Free Multiplayer Online Golf...Albatross!

[Godzilla Blitz]

Originally Posted by FrogMan

damn, rookie A is already quite impressive to me, but that 20 hours is a part-time job!!!

I think I logged 5 hours since downloading the thing on Saturday evening which to me is incredible dedication to any game

FM

Yeah, I downloaded the game last Tuesday and didn't play yesterday, so that was 20 hours in 5 days, about half of which came last Thursday and Friday. It actually piles up quickly if you play for an hour or so in the afternoon and do the same in the evening. It's so tempting to "just play three more holes" or "just play one more tournament."

But I've got to pay the fiddler this week. Way behind in work.

Work work work. No Pangya for me.

[FrogMan]

okay, I know these are all available from the albatross help pages but since I made myself some quick reference card to print out, I thought I'd share them, so here we go...

Control keys quick card:


Spin and ball trajectory:


Tomahawk shot:


Cobra Shot:


Experience given in stroke play game, part 1:


part 2:


Experience given in match play game:


Experience given in a tournament (ridiculously low imo):


Experience needed to level up:


I was more interested in the spin/trajectory notes and cobra and tomahawk shots as they could be helpful to overcome the relative lack of power that comes with being cheap, but ended up doing a couple more. There are some nice controls shortcuts I didn't know about...

You can right-click on any of them an print them out separately for quick reference during a game...

FM

[FrogMan]

dola, I didn't play much yesterday but I'm now at 38/40 experience points so will level up to Rookie C as soon as I play one more 3 hole game...

FM

[Vince]

Also, to get those Super Spin shots, you simply have to hit the up or down arrow during the downswing, and hit a Pangya shot. Up for topspin, down for backspin. These are the shots that skid for a little further forward or backwards when the ball stops rolling.

I've yet to successfully use a Tomahawk or Cobra shot, but I'm trying. Usually it jacks up my downswing to try

[Vince]

Dola -- Just finished a quick 6 with wade moore to get myself to Rookie B. This game is addicting.

[Hurst2112]

so, do you need to use this with an overdrive (bars under your name)? Does it have to be used with a red potion? or, are the moves available anytime?

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by Hurst2112

so, do you need to use this with an overdrive (bars under your name)? Does it have to be used with a red potion? or, are the moves available anytime?

to do the cobra and tomahawk shots, you need to have a red bar, same as a powershot. There's a flash file demonstrating how to do the shots on this page:
http://www.albatross18.com/forum/for...&PN=1#letgotop

You can use the trajectory thing without a powershot I would assume though. I'll try that to work against the wind a little tonight.

FM

[Lonnie]

Add me to the list as LonnieB. I'm through training.

[wade moore]

I see a handful of folks on...

I setup a room on crux..

Room: FOFC
Password: Jim

[FrogMan]

just finished playing a 6 hole game with wademoore, lonnie and terps (ironman) and I gotta say, it beats the hell out of playing with perfect strangers. Had lots of fun guys, not only because I won it, haha, but it was nice to play with people I knew for once.

The three man/three hole game before that, with hurst and terps was also a lot of fun.

Now off to bed. I'm a good boy, I can control my addiction... for now.

FM

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by FrogMan

just finished playing a 6 hole game with wademoore, lonnie and terps (ironman) and I gotta say, it beats the hell out of playing with perfect strangers. Had lots of fun guys, not only because I won it, haha, but it was nice to play with people I knew for once.

The three man/three man game before that, with hurst and terps was also a lot of fun.

Now off to bed. I'm a good boy, I can control my addiction... for now.

FM

Agreed, a ton of fun...

I hit my best shot ever by far in this one, so it was cool to have FOFCers on..

We were playing Blue Lagoon and on Hole 8 (A Par 4) I hit my second shot 238 yards and it rolled in for the Eagle!

[Godzilla Blitz]

Damn this work...still working now, and have another hour or two to go.

I should be back by Friday or so. Looking forward to playing again.

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by wade moore

Agreed, a ton of fun...

I hit my best shot ever by far in this one, so it was cool to have FOFCers on..

We were playing Blue Lagoon and on Hole 8 (A Par 4) I hit my second shot 238 yards and it rolled in for the Eagle!

forgot to mention it yesterday but that was an awesome shot, really neat to be able to see it live

Now, to be able to make one is another thing...

FM

[Lonnie]

That was a fun round guys. Terrible first day of play for me. I had just played 18 before I played with you guys. During that game I holed out from about 205 to save a par 5. Then the guy I was playing with got a Hole in One. Then I join you guys and Wade knocks that one in for an Eagle. Terrible....way to get me addicted. I'll agree it's a fun little time waster. I wish it would play 1024x768 in windowed mode though.

[Hurst2112]

Sorry I had to split last night guys. I had some business to take care of. As I mentioned in the room, I put off a mixing session to play. I can't do that anymore!!!

I will see you guys around later in the week.

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by Hurst2112

Sorry I had to split last night guys. I had some business to take care of. As I mentioned in the room, I put off a mixing session to play. I can't do that anymore!!!

I will see you guys around later in the week.

dude, don't be sorry, it was cool while you were there. Seriously, take care of your stuff so this computer golf playing thing isn't your unpaid full time job in the future, if you know what I mean

FM

[Hurst2112]

Right on man. I will add that it is cool to play with guys I know. Since we are all pretty much on 'par' with each other, it can get pretty interesting during the last holes of a match. Exciting to say the least!

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by Hurst2112

Right on man. I will add that it is cool to play with guys I know. Since we are all pretty much on 'par' with each other, it can get pretty interesting during the last holes of a match. Exciting to say the least!

absolutely, yesterday's 6 hole game was very close. I think all four of us finished within 4 shots of one another. I'm also realizing that 6 holes will pretty much be my perfect game to play with four players. Three holes is kind of short and everyone can tie if they don't have a bad hole and if you do have a bad hole, there's no chance to redeem yourself. With 6 holes, I found that the game is reasonably not too long yet still avoids that one runs away from the other.

I said it before but I'll say it again, playing with FOFCers rocks big time

I should show up online around 9-9:30 eastern tonight. I have sent buddy requests to every FOFCer listed in the first post but some have not responded to the request. Check it so we know when you show up online and we can ping you to play a game...

FM

[wade moore]

Ok, I'm going to put this out there for ease of playing with each other..

Anytime you're waiting around, trying to get folks to play, whatever... setup or see if this room is already setup:

Server: Crux
Room: FOFC
Password: Jim

[Coffee Warlord]

Let's get it ON!

[FrogMan]

good idea Wade and that way if someone is showing as being in a private room, you can PM him and see how many are already in there and if there's a need to start a second room. Like yesterday when hurst was keeping me up to date as to where they were in their games and I was able to simply wait it out to play with them...

FM

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by FrogMan

good idea Wade and that way if someone is showing as being in a private room, you can PM him and see how many are already in there and if there's a need to start a second room. Like yesterday when hurst was keeping me up to date as to where they were in their games and I was able to simply wait it out to play with them...

FM

Yup, exactly.

BTW - Coffee is a ringer.

[Coffee Warlord]

Originally Posted by wade moore

Yup, exactly.

BTW - Coffee is a ringer.

Lies.

[bbor]

We may need an FOFC tourny soon.

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by bbor

We may need an FOFC tourny soon.

So it shall be written, so it shall be done.


I wonder if we use the "tourney" mode in the game, or if we design our own? Getting a time when EVERYONE can be on might be difficult, but we could have a tourney where you do "day 1" with a "foursome" and then "day 2" with a different "foursome", etc. and run through it... then you only have to get 4 people on at the same time rather than say 12 or whatever...

[bbor]

I'm sure we could get 10 guys online at once....no?

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by bbor

I'm sure we could get 10 guys online at once....no?

Well, for me, the times many others can get on (eveingings/weekends) are often bad for me.

[Pumpy Tudors]

I'm up for a tournament. I'm good for pretty much any evening except Thursday (and that's just from 7:30pm to 11:00pm Eastern that I'm unavailable). Are there any Albatross regulars in this thread who haven't reached Rookie E yet?

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

I'm up for a tournament. I'm good for pretty much any evening except Thursday (and that's just from 7:30pm to 11:00pm Eastern that I'm unavailable). Are there any Albatross regulars in this thread who haven't reached Rookie E yet?

Coffee's playing his first games today, he's still Rookie F... for now...

[FrogMan]

CW can be quite an addict if he gets into it, odds are he'll be Rookie E by tomorrow at sunrise

I could do a tourney most evenings between 9:30 and 11pm eastern, depending on what comes up at home, but for now it's been when I've been able to sit down and relax.

fwiw, a tourney is about the only way I see myself playing through 18 holes. With other players, it would simply make for too long a game...

FM

[Coffee Warlord]

Well, I just stomped wade 3 times in a row, so fear me.

....and fear my chipping skills.

[FrogMan]

here's a little something I came up with during the break today, basically shows how long it should take to play different kind of games...

shots per round	81
shots per hole	4.5
seconds per shot	22
seconds between holes	60
	2 players	3 players	4 players
3 holes	0:12:54	0:17:51	0:22:48
6 holes	0:25:48	0:35:42	0:45:36
9 holes	0:38:42	0:53:33	1:08:24
12 holes	0:51:36	1:11:24	1:31:12
15 holes	1:04:30	1:29:15	1:54:00
18 holes	1:17:24	1:47:06	2:16:48

shots per round is a possible average to help me make an average per hole
seconds per shot is close to my average of about 19 or 20 seconds with some room for slower players
seconds between hole is kind of a time to make up for loading time and extra lost time here and there...

times are h:mm:ss

I think our 4 player/6 holes game of yesterday took around 50 minute so this is kind of close...

FM

[Hurst2112]

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

Well, I just stomped wade 3 times in a row, so fear me.

....and fear my chipping skills.

hmmm, this jives with that 'you should have seen how i let coffee win' pm i just got.

kidding!!

[Lonnie]

I hit Rookie E last night. So I'm up for a tourney.

[Terps]

I'm up for a tourney too, depending on the time and date.

[Godzilla Blitz]

Originally Posted by FrogMan

here's a little something I came up with during the break today, basically shows how long it should take to play different kind of games...



shots per round is a possible average to help me make an average per hole
seconds per shot is close to my average of about 19 or 20 seconds with some room for slower players
seconds between hole is kind of a time to make up for loading time and extra lost time here and there...

times are h:mm:ss

I think our 4 player/6 holes game of yesterday took around 50 minute so this is kind of close...

FM

Very helpful. The only suggestion I'd make is to adjust shots/hole to 4, which would be par.

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by Godzilla Blitz

Very helpful. The only suggestion I'd make is to adjust shots/hole to 4, which would be par.

yeah, but we don't always hit par

My average round is at 79 I think, although I've never played a complete 18 holes at once...

FM

[Coffee Warlord]

Got some time to kill if anyone wants a quick 6.

Crux -> FOFC (pw: Jim)

[SirFozzie]

set up a FOFC room, Pw: Jim

[Terps]

Ugh, just had my first bad experience on there. Joined a quick start with 3 other people to play a 6 hole match play. For some reason my partner just let the time run out on every shot (incurring a stroke penalty), and then left after the 5th hole.

[Terps]

Dola,

I'll be on late night if anyone is around.

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by Terps

Ugh, just had my first bad experience on there. Joined a quick start with 3 other people to play a 6 hole match play. For some reason my partner just let the time run out on every shot (incurring a stroke penalty), and then left after the 5th hole.

happened to me yesterday. Unless I really have little time, I don't play a two player three hole, since while it goes somewhat fast, you get about no experience. Was playing with three when a dude rookie A or about missed a couple shots on a hole and gave up. Instead of simply dropping out, he let the time drop down three times until he got DQ'd...

Another reason why playing with FOFCers is better!

I'll be heading over there in a couple minutes when my oldest goes to bed...

FM

[Glengoyne]

I'm about trolling for a round or so.

One question I haven't been able to find out. What is the difference between the accuracy and control character ratings?

Control seems to make the Pangya bar move slower. No idea how accuracy is represented in game.

[wade moore]

is it the size of the pink bar at the bottom of your meter?

[FrogMan]

I was gonna guess that same as wade...

Anyway played another enjoyable 6 hole game with FOFCers, was 16 pang short of being able to buy myself some power+1 shoes so went in played a 3 hole game against AN ASSHOLE who dropped out on his last putt, fucking moron... Anyway, got enough pang anyway and I bought them, woohoo I can now hit 232yds with my driver... I want to save enough pang to get the next character though, he makes me laugh

FM

[Godzilla Blitz]

Yes, accuracy increases the width of the pink spot.

(That's a sentence I'd never thought I'd see myself write.)

I've played about 30 pickup rounds altogether (outside of those with FOFC players), and only one has been bad. Half have been pretty good, and the other half have been quiet. With such an international crowd playing, I think a lot of the players have limited English skills. They tend to play silently when in small groups.

The nice thing about droppers is that the game tracks quitting percentages. You can look them up before you join a round with them. I've avoided a few players based on their quit percentages.

Just plain silly to quit on the last putt, as you get a pang bonus for completing the round.

[Terps]

The server just went down for an upgrade, we didn't heed the warning messages though. haha.

[Hurst2112]

me and ironman got off about 6 games before the server shut down

[Vince]

Damn server going out. Just bought a new pair of Kicks though, and graduated to Rookie A.

Didn't realize you two were on, or I would have joined you.

[Terps]

I probably would've leveled to Rookie B if the server didn't go down.

I saw you were on but by the time I went to message you, you were playing.