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Trackballs - how much space between ball and monitor/bezel?
ABACABB:
I wouldn't say it is cheating at all. The devs built it into the game and it is available for anyone to access. It is absolutely an advantage vs. those that don't use it as the GT devs built specifically some par 3 holes where the only way to get a hole in one was to use backspin. They fully intended for players to use this feature.
Now I totally understand and agree that there is a limit to how fast you can spin the trackball and what the optical encoder can read. But I think this limit is higher than you realize because it takes one hell of a "thrust" to achieve the speed necessary to activate the backspin feature.
This argument got way out of control and as chopperthedog stated you clearly don't understand how this works in Golden Tee since you are STILL questioning it. I can agree to disagree with you on this but don't criticize people for playing these older versions of GT this way because maybe, just maybe, they knew about this feature all along. And while you think they're idiots they are actually pulling off some pretty amazing shots
deadkenndys1105:
Well if your going to be playing golden tee and bowling people are going to go for the crazy swing whether they need it or not so more space is always a good idea. I know on my millipede from the center of the ball to the glass is only 4 inches and I don't have a ton of finger prints after playing. For a Multicade were your going to be playing some golden tee I would aim for a little 6 inches for a smaller CP but if size isn't a problem go big and have your fun.
chopperthedog:
Found this verbiage. "earlier versions obtained backspin through a complicated understanding of wind, green, backswing, and the speed in which the trackball was struck." Couldn't have worded it any better. IMO the backspin button took a lot away from the actual swing and game play. viva la pre fore versions!!!
good day.
MaxVolume:
--- Quote from: ABACABB on November 27, 2012, 01:43:34 pm ---I wouldn't say it is cheating at all. The devs built it into the game and it is available for anyone to access. It is absolutely an advantage vs. those that don't use it as the GT devs built specifically some par 3 holes where the only way to get a hole in one was to use backspin. They fully intended for players to use this feature.
Now I totally understand and agree that there is a limit to how fast you can spin the trackball and what the optical encoder can read. But I think this limit is higher than you realize because it takes one hell of a "thrust" to achieve the speed necessary to activate the backspin feature.
This argument got way out of control and as chopperthedog stated you clearly don't understand how this works in Golden Tee since you are STILL questioning it. I can agree to disagree with you on this but don't criticize people for playing these older versions of GT this way because maybe, just maybe, they knew about this feature all along. And while you think they're idiots they are actually pulling off some pretty amazing shots
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Yet again, you misunderstand me... I'm saying (as I have before) that if I walked up to a Golden Tee machine being played competitively against other players using the "Superman" method, they would laugh at me at first and dismiss my technique just as you have, yet they would quickly begin to claim I was "cheating" as soon as they realized it's as effective or actually MORE so (as has already been reported earlier in the thread re: accuracy) than the accepted one-handed method.
MaxVolume:
--- Quote from: chopperthedog on November 27, 2012, 04:18:28 pm ---Found this verbiage. "earlier versions obtained backspin through a complicated understanding of wind, green, backswing, and the speed in which the trackball was struck." Couldn't have worded it any better. IMO the backspin button took a lot away from the actual swing and game play. viva la pre fore versions!!!
good day.
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Okay, you guys realize there is NO wind, green, or other such stuff inside a Golden Tee machine, right? It's just data. If the trackball spins the encoder wheel faster than the IR emitter/detector pair can process, no data is getting to the CPU beyond "I can't see ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---". Given that people who know how to do this correctly can get the ball spinning just as fast with two thumbs as the drunk morons who insist on using one hand, I fail to see how you lose the backspin function regardless of technique, older machine or not.
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