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HoustonHorn

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  1. Glad I checked this. Hoping to dump some in the morning, take my profits and if it bumps have another sell order at $0.10.
  2. I need to cut at least 5 and hopefully more like 8 people before next season starts so we have some openings. Speed, any interest in jumping to the other clan? You're safe from the cut line but it would be one less person I need to cut. If you start playing more, you can always jump back up. Thinking Stranger, TimStarr, Crazyhorse, XD, Oz, Andrew, and FlirtyG. I don't want to cut Flirty - he fits in with you weird HS guys, but he hasn't even logged in in 20 days. Trying to hold on to Pap, but if he doesn't come back within a couple days of the new season, he gone. Kenny, unsurprisingly, has done just enough to be above 7 or 8 people. Symbol hasn't done much after doing pretty well right when he started last season. A lot of people have just flatlined, which I get why its not worth putting up a bunch of points when we have no shot of advancing, but its easier to recruit if we can sell a team that's close to qualifying. I think Bobby gave up on his dreams of beating my accounts. He hasn't been grinding as much. Not sure what's gotten into lurch, but holy shit he's putting up a lot of points the last couple weeks.. Looks like he and Andre can be 2k grinders going forward. Cason can be as well if he performs well in tournaments. I know Fluffy relegates so he comes and goes. I don't mind tournament players if they consistently get points. Sam had some off time, but I think he's feeling better and playing better. I had high hopes for Anthony - he talked a good game when he first showed up and put up points and then...nothing. Matt has been a dud. Bawss hogg hasn't done anything this season either. Gotta give props to the Surly contingent overall - really good performance this season. I need to cull out the low performers though if we're ever going to have a chance at M3. I think for next season I'm just going to make it that the bottom five are in danger of being cut at any time. No minimum but maybe it will be some motivation. I can't keep track of 50 players and who is playing regularly, who is in the tournaments, who is recruiting. So bottom 5 are at risk would be easiest unless I hear feedback that's a bad idea. Might get someone like Oz to actually play tour play instead of playing tournaments where he misses the cut.
  3. yeah, moving up divisions will get you cards faster. Really, the Thorn is pretty good even at level 3 so you don't need too many cards.
  4. Thorn will upgrade pretty quickly compared to some others.
  5. For chips, you want the ball on the ground and rolling. That's the most important thing because it gives you every single point along the line through the hole to go in. If you don't have a ball guide, then you are guessing when it stops bouncing and starts rolling and you have no idea how far its going to roll. I see more people missing chips with the DI1 than any other club for that very reason. It has great stats in every category EXCEPT for the most important one, ball guide. The accuracy is second, and its nice to have but much less important than the ball guide. The reason people don't know this is that there really aren't any clubs with good ball guides early on, so you don't realize how important it is. Dart is ok leveled up some but Firefly is better once you get it. If you play real golf, when you are in the fringe, you don't want the ball bouncing when it gets to the hole. You want to hit it at the right speed so that its rolling slowly as it reaches the hole. You can't judge that with the DI1. Ever. You can't judge the speed properly so it may bounce over the hole, it may be going to hard when it gets to the hole, it may not even get to the hole. You can make a decent guess, but with chip shots you don't want to be guessing, you want to know its going in. The DI1 a gimmick club but since its Rare, alot of people use it. If you have the Firefly, its a really good club for chipping at very low levels. Also, it works with the same 20% rule as the Endbringer - search JaredA Endbringer Rule on YouTube and you can play the same shot with the Firefly at 20%. He has two methods, but you want the 20% rule - its dead on. I make a ton of long chips with high winds and it works. Once you get the Endbringer Level 3, use it. Literally one of the rules for BabaBooey (kind of joking, but not really) was don't use the Down in One. You never see anyone use it in higher Tours for a reason. I definitely say try this 9-hole tournament. Nothing to lose. Generally though, The thing I've recently decided is that regular rookie tournaments really aren't worth the time and effort unless you finish top 5. The points you earn just aren't enough for the time you spend playing 45 holes and preparing so you can be in the hunt. For Pro, its probably Top 10-15. For Expert Top 50 and anything Masters (but a high probability of not making the weekend unless you can shoot very very low with very high winds. The key to success in tournaments is there are so many people who play the game really well that you have to not only be just as good as they are, but you have to figure out how to get a few extra drops in order to move up the standings. I detail it all in my tournament guide - I think I sent it to you but if not let me know. Summarized - you need to be able to shoot revised par. Revised par is a birdie on every hole and an eagle on every hole that is reachable in less than par (e.g., reachable par 4 is an eagle, Par 5 that you can reach in 2 is an eagle). Most courses revised par is -11 to -13 depending on wind. If you can shoot that in 9 holes (-22 to -26 for 18 holes), you'll finish middle of the pack (maybe a little higher in Rookie, a little lower in Expert, and likely won't make the cut in Master). This varies for course difficulty as well. Gokasho Bay has some challenging holes (T10 course) so I would expect revised par to be -12 but in rookie, if you can shoot -10 or -11, you'll probably be middle of the pack. So the key is to figure out how to shoot under "revised par" and that requires knowing the ring method and spending time researching the holes, developing a strategy and hole guide. There are some good streamers that will get you close, but you need to choose what works best for your clubs, comfort level, etc. Then you need to tweak those shots as necessary so they are your shots. Its very difficult to just hit other people's shots. None of that matters if you can't adjust properly though - so the ring method is absolutely critical. Try the 9-hole tournament. Its a good intro because it doesn't take a ton of time compared to a regular tournament and if you make the cut you are guaranteed to play the final round and get some points (unlike a regular tournament where you can qualify and then miss the cut in the opening round). On YouTube, watch Erelic - You'll get a good idea of general strategy and shots. He'll stream his qualifying round. I'll post links in Google Docs.
  6. I have to get rid of somebody. Wish I could just move them.
  7. frustrating because I need to make some room, but those guys who were valuable last year are basically at the bottom this year and should be the next ones cut. But since I know they can put up a lot of points I don't want to cut them. Thinking about ditching the minimum and just saying the bottom 5 are always at risk. Flirty G is done, right? Would be nice if a few people would jump to the other clan. Currently sitting in 4th - finished 2nd with my baby account which helped. I'm thinking with the mini this week I should be able to move up into 3rd. I really wish I hadn't fucked up the front nine yesterday. -10. If I could have shot -12 i would have finished at -24 and top 30 and put Bobby away with both accounts. Now its close. I'll win, but didn't want to have to grind for it. But its very nice to have someone else bringing a lot of points. We just need to get about 10 players like that and we'll have a shot at M3.
  8. Most jumps occur near the end and beginning of the season. BB seems like a good addition and DE had a lot of games played. Well at how it pans out. Disappointed that Pap and and Ch haven't come back. Even worse because I didn't want to cut them I had to promote Kent who is actually playing occasionally. I think those must be Alt accounts and they are playing their main accounts. No other other explanation how someone puts up at a rate of 4k/season and then stops suddenly.
  9. Wow, that's going to be some expensive litigation for the hospital. Unbelievable they would allow her back with an ongoing investigation and no video monitoring. If it really is the case as portrayed in the article, there are other people who also need to be in jail. Unimaginable.
  10. Not bad Wash, not bad.
  11. Nevermind again, you're in.
  12. Nevermind, I can't reject it either. See if you can remove the request and make it again.
  13. 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.
  14. Huh, interesting. I know that guy.
  15. In, will they ship my meals to Houston? How does this work? Thanks Brisket, really good cause and happy to help!
  16. 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.
  17. X D
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. I hope so. Was starting to have some doubts when it dropped so low.
  21. So is the play to sell on the ride up to the acquisition and then buy back in on the post-acquisition drop?
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. Spitfire is fire. But the Malibu is pretty damn good.
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