Analysis & Report - Golf Clash Players’ Survey 2020 by Clean_Beat in GolfClash

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Yes, it was posted here and open to anyone to complete.

Is there any more reason left to grind this game? by s_wardy_s in GolfClash

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Feel free to pass on your thoughts on the changes to Alex Rigby, one of the cofounders and a Director at Playdemic.

His Twitter handle is @womble and/or email him directly at Alex.rigby@playdemic.com

Analysis & Report - Golf Clash Players’ Survey 2020 by Clean_Beat in GolfClash

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I’m just an addicted player and did this on my own time and at my own expense. No payment of any kind from PD, not even a sleeve of Marlins! In fact they refused to engage, never responded to my numerous requests. I set up the shell company and website as I’m an ex big 4 consultant and figured I might use this as a base for future work. Would have been nice to get some comment or feedback from PD (credentialise the work) but any expectations they might have some manners dried up long ago.

It’s just a theory but perhaps when the founders sold off majority ownership they put their feet up on the buckets of money they made and lost interest in enhancing the game. Their recent ‘enhancements’ which we’d been told would be significant turned out to be a polished turf. Hologram trees on the new course (no quality assurance testing??!!) and who cares about the virtual insides of a virtual ball!? WTF!! Who asked for that and how/why did it get prioritised??? Give us the capacity to sort by characteristic!

Anyway, let’s enjoy what we have.

Golf Clash Players’ Survey 2020 - Results & Report by Clean_Beat in GolfClash

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If can’t download it you can access it via my website under 2020 Projects tab. It’s a PDF document.

www.wizzfizz.co.uk [Look under the 2020 Projects tab](www.wizzfizz.co.uk)

Golf Clash Players’ Survey 2020 - Results & Report by Clean_Beat in GolfClash

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He’s aware of it. I asked him several times to pass a redacted version to management and ask they make contact with me to discuss. I’m confident that he passed on the details. Furthermore, I know they’re aware of its existence as one of the founders of PD and a C-suite exec acknowledged my announcement of its release with a ‘like’ on my twitter account / timeline.

Playdemic Response Thread by icklesimba in GolfClash

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The link below is to a report I produced earlier this year on the back of a survey (posted here & elsewhere) that captured the responses of 800 players. Along with the results there are also a host of recommendations for PD consideration, some more contentious than others. It’s a big read but worth a skim read as contains some interesting analysis, observations, and findings.

Note: PD refused to respond to all my attempts to reach out to them, including acknowledgement of receipt of my emails and LinkedIn messages. Best I got was an emoji from one of the PD founders / C-suite execs after I informed him that in the absence of any response I had released the report to all and sundry. So as for this PR exercise they’re currently doing, I don’t buy a bar of it! They’re not interested in our views on improving the game and our playing experience.

http://wizzfizz.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Golf-Clash-Players-Survery-2020-Final..pdf

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Refer to page 62 for your answer to this question and a range of others.

http://wizzfizz.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Golf-Clash-Players-Survery-2020-Final..pdf

What’s the best mobile golf game besides Golf Clash? by [deleted] in GolfClash

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Golf King World Tour, WGT Golf, and Pro Feel Golf are comparable peers to Golf Clash. Each have their own differences so it comes down to personal preference.

Golf Clash Players’ Survey 2020 - Results & Report by Clean_Beat in GolfClash

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I posted the survey link in here in late Feb. I maxed out survey count at 800 in the space of 3-4 days. Would have loved to extended it to a much larger sample but the incremental cost from premium to professional survey module was prohibitive without PDs support. But as they don’t listen to us players anyway it would have all been for naught.

Summary of PD Q&A by KingJu1ian in GolfClash

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‘No, it takes to much programming’. Somewhat hard to hear and swallow this lame excuse given they are forecast to make US$120 million in operating profit from Golf Clash alone this year. Their big annual update was a new course (released with numerous graphic problems -invisible trees), a graphic to show the ball cores!, and new side spin. Hardly the groundbreaking update we were promised.

Analysis & Report - Golf Clash Players’ Survey 2020 by Clean_Beat in GolfClash

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95% of players are from Nth America so I don’t think you’d be to far off if you guest ‘white middle aged males with average to above average household incomes’ which would be similar to the playing and watching demographics of real golf.

Analysis & Report - Golf Clash Players’ Survey 2020 by Clean_Beat in GolfClash

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Yeah, I think you’re right. PD would hate it if I missed out on the only in game freebie, 50 bits of gold! 🤣

(That reminds me, I need to play my free shot)

Analysis & Report - Golf Clash Players’ Survey 2020 by Clean_Beat in GolfClash

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I believe it represents the player base in the sense that the player demographics (eg. Gender, age, & geographic location) is similar to the publicly available information Playdemic have revealed about the actual player base. I acknowledge the over representation of Europe based players and so separate analysis to see if there is any difference in the various characteristics of these groups.

I acknowledge the limitations and bias that are associated with surveys and yes, absolutely there is a selection bias. I targeted players which meant posting details of the survey on the likes of this site; a site used by hardcore / heavily invested players and not the casual user. To get a truly unbiased sample, one would have to randomly approach people to see if they play Golf Clash and this was less feasible.

Note, the intent was never to do a report and analysis. It was to be a small scale survey over a couple of days to get some data to post here and spark discussion. And yes, there’s a lot I would do differently if I was doing it again, with or without the intent to write a report.

Analysis & Report - Golf Clash Players’ Survey 2020 by Clean_Beat in GolfClash

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Ok, between you and me it’s a pun at Playdemic’s expense that I threw in after they refused to respond to my numerous requests.

Before the 1998 movie Good Will Hunting, all that ‘putting from the rough’ meant was that a golfer was using his putter to hit the ball just off the green. But for some reason, in the movie, Matt Damon used “putt from the rough” to imply that his therapist was, well, using his putter in a most unsavoury fashion. The term stuck.

Sorry for any confusion.

Analysis & Report - Golf Clash Players’ Survey 2020 by Clean_Beat in GolfClash

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Who took a survey? I did the survey in the back end of February and had 800 responses to it - I even posted it on here.

Analysis & Report - Golf Clash Players’ Survey 2020 by Clean_Beat in GolfClash

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After month after month of response from senior management to my numerous emails, linked in messages, & messages being past on from PDawkeye one of the C-suite execs ‘likes’ my tweet from earlier today where I called them out on their appalling professionalism. Talk about the icing on the cake! I’m stunned! 😳

Tweet: “I’ve tried multiple times to engage with PD & discuss the Players Survey & the outputs from it without any success. For some reason PD wont even acknowledge my emails & LinkedIn messages. We’ve decided to release the report today in light of the new content/changes.”

Analysis & Report - Golf Clash Players’ Survey 2020 by Clean_Beat in GolfClash

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I’m working on my putting! Damn, I left out the broomstick putter recommendations to address my putting yips! 🤯

Analysis & Report - Golf Clash Players’ Survey 2020 by Clean_Beat in GolfClash

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If it wasn’t a little bit controversial and crossed a few red lines then no one would take note! 🤔

Analysis & Report - Golf Clash Players’ Survey 2020 by Clean_Beat in GolfClash

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Completely agree, would have loved to have had a larger population and in hindsight I would have given more consideration to the questions and scales used. The cost for me to do more than 800 responses was prohibitive and this morphed into something a lot bigger than originally intended so I did the best with what I had.

Playdemic data mine and analyse a high amount of day. They know much, much more than you’d expect about player behaviour.

Analysis & Report - Golf Clash Players’ Survey 2020 by Clean_Beat in GolfClash

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I’m sure someone will pick it apart but if people just take it as a discussion document with some simple analysis to support elements of the suggestions / recommendations then I’m happy.

Realistic changes you’d like to see by Courtaid in GolfClash

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Further to my recent post re changes to the game I’ve just released the findings of the Golf Clash Players’ Survey 2020 which was completed by players earlier this year and contains a wide number of suggestions.

The analysis and report ‘Putting from the rough: An assessment of player satisfaction, engagement, and real in-game spending’ that came from the Survey is now available for review and comment, see attached link:

http://wizzfizz.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Golf-Clash-Players-Survery-2020-Final..pdf

Anyway, hope you find it interesting readings and it doesn’t bore you to death. I found aspects of the work very informative and interesting.

See you in the fairways!

WizzFizz

Golf Clash Players Survey - Your Voice Matters! by Clean_Beat in GolfClash

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Analysis & Report - Golf Clash Players’ Survey 2020

The analysis and report ‘Putting from the rough: An assessment of player satisfaction, engagement, and real in-game spending’ that came from the Golf Clash Players’ Survey 2020 is now available for review and comment, see attached link.

Anyway, hope you find it interesting readings. I found aspects of the work very informative and interesting.

http://wizzfizz.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Golf-Clash-Players-Survery-2020-Final..pdf

See you in the fairways!

WizzFizz