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Old 05-03-2012, 01:35 PM   #1
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Country Clubs Are Finding an Audience with Tiger Woods PGA Tour Players



One of the more inventive aspects in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 is the country club mode, which allows users to team up for cooperative and competitive challenges, participate in tournaments, raise club status and add members in a meaningful way.

It's a pretty clever feature in a lot of ways, and it's something I didn't credit the game enough for when I reviewed it. However, what's struck me about country clubs is that they actually solve a lot of common problems with team modes in other sports games. Grouping up in hockey or soccer often results in lots of fun, but it doesn't always seems to justify some of the core conceits of team play:

Why should I be online all the time?
Why do we really need so many people on our team?
What if I'm not very good at the game?


The country clubs mitigate these questions by nesting the reasons right into the design.

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Old 05-03-2012, 02:43 PM   #2
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I love the Country Club concept. But recently, people (including myself) have had their CCs up and disappear for no good reason. I have posted on EA's forums to no avail. This forced my friend and I to start a new one.

I just want to know why they shut our CC down
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Old 05-03-2012, 05:43 PM   #3
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I don't understand the hype about these country clubs. I could care less about leader board status. Other than leader board status and being able to earn a little bit extra in game coins the country clubs seem rather pointless to me. Maybe I am missing something but I really do not understand all the praise they been getting.
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Old 05-03-2012, 06:00 PM   #4
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Just like MrArlingtonBeach, my country club disappeared and we had to start a new one. Really the only disappointing aspect of the CCs so far.
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Old 05-03-2012, 07:19 PM   #5
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If you find the right country club, it gives you a good place to compete against players where there is real competition. It is similar to the daily tiers tournaments that were in 11 and 12, but allows the user to refine their own experience online even more. If you get in the right country club, gone are the days of wondering, "How the heck did that guy post THAT score???" Worst case, you can ask, because it should be pretty easy to get to know the other at most 24 members. Better yet, your club's tourneys can be set so that everyone scores in a range that is agreeable to all members.

Beyond that, just by being in one, even if you never again visit the interface, you get a 5% or more boost to your coin earnings, eventually (clubs starting out get around 1% I think). Coins are real money, since they can be bought for real world money. Unless you are part of the one percent, why would anyone turn their nose up at 5% more of something EA is giving away for free? Just for playing the game while connected to the online servers...

Absolutely no reason not to be in one or to sneer at the concept. Best thing EA has done, arguably any game company, in a long while.
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Old 05-04-2012, 12:08 PM   #6
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The in Club Tournaments are great.... Competition amoungst friends is almost always better than against randoms..

A couple changes would move the concept forward. More stats and capabilities in game and on the website would be a great start. One issue is the 25 player cap unfortunately encourages a club that is competitive to constantly hire and fire players at the bottom... If they gave us say 10 Casual spots that could be in the club, but that status did not count... We would have a better experience in the clubs... Right now, CC's are not for the casual once a week player and can cause some uneccessary tension amoungst the club membership...Lastly, some kind of solid information regarding how they work.... EA dropped the ball there and people are either confused or drop the game entirely due to not understanding it...
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Old 05-04-2012, 01:40 PM   #7
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I love the concept...only problem is never see anyone online in the PS3 OS country club. Might have to join a new one that's more active.
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Old 05-04-2012, 01:56 PM   #8
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Guru nailed it on the head. I would even mind if they raised the competitiveness even more and average out the weekly status points so that if you do have someone that isn't playing it hurts even more.
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Old 05-04-2012, 03:29 PM   #9
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Quick little question. In our CC, we have a couple guys who are pretty good. They shoot -8 to -10 per round. And then we got some guys who are not so good and shoot around E or +1.

How do we keep the worse players interested when they know they can't win a tournament? We're trying different difficulties but either way, some are always 10 shots worse per round. Any suggestions?
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Old 05-04-2012, 05:29 PM   #10
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Teach them. We all have Xbox live and can talk to each other. Do some stroke play with them and talk them through each shot. Make them better.
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