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Post by NobleMan on Feb 9, 2019 10:52:30 GMT -5
We will be hosting two courses today on Saturday 2/9/2019 4PM EST. We have Matt Geddes (staypuft39 ) as our Expert Guest Designer The courses we will play are: Emerald Forest Horseshoe Bay Golf Club The designer of Emerald Forest is Jeff FrazierThe designer of Horseshoe Bay Golf Club is Robyn StoneWe have shows every Thursday night at 7PM EST and Saturday at 4PM EST. You can also check out all the archived shows on the site as well. Enjoy! If you want your course reviewed, just post in our forum section. |
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Post by NobleMan on Feb 10, 2019 12:25:07 GMT -5
I wanted to thank Matt Geddes for the awesome reviews of the courses above. Check out the show below, if you missed it live.
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Post by stoneysooner on Feb 11, 2019 8:31:58 GMT -5
Guys,
I finally got a chance to watch the show and I want to thank you all for the review. I was so bummed to have some family stuff come up that caused me to miss the show. Looks like I will have to leave some feedback here to clarify my intent.
One thing that the designer really lacks for me is the ability to set a prevailing wind. You guys drew a wind that was completely opposite of the "prevailing wind" that the course was designed with in mind. It really came into play on the Par 5's. I believe it was Matt that said they lack strategy, but the things that he mentioned would have been much different with the prevailing wind. The 4th is a true 3 shot par 5, and for you guys it played down wind leaving you all with pitch shots into the green. Matt mentioned to lengthen the hole, but I set it at the length it is due to it normally playing into the wind. The other 2 that weren't reachable played into the wind, and would normally be downwind thus leaving the player with decisions after a good drive.
I had to laugh at the sailboats comments. I can totally see it now, and any tour version would have about (12) fewer boats. It is a bay, so for now players will have to deal with all the sailboats people bought from the same boat shop. On the coastline problems, I have no solution as I ran out of plant meter, and even removing boats didn't help enough. That is something I will need to manage better in the future as well.
All the comments were super constructive and should allow for some degree of implementation on my end that will improve all of my future designs. I want to thank Matt for chipping in, and Kent and Greg for putting out this show to allow designers exposure and the valuable feedback that we all need.
Sorry that I missed it live, but the show was a great help. Keep up the great work!
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Post by staypuft39 on Feb 11, 2019 11:29:41 GMT -5
Guys, I finally got a chance to watch the show and I want to thank you all for the review. I was so bummed to have some family stuff come up that caused me to miss the show. Looks like I will have to leave some feedback here to clarify my intent. One thing that the designer really lacks for me is the ability to set a prevailing wind. You guys drew a wind that was completely opposite of the "prevailing wind" that the course was designed with in mind. It really came into play on the Par 5's. I believe it was Matt that said they lack strategy, but the things that he mentioned would have been much different with the prevailing wind. The 4th is a true 3 shot par 5, and for you guys it played down wind leaving you all with pitch shots into the green. Matt mentioned to lengthen the hole, but I set it at the length it is due to it normally playing into the wind. The other 2 that weren't reachable played into the wind, and would normally be downwind thus leaving the player with decisions after a good drive. I had to laugh at the sailboats comments. I can totally see it now, and any tour version would have about (12) fewer boats. It is a bay, so for now players will have to deal with all the sailboats people bought from the same boat shop. On the coastline problems, I have no solution as I ran out of plant meter, and even removing boats didn't help enough. That is something I will need to manage better in the future as well. All the comments were super constructive and should allow for some degree of implementation on my end that will improve all of my future designs. I want to thank Matt for chipping in, and Kent and Greg for putting out this show to allow designers exposure and the valuable feedback that we all need. Sorry that I missed it live, but the show was a great help. Keep up the great work! Hey Robyn, thank so much for chiming in and for watching. Glad you watched the show in the right spirit, as I definitely made a lot of comments (some rather sarcastic about the boats, etc, he he). It's pretty obvious that you are getting WAY better with the designer and this one is a big step up from Spion Knopp, imo. Still some visual things to work out, but course looks really sharp. When it comes to the par 5's, I definitely understand your reasoning on the distances and wind. You would know better than anyone how the par 5's play, certainly more than a guy playing it for the first time. I swore that I had 300+ yards in on #4 and #8 and we had pretty light winds to the side, but I could be remembering wrong. I definitely liked 18 and the decision it forced me to make...it's definitely the par 5 I remember from the course. Nothing wrong with 3 shot par 5's, just harder to make them memorable. And yes, the boats. It was obvious that by the end of this course, you had some pretty great planting methods figured out for rocks and bushes, so would have been nice to have that along the coast to draw attention rather than the boats...but live and learn. I have a feeling your next course will be a showstopper. |
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Post by NobleMan on Feb 13, 2019 20:01:59 GMT -5
We will be hosting two courses today on Thursday 7PM EST. We will have Taylor Knight as our Expert Guest Designer It is up to the course designers but they are more than welcome to play with us during the review, if they have Steam accounts.
The courses we will play are: Blackberry Ridge Burnt Ends GC The designer of Blackberry Ridge is Ryan N. NelsonThe designer of Burnt Ends GC is Michael Peters We have shows every Thursday night at 7PM EST and Saturday at 4PM EST. You can also check out all the archived shows on the site as well. Enjoy! If you want your course reviewed, just post in our forum section. |
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Post by mickeyhoohaa on Feb 15, 2019 4:15:21 GMT -5
We will be hosting two courses today on Thursday 7PM EST. We will have Taylor Knight as our Expert Guest Designer It is up to the course designers but they are more than welcome to play with us during the review, if they have Steam accounts.
The courses we will play are: Blackberry Ridge Burnt Ends GC The designer of Blackberry Ridge is Ryan N. NelsonThe designer of Burnt Ends GC is Michael Peters We have shows every Thursday night at 7PM EST and Saturday at 4PM EST. You can also check out all the archived shows on the site as well. Enjoy! If you want your course reviewed, just post in our forum section. Really sorry I couldn't make it guys but managed to watch the front nine on the archived stream this morning. You played it very well and I'm glad you're enjoying the round so far. You raise some interesting points on some of the sight lines from tees, environment and bunker sculpting and lighting as well. Will gladly take this advice into my next course which I hope you will love even more. |
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Post by mnguy12000 on Feb 15, 2019 6:49:53 GMT -5
Sorry I couldn't be on yesterday. I did design the course with cc in mind. Also the rocks ate up the plant meter and I thought about just pulling all of them out but I liked the look so left them. With the bunkers I intentionally did not make the super deep because I want to give low skill guys an opportunity to score well, plus I liked the look of a realistic course set up. I have played course like this were the bunkering isn't crazy at all.
As for the tree on 16, it's for looks. It doesn't come into play. Originally there was a back drop of trees behind the green but it made the hole look bland I took them out just to improve the lighting.
Thanks for the play.
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Post by gregfordyce on Feb 15, 2019 7:05:29 GMT -5
Sorry I couldn't be on yesterday. I did design the course with cc in mind. Also the rocks ate up the plant meter and I thought about just pulling all of them out but I liked the look so left them. With the bunkers I intentionally did not make the super deep because I want to give low skill guys an opportunity to score well, plus I liked the look of a realistic course set up. I have played course like this were the bunkering isn't crazy at all. As for the tree on 16, it's for looks. It doesn't come into play. Originally there was a back drop of trees behind the green but it made the hole look bland I took them out just to improve the lighting. Thanks for the play. Thanks for feedback! Yes, it is a bit harder critiquing a course without the designer live with us so we can get this kind of dialogue live, "get in the designer's head" as it were as we see things, but still really enjoyed the course! Keep up the great work. |
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Post by mnguy12000 on Feb 15, 2019 8:11:09 GMT -5
Sorry I couldn't be on yesterday. I did design the course with cc in mind. Also the rocks ate up the plant meter and I thought about just pulling all of them out but I liked the look so left them. With the bunkers I intentionally did not make the super deep because I want to give low skill guys an opportunity to score well, plus I liked the look of a realistic course set up. I have played course like this were the bunkering isn't crazy at all. As for the tree on 16, it's for looks. It doesn't come into play. Originally there was a back drop of trees behind the green but it made the hole look bland I took them out just to improve the lighting. Thanks for the play. Thanks for feedback! Yes, it is a bit harder critiquing a course without the designer live with us so we can get this kind of dialogue live, "get in the designer's head" as it were as we see things, but still really enjoyed the course! Keep up the great work. Yeah with you guys doing it on Valentines Day, my wife would have killed me to be on the stream LOL |
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Post by gregfordyce on Feb 15, 2019 13:21:04 GMT -5
lol right? You can tell I'm currently not in a relationship!  |
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Post by NobleMan on Feb 15, 2019 15:26:17 GMT -5
Here is the recording from last nights show! Thanks Dan for filling in on such short notice.
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Post by NobleMan on Feb 15, 2019 15:36:03 GMT -5
We will be hosting two courses on Saturday 2/16/2019 at 4PM EST. We will have Matt Fritsch as our Expert Guest Designer It is up to the course designers but they are more than welcome to play with us during the review, if they have Steam accounts.
The courses we will play are: The Emirates Golf Club TheLakes @ CoveredBridge The designer of The Emirates Golf Club is Cathal O'SullivanThe designer of The Lakes @covered Bridge is Danny Srouji We have shows every Thursday night at 7PM EST and Saturday at 4PM EST. You can also check out all the archived shows on the site as well. Enjoy! If you want your course reviewed, just post in our forum section. |
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Post by ACES-R-WILD on Feb 16, 2019 10:02:40 GMT -5
Ill use this course in my society Kent congrads on your first course , its a 4rd tourney ill get you a couple hundred plays hit me up if you guys need me
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Post by NobleMan on Feb 16, 2019 11:35:41 GMT -5
Ill use this course in my society Kent congrads on your first course , its a 4rd tourney ill get you a couple hundred plays hit me up if you guys need me Thanks Michael! Appreciate the exposure bud. |
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Post by NobleMan on Feb 16, 2019 19:18:07 GMT -5
I wanted to thank Matt Fritsch for being on our show as our expert adviser! Enjoy the show below.
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