally.... I do want to hear some opinions on it though and maybe garner some attention toward an easily remedied issue...
Thanks for letting me get that off my chest....
The Guru
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