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HoustonHorn

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  1. It was invested with the intent to go up, that's all I can offer in defense. Definitely a bitch move though. Hopefully I don't thwart the recovery because I bought more to lower my average. We'll see. I sat on the sidelines for your other picks to see how they did and this was the first one I jumped on. Hopefully it recovers and makes a run for you.
  2. I think I have magical powers. Ha.
  3. Took it on the sly so they didn't think I was casting the joint. The Zeitwerk is probably my favorite but I like the platinum better.
  4. Maybe a small mailbox to leave notes? Just throwing that out there.
  5. Sounds like I'm about to retire.
  6. You will not regret a chiller if you live in Texas. Keep it at 87-89 during the summer and enjoy. Expensive adder but a necessity if you want to ENJOY your pool in the summer.
  7. A couple new pickups and another on the way. G-Shocks All Steel/All Black Gorilla Galaxy Blue with a few strap options. Summer/Beach watch. New to this brand, but its a few guys from AP going in a different direction. Anyways, they also have a badass wandering hands watch that I want, but its over $3k and not looking to spend that right now. Plus I don't like the new version color scheme - the older Drift is better. Picked up an Oris Aquis Clean Ocean for my wife's (no pics) birthday Stock photo - No actual pics yet. It's gorgeous and really a solid watch. Also a shoutout to Lewis Jewelers in Uptown Park. Really friendly event though I didn't buy the watch there and sized it for my wife. Also got to check out their ALS's including a Zeitwerk. So badass, although I wouldn't go with this one.
  8. I'm in on FRSX, so y'all are all going to lose your ass. Company may go bankrupt.
  9. Finished 13th in rookie with my second (beginner) account although the person who won obviously cheated (-36 through 12 holes - or in other words a hole in one on every hole played, picture attached). Missed the cut for the weekend on my main account because I didn't get a shot off in time on the last par 3 (which I made a hole in one on both times I played it in shootouts). F me. -26 in the weekend round isn't too bad with nearly beginner clubs (EM 4, BD 4, GR 4, Thorn 6, etc.) Not having the distance, leveled up Sniper, or ball guides takes away the relatively easy Albatrosses , although I did get one by luck on the 6th hole. Not bad with pretty much no ball guide and hitting a curl shot for the rough bump. Frustrating to miss the cut on the main account though. I haven't seen any reports of -40, which is kind of surprising considering the relative ease of making an albatross on each of the par 5s. I did see a -38 posted.
  10. I was at this fire when it started. It went up very fast.
  11. Had the pleasure of losing to Beavis twice today. I couldn't keep up with the Apoc 7/Cataclysm 7/TH7 combo she threw at me. Oh well, having more success in T10 now for the most part and getting the hang of the shootouts. Y'all playing in the Spring Major? Had a -13 on my beginner account in Rookie and a -14 in my regular account on Pro. Wouldn't be surprised to see something close to -20 for nine holes/-40 for 18 at some point. Too many chances for albatrosses and the par 3's and par 4's seem relatively easy for hole in one's/short shots to the green.
  12. 8k this season with my main account. Started a new account so I could play the early tours against people who aren't already part of established teams. Trying to get more members. Picked up another 750 trophies with that account. Crazy to play with beginner clubs. Takes a lot of getting used to. We had 10k as a Team and finished 3rd in Pro II and moved up to Pro III. Third straight time I've stayed in master 3. I don't play high enough tours to challenge in those. Have $230M now so will start playing a lot of tour 10.
  13. HEB deal on tenders. So cut some filets. Salt and pepper. Sous vide to 126. Finish on the skillet pre-heated to 550. Let rest for 5 minutes. I'm not responsible for the sides. Twice baked potato, corn souffle, some green bean thing.
  14. Also gotta say, nice coin stack. I'm about half that. I had $100M and quickly dropped to about $45M as I started playing Tour 10. Went back to 9 and have built it back up to about $110M. About ready to start T10 again. Would be less pressure with an additional $100M in coins. Studying this video now for the shootouts on T10. I hope I don't play her. I think its a girl or a 10 year old kid. I think the biggest difficulty I've been having with the various T10 shootouts is that several of them change how you play them depending on the wind. On T9, there are very few times I can't hit the same shot depending on the wind with only slight changes to account for the wind. So its easy and repeatable. Here you have to really remember the different approaches to each hole depending on the wind. I also learned my issue with the first shootout hole I listed above - she was using 35% over-adjustment for wind. I've been playing 20-25%. which was why I wasn't getting close. Should be better now. The others is just a matter of appropriate setup depending on the wind. I don't always use a P1 ball, so I'm sure this will have to be tweaked for different balls. I may start with some W5 P1 balls like the Kraken or this seasons ball to get used to the shootouts. Then go from there to other balls.
  15. Let me ask a question here. If you play against "Friends" which I guess is through Facebook, can you pick the course and/or holes you play? Probably my biggest issue in tournaments is that I am usually trying to play holes I'm not real familiar with and trying to hit other people's shots with clubs I don't use that often. It seems like the guys who play consistently well in the tournaments are able to play those tournament holes ALOT to practice and get their notes for each hole down exactly. I realize I can just go play the tours those courses are on, but in the middle of a match that counts, I'm not going to be focused on how to shoot 25-under in the tournament, I'm going to be trying to win the hole. I don't really want to play through FB, but if it does allow you to better prep for the tourneys I might have to give in.
  16. That's a great round. I never felt comfortable on that course. Shot -20 and parred the 8th/17th both times. Would have made the cut but it wouldn't have mattered. I was never going to shoot near - 26, much less - 30 or whatever will win. I don't know how much preparing you do, but the best shot on the 1st/10th is a guardian shot with nearly full backspin and I believe 3 right spin. Set up about 3 squares to the right of the hole on the front fringe. Erelic and quite a few others have videos on their walk throughs on YouTube. Guaranteed hole in one almost, assuming perfect. I even made one the first time through using that method. The amount of prep these guys do is crazy. I don't enjoy that as much as just playing matches.
  17. That's pretty badass, thanks for the link.
  18. Do y'all get the different balls? I play with the Katana/Titan/Kingmaker alot. I've had a lot of luck playing level V wind balls, regardless of power. The Easter (Chocolate) ball is great. Has 2 power, 2 sidespin, and 5 wind. I play with the Kraken or Season 21 balls when I don't need any distance at all. On tour 9, there really are only a couple holes where you need extra power. And it makes the shootouts much easier with low wind. Much easier to be consistently close. The Coast ball for sale now is a good power ball. There are a couple driveable holes down wind with Power 4 and 5 balls so I like having some of these as well.
  19. So on the first one, the video from GC Tommy has it hitting the left island and bouncing short of the hole and rolling up to the pin. Probably due to elevation, but I can't get that to bounce right and have ended up in the water. So the other times I've played out to the left and used the slope. But haven't figured out where to aim to get it really close. I can probably figure this out once I play enough games and see where people hit it who get it close. On the second one, the videos say hit the very front of the fairway and I've done that but always end up around 4 yards away. Lots of other people play shots other places and get it within two yards. But there's literally an unlimited number of places to hit it. I hit it onto the front of the fairway once, but hit a "Good" shot which was way off line to the left. It bounced way to the right, hit another dip and bounced left and got about 2.5 yards. The guy I was playing against (after he stopped laughing) hit a Sniper into the front right bunker and rolled out to about 1.5 yards. Other people have played middle left or right and found a "flat" area to land, but I don't really know the elevation so I can't make the proper wind/ring adjustment to land where I'm aiming so it doesn't end up well. I need a strategy on this one because very few people play it the same way. On the third one, I hit a Sniper onto the first island, bounce to the third island and then onto the green, but it is really inconsistent as to where it lands on the green and how it rolls back to the hole. Hit a couple close, but if I'm inside 10 yrds its a pretty good shot for me right now and that loses every time. I need a strategy on this one because very few people play it the same way. On the last one I think its just a matter of getting the elevation/wind adjustment down as I play it more. I seem to overshoot that fairway landing spot every time and the times I've hit it I've had a ball that doesn't have enough curl/spin combo to get all the way to the left where it can fall down next to the hole. I can figure this one out once I play it enough.
  20. These specifically I don't have a consistent strategy. Tour 9 I'm pissed if I'm more than 2 yards away but these I can't get close consistently.
  21. Let me see how the next week goes in Tour 10. If I can get comfortable with the holes and get back to winning 50%+ then I'll see about jumping. I don't see a problem with 6k. 10k is pretty steep though. I can win 60%+ on Tour 9, but Tour 10 I'm probably at 30% right now. So I'd have to stick with Tour 9 unless my Tour 10 stats improve and that's 20% less trophies per win. Switching to the TH driver on Tour 10 so I can hit it close on that stupid par three with three island fairways. I can't get it close on that hole using a sniper. There's a few other shootout holes that are giving me fits as well. Getting better at the regular holes, but does no good if it goes to a shootout that I suck at. Almost an automatic loss if I get one of those.
  22. Its a game changer. I played with the standard ball through Tour 7 and into Tour 8. My biggest issue was trying to be so exact with the wind and needing to do that because I couldn't curl the ball. I lost a lot of shootouts just barely hitting the rough or a bunker because I was trying to cut it too close. With the wind rings, it just makes a huge difference in consistency (except tour 10 in my limited experience). I'm sure I'll get Tour 10 down after a while. Its getting a little better after I've dropped about $50M. But definitely understand the elevation adjustments as well - +10 or +20 for downhill shots and -10 or -20 for uphill shots. You just apply the % to the wind adjustment so if you need to go 4 rings, but its 10% downhill, then its 4.4 rings. The elevation is huge on Tour 9 and 10 where you have tight windows to land your ball. I haven't been consistent enough on Tour 10 to get over 3,400. Seems like I run into someone who is ridiculous every few games. Nobody misses much with a wedge, either. Thought I was in good shape on a lot of holes until they holed out. What is your name/clan? HoustonHorn-->Bababooey! here.
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