Spammage:Can't the programmers install a double check system to record the actual meter speed after each shot to ensure that this kind of crap isn't being utilized?
The meter is strictly the flash player. So many times, people complain about jumpy or super-fast meters. That in itself would make the supposed meter speed vary. I have 2 PC's (Vista and 8). I will only play on Vista, as I can hit the ding at least 80% of the time when I "try" to hit it. On my fancy super-duper new PC, I might hit the ding twice in a round. I also like to video every single round I play (yeah, I know), and with the new PC, it's impossible because my meter has spasms like crazy. On Vista, the meter is smooth as silk. And, the game client fills the entire large screen without any maximizing being done, and (maybe it's just me) the ding line seems larger by a pixel or two. It could also be that I played for over a year on the Vista and am not comfortable with the new PC.
I think that some of the meter-cheats exist in the RG CTTH competitions. I also don't see how WGT could monitor a program (Flash Player) that is on every player's computer. Just the different versions of Flash would throw a kink in that, I believe. Not everyone uses the latest version.
But, since the game is created using Adobe's software, it seems Adobe would creat something in return for the $$ WGT has paid them.
Since I am not good enough to be competitive, I am not affected (except in the free weekly and monthly tournaments) by the people who can't play and have to use cheat software. Some people in this world are just born LOSERS, and WGT, having so many players signed up, is going to have a ton of those born LOSERS, and since their self-esteem, and egos are so low, they feel like winners when they cheat. Kind of like doing cocaine makes one feel like Superman (but, when it's over, you're still the same nobody that you were before that snort). I used to smoke, drink and do dope. I quit drugs in 1990, and quit drinking in 2007. Still smoke like a chimney, though :-(
I wish there was a way WGT could monitor suspected accounts, at least. Monitoring every account seems impossible. And posting % of dings won't really prove anything. That's just my opinion.
I've watched all of the top player's videos on YT, and one thing I did notice was that they rarely hit the ding. Dinging is not the perfect shot. Maybe that's why WGT has the deviation, and circle of precision in place.
Take the ALS tourney going on now. I believe the circle of precision for putts is about half the size of the cup. I asked about the circle of precision once, as a legend. I wondered why dinged shots were 20 ft away (correct distance) in no-wind tourneys. I video'd 20 dinged par 3 #10 shots and they were sprayed all over spanning 40 ft (one hole in one included).
What AB described in the video definitely sounds like cheating software. Hopefully, WGT saw the video, and dismissed the player forever. It's kind of stupid to cheat and then show it to the world. The mentality of cheaters equals that of a rock.
I think I got off-topic a little. Sorry :-)