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interyernan

11-30-2008, 09:46 AM

I've been playing alot lately! Can you play too much? I'm starting to find things are not working for me, I'm hitting better pi than i have ever done but find myself hitting the ball to the place were they shouldn't really be going. I played in a 5way ladder last night with Reeja, Shaq, Rowdy and Boukster. Now don't get me wrong i don't expect to win everytime i play and these four guys are decent players so the competition should have been quality. Unfortunately i could'nt hit a cows backside with a banjo. I hit a 76% pi, rabbit and turtled when i need to..... but..... in the space of 3 hole i found 7 bunkers and all my approach shots seemed to land further away than normal leaving me tricky snaking putt that we all love from Safrai.
I suppose my real question is have i become oversaturated with the game and should i step off for a week or so and just play when needed.. ie respond to ladder challenges, league etc?
Or am i just going nuts and are any of you gonna offer a one on one therapy session and charge me $200 for the privilege?

p1um5mu991er

11-30-2008, 10:11 AM

i'm in the mental health field, and yeah, i can hook you up for a little bit of scratch.

nan, it sounds to me like you're playing too much competitively but not overall. spend a day or two screwing around offline. break some old personal bests that have been nagging you. i think that there is something to be said for being a wee bit worn out because you're getting owned when playing others.

i think the ladder is totally cool--in fact, i don't know why i'm not in it--but there ain't nothin' wrong with spending a night just playing a gf or actually playing a g0 without including ladder play. sometimes i'll just get the "yips" and miss pi over and over consecutively until i turn the game off. even though it's only a game, constant competition will take a toll.

do most of us play too much? abso-frickin' lutely. it is a problem for me, yes. the server was down for two friggin' days and i set four personal bests, two aces, a new putt record AND a new drive record. that is really sad. but you know that if you just "play when needed" you will be TIRED of g0 and the bums who never make mistakes.

probably better to throw the HSG CD out the window and get on with life, but that ain't gonna happen. I'm dating a g0, and i don't want her to work me over when we play.

Roughdawg4

11-30-2008, 10:15 AM

I don't know maybe you can play too much. I just starting playing GTA IV alot and then played a few ladder games and what do you know I am magically number 2. All I can say is steal some cars, shoot some people and your golf game will be suprisingly better :)

p1um5mu991er

11-30-2008, 10:26 AM

did you say steal Cars? that's not a bad idea--don't know if he'd be on board tho

interyernan

11-30-2008, 10:30 AM

Cheers guys, i'm gonna pop over to minna for a bit and bash the hell out of that for a bit and then give Dead Space, Tomb Raider and Resistance 2 and go this week i think. I'll still be about for ladder and league but i won't go on for the sake of going on for a bit. I'll always be logged into here though!

cartman1337

11-30-2008, 10:34 AM

I know what you mean, Inter. I had the same problem myself about a month ago. So I decided to ease up on the amount of playtime, not playing every night but rather come on for events and ladder matches every now and then. For the most part my game was better when I decided to go on again, and if I play too many days in a row my game seems to get worse again in the same way you described... So, yeah, I think you can play too much. You start taking things for granted, don't think the shots through as much as you should and end up with shots too hard or too weak, rather than having them end where you expect. I'd try to take a couple of days off, and see if the game improves when you're back on... Helped for me at least, at least most of the time. :)

bcus28

11-30-2008, 04:01 PM