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Post by bruce on Dec 12, 2019 10:07:25 GMT -5
I have to say TGC 2019 is great, especially the PGA Tour in its limited state. But there was a course on the Tour which name eludes me at the moment. It was a fantastic yet simple course, yet I can find very limited info on it. I think It was Evergreen Classic or something like that.
When I go to find out about the course by right clicking the mouse I still don't see the Designer's name. But what or who makes the decision for certain courses to be used in the game? 2nd question is there are so many courses being designed and yet so many that I never even hear of. what ar the actual chances of your course even getting played enough to be heard about ?
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Post by lessthanbread on Dec 14, 2019 10:38:07 GMT -5
Without firing up the game and looking myself, I’m guessing the Evergreen Classic is an HB Official course if it’s on their offline PGA Tour mode. Someone at HB decides which courses will be used as official courses for the next game. Someone who’s been around longer than me could probably tell you who designed it. I’ve only be around for TGC 2019.
If a designer is good, spends time marketing their course, and is active in the TGC community, their courses will get played. That takes time though. It takes time to get good and takes time to build your name in the community.
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Post by ohheycat on Dec 14, 2019 11:10:45 GMT -5
I can say though that if you make a really solid course known members of the community will often rally behind it via the diamond cutters or hyping in the thread. When I release a course I create a thread here, over at hb, and on the reddit. Lastly you can tag the games Twitter account and plug your course that way. If you can manage to get your course handicapped before it falls off the first page the plays will pour in after that, since many go to that page to find new courses that arent garbage as so many are. One final thing is to create a relationship with the people who run the bigger societies, they are always happy to try your courses out and potentially give you a slot if its up to snuff
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2019 14:52:28 GMT -5
Search the course name + 'tgctours' in google search and you will most likely see who made it, what game it was made for (TGC1 or 2), etc.
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Post by yeltzman on Dec 19, 2019 17:09:31 GMT -5
Searching for evergreen on Hb's server did find Evergreen Classic i doubt it has ever been played on tgc tours through with amount of plays,there was a evergreen national with most plays but only at 144 so i doubt any evergreen was played at Tgc tours.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2019 4:06:48 GMT -5
Are you sure that was the name of the course and not the name of a career mode tour event? Sounds much more like an event name to me.
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Post by 15eicheltower9 on Dec 20, 2019 7:13:26 GMT -5
Are you sure that was the name of the course and not the name of a career mode tour event? Sounds much more like an event name to me. Try Victory Village.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2019 11:10:35 GMT -5
2nd question is there are so many courses being designed and yet so many that I never even hear of. what ar the actual chances of your course even getting played enough to be heard about ?
Sorry, forgot to address this:
As a newer designer you have to be willing to engage in shameless self-promotion from time to time to get your 'name' out there. Eventually your courses naturally get a fair amount of play as people 'know' you.
But in all seriousness, if people playing your course is the primary motivation for designing, perhaps course creation isn't for you. Designing should be largely 'because you want to,' and if people play your course it's even better. If you post a thread on TGCTours you are far more likely to end up with some play than if you just publish and never say a word about your course, unless your photo looks so appetizing that people decide to try it from the 'recently added' filter.
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