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Post by Tombanator on Mar 18, 2023 13:31:59 GMT -5
-11, -6 for -36 finish this week... steady run outside of last round scoring and made cut first week here this season so good going for me! Could have obviously been better but I'm more than happy to play this well after blowing up more than usual today. Hopefully next week is as kind to me as this one was, was having quite a fun time on the course! Cheers, and good luck! Going quiet now.
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Post by Pen Knight on Mar 19, 2023 17:48:34 GMT -5
Practiced the course three times and felt pretty good. Went into round one and was 5 under on the 18th staring at my bogey putt. I could easily of just quit the game and let the Did Not Play Exploit take over. Did I say Exploit? I meant "fair play" option. Instead, I resisted the temptation. Tapped in for bogey and went onto round two. Second round was better as I shot 12 under bringing me up to 16 under for the tournament. Not gonna make the cut but hopefully it doesn't bring another demo mark or at worst, just one. Could be two as this is a much easier course and setup compared to last week. Now I just need to fight off the DNPs and WDs to see where I land. Better score compared to last week and that's a positive. In any case, it's an interesting experience. I'm not very nervous in my rounds but I do feel a difference. I just need to overcome the stress/tension and play like I do in daily practice or societies. I'll figure it out eventually. Might have to fall down to Kinetic and or CC-A to garner more experience. CC-A is the one place I would rather not visit. Such a logjam of good players and scoring.
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Post by twofor22 on Mar 21, 2023 2:38:20 GMT -5
Managed to get to -21 after two rounds. Not sure that'll make the cut yet, currently in but it always moves up before the deadline.
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Post by fransslabak on Mar 21, 2023 7:33:26 GMT -5
-21 for me as well - loved the course but the servers didn't love me... Expect to miss the cut by one.
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Post by Pen Knight on Mar 22, 2023 14:46:33 GMT -5
-21 for me as well - loved the course but the servers didn't love me... Expect to miss the cut by one. Yeah, it appears my game caught the flu today as well. I keep freezing up in multiple societies. I haven't tried any casual practice rounds but the servers, game or connection has broken my spirt today. Depressing, because, IMO, this is the best all-around PC Golf Game I have ever played, and I've played most of them for over 40 years running.
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Post by fransslabak on Mar 22, 2023 15:21:22 GMT -5
-21 for me as well - loved the course but the servers didn't love me... Expect to miss the cut by one. Yeah, it appears my game caught the flu today as well. I keep freezing up in multiple societies. I haven't tried any casual practice rounds but the servers, game or connection has broken my spirt today. Depressing, because, IMO, this is the best all-around PC Golf Game I have ever played, and I've played most of them for over 40 years running. Agree! Ever since they launched ranked stuff, servers seem to have trouble accommodating for all people playing.
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Post by Pen Knight on Mar 22, 2023 15:40:04 GMT -5
Yeah, it appears my game caught the flu today as well. I keep freezing up in multiple societies. I haven't tried any casual practice rounds but the servers, game or connection has broken my spirt today. Depressing, because, IMO, this is the best all-around PC Golf Game I have ever played, and I've played most of them for over 40 years running. Agree! Ever since they launched ranked stuff, servers seem to have trouble accommodating for all people playing. I'm wondering if it's an internet connection issue because my internet is splotchy today at best. Kind of skipping on videos and taking awhile to load webpages. I'm also getting knocked off from time to time as well. Probably why the game goes from crazy to super smooth for me all the time for the last few weeks. But like you say since the last patch. Good News, I guess, as another Patch is coming this Friday, I think. Maybe that will fix things. Since the game isn't working so well I guess I'll have to actually do boring things like walk the dog, make dinner, do dishes... etc. etc.
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Post by Tombanator on Mar 22, 2023 16:45:32 GMT -5
-9, -10 for same -19 as last week but not good enough this week. -7 in back nine in round 2 was something I could have needed a bit more of, slow finish in round 1 and slow start to round 2 killed me here. Should sail away demo mark free though, that's what my final good rush was good for.
And to add to the conversation, tonight's been the worst for me so far: seems like only in the air the game runs smooth but getting anything but smooth running elsewhere, making me question my swing tempo a lot... I try to mitigate this by only downswinging until I find a good spot to go through but even then tonight's been feeling like even that hardly works... hmm. Maybe just a rough night on servers, maybe something else on my end? Could be, I don't know.
Cheers, good luck.
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Post by twofor22 on Mar 22, 2023 19:55:35 GMT -5
I haven't had too much trouble with the game but I play most of my rounds around lunchtime in Australia so the other side of the world is probably mostly asleep.
I'm gonna have a go at the major qualifier next week so may or may not play my Elite rounds. Depends on time really, or how I do in the first round or two of the qualifier.
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Post by Pen Knight on Mar 23, 2023 12:14:07 GMT -5
I haven't had too much trouble with the game but I play most of my rounds around lunchtime in Australia so the other side of the world is probably mostly asleep. I'm gonna have a go at the major qualifier next week so may or may not play my Elite rounds. Depends on time really, or how I do in the first round or two of the qualifier. I'm back to thinking it's a corrupt file. It seems to happen sometimes in one society or practice round. When I jump over to a different society or create a new casual round, everything clears up. Just a buggy game like any other game these days.
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Post by Pen Knight on Mar 24, 2023 21:36:20 GMT -5
I'm ready for next week. My game is running smooth and I slowed down the way I push and pull the swing stick. This seems to make my tempo and plane more consistent. I feel like I can at least just miss the cut instead of getting a demo mark!
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Post by Pen Knight on Mar 27, 2023 18:05:02 GMT -5
Third Times a Charm... maybe, huh? I can't get rid of the nerves and my heart rate is through the roof. This is how it was for me in the first 6 weeks on the CC Tour. I was able to get rid of them by not giving a Flying F---. But it appears, they came back stronger than ever, since I got pushed into The Elite Tour. Anyways, nice to put a pair of sixes together in round one. If I can do something similar in round two, I might be able to get rid of one of these red arrows. Fingers Crossed as always.
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Post by twofor22 on Mar 27, 2023 21:50:21 GMT -5
I'm still yet to tee off this week, gonna see how I go nearing the end of the second round in that qualifier event, and if I've got no chance I'll probably play this one. Now that the footy season has begun I'm prioritising watching the games rather than playing pixel golf so not much play from Thursday nights through Sunday afternoons for the next 5 months or so.
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Post by Pen Knight on Mar 29, 2023 2:27:02 GMT -5
I may have practiced myself out tonight. It was amazing how great I was hitting the ball. And my putter was like tic, tac, toe, every single time. I shot -12 -12 -13 -15 and I had a hiccup with a -10. So, I was getting tired, but I figured my tempo is so good I might as well get round two out of the way. It's late, the internet is clearer, and people are sleeping. Seemed like a good time. It was probably my nerves, but the controller and vibration felt funny. I fought through it and shot 7 under par on the front. I figured I could easily get 24 to 26 under here on the back and be in contention. I couldn't find my driver anymore. I tried to overpower on one of the par 4s and ended up in a horrible spot. I put a hell of a move on my second shot, but it hit the bunker and went PLUG. But when I went to hit my third shot it said HEAVY ROUGH and 76% LIE. Who am I to argue? The stance and shot were very Awkard, but I managed to get it close enough to par. Sort of downhill from there. I fought the fasts and missed tempos. I was only able to score 2 under on the back nine but it was a clean 2 under par. And that brought my tournament up to 21 under par which at the very least will wipe away one red demo mark. So that's improvement. Good Luck and Have Fun out there if you haven't finished your rounds. Cheers!
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Post by Tombanator on Mar 29, 2023 8:59:12 GMT -5
-7, -8 for -15 and a easy missed cut. My game's been up and down since the update rolled up so I wasn't expecting a lot, but when things were clicking decently I was doing fine. Hole out on hole 13 in round 2 from 128 away thanks to a lucky bounce and roll gave my already dead hopes a small boost. Then an unreal fast on 17, followed by an almost perfect recovery shot that stopped just above a hill that gave me a stupid tough downhiller that led to double bogey pushed me into fearing if I get demos this week. Quick early math suggests I may escape but only just, I will remain in wait to see. Either way, with how I've been playing lately not being even worse off is a good boost for next week. Absolutely gorgeous course, and geez that 16th is a pain! I'm not sure if I really love it for how tough it can be or annoyed by it because I played it horribly! Cheers, good luck!
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