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Thursday, July 27th, 2000 3:35 pm  The LPGA player animation that will accompany Sergio Garcia and Arnold Palmer is: Annika Sorenstam!! The agreement with the 1994 LPGA Rookie of the Year and 1995 Player of the Year will include the use of her name and likeness on the upcoming "Links 2001" box and other marketing materials. The deal also is structured to feature Sorenstam as one of the 14 player selection options for "Links 2001." She will also appear on the "Links 2001" Web site. Click here for the official press release! |
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Wednesday, July 26th, 2000 Head over to Guenter's Links News site. He's been workin' hard with the APCD Beta creating a local course. He's got some great screenshots up! |
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Monday, July 24th, 2000 The APCA betas are starting to show up at the homes of winners. Winners will be receiving the beta cd along with a 25-page manual. They are being shipped by UPS 2-day Air... Still awaiting mine... |
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Monday, July 17th, 2000 Click Here to see some of the latest news/details about Links 2001 and the APCA courtesy of George Fitting of Bubsnews. Some info about the cost of Links 2001 from Bubsnews: "The suggested retail price of Links 2001 will be $54.95. You should be able to find it for between $45-$50. Here is the kicker, there will also be a $15 rebate included for LS2000 users! So, you will be able to pick up Links 2001 and the APCD for a net of $30-$35 if you are a LS2000 user." |
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Saturday, July 15th, 2000 George Fitting of Bubsnews who visited the Salt Lake City office of Microsoft and met the design-team of Links 2001, was able to find out the following:
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Friday, July 14th, 2000 Participating sites for the Beta giveaway: Bubsnews The Course Depot Digital Sports GA-Sports KISS LinksLS Tours LGTA '98 Links Golf Tours Links Designers' Corner Links Golf News LinksLS Highlights LS Tour The Players Club Sports Planet Microsoft Links 2001 |
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Tuesday, July 11th, 2000 Microsoft changed the amount of betas, which are given away by each website to 15. Winners will receive the following: * A beta CD of the Arnold Palmer Course Architect. * Access to special Zone chats to discuss the APCA with the developers. * Access to a private email alias to submit bugs and feedback. * A beta CD of Links 2001 when it becomes available. * Winners will also qualify for another "challenge" whereby they can earn a recognition of achievement (aka a Trophy). |
Saturday, July 8th, 2000 I don't go on the internet one day and it seems like a load of new LinksLS news happened!! First, the official Links2001 website has now opened! Click here to goto it!! Next, At an unknown time on Friday, July 14, gamers will be able to go to some websites and find a link, which will enable them to sign up for the chance to win the beta. Beta winners will be selected on a first come, first served and system requirement basis. Meaning the first 20 signups, will receive their beta, help out by submitting bugs, as well as have a chance to participate in an exclusive contest. The betas will be shipped by Microsoft to the winners. So far, I've found out that Bubsnews, Links Golf News, and Links Designers Corner are the ones involved in this! You better believe I'm gonna be online all day, constantly going back and forth between sites(sure is gonna generate some site hits for the hosted sites!!) |
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Thursday, July 6th, 2000 Another screenshot of the Links 2001 APCD Click here to see it!!..and Guenter has provided the following information: *Links 2001 will enable the user to create custom soundscripts for your golfer. *In the works for a future Links version (not Links 2001!) is a Career Mode for golfers. *"[...] over the next few years, you're going to see more international players and courses [...]" Darren Steele, Microsoft Corp. |
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Monday, June 26th, 2000 Today is the last day of the bubsnews 1st Anniversary Contest. He will be drawing the winners from all the participants tonight at 11:00pm CST. He will also be posting them at that time....Also word is that the E-World Shotgun 2000 was a disaster. It appears as though the Zone hasn't kept up their site and the site had the VGA Tournament rooms still setup from like 5 weeks ago!! |
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Friday, June 23rd, 2000 The following is from an email I received from Microsoft: Greetings Golf Fans, Virtual golfers and their real-world counterparts will team up to make golf history later this week when the E-World Shotgun 2000 joins the World Shotgun 2000. Microsoft Corp. and St. Andrews Links will combine the virtual and real golfing communities to form the world's largest ever golfing twosome.
Playable on Zone.com with Links LS 2000, the event will mirror the real-world World
Shotgun 2000, which will take place at the same time on Saturday, June 24. Organized
by St. Andrews Links Trust, which runs all six golf courses at St. Andrews including
the Old Course, the event is being billed as the World's Biggest Day of Golf. The event
will celebrate the history and tradition of six centuries of golf with real-world golfers
from around the world teeing off simultaneously with their Internet counterparts. For more
details, including links to registration, visit the Links LS 2000 Web site today. |
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Saturday, June 17th, 2000 Ok, the following is a headline that was featured on Bubsnews.com: Ok, here is the explanation of the 'dynamic cam', which is a new feature of Links 2001 and can be seen in the Whistler #6 screen shot that was released yesterday. Mark Hulka (LSTour) says, "First, I setup the main view as a dynamic cam. Then, after I take my swing (on the swing meter), the golfer animation starts to play back and the camera switches between different angles. The Whistler #6 image shows one of the different angles when the golfer is swinging. It's kind of hard to explain. It's a bit like watching TV when a golfer takes a swing and the shot is shown from different angles." Sounds very interesting, can't wait to see it in action!! |
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Tuesday, June 13th, 2000 New Links 2001 screenshots have been released!! I'm uploading them now!! The left handed animation is in the new screenshots. I've also gotta pic of the Links 2001 PS meter from Guenter's site. Also word is that the APCA is also very near to being released as a beta in the next couple weeks, and also a 10 Course Pack for Links 2001!! 
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Saturday, June 10th, 2000 Guenter Kujat has reported that sources are varied on the official release date of Links 2001, but only by a couple days. 11.17.2000...also expect some more Links 2001 screenshots next week!! |
| Tuesday, June 6th, 2000 Guenter Kujat has released a firest and early version of the Links 2001 box layout!! All credit is given to him.  Have also gotten underway with my LinksLS 2000 Tour!! For details, head over to my preview/information page. I've already gotten a couple people saying that they will play when I begin!! |
