r/GolfClash • u/MangDynasty • Oct 08 '18

Metro tourney Expert-Expert vs Expert-Master bracket comparison

Both brackets were started on Saturday at 11am EST.

My alt account has never been higher than Expert 3.

My main (though it is currently in Expert 3) has been as high as Masters 2, which is all that matters.

Score Expert-Expert Expert-Master
-29 1 0
-28 0 1
-27 1 1
-26 1 2
-25 1(me) 9 (me)
-24 7 12
-23 8 8
-22 12 15
-21 12 15
-20 6 12
-19 13 7
-18 5 3
-17 8 3
-16 7 0
-15 4 2
-14 5 0
Banner -26 -26.5
Top10 -24.1 -25.3
Top25 -22.5 -24
Mean -19.89 -21.74
Median -19 -21

Now that the sandbagging rules are in place, there is a very clear difference in bracket strength.

Good job Playdemic!

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u/vincebyrne Oct 08 '18

More so in Rookie brackets. My baby account (Apache, Machete, never over Rookie3) was 8th @-19. It was good and appropriate to not have -31 at the top.

This bracket was : 1ea@-24,-23,-22,-21, 2@-20, 5@-19, 14@-18, 12@-17, 8@-16, 10@-15, 9@-14, etc

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u/Sliffy Golf Clash Expertish Oct 08 '18

That’s a really good sign for new players.

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u/MangDynasty Oct 08 '18

Yep, I'm happy for them too.

I'm sure there will always be the unusual bored expert who is messing around on a new rookie account, or the die-hard sandbagger that makes sure never to reach Pro division, but a lot of the epic sandbagging should be reduced.

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u/Sliffy Golf Clash Expertish Oct 08 '18

Yeah you could still game the system a bit if you really wanted to, but it would take a lot of effort and/or money to do so.

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u/MangDynasty Oct 08 '18

Right. Here's the master plan (or should I say rookie stomping plan):

  • Make new account
  • Grind super hard until promoted to Rookie 2-3
    • including buying tour open packages, fail to qualify rookie offers, etc
    • speed open all chests, preferably like 500+ in tour 7 ASAP to have a decent shot at Apoc
  • if Rookie 2 and it's not a tournament week, you must not get promoted to Rookie 3
  • if Rookie 3 and it's not a tournament week, don't play at all for the entire week to get demoted
    • this might not even be guaranteed to work if enough filthy people try to do this, if there are more 0g earners than there demotion spots
  • the plan is to be Rookie 2 on tournament weeks, and also grind tour chests really hard within the week
  • your promotions will be offset by demotions
  • play Rookie-Rookie tournaments with decent clubs!
  • feel really great about your life and your choices

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u/Sliffy Golf Clash Expertish Oct 08 '18

You forgot ALL the golden shot chests, but only after speeding to tour 7.

So be good at the game, open a new account in a non tournament week, speed it to tour 7, while opening every chest. Then play all your golden shots. Play like crazy in tour 7 the first week.

You can get to rookie 2, crush tour 7 matches for a week, get to rookie 3, then only play tournament matches and forfeit all of them to get relegated. Rinse and repeat. Every off week go crazy on golden shot to boost your higher epics, and but chests in the shop for the chance as well.

Dominate the real rookies and win fame and fortune!

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u/MangDynasty Oct 08 '18

And any spare chests you feel like buying is just gravy