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EA Brilliantly Cover Up Glitch For Tiger Woods 08

tekmosis | August 21, 2008 | Video | Playstation 3 Wii

Levinator25 on YouTube found an interesting glitch with EA's golf title, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2008. The glitch would allow gamers to walk on water to perform a "Jesus shot" without having a water hazard penalization.

In a very brilliant response from EA they've come up with a video depicting Tiger Woods himself actually making the "Jesus shot". Way to go EA, I'm amused.

Original video showing the glitch:

EA's Response:

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Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 [PS3, PS2, PC, DS, XBOX360, PSP, Wii]

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1 thumbs!
Duality_18 | August 21, 2008

EA is now just accepting the fact that their games are not polished enough and now putting effort into making it seem like they polish the game up nicely.
- 7 thumbs!
  tekmosis | August 21, 2008
  
  Are you ignorantly making that statement or are you joking? If the former, have you had experience making a game, or, do you at least realize how complex it is? No matter what game you play there will obviously be bugs. Hence patches. I've never seen any company state that their game is absolutely bug free.
  
  I think EA / Tiger Woods is expressing a great sense of humor with this situation.
  - 5 thumbs!
    chautemoc | August 21, 2008
    
    Agreed! No game is perfect..I wouldn't want it that way, anyway. Developers are human, too.
    I think its great they're making light of it.
  - 0 thumbs!
    Final Blade | August 23, 2008
    
    _{I have to agree, if there wasn't any flaws or bugs there won't be any development or advancement in games or anything in the world. In fact you could say having those bugs are the best thing, the devs will see the mistake and know not to make in the future. And fix it with a patch.}
1 thumbs!
Oogity_Boogity_Boo | August 21, 2008

xD Brilliant.

Nice way to cover up a glitch that shouldn't have been there in the first place, though.
2 thumbs!
kik36 | August 21, 2008

OMFG that was FANTASTIC!!!! What a great way to respond!! I bet that guy who posted that on youtube is totally shitting himself! LMFAO Kudos to EA, and Tiger Woods for their sense of humor. And of course for knowing a marketing opportunity when they see one! ^.^
3 thumbs!
Linkin Park Fan | August 21, 2008

Haha that was great. Very clever too, with a good sense of humor.
1 thumbs!
Mario_1 | August 21, 2008

That was... Definitely weird. Who does Woods think he is, Jesus Christ?

But wow. Tiger Woods replying to a YouTube user in such a over-the-top way... It's gotta be some kinda record.
- 3 thumbs!
  Akira_EX | August 21, 2008
  
  quote Mario_1
  But wow. ~~Tiger Woods~~ EA replying to a YouTube user in such a over-the-top way... It's gotta be some kinda record.
  Fixed.
  - 0 thumbs!
    Mario_1 | August 27, 2008
    
    Yeah, but Tiger did all the acting.
    Er... That WAS the real TW, right?
1 thumbs!
bbb7002004 | August 21, 2008

You have got to give EA some credit for that one though. Now, if they would just make a game I was actually interested in, I might actually buy something from them.
- 1 thumbs!
  tekmosis | August 21, 2008
  
  Does publishing count too? if so may I suggest:
  Left 4 Dead
  Warhammer Online
  Spore
  Deadspace
- 1 thumbs!
  Akira_EX | August 21, 2008
  
  They're publishing the COLLABORATION OF THE FOREVER.
- 2 thumbs!
  Gutter_Tech | August 21, 2008
  
  what about skate? that game is awesome.
  - 2 thumbs!
    Slumpy monkey | August 22, 2008
    
    Battlefield series is one of my most fav series ever too.
1 thumbs!
KernelKush | August 21, 2008

Every game's got it's bugs, this one in no way an exception. However, I do think that EA's video response to the glitch was quite humorous.
1 thumbs!
tidus04 | August 21, 2008

haha, He's just that good XD
1 thumbs!
whinkle | August 21, 2008

That was awesome, and very creative. That would make a great marketing tool
- 1 thumbs!
  chautemoc | August 21, 2008
  
  It already is one .
- 1 thumbs!
  Akira_EX | August 22, 2008
  
  It's a Tiger Woods 09 commercial, buddy.
1 thumbs!
HisServant77 | August 22, 2008

Now THAT is a response . . . I love that one

"He's just that good"
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Spurs_Rule_And_Rock | August 22, 2008

HA! Very funny I wonder if Tiger Woods is related to Jesus in any way.
4 thumbs!
Sonic Flash | August 22, 2008

Making fun of your own questionable mechanics and paying celebrities to play along is a VASTLY superior solution as opposed to fixing it. You'll remember that shit for years! Kudos to EA!