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Post by neil29679 on Jun 23, 2009 15:17:02 GMT -5
lookin great G. just afew questions.
1 - in daily tourneys if a dc occurs you state that current round as invalid. does this mean you cant enter a score anymore or can the round be started over. obviously i mean a genuine dc not a deliberate one. or must you choose a score from another day to submit.
2 - pro and amateur. are we entering a score to the wiiga for both.
3 - Play the PGA Tour matches each week for fun, and submit your – or + scores for credit.
does "credit" mean for bucks or is this just for "fun" and bragging rights.
4 - is this profile only or any golfer
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Post by giacomo on Jun 23, 2009 15:33:52 GMT -5
lookin great G. just afew questions. 1 - in daily tourneys if a dc occurs you state that current round as invalid. does this mean you cant enter a score anymore or can the round be started over. obviously i mean a genuine dc not a deliberate one. or must you choose a score from another day to submit. Two ways to view it: Way 1- it's easier not to judge; submit a different day's tournament, please. Way 2- everything this season is based on honest submissions. If you follow the prior rules of the WiiGA and DGA, then you should be tracking your score hole by hole. If a dconn occurs, start over, but only count the holes on the restart from where you were when the dconn happened. This should actually be easier, since you don't need to track the scorecard- just the number of strokes above or below par.
I don't feel strongly about either, so what does everyone think? If this gets an overwhelming direction from responses, we'll go with what the group wants. If it isn't clear in a day or two, I'll put up a survey and we'll go with the result.2 - pro and amateur. are we entering a score to the wiiga for both. You may enter a score on both. Obviously, the more tourneys you enter the better your chances of earning WiiGA Bucks.3 - Play the PGA Tour matches each week for fun, and submit your – or + scores for credit. does "credit" mean for bucks or is this just for "fun" and bragging rights. For WiiGA Bucks. I'm afraid until some of you guys come up with sponsors, it's all for fun and bragging rights as expressed in WiiGA Bucks- and hopefully easier to track than the old point system.4 - is this profile only or any golfer Profile please. I think most of members had enough stock characters in Season 1, though I wouldn't be surprised to see a member tourney using stock characters as the season progresses.
But, again, I don't have strong feelings. If a member wants to play Super Tiger, for instance, prior to getting his/her profile built up, is that really a problem? Let's hear on this one as well.See responses above by question- G.
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Post by ian1983 on Jun 24, 2009 19:23:58 GMT -5
The weekly tourneys are all 4 rounds, correct? So we would submit a round 1, 2, 3 and 4 score? I'm just trying to clarify.
I really like this concept, I wish EA would only let you have 1 crack at the live tourneys.
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Post by giacomo on Jun 25, 2009 1:38:22 GMT -5
I think we should just follow the logic of the daily tournaments. Track your +/- from par over the 4 rounds and report just your total +/- for the entire tournament. Let's keep it as easy as we can and keep the emphasis on playing rather than reporting!
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Post by clay on Jun 25, 2009 17:16:33 GMT -5
ok so are we playing just the tournys in the game or do we still meet in chat and set up a tourny that way with 2, 3 and 4 players
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Post by giacomo on Jun 25, 2009 18:02:43 GMT -5
The EA online daily tourneys are the primary tourneys this season. These are played individually, reported on your honor, and do not require coordination in chat. However, practice matches for tourney settings are allowed and encouraged. These would require setting up tee times in the practice thread or in chat. Additionally, member-created tourneys, which are also strongly encouraged, could (and we hope will) involve head-to-head online competition requiring tee time and chat set-up. I know that I definitely plan on sponsoring a tournament during the season that will require head-to-head competition (I'm gonna need the $10K WiiGA Bucks!), and, though we haven't talked about it, I'm expecting that TheJokker may still want to run his team event sometime during the season. Ultimately, I'm hoping that in addition to the daily and weekly tournaments, we will also have a member tournament most weeks of the season.
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Post by tiger666 on Jul 5, 2009 15:04:07 GMT -5
Probably a dumb question, but I'm new to the WiiGA.
Are the WiiGA tournaments ranked or non-ranked? Or, does it matter how it's set up?
Thanks!
bob
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Post by riz on Jul 5, 2009 17:01:14 GMT -5
I am really bummed that this season of the Wiiga won't contain simul play, as this is far and away the most fun way to play the game for me.
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Post by giacomo on Jul 5, 2009 17:03:16 GMT -5
No dumb questions around here as long as I get to keep asking 'em!
Last season the WiiGA tournaments were unranked. I don't believe there is a decision to make doing the EA online tourneys during season 2. However, the member tourneys should be played as unranked during Season 2 unless there is a specific rule requiring ranked matches created by the member-sponsor of the tourney. Remember that member-sponsored tourneys have their rules determined by the member setting up the tourney.
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Post by giacomo on Jul 5, 2009 17:14:24 GMT -5
I am really bummed that this season of the Wiiga won't contain simul play, as this is far and away the most fun way to play the game for me. Hey Riz- the intent isn't to stop simul play at all, but to let the member tournaments carry the simul play. The reason for trying this is two-fold: we've heard a lot from members who are excited about the online tournaments, and felt that creating an internal WiiGA competition around the online tourneys would maximize the amount of participation. This is connected to the second reason: after the first couple of tourneys of a season, we rarely reach even twenty participants in each tourney. With a membership over 100, we felt that creating the most straight-forward use of the on-line tourneys would help overcome the scheduling problems many of our members have experienced in the past. Having said all that, we know that a lot of people like head-to-head, including me. That's why we're emphasizing the member-led tourneys. Jokker's team event is head-to-head, and I plan to conduct a match play tourney that will be head-to-head as well. If even 6 more members decide to conduct head-to-head tourneys of some kind, we'll have a lot of head-to-head competition this year that will have a lot of impact on the overall standings. Final point: if you or others continue to have concerns, let's talk 'em out. This is a member-driven league. The admins exist to get things organized and keep them running; but the league exists to help the members have fun. That's where the league laboratory came from in the first place, and why we're increasing its importance this season. But if there's concern among the members that we aren't addressing what the members want, let's see how we can ensure that you do, in fact, get what you want. G.
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Post by tazz53 on Jul 5, 2009 18:50:38 GMT -5
Season 2 only for tw10 ?? or will their be a seperate section for tw09??
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Post by giacomo on Jul 6, 2009 0:28:27 GMT -5
Tazz, so far we've only heard from you and one other about continuing to play 09. Since this coming season is based on the online tourneys in TW10 and on member tourneys, I'm not sure there's going to be enough people wanting to continue with TW09 tourneys. However, if there are, we'll see what we can do. I'll start a poll in another thread and see if there's enough interest.
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Post by Riggysmiths on Jul 6, 2009 7:51:22 GMT -5
hi all..i've joined your Tour and i am still confused on how to start playing against anyone..i am available every morning at 8 am EST under the name* togus*.....can someone help me.
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Post by giacomo on Jul 6, 2009 9:52:11 GMT -5
Hey reflex- welcome! Right now the WiiGA is in hiatus, having just completed Season 1. Season 2 will begin play on July 13, a week from today, with TheJokker's July Teams competition and regular season play. In the meantime, if you're looking for an online game with members, post a tee time in the Practice thread. I'm sure someone's bound to join you. You can also click on the chat button at the top of the screen and see if any members are on chat to start a pick-up game.
Have fun!
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Post by giacomo on Jul 6, 2009 10:07:42 GMT -5
Sorry- I deleted this by accident and am restoring it here:
ANNOUNCING SEASON 2 OF THE WIIGA! « Thread Started on Jun 23, 2009, 12:00pm » ANNOUNCEMENT! The WiiGA announces a revised format for Season 2 with TW10!
STATUS: As of the conclusion of this season today, the WiiGA will suspend tournament play for a bit more than two weeks while the admins reorganize the WiiGA for TW10 play (and while two of us take a week’s vacation with our families!) A season 1 winner will be declared after we’re able to compile the results from the season’s postings. Because of the staggered availability of TW10 and the rapid adoption by members who have it, we are going to forego the season-ending matchplay tournament rather than try to manage either a return to TW09 by those who have moved on or excluding those who don’t have it yet. We know that a number of members haven’t played any rounds of TW09 since starting on developing their profiles for TW10.
We are also announcing the need for a new admin. Snapjack43 has found that he hasn’t enough time at this point to continue to serve, and has asked us to find a replacement. First, we’d like to thank Snap for his hard work on behalf of the WiiGA- we’ll miss your administrative might, buddy! Second, if you are interested in becoming an admin, please PM Giacomo, TheJokker, NoChinDeluxe, and Buddah that you would like to help. The responsibilities for this position include managing the Leader Boards during Season 2.
A final status item: while we have decided to forego the sanctioned season-ending matchplay this season, we want to encourage any of you who are missing it to run a member tournament through the Lab. We also encourage you to continue using the WiiGA to arrange matches and tournaments during the hiatus.
NEXT SEASON: To give the admins enough time to get everything set for next season, we will begin Season 2 on Monday, July 13, to coincide with the EA online tournament schedule. Why, you may ask, are we trying to match the EA online schedule? Because we think it will work best to leverage the EA tournaments for WiiGA play in addition to the member-created tournaments in the Lab and individual play. Here’s how it will work, taking things in reverse order: • Individual Play—The WiiGA has excelled at being a forum for setting up matches both by mutual appointment and at run-time through chat. Season 2 will continue to support and encourage this activity. • League Lab—The League Lab has been extremely successful this season. We will emphasize the Lab in Season 2, giving credit both for playing in the member-created tournaments and for creating successful tournaments. • EA Tournaments—EA runs daily, weekly and pro tournaments each week. The WiiGA plans on using participation in these tournaments for credit in WiiGA rankings rather than trying to create competing tournaments. Here are the Ugly Rules for using EA tournament results:
DAILY TOURNAMENTS: 1. Pro level tournaments are worth twice the points as amateur level tournaments. 2. You can only submit one daily tournament result per week as your score. 3. Scores are submitted as plus or minus par (-12, +3, etc.) along with the tournament day and course. 4. You must enter and complete the tournament in one attempt. Even an inadvertent disconnect invalidates that tournament for submission. You may, of course, play the tournament round as much as you like before submitting your score to the EA server; but the initial attempt at the round is the only one that may be submitted to the WiiGA. 5. You may practice a tournament as often as you like with other WiiGA members, with others in a competitive match, or offline. You may NOT practice the tournament in the tournament environment. 6. You may submit any daily tournament score as your week’s submission, but it must meet the criteria in rules 4 and 5. 7. Since tournaments are played individually, WiiGA honesty and integrity determine that your result is completely obtained and submitted by the rules and in the spirit of the WiiGA. 8. Points will be awarded as described in the points section, below:
WEEKLY TOURNAMENTS: 1. Pro level tournaments are worth twice the points as amateur level tournaments. 2. The weekly tournament is the primary scheduled tournament for the WiiGA. 3. If you cannot play in a weekly tournament, you may arrange to play a makeup tournament with other WiiGA members as long as the makeup tournament meets the conditions of the original tournament. A log of original tournament conditions and courses will be kept by the admins in the Tournament thread of the WiiGA. 4. Scores are submitted as plus or minus par (-12, +3, etc.) along with the tournament week and course. 5. You must enter and complete each tournament round in one attempt. Even an inadvertent disconnect invalidates that tournament for submission; a make-up tournament may be requested in its place. You may, of course, play the tournament rounds as much as you like before submitting your score to the EA server; but the initial attempt at each round is the only one that may be submitted to the WiiGA. 6. You may practice a tournament as often as you like with other WiiGA members, with others in a competitive match, or offline. You may NOT practice the tournament in the tournament environment. 7. Weekly tournament submissions must meet the criteria in rules 5 and 6. 8. Since tournaments are played individually, WiiGA honesty and integrity determine that your result is completely obtained and submitted by the rules and in the spirit of the WiiGA. 9. Points will be awarded as described in the points section, below:
PRO TOURNAMENTS: 1. Play the PGA Tour matches each week for fun, and submit your – or + scores for credit. 2. Like the daily and weekly tournaments, you may only submit scores for tournaments where you enter and complete each round in one attempt. No make-ups are offered for the Pro Tour matches. You may, of course, play the tournament round as much as you like before submitting your score to the EA server; but the initial attempt at each round is the only one that may be submitted to the WiiGA. 3. All the other rules from the daily and weekly tournaments apply to the Pro Tournaments.
MEMBER TOURNAMENTS: 1. During Season 2 tournaments set up by members in the League Lab count! 2. Members determine the rules of operation for their own tournaments; however, all tournaments must be run within the spirit of WiiGA honesty and integrity. 3. Members who run tourneys may earn credit as well as the participants in the tourney.
SCORING: There will be only one leaderboard for the WiiGA: The WiiGA Bucks Board. Depending on how you finish among your WiiGA peers, you will earn WiiGA Bucks whose total, at the end of the season, determines the order of finish for Season 2. Here’s how WiiGA Bucks will be awarded:
1. Each tournament’s score submissions will be ranked from most strokes below par to most strokes above par. The rank order of your finish among WiiGA players only will determine your earnings for that tournament. Remember- it’s not your rank in the EA listing that matters; it’s your rank among WiiGA players that matters. 2. Payouts (amateur level; pro level is doubled) for the rank order of finish for each tournament: 1st - $50,000 2nd - $45,000 3rd - $40,000 4th - $35,000 5th - $30,000 6th - $25,000 7th - $20,000 8th - $15,000 9th - $10,000 10th - $5,000 Participated within the rules: $2500 (for every participant below 10th) 3. In the event that fewer than 10 players participate, payouts will be figured from the 10th position up. That is, if only 6 players participate, payouts will be figured for ranks 10 to 5, not from 1 to 6. 4. Members who run tourneys that have 10 or more participants will receive an automatic payout of a 9th rank in addition to any payouts for ranked finishes. There is no limit on the number of times the 9th rank payout for 10 or more participants may be earned in the season. 5. Season 2 will run for 8 weeks until midnight EDT, Sept. 6, 2009.
NEXT STEPS: During the hiatus until July 13, the admins will put the threads and formats in place to support Season 2. In the meantime, have fun building up your profiles, and start planning your own tourneys. We’d like as many of you as possible to earn the 10K WiiGA Bucks for running your own tournament!
Please let us know if you have any questions or thoughts (we know you will!) Good practicing until the 13th- we'll see you on the links!
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