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Post by Doyley on Dec 5, 2015 22:59:44 GMT -5
I interpret what has been stated by staff that you cannot crossover once the next week's events (11:59:59 PM EST Friday night) have been posted. Therefore, you can't play both before the crossover deadline has passed. Maybe there is a loophole, I don't know. I understand the above but what im sayin is whats to stop a PGA player registering early for Euro event then on the monday of the event week withdrawin and takin a late registration on there own tour event (pga tour). In this case on the saturday when events are published on their console they cud play euro & pga events in game and then decide to withdraw from the euro event and then on the monday or tuesday take the late registration on their own tour event because they done better on that one? We don't allow withdrawals after an event has started. Also, you can't crossover after Friday registration closes. So unless the system has a bug, none of the above stuff is possible.
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Post by mcbogga on Dec 5, 2015 23:00:46 GMT -5
In my personal opinion that is disgraceful, not in the sprit of the game and should lead to suspensions. You sign up and you play. Same for withdrawing or not submitting scores without valid reason. Sure it's a video-game but it's also golf and being s game does not mean good manners and befitting conduct should not be expected.
Was not a fan of late registration at all but understand the reasons from administration point of view. However - not sure why TGCT needs to be so accommodating. Better to just be clear that if you are not signed up by the deadline you don't play that week. Simple as that. As Bob said there is plenty of time to sign up before each tourney.
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Post by silap on Dec 6, 2015 6:40:24 GMT -5
I understand the above but what im sayin is whats to stop a PGA player registering early for Euro event then on the monday of the event week withdrawin and takin a late registration on there own tour event (pga tour). In this case on the saturday when events are published on their console they cud play euro & pga events in game and then decide to withdraw from the euro event and then on the monday or tuesday take the late registration on their own tour event because they done better on that one? We don't allow withdrawals after an event has started. Also, you can't crossover after Friday registration closes. So unless the system has a bug, none of the above stuff is possible. I'm not convinced yet Scott. At this moment the website still shows the withdraw button. Haven't clicked it yet, but I think it will work. I'm currently playing and registered for the British Masters (crossing over), but I can start playing The Franklin Templeton Shootout. If I score well there and not so much in the British Masters, who's to prevent me from unregistering now (before the tourney has officially started) and late register on the PGA Tour let's say next wednesday?
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Post by boomboom on Dec 6, 2015 8:50:43 GMT -5
Withdraw button has never worked, I tried 3 different browsers as well, it's a figment of someone's imagination is all that is being discussed.
Good rule Doyley, however define event started, fri start or Monday posting, is there overlap?
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Post by smurfblade88 on Dec 6, 2015 9:37:56 GMT -5
I understand the above but what im sayin is whats to stop a PGA player registering early for Euro event then on the monday of the event week withdrawin and takin a late registration on there own tour event (pga tour). In this case on the saturday when events are published on their console they cud play euro & pga events in game and then decide to withdraw from the euro event and then on the monday or tuesday take the late registration on their own tour event because they done better on that one? We don't allow withdrawals after an event has started. Also, you can't crossover after Friday registration closes. So unless the system has a bug, none of the above stuff is possible. Events dont officially start until Monday though. So theoretically I cud play both events on the Saturday (cz thats when theyre published) and then decide before events officially go live which one il let my scores count towards.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2015 13:24:08 GMT -5
Yep. What's to stop someone not signing up and then playing both tournaments on the weekend and then registering for the tournament that they did better in? I think Late registrations are open for cheating. Should be black and white. You don't register by Friday then tough titties no tournament for you that week. Sure, people will mess up and not register by accident (happened to me last season) but they'll soon learn.
Edit: just remembered you can only late register for your own tournament if I'm correct. That's better but I still feel wrong about the process of not registering until after you play a tournament.
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Post by Doyley on Dec 6, 2015 13:59:34 GMT -5
Once registration closes on Friday crossovers close as well. You can play any event you want on the weekend but you can only register for and submit scores your tour card after Friday. We don't allow withdraws after Monday. If you withdraw on the weekend you can't crossover. So you are sitting the week out. Again its locked down and this thread is all much ado about nothing. Unless there's a bug then bring it to my attention and we'll lock it down.
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Post by Doyley on Dec 6, 2015 14:00:37 GMT -5
Yep. What's to stop someone not signing up and then playing both tournaments on the weekend and then registering for the tournament that they did better in? I think Late registrations are open for cheating. Should be black and white. You don't register by Friday then tough titties no tournament for you that week. Sure, people will mess up and not register by accident (happened to me last season) but they'll soon learn. Edit: just remembered you can only late register for your own tournament if I'm correct. That's better but I still feel wrong about the process of not registering until after you play a tournament. Can't cross over after Friday - that is what's stopping someone from playing in both events and registering for the one they shot best in.
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Post by Doyley on Dec 6, 2015 14:57:17 GMT -5
We don't allow withdrawals after an event has started. Also, you can't crossover after Friday registration closes. So unless the system has a bug, none of the above stuff is possible. Events dont officially start until Monday though. So theoretically I cud play both events on the Saturday (cz thats when theyre published) and then decide before events officially go live which one il let my scores count towards. You can only register on your own tour after Friday - so not sure what playing both events will accomplish as the one played on a crossover will just go to waste.
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Post by smurfblade88 on Dec 6, 2015 15:22:02 GMT -5
Events dont officially start until Monday though. So theoretically I cud play both events on the Saturday (cz thats when theyre published) and then decide before events officially go live which one il let my scores count towards. You can only register on your own tour after Friday - so not sure what playing both events will accomplish as the one played on a crossover will just go to waste. Ye but can u register for crossover then withdraw on a Sunday and take a late reg on ur own tour a day or 2 later? In which case playin both wud mean u can take whatever score u think will do d best.
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Post by Doyley on Dec 6, 2015 17:04:39 GMT -5
You can only register on your own tour after Friday - so not sure what playing both events will accomplish as the one played on a crossover will just go to waste. Ye but can u register for crossover then withdraw on a Sunday and take a late reg on ur own tour a day or 2 later? In which case playin both wud mean u can take whatever score u think will do d best. that's going pretty far down the rabbit hole. For what it's worth I only allow people to withdraw on the weekends in extreme cases (usually they don't have DLC) and don't allow it at all after Monday (you have to take the DQ if you can't play)...so it's still really a non-issue. Withdrawing after Friday requires an email and that creates a ticket - so it's easy to track those that try that stuff - it's really not an issue.
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Post by Brighttail on Dec 6, 2015 21:17:43 GMT -5
Remember that some people just like playing the other tour just for funsies and has nothing to do with seeing how well they shoot. The late registration code is pretty solid.
1. You can only late register for your own tour after the deadline for the tournament start has passed. 2. You cannot withdraw from a tournament once the deadline for the tournament start has passed.
Ergo. 1. A person on the PGA can't register for the Euro tour, shoot crappy rounds and then withdraw, thus he can't join the PGA tour. 2. A person on the PGA can't register for the PGA tour, not like his rounds and withdraw to play on the EURO tour. 3. A person on the PGA tour can't play two rounds on the EURO tour, like the tour rounds and late register for the Euro tournament. 4. A person on the PGA can play two rounds on the PGA tour, like it and late register for that tournament, but he is always able to late register
So the only shady part would be a person on the PGA or Euro, playing 2 rounds of their tournament and not liking it and NOT registering so they won't get a MC or WD.
Honestly I know several people that play the tours on Euro, PGA, web.com just to play the tournies to see how they play.
As for the REASONS behind late registration, it may not be canon but from what I understand it was an administrative nightmare each week to register people who forgot or there was an issue with registration. I imagine this has cut down on that hassle tremendously.
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Post by Morgan-esque on Dec 7, 2015 10:35:47 GMT -5
I thought it was only possible to join your 'own' tour between monday and thursday. Have to say I don't understand late registration. You can register in advance two/three weeks prior to the tournament. And if you do wish to crossover change it @ lunchtime thursday or friday before the tourney starts using a computer, mobile phone, tablet .. whatever. If you can't make the tourney for whatever reason, have the decency to withdraw from it. Where's our strike policy? I was thankful for the late registration last week. I usually register for the next 2-3 events and thought I'd done so for last weeks. Obviously I hadn't registered and was simply down to forgetting. Not everyone is out to find loopholes, as in my situation it was a genuine mistake on my part. Sounds like there's no issue anyway. Some people just play both tours, one tour to warm up and then play the other for real? I did this when I had time and was on the web tour.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2015 10:41:07 GMT -5
I thought it was only possible to join your 'own' tour between monday and thursday. Have to say I don't understand late registration. You can register in advance two/three weeks prior to the tournament. And if you do wish to crossover change it @ lunchtime thursday or friday before the tourney starts using a computer, mobile phone, tablet .. whatever. If you can't make the tourney for whatever reason, have the decency to withdraw from it. Where's our strike policy? I was thankful for the late registration last week. I usually register for the next 2-3 events and thought I'd done so for last weeks. Obviously I hadn't registered and was simply down to forgetting. Not everyone is out to find loopholes, as in my situation it was a genuine mistake on my part. Sounds like there's no issue anyway. Some people just play both tours, one tour to warm up and then play the other for real? I did this when I had time and was on the web tour. Riiight, suuuure you did ya sandbagger!
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Post by hershalcrustofsk on Dec 7, 2015 12:34:05 GMT -5
I have to be honest, I wasn't a fan of the idea at first, until I looked further into it and saw you can't cross-over or do the late withdraw thing. I always try to be registered 2 weeks in advance and thought I was registered last week, until I logged in and it had the wrong tour's leaderboard on my home page. Obviously my own brain fart, but thankfully was able to late register and had a pretty decent outing. The only issue I can think of with this is if there is people who care enough to play the event first and if they play well, register and if not, take the week off. I can't imagine a bunch of people doing that, and as long as there's some kind of provision on how often people can late register I don't think we really have a problem here.
For me this is a video game and my life doesn't revolve around it, so like most people on here I'm bound to miss a registry/event when life gets a little hectic and appreciate that I get a chance to play when I make small mistake.
If people are being shady and trying to work the system, they obviously don't get what TGCT and golf is all about, but I'm certainly not going to lose any sleep over it.
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