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Everything posted by HoustonHorn
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Not bad Wash, not bad.
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Nevermind again, you're in.
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Nevermind, I can't reject it either. See if you can remove the request and make it again.
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Can't accept it for some reason. We have room. I'm going to reject it and then try again. Not sure if its because of the update or just something else going on.
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Huh, interesting. I know that guy.
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In, will they ship my meals to Houston? How does this work? Thanks Brisket, really good cause and happy to help!
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No worries. We aren't going to make it this season. We need to get about 10-15 more real grinders...2k plus types if we want to have a chance at M3. We're on track to put up 40k and probably won't break the top 40 or 50. Looks like it will 80k+ to make it. So its going to take a little while to build that up. I realize that quite a few teams have 0s as well, but for us its a few of our more consistent point producers. Paps was on target for almost 4k if he'd played all of last season. XD was on target for 1.5k or more. Crazyhorse and Kris are good for 500+. I'm mostly concerned that Paps isn't going to return, not that he's taking a break. Its tough to find 4k players.
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I think people will move after the first tournament. Unfortunately we're carrying a lot of deadweight right now that aren't getting any points so probably won't have a lot of increased interest. Plus we didn't have a ton of people make the weekend. We don't have the horses to get to M3 right now. Hopefully Pap and and crazyhorse get back to the levels they were last season. I'll obviously grind more once the tournament is over. A Leelee worries those three haven't been around at all.
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That's cool. Except for M2/M3 clans who are grinding and C100 nobody is going to complain about that production. I don't know how skill level but be careful with the promotions. It bumps up the quality of players you get matched against. And I've heard that once you reach level 2 of any Level you're basically stuck forever with at least that ranking. So you can get promoted to Expert 1 this season but if you go to Expert 2, you aren't going to be able to drop back down to Pro and play Pro level players. Not necessarily a bad thing but from experience playing my main account is a much more difficult grind since I spent several months at M3. I'm constantly matched against players with tons of gold medals in Pro, Expert, Masters and nearly all M3 and C100 clans. My Alt accounts are more fun to play since I win at a higher rate. Not as rewarding though. Just depends on how I'm feeling and playing. Sounds like you're in a good clan (with a great name), but the doors always open if you're looking for a change. Do you play in tournaments and is your clan big on tournaments? The one thing I'd like to do is work with a clan that really prepares for tournaments and develops shots and dials them in. I'm pretty decent on my own but would be fun to learn that process.
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I hope so. Was starting to have some doubts when it dropped so low.
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So is the play to sell on the ride up to the acquisition and then buy back in on the post-acquisition drop?
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Stick in T3 for a while, use some of the money to upgrade only the clubs you are using. There isn't a set level, The EM at level 6 is a nice bump up in distance. The Sniper at level 6 is servicable, long iron, just stick with the backbone and keep upgrading it. It's really a pretty good club that upgrades quickly. Short iron get the Thorn and just upgrade it. Some of these clubs you may not have yet like the Thorn. Can't remember which tour that is in. But I'd still upgrade the clubs you are playing with. Just nothing else for now. Every tour is going to be a step up in competition to some degree, but if you're winning a high percentage in T3, you aren't going to be overwhelmed in T4. There isn't a big difference. But at 70+% winning you'll be able be able to build up your bankroll some (I realize its slow at $800/match), but you're better off jumping into a new tour with enough bankroll to really play it without being stressed that one or two losses will leave you going back to T3. I'd get up to about 30-45k and then give it a shot.
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Got it. We've had a lot of people join recently, so wasn't sure. Are you in a clan? Are there minimums and are they hard minimums or is there flexibility? I'm new at this so I just go with my gut feel.
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Dead, I'm swimming in too many names. Are you on the main clan or BabaTwooey? For BabaBooey I set the min at 500, but I unofficially consider it to be more of a goal and to see who was willing to make an effort to get there. Tournaments may net a lot of points or they may net 0, and they take quite a bit of time. Ideally everyone would get at least 500. In reality I think less than 250 is really where I personally start paying attention to whether or not someone is active. I realize that playing low tours means you don't earn many points, so I try to consider that. But someone like Kenny just shows up to put 4 or 8 points on the board and then disappears for a week. That's not going to fly much longer for him or anyone else. If you play tournaments, play shots showing you're learning or know the ring system, and get 250 points and I see you put up points every day or two, you're good. The effort is there and if you know the ring method you'll start winning more and get to higher tours and that 250 turns into 500 or 750 pretty quickly. If you're in BabaTwooey there is no minimum. B Rad was my first recruit and I think he's won 14 points in 2 seasons.
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Spitfire is fire. But the Malibu is pretty damn good.
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I also haven't been playing great the past few days. Normally when that happens I drop down a Tour and play, but in this case that's T8 for Houston and all the great tournament players are playing in T8 right now, so can't even get back on track easily. It will come back soon, hopefully in time for the tournament rounds. Way too many greats. I should be able to get to -15/16 pretty easily and shot -13 on all three. I can fucking drive the green on one with my TH 7. No excuses really, just need to get it done.
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Hopefully some of the ones who haven't played yet will get going soon. Most aren't even playing the tournament. I get it though, most made a pretty big push the last week or so and probably taking a few days off. Can't linger too long. I don't hold out any hope of making MIII this season, but would like to beat the Texas Aggies and finish in the top 25. That's achievable if people start playing. Bo had 1000 points last season, Paps can put up 2k, Bobby is going to put up 4-5k at this rate. I will have to work hard to beat him with both accounts. Hoss seems like a good pickup with 82 points already. Sour has 97 in a couple days. Andre is really playing a lot and same with Lurch. FG will be up there close to 2k probably. We should be putting up 35-40k this season I think. Keep recruiting...we still have some dead weight. Kenny came in for his 4pts/season but I can't cut him if others are at 0, so hopefully it picks up some as the week progresses. I honestly don't know if Bobby can sustain his rate if he's actually in law school. He'll have to do some homework or something at some point. Hell of an addition though.
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I haven't seen too many people with 0s for last season. Weird, maybe just luck of the draw. Sand lizard isn't one I'd bother with but just chose one until you get the Malibu or Spitfire. Yes, those are Alt accounts. I have/had similar stats with mine. You're so much better the second and third time around. Especially when you know the ring system. No stress with coins. It's nice to have multiple accounts for tournaments so you can have extra practice. It's a big difference actually because you can start to dial in shots instead of having just one go of it.
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The rocket is used on some par 3s in tournaments. Otherwise it shouldn't be in your bag. The Drivers when you have multiple bags and maybe the woods are all that should change. The big topper is good for certain holes. The QB is good for certain holes if you don't have an Apoc and need curl. It's nice to have those options when you have multiple bags, and it bags depending on the courses on the tour you are playing.
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My philosophy with 2 bags and to save coins is to have the exact same bag, except the wood for the second bag should be the Big Dawg so you have distance on longer par 5s that you won't be able to reach with a viper/sniper. You'll know the shots with the clubs and the roll outs and how the BS behaves. Bag one is fine for the most part. I would say that the runner has a lot of Topspin when backspin is the more important attribute for a short iron. If you have a Kingfisher or Hornet any level, I'd look into those. The claw starting at level 2 is ok. But choose one and don't worry about upgrading the others. Once you get the Thorn, build up your cards until you have enough to get the Thorn to level 3 and then go with that. It sucks for Topspin, but that's really only needed for a rough bump. You'll want to play most shots with a short iron with about 1-2 BS so you control the roll out. Sometimes that's not possible to do, but that's the goal. Once you switch to the Thorn you'll probably not use another short iron until you get a very advanced Falcon but don't worry about upgrading it right now. For the woods, the viper is good until you get a Sniper level 4 or 5, then I'd switch. For the Long iron, only worry about upgrading the Backbone. It will upgrade very quickly and its a pretty damn good club. You're fine with the GR for now but once the BB is at level 4 I'd switch because the GR will upgrade very slowly as an Epic and it never gets to be a very good club compared to other options. Eventually you will want to switch to the Goliath, but honestly, that's a ways off - probably level 5. And even then its not that much better than the BB unless you need the distance. The Grizzly is also a good long term club, but again, not worth upgrading at all until you have the cards to get it to level 6 or 7. Just let it sit. Wedge, consider the Firefly at any level if you have it. Great topspin and ball guide and its a better option until you get the EndBringer, which will bring an end to your search for a wedge. Avoid the sand and rough because all of the clubs are absolute shit. Look for distance. Only upgrade one of these, don't worry about anything else until you get the Nirvana (rough) and Malibu and/or Spitfire for the Sand. Those will be the clubs you use for pretty much the rest of the time you play the game.
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I was going to say "Lucky Her" but you win. This is perfect.
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Assuming you're Longhorn, if so you found the right place! Right now its quiet but hopefully we'll keep adding players - definitely invite anyone who is good that you play against and even check their team and if they have good players invite them. Since its just a Rookie III clan right now, don't waste your time on any players that are in Expert/Masters clans. There is 0 chance they will ever jump. Even Pro has 3 bags, so that's very unlikely. But if they are not in a clan or in a rookie clan, invite them if they show any skill. You'll find some people who don't even understand that you have to aim to account for the wind. We don't want people like that - they don't understand the basic concepts of the game and probably never will. But you'll be able to tell who seems to have a clue and who doesn't. I'm in and out pretty regularly but most of my time is in Bababooey! since we have to get a lot of points. But I definitely want to grow this second clan - it will be a huge benefit in a few months when we have a recruiting/feeder clan to identify high point players that can move up to the main clan. Right now its the red-headed stepchild though so I haven't been able to convince the low point producers to move. Not surprising since about 6 people out of 50 have emailed me about the tips/guides/tournament guides/etc. I put in Google Docs. Which I get, most people just play occasionally as a time waster and not a lot play it daily/consistently enough to generate a lot of points. But that's why I want the second clan, so those people can play without any pressure and we can have a main clan full of high point producers. PapaSam is an alt for Sam from the main account. Really good player. BKZ is a friend of mine who is new to the game, but a big Longhorn fan. B Rad is a waste and just some guy who got lucky and beat me and I invited him but never plays. Also, you don't have to be in tournaments or in high tours to generate a lot of points. It just takes more time since you get less points/win. But if y'all are kicking ass and putting up points, then I'll move you up to the main clan. Goal is 500 points/season minimum. We're at around 42 players right now with a few on the chopping block and a few others not far behind. We're trying to add some 1k+ players to fill those spots.
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You can play any level of tournament that you qualify for, e.g., if you are Expert, then you can play Rookie, Pro, Expert, but not Masters. One of the big problems PlayDemic has is that they haven't figured out how to make tournaments work as far as separating quality of players so you are playing against people of a similar skill set and clubs. I'll be honest, I'm probably somewhat guilty of that because I have clubs that are sufficient for Master or Expert, but usually play Pro (although I did finish 10th in the mini in Expert). The reason I play Pro is that our clan needs the points and quite honestly, Expert is craziness. There are so many really great players who play Expert that shooting -24 or -25 in an opening round doesn't guarantee that you make it into the weekend. I will play Expert on tournaments that I really like the course and feel comfortable that I can shoot closer to -28 or better. My best tournament ever was a -32 and that only finished 25th. So since I need to guarantee points I play Pro, but even then I've never even finished Top 3 in Pro because there are so many great players playing Pro. It usually takes a -32 to -34 to win and sometimes that isn't even good enough. PD said they were going to do something about the rankings system in tournaments so that it isn't simply time-based, but that "better" players and players with high finishes were paired with similar players. So hopefully it will be resolved at some point. The main thing is to work on your game, work to make it to the weekend. Without the ring system you won't ever finish near the top in any tournament, regardless of whether its Rookie or Master. I played for several months and was pretty good, winning most of my matches, but struggling to even make the weekend in tournaments. I would shoot -22 or something like that and miss the cut and couldn't figure out how people were shooting the crazy scores. That's when I decided to learn the ring method. So my performance in tournaments improved, but it still was just good enough to make the weekend consistently and finish middle of the pack. Over the course of the last several months I have made a concerted effort to improve my performance in the tournaments and its paid off. I put together a strategy guide for how I approach tournaments and what you have to do in order to start finishing near the top. Its probably getting the cart before the horse at this point, but if you're interested (or anyone else) email me at houstonhorngc@gmail.com and I'll send it to you. But honestly, tournaments aren't going to be worth the time and coins until you are good with the ring method and even then, you'll want to have the app or have a complete set of adjustments for your clubs for reference.
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When you finish at the bottom of the rankings you are relegated back to a lower level. It was probably someone who hasn't played in a while but came back and win a single match in tour 9. Come join our small party in BabaTwooey.
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