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Post by pozbaird on May 16, 2020 7:21:20 GMT -5
Played it again last night. Definitely one of my all-time favourite courses in the game. For me, up there with the likes of Black Mingo Creek and suchlike. Playing it again, it looks like every plant, every rock, and every minute detail has been done with care. Nothing just randomly plopped down any old place.
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Post by maabhen on May 16, 2020 13:57:20 GMT -5
Man, this is just incredible. Power to you from India! Have you made any other courses? Or do you reccomend any other top notch courses like this? We play this all the time!
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2020 3:44:51 GMT -5
hallzballz6908 - Thank you so much for the kind words. I truly appreciate it! I'm interested to see what you come up next after Ol' Hickory Golf Club! pozbaird - As always, thank you for taking the time to play my course, and for truly appreciating the effort that went into creating it. You rock sir! maabhen - Thank you! Power to you too! I dig that phrase, very positive. I have two other designs for TGC 2019. Toby's Rock & Aristea Skies. I will hit you up with a PM with a list of my personal favorite/inspiring courses out there.
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Post by maabhen on May 17, 2020 5:08:32 GMT -5
hallzballz6908 - Thank you so much for the kind words. I truly appreciate it! I'm interested to see what you come up next after Ol' Hickory Golf Club! pozbaird - As always, thank you for taking the time to play my course, and for truly appreciating the effort that went into creating it. You rock sir! maabhen - Thank you! Power to you too! I dig that phrase, very positive. I have two other designs for TGC 2019. Toby's Rock & Aristea Skies. I will hit you up with a PM with a list of my personal favorite/inspiring courses out there. Fantastic. Please send me the message! Also, can't seem to find Toby's Rock on tgc2019... Is it named something else? Trying aristea skies now! |
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Post by lukesca on Jul 21, 2020 16:27:38 GMT -5
dude, these retaining walls with the out of bounds are something unbelievable...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2020 12:01:04 GMT -5
lukesca - At first glance, I thought that was a compliment. Then, I read your comment in the Jackwagon society message board, and realized you were pretty upset by the retaining walls and OB. I hear you. It was an artistic choice that didn't play as well as I had hoped. I put the OB in them because during my playtesting, the ball would sometimes bounce around and strangely get stuck "inside" the wall, and would take 3-4 strokes just to get out and far enough away to have a shot at the greens/fairway. I am ok with having the player hitting one shot to the left or right, away from the wall, to get a better shot at the green, but adding the OB prevented the "stuck" issue from happening. Now, I am starting to realize that when it comes to OB, it's almost impossible to make everybody happy, and everybody has their justifications for the presence or lack of OB in certain areas. My new approach to this is to lessen the amount of retaining walls that are directly in the natural line of play for a hole, unless they are between a playing surface (green/fairway) and a forced drop hazard (water). I had my fun putting them everywhere on Lulu Lagoon and Toby's Rock, and plan to take a more reserved use of them on future designs, similar to Lake Lyla. I'm sorry they detracted from your experience while playing Lulu Lagoon. It was only my second design for this game, and I am learning ways to improve future designs based on flaws like the one you have pointed out.
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Post by lukesca on Jul 23, 2020 12:20:12 GMT -5
lukesca - At first glance, I thought that was a compliment. Then, I read your comment in the Jackwagon society message board, and realized you were pretty upset by the retaining walls and OB. I hear you. It was an artistic choice that didn't play as well as I had hoped. I put the OB in them because during my playtesting, the ball would sometimes bounce around and strangely get stuck "inside" the wall, and would take 3-4 strokes just to get out and far enough away to have a shot at the greens/fairway. I am ok with having the player hitting one shot to the left or right, away from the wall, to get a better shot at the green, but adding the OB prevented the "stuck" issue from happening. Now, I am starting to realize that when it comes to OB, it's almost impossible to make everybody happy, and everybody has their justifications for the presence or lack of OB in certain areas. My new approach to this is to lessen the amount of retaining walls that are directly in the natural line of play for a hole, unless they are between a playing surface (green/fairway) and a forced drop hazard (water). I had my fun putting them everywhere on Lulu Lagoon and Toby's Rock, and plan to take a more reserved use of them on future designs, similar to Lake Lyla. I'm sorry they detracted from your experience while playing Lulu Lagoon. It was only my second design for this game, and I am learning ways to improve future designs based on flaws like the one you have pointed out. i apologize for my raging words... i know that this game not allow us to do what we really want.. but sometimes i think is better playing it... it was my fault to not watch better and look at the ob sticks you put around the retaining walls(that look beautiful btw)... i'm a kid on this things... as i try the bounces on them... |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2020 12:27:03 GMT -5
lukesca - All good man. You had a valid complaint about an issue effecting the play of my course. I agree with the statements, and do not hold a grudge for the wording you chose to express it on the Jackwagon board. I've honestly had much worse things said about my courses over the years, especially when I first started designing back in the Jack Nicklaus 5 days. I appreciate your support and comments. If my course was total garbage, you probably wouldn't have taken the time to comment on the issue! 
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Post by lukesca on Jul 23, 2020 14:53:46 GMT -5
ofc is a good course... next time try to put rocks or walls behind retaining walls to have those bounces that i like!!!  |
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