*NOW LIVE* - Updated Player Profiles!

[bens197]

Smart move, I really dig this.

[tchat07]

Love this for an update! And the mention of testing time has me excited!

[No3PuttLaLa]

Great addition and way to filter profiles. Looking forward to seeing this come to life. Well done to all in a way to continue to expand the success of MGS! 

[cksurfdude]

On 2/4/2022 at 2:33 PM, Kenny B said:

I would like to see something like this...

• Competitive – Are you driven to compete against others, and/or Do you compete on an actual professional level?
• Dedicated –  Are you driven to improve, and working to shoot lower scores?

Have not yet finished reading through all the comments / responses, but I had the same question from the first post. 

Additionally - it may be semantics but I'm not totally clear on "Casual" vs "Weekend" ...

For instance, does Casual imply the, let's call it, most basic level while Weekend implies more regular recreational play..??

In line with clarifying "Dedicated" maybe have something like.. "Occasional/Casual" and "Regular/Recreational"..??

[cksurfdude]

On 2/5/2022 at 9:44 AM, azstu324 said:

... testing is a tremendous experience! keeping the product is just happenstance.. the real opportunity is being an actual part of the OEMs decision making that goes into next year's line and you REALLY need to want to be a part of that change for that product. In addition, you learn more about your golf game in 1-2 months than most do in 1-2 years.

^^Yes!!

Not too get too far off topic, but my testing experiences have *absolutely* benefited my game

[yungkory]

I hate change, but I don't hate this! Solid update, hope it helps the review selections. 4000 applications:

[GolfSpy_APH]

15 hours ago, cksurfdude said:

Have not yet finished reading through all the comments / responses, but I had the same question from the first post. 

Additionally - it may be semantics but I'm not totally clear on "Casual" vs "Weekend" ...

For instance, does Casual imply the, let's call it, most basic level while Weekend implies more regular recreational play..??

In line with clarifying "Dedicated" maybe have something like.. "Occasional/Casual" and "Regular/Recreational"..??

Altho I understand where you guys are coming from we have gone back and forth on this and made several changes along to way and as a mod team are happy with where this is. 

Ill add this, for the majority of us when we look through applications we know that the majority (we can filter) that have say over 50 posts are dedicated golfers. Even if you put causal or competitive... Both can be dedicated. I'm dedicated, but only played a handful of rounds all last year. This year i plan on playing competitively, but my dedication is still the same. Again we are happy with where it is at for our needs and the information it will provide. We could really go deep into the weeds with variations on naming types, but this covers our needs at this time.

Now from strictly profile perspective (non testing) maybe we look at where we can expand on this and make profiles more robust? We can go deep into it and include favorite courses, locations (if you want), favorite Club and on and on. This can certainly be something we build on as profiles are a very underused asset we have here on the forum and are something i would like to see used more from following members and so on.

 

[GolfSpy_APH]

3 minutes ago, EasyPutter said:

What about a Profile Category of Forum Contributor with some kind of frequency level?  One thing that always crops up when a testing opportunity comes along is the sudden influx of never before contributed applications who represent a completely unknown and potentially good/bad reviewer/tester/writer MGS is counting on to produce the very reviews that the organization counts on to present reading value to those who subscribe or are potential subscribers.

I know I posted it once before, but maybe I'll do up a rough thing of what goes from a mod side when we select testers. 

If I'm being honest as the person/mod who made most of the initial short lists from last year it is pretty easy for us to check on recent activity via the profiles as they are. Also on the back end it shows us a graph of how many posts were made in the last month. 

Keep in mind we also encourage and want new people to get involved in testing and work hard to make sure that we have new members get their feet wet. We also kinda have the forum contributor category in the badge system. 

I should have some time to go over the how testers are chosen and do up a new thread for it, but there are threads already created about it and the what matters more 3000 posts or 3000 dollars donor thread that a member did last year went over a lot and was extremely well done and shows that the system of selecting members has been pretty good over the years. Of course we have a few go MIA, which SUCKS really really sucks and I get pretty twisted about it. When that happens they go on a no fly list essentially and do not get a chance for a test again at least in the forseeable future. I also make sure I follow up several times and give several reminders... but that is another story for another day. 

You do bring up a good point that we should probably update/notify everyone again about how testers are selected as we approach the new season!

[GolfSpy BOS]

UPDATE:  Profile Updates are now live! 

 

You should be able to go in and update your player profiles now.

[GolfSpy_BNG]

Just did mine. This is a great feature. 

[cksurfdude]

40 minutes ago, GolfSpy_BOS said:

You should be able to go in and update your player profiles now.

...but now I can't decide what player type to identify myself as....

(..kidding kidding lol...)

[GolfSpy TCB]

Done!  nice add MGS

[Shapotomous]

I kept looking for "Club Ho" under player type......   

[GolfSpy BOS]

11 minutes ago, Shapotomous said:

I kept looking for "Club Ho" under player type......   

maybe under a future revision we will include a "buying habits" question. 

[GolfSpy_APH]

12 minutes ago, Shapotomous said:

I kept looking for "Club Ho" under player type......   

Coming to the @Golfspy_CG2update 1.8

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

1 hour ago, cksurfdude said:

...but now I can't decide what player type to identify myself as....

(..kidding kidding lol...)

Ya know you could do it day to day? Maybe have a rotation. “Player of the day” if you will.

chaulk another one up I like the feature be nice to really hone in the profile pages

[azstu324]

Annnnd... DONE! 

[fixyurdivot]

On 2/4/2022 at 4:53 PM, Tom the Golf Nut said:

Bingo! My feelings exactly.

Yup, same here. I picked casual only because I don't play league golf (currently) and rarely play tournaments. But, I'm always trying to beat the course and beat those I'm playing with... but you'd never know it cuz I'm such a nice guy .

[russtopherb]

Updated. I'm just bummed I can no longer list my handicap as "meh". 

[bens197]

[fixyurdivot]

On 2/4/2022 at 1:43 PM, GolfSpy_BOS said:

The player profile isn’t all inclusive in that respect, but a general representation of the player and their game.

Thanks for clarifying.  I suspect a good many think having this new profile data will exclude them or lower their chances for being selected for tests. 

[GolfSpy AFG]

Done, and I’m grateful to the mods that I wasn’t forced to be honest and select a “I have none” option from the strengths drop down box.

[MattWillGolf]

2 hours ago, russtopherb said:

Updated. I'm just bummed I can no longer list my handicap as "meh". 

I’m with you. I’d like to have the option of listing handicap: My Swing. But I don’t maintain a handicap. I play casually and wouldn’t mind having an option of stating none. That could be mostly because it irks me that my profile is only 75% complete. 

[KC Golf]

My profile is now updated.  Like the new format.  Hopefully the additional data is helpful to MGS for future testing, etc.

Keep it up MGS!

Will you start allowing larger file sizes for Profile pics?

 

[GolfSpy BOS]

1 hour ago, MattWillGolf said:

I’m with you. I’d like to have the option of listing handicap: My Swing. But I don’t maintain a handicap. I play casually and wouldn’t mind having an option of stating none. That could be mostly because it irks me that my profile is only 75% complete. 

It does not need to be a. Official handicap. An estimate based on your average score works for our purposes.

there will be no shakedowns as a result. 

 

[Josh Ross]

Love the additions made, just updated mine. My driver swing speed is 109-112 but I just stuck with the 100-110 option. Only gets above 110 if I'm trying to rip it, haha.

[GolfSpy BOS]

1 hour ago, Josh Ross said:

Love the additions made, just updated mine. My driver swing speed is 109-112 but I just stuck with the 100-110 option. Only gets above 110 if I'm trying to rip it, haha.

Im similar to you… a mph or 2 behind. But I really want to pick up a few so I can say my “normal” swing is 110+.

[HeathS16]

Awesome feature! I love it!

[DStar]

Great idea, done mine too

[Paul Hedrick]

Done!  I did struggle a a bit deciding between casual and weekend golfer, but at the end decided casual would fit better.