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• seveking 983 Posts

  Fri, Nov 20 2009 10:43 AM

  When I go to join a group and put match play challenge, the gaems that come up are not that, they´re just normal match play games for no credits.

• tibbets 1,043 Posts

  Fri, Nov 20 2009 11:14 AM

  You already replied to the thread I made that stated the very same thing.  Why create another one?

• WGTalex 2,087 Posts

  Fri, Nov 20 2009 1:00 PM

  Hi seve, it's possible that the people who created the match play challenge games did not input any credits for the game. We are looking into this issue now.

• seveking 983 Posts

  Sat, Nov 21 2009 9:58 AM

  Ah, OK. Btw, I just won a game in which we had betted a 100 credits, so the sign came up saying I´d won 90 credits, but... I remember very clearly that I had 150 before the match and now it´s 230. Why?

• gaoerfuqiu 443 Posts

  Sat, Nov 21 2009 11:50 AM

  seveking:

  I just won a game in which we had betted a 100 credits, so the sign came up saying I´d won 90 credits, but... I remember very clearly that I had 150 before the match and now it´s 230. Why?

  WGT charges a fee to both bettors, meaning that if 100 credits are bet then 10 credits will be taken away from each player, so 100 - 20 = 80 ... thus, 150 + 80 = 230. A lot of people have had this problem.

  I just want to restate how much I think this is a great addition - NOT! Matchplay Challenge is for the rich and the best, and it really limits the number of people that can play. I and hundreds (maybe even thousands) of other WGT players will be very dissapointed if the minimum number of credits is not decreased to 10, as suggested. Personally, I'd be okay with a fee increase of 20% for wagers under 100 credits - anything to let us play.

• nivlac 2,188 Posts

  Sat, Nov 21 2009 1:56 PM

  seveking:

  I´d won 90 credits, but... I remember very clearly that I had 150 before the match and now it´s 230. Why?

  Seve once you started that match, you no longer had 150, you had 50.  When you won, you won 90 of your original 100 back (because of the fee), so 50 + 90 = 140.  Then you took your opponents 90, so 140+90 = 230.

  Understand?

  WGT:  I think the bet amount should say the full available pot (180) and not just your stake after fees (90).  It might help to reduce confusion.  If the pot was 180 it may help players assess that they put in for a hundred, thus only stand to gain 80 and not 90 as the scorecard is leading many to believe.

• realtease 33 Posts

  Wed, Jun 9 2010 10:22 AM

  Personally, I'd be okay with a fee increase of 20% for wagers under 100 credits - anything to let us play.

  the fee already is 20%. 

  Matchplay Challenge is for the rich and the best, and it really limits the number of people that can play.  

  matchplay challenge is for everyone. play with someone on your level (that is provided that they are not sandbaggers). 

• WGTniv 1,788 Posts

  Wed, Jun 9 2010 1:29 PM

  realtease:

  the fee already is 20%. 

  The fee is 10% from both players, but it doesn't add up to 20%.  It remains as 10% of the total wager.

  If two players wager 100 credits each the winner would take home 180 credits which is 10% off (20 credits off) of the 200 total.

• realtease 33 Posts

  Wed, Jun 9 2010 1:49 PM

  if i wager 100 credits, the winner takes home 80. that is 20%

• WGTniv 1,788 Posts

  Wed, Jun 9 2010 1:51 PM

  The winner takes home 90 and profits 80. If the bet is 200 credits, each player is charged a 10cr fee (total fee of 20 which is 10% of 200).

  Since 20 credits is automatically gone for fees that means the remainder of the bet is 180 (or 90 from each player).  You win your 90 credits back and you win the 90 credits from your opponent for a total of 180 (10% of the total of 200).  You paid 100 to start the match, but  you cannot recover your 10cr in wager fees, so you win 90 from your opponent and you get your 90 back.  You end up taking the full 180 cr (90 credits back for your entry, 90 credits of your opponents, the 20cr fee is kept) and you profit 80 credits total.

  *edit* You can find a more detailed explanation here.