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[Vader jr.]

This will be my final post here before the game launches.  No need to ban me, I will ban myself after this post.  LOL

Mid January has come, and after next week, it will be gone.      

Look fellas, you can't hold onto your child forever.  At some point they must leave for college and move away from their parents.   You must let them go. 

The videos I've seen so far (for PG) show much more professionalism than anything put out by HB studios last April.   HB Studios has set the bar so unbelievably low that PG, even in its current beta state, is still light years beyond anything coming from Nova Scotia.

Need I remind you fellas that TGC released into early access with several "game breaking" issues like NO UNPLAYABLE LIE OPTIONS (except to whiff until you max out the strokes) and 100% BLIND PUTTS caused by avatars being blocked by tall bushes near the green.  Plus other issues like avatars that didn't tilt properly with sloping land, causing your feet to sink into the ground and/or float upward from the ground.   Oh, and rocks that had no collision properties whatsoever.  I could list 20 more issues for TGC, but I won't.  

So whatever you have so far is already more than good enough for open beta.   What difference does it make at this point if your game is tested by open beta testers or closed beta testers?   Beta is beta and everybody knows it's not finished yet.  I'd argue that open beta testers will give you much better feedback than your closed beta testers.

Frankly, I don't care if you wait until next summer to release PG -- since without Course Forge I'll be stuck playing your plain vanilla courses which will probably leave me bored out of my gord in about 2 days.   Thus I don't anticipate playing much PG until CF gets released later this year.  But until you decide to release PG on Steam, Course Forge won't make any progress from its current state. 

We all know about the 'missed' 2013 launch date.  No need for PP's many loyalists to trot that out again for the umpteenth time. 

Please just figure out a date and make your best guess.  If it's next month or next March then just say it.  If it's Superbowl weekend, just say it.   When companies miss a deadline they usually create a new one, they don't usually ban deadlines altogether simply because they missed one. 

Oh... and please stop minutiae-diving.   Perfection is not attainable.   Getting a "more polished" game is always attainable, but if you keep using that as an excuse then you'll never go into open beta.

An extra few days/weeks of minor bug fixes won't mean jack diddly squat to beta testers on Steam.  The videos tell the tale.  PG is more than ready for open beta testing to begin (and for CF to begin getting more attention). 

  bye bye

I shall ban myself now.   See y'all on the flip side.

[IanD]

bye Neil....

 

In case you return, I have a special hug waiting for you..

[Jel]

Strictly speaking there are 30 days in January so tomorrow (the 15th) will be the middle of the month 

[LasseThid]

Yes Vader, Mike said they were hoping for a release mid Jan, but they didn't say WHICH YEAR, so why are you so upset? 

[Richard]

Strictly speaking there are 30 days in January so tomorrow (the 15th) will be the middle of the month 

 

 

Hm, I'd take you calendar back to the store and ask for a refund. Strictly speaking there are 31 days in January. I stand to be corrected on this, but I thought the statement was more on the line of mid-January. In my mind, that implies a spread of days, not a specific date. What's a reasonable spread? Ask 6 people and get 7 different answers with a range of 1 to 7 days on either side of the 15th.

 

If it's any consolation, the testers were informed today that the underlying Steam delivery mechanics were in the process of being implemented. That leads me to believe that EA is imminent.

 

So, keep hanging in there.

[capitaine25_]

I really hope that early access is imminent, I am having high hopes about this game and I am pretty sure they will deliver all expectations !!! Any news about the crap that ea intend to release this year also with the bullshit battleship.. I can't find anything anywhere !!! hahahah

[Jel]

Hm, I'd take you calendar back to the store and ask for a refund. Strictly speaking there are 31 days in January. I stand to be corrected on this, but I thought the statement was more on the line of mid-January. In my mind, that implies a spread of days, not a specific date. What's a reasonable spread? Ask 6 people and get 7 different answers with a range of 1 to 7 days on either side of the 15th.

 

If it's any consolation, the testers were informed today that the underlying Steam delivery mechanics were in the process of being implemented. That leads me to believe that EA is imminent.

 

So, keep hanging in there.

 

I stand corrected there are indeed 31 days in January. I will now perform hari-kari on myself or is it hara-kiri, to late, oh ouch that hurts.   

[bortimus]

The game looks so good that it's driving people to ban themselves from the forum due to the distress of not playing it yet.

This is a good thing

[Richard]

I stand corrected there are indeed 31 days in January. I will now perform hari-kari on myself or is it hara-kiri, to late, oh ouch that hurts.   

 

Oh, please don't do that!! I'd hate to find out that you missed the 'imminent' EA due to your demise.

[Jel]

Oh, please don't do that!! I'd hate to find out that you missed the 'imminent' EA due to your demise.

 

Okay I'll hold off as I'm now excited about PG's "imminent" release. I may however rethink my hari kari if keep getting on in regulation and then 3 putting 

[Richard]

Okay I'll hold off as I'm now excited about PG's "imminent" release. I may however rethink my hari kari if keep getting on in regulation and then 3 putting 

 

In that case, I see you in the next world!!  But, at least you would have gotten in 3 holes of EA.

[Blackadar]

Some of us who were kickstarter backers, in the alpha and provided feedback somehow weren't invited to the Steam beta. Don't ask me why or how.

 

Oh well, I guess I'll wait until release.

[Jimbobh]

Steam comment:

 

Perfect Parallel  [author] 21 hours ago 

There are no plans to charge for Course Forge when it is released. It will be Free DLC

We are down to items in the single figures to fix before release so on target for Jan Early Access

As to cost we are still thinking about it but it will be affordable.

[LasseThid]

I just started playing Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, so I still have almost four complete games in the AC series to keep me busy, so no need to rush the Early Access release for me... 

[yesrushdt]

I got my hopes up upon seeing the thread title.   Early release can't be too far off though if they only have a handful of items to fix.  I'm going to be drooling seeing this on my home theater PC setup.

[aftrshok99]

I hope Early Access is this month but it won't hurt me to wait longer...as I've been waiting for a great golf game for a long while now.

Not sure how long I will be able to wait for Course Forge though!!! I do a lot of 3d work for my job and can't wait to design some courses.

[Andrew]

We will be ready for Early Access in January!

Whether we get all the steam stuff done is a different issue, going to be submitting the store page to them today for approval!

[aftrshok99]

We will be ready for Early Access in January!

Whether we get all the steam stuff done is a different issue, going to be submitting the store page to them today for approval!

That's great news!!!   Thanks for the update.

[sirputterman]

OOO I'm starting to tingle with exictement!!

[Jel]

We will be ready for Early Access in January!
Whether we get all the steam stuff done is a different issue, going to be submitting the store page to them today for approval!

Yes great news ! I am very much looking forward to a round of golf with PG as the hyperthermic temperatures have now settled in on the north east US.

Any news on any launch monitors it will support at launch ? I know there are some NDC restrictions on naming exact ones but a yes or no would be cool at this stage.