Post by reddie2roll on Aug 2, 2007 13:31:06 GMT -5
Yesterday I was accused of cheating… supposedly using some kind of slow-down program… by a guy named ‘hammerhog’. Not only that, but he kept saying ‘I know who you are, you’re using a different name’. Afterwards, he was in the match lobby bashing me, calling me a quitter and a cheater. I messaged him, explaining a few things and telling him I had no clue what he was talking about, but in return he just got worse and commented on everything I said. So, I thought I’d share my story here… just to state where I’m coming from. Normally, something this trivial would roll right off of me… heaven knows I deal with bigger issues in my life without care… but for some reason this guy struck a nerve.
I’m not stating this to be cocky, because if such a thing impresses anyone, well, I truly don’t care… but when it comes to 3-click golf, I’m pretty good. As ‘EddieZ’, playing TW99, I was consistently ranked in the top 20 on cases, and reached #1 quite a few times. As all 3-clickers know, sometimes your timing is good and sometimes your timing is just awful. Well, mine is usually on the better side, lol. I also do a good job doing quick math in my head and fine tuning shots. I set up my putts very carefully, and after I move the arrow I generally ‘trace’ the line toward the hole with my mouse in case I need adjustments. If my timing is on, and I’m green-lining shots and putts, I can post some pretty low scores. Seeing HOW I do it is the rest of the story.
Actually, it’s funny that the date is August 2 (maybe it’s a ‘sign’, lol)… because it’s the ‘anniversary’ of it all, lol. On August 2, 1992, exactly fifteen years ago, I broke my neck diving into a swimming pool… and have been paralyzed from the shoulders down ever since. I don’t need any pity, lol, because I got over it pretty quickly and I’m probably the most well adjusted and happiest guy around. Of course, there are many things I can no longer do… and one of them is play ‘real’ golf or any other sports. I used to be a ‘jock’ and am very competitive, and playing online is an outlet for that. Back in the 99 days a ‘p’ of mine came by my house and watched me play… he said it was it was amazing, lol. You see, because my paralysis includes my hands, and I can’t move my fingers, I have to do things a bit differently. I move and click the mouse just like anyone else, but it takes two hands. My right hand rests on the top of the mouse, toward the back, and I keep my left hand at the front, with the base of my left thumb on the left-click button. I’ve been using the mouse like this for well over ten years. I’m very adept at it and I obviously click as well as anyone out there who can use one hand and a finger, lol, though sometimes small movements like fine tuning aim are a little tricky. Although the shot clock is rarely an issue, I do admit that I am a very deliberate player and take my time, especially with wind and reading putts. I even swing with my mouse on the swing meter, like you had to do on TW99, lol. I also have lots of free time and I enjoy being good at it… not to win, but for MYSELF. Occasionally I do use up my time warnings, but generally the only time that the clock is an issue is when I’m being engaged in ‘chat’. I have to take a hand off of the mouse and then type with one finger, lol. Now, I’m probably the fastest one finger typer around, but the process is still time consuming with the clock running, lol.
So now I come to hammerhog. I had never seen the guy before, but he had a ranked, advanced match set, calling himself THE BEST and #1 or something. I assumed he was a tru swinger and I fully expected to lose, but I joined just to see him play. Four of us went out and one left after the 1st hole. Hammerhog said ‘any other faggots wanna leave, go now’. I ignored that, because I have no language issues at all, and the three of us played on. After I hit an awful shot I made a comment about myself and how I goofed, he wrote ‘no whining’. Again, I ignored it and kept going. I was within one stroke of him after seven holes and the comment ‘how’s that slow program working’. I asked if he was talking to me. After that, along came comments about how he knew who I was, I was playing under a different name and using a cheat to beat him, I even had the same ‘character’. He said that when I took more than ten seconds to line up a putt it was obvious I was using something. He said he’s seen every cheat going back to 99 and could always spot when someone used one. Well, in an attempt to respond, I went through my two time warnings… then we got to the 15th. I hit my drive into a bunker and it was right against the lip. In three attempts to get out, with three different clubs and aiming in three different directions, the ball jumped to the right off the lip and went o.b. Of course, I was irked, lol, and was just about to play the ball backwards to get a clear shot, when the timer ran out. There’s no way to tell whether it was hammerhog or the other guy (who barely said anything and whose name I can’t remember), but one of them denied the extension and I was booted. I waited in the lobby and messaged hammerhog. When he called me a cheater and a quitter I explained that one of them booted me for time. He said only cheaters run out of time and I quit. I explained that my time problems came from typing, and he said he was typing too and had no problems. So, against my better judgment, I mentioned my condition and that I type with one finger… to which he responded that if it were true I couldn’t 3-click like I do. I told him how I work the mouse, and was told it was impossible. Then, he just said to look at lobby chat… where he was bashing me to no end.
Whether in ‘real life’ or online, I’ve never had an issue with my reputation. If I didn’t have to sign off at that moment because of a doctor’s appointment I would’ve had a few replies for him in the lobby. Normally, I don’t care what people think, perhaps it’s because I’ve only been playing online a month and am just beginning to get to know some people and make a few ‘friends’ in the TW07 world… but signing out in the middle of getting bashed, after TRYING to be civil and resolve his issue, really stuck in my craw, lol. Of course, there’s really nothing I can do about it, so I’ll get over it pretty quickly… like now, lol. I’m just using this board, thanks to all of you, to vent a bit, lol… and the only reason I shared my story and HOW I play is because I’m relatively new to the server and I don’t want to feel like I have to worry that my ‘pace’ when I play is going to cause accusations of cheating all the time. For those concerned, I will gladly give out my address to anyone who may be in or around Rhode Island and would like to come watch me play in person, lol.
I don’t know whether hammerhog was making comments to make me look bad to the third person golfing, whether he was cheating himself, or whether he really believed that I was… but I’ve been told he was an azz… so I suppose there may be more of you who have had such issues. Feel free to add to the string. I’d be interested to know. This book may now be closed, lol. See you all on the links.
I’m not stating this to be cocky, because if such a thing impresses anyone, well, I truly don’t care… but when it comes to 3-click golf, I’m pretty good. As ‘EddieZ’, playing TW99, I was consistently ranked in the top 20 on cases, and reached #1 quite a few times. As all 3-clickers know, sometimes your timing is good and sometimes your timing is just awful. Well, mine is usually on the better side, lol. I also do a good job doing quick math in my head and fine tuning shots. I set up my putts very carefully, and after I move the arrow I generally ‘trace’ the line toward the hole with my mouse in case I need adjustments. If my timing is on, and I’m green-lining shots and putts, I can post some pretty low scores. Seeing HOW I do it is the rest of the story.
Actually, it’s funny that the date is August 2 (maybe it’s a ‘sign’, lol)… because it’s the ‘anniversary’ of it all, lol. On August 2, 1992, exactly fifteen years ago, I broke my neck diving into a swimming pool… and have been paralyzed from the shoulders down ever since. I don’t need any pity, lol, because I got over it pretty quickly and I’m probably the most well adjusted and happiest guy around. Of course, there are many things I can no longer do… and one of them is play ‘real’ golf or any other sports. I used to be a ‘jock’ and am very competitive, and playing online is an outlet for that. Back in the 99 days a ‘p’ of mine came by my house and watched me play… he said it was it was amazing, lol. You see, because my paralysis includes my hands, and I can’t move my fingers, I have to do things a bit differently. I move and click the mouse just like anyone else, but it takes two hands. My right hand rests on the top of the mouse, toward the back, and I keep my left hand at the front, with the base of my left thumb on the left-click button. I’ve been using the mouse like this for well over ten years. I’m very adept at it and I obviously click as well as anyone out there who can use one hand and a finger, lol, though sometimes small movements like fine tuning aim are a little tricky. Although the shot clock is rarely an issue, I do admit that I am a very deliberate player and take my time, especially with wind and reading putts. I even swing with my mouse on the swing meter, like you had to do on TW99, lol. I also have lots of free time and I enjoy being good at it… not to win, but for MYSELF. Occasionally I do use up my time warnings, but generally the only time that the clock is an issue is when I’m being engaged in ‘chat’. I have to take a hand off of the mouse and then type with one finger, lol. Now, I’m probably the fastest one finger typer around, but the process is still time consuming with the clock running, lol.
So now I come to hammerhog. I had never seen the guy before, but he had a ranked, advanced match set, calling himself THE BEST and #1 or something. I assumed he was a tru swinger and I fully expected to lose, but I joined just to see him play. Four of us went out and one left after the 1st hole. Hammerhog said ‘any other faggots wanna leave, go now’. I ignored that, because I have no language issues at all, and the three of us played on. After I hit an awful shot I made a comment about myself and how I goofed, he wrote ‘no whining’. Again, I ignored it and kept going. I was within one stroke of him after seven holes and the comment ‘how’s that slow program working’. I asked if he was talking to me. After that, along came comments about how he knew who I was, I was playing under a different name and using a cheat to beat him, I even had the same ‘character’. He said that when I took more than ten seconds to line up a putt it was obvious I was using something. He said he’s seen every cheat going back to 99 and could always spot when someone used one. Well, in an attempt to respond, I went through my two time warnings… then we got to the 15th. I hit my drive into a bunker and it was right against the lip. In three attempts to get out, with three different clubs and aiming in three different directions, the ball jumped to the right off the lip and went o.b. Of course, I was irked, lol, and was just about to play the ball backwards to get a clear shot, when the timer ran out. There’s no way to tell whether it was hammerhog or the other guy (who barely said anything and whose name I can’t remember), but one of them denied the extension and I was booted. I waited in the lobby and messaged hammerhog. When he called me a cheater and a quitter I explained that one of them booted me for time. He said only cheaters run out of time and I quit. I explained that my time problems came from typing, and he said he was typing too and had no problems. So, against my better judgment, I mentioned my condition and that I type with one finger… to which he responded that if it were true I couldn’t 3-click like I do. I told him how I work the mouse, and was told it was impossible. Then, he just said to look at lobby chat… where he was bashing me to no end.
Whether in ‘real life’ or online, I’ve never had an issue with my reputation. If I didn’t have to sign off at that moment because of a doctor’s appointment I would’ve had a few replies for him in the lobby. Normally, I don’t care what people think, perhaps it’s because I’ve only been playing online a month and am just beginning to get to know some people and make a few ‘friends’ in the TW07 world… but signing out in the middle of getting bashed, after TRYING to be civil and resolve his issue, really stuck in my craw, lol. Of course, there’s really nothing I can do about it, so I’ll get over it pretty quickly… like now, lol. I’m just using this board, thanks to all of you, to vent a bit, lol… and the only reason I shared my story and HOW I play is because I’m relatively new to the server and I don’t want to feel like I have to worry that my ‘pace’ when I play is going to cause accusations of cheating all the time. For those concerned, I will gladly give out my address to anyone who may be in or around Rhode Island and would like to come watch me play in person, lol.
I don’t know whether hammerhog was making comments to make me look bad to the third person golfing, whether he was cheating himself, or whether he really believed that I was… but I’ve been told he was an azz… so I suppose there may be more of you who have had such issues. Feel free to add to the string. I’d be interested to know. This book may now be closed, lol. See you all on the links.
