Does anybody actually ever play Golf, Tennis, Arm Wrestling or Darts?

[Ai®a©ob®a]

I never really ever see people sending out invites to any of the mini-games like golf, tennis, arm wrestling or darts.

 

Do any of you guys ever play them?

 

Edit: I've changed the poll to make it multiple choice and added the none option since people have asked for both

Edited March 31, 2014 by AiraCobra

[E•MO•TION]

I'm an amateur golfer.

[Jolly Swagman]

I play golf a bit. Been playing this week to get my strength up. I only ever play by myself though. It takes twice as long with two players and f*ck even thinking about doing it with four. I m not that patient.

Played tennis once and it was horrible and laggy. Darts once but I dint really enjoy it. I have never played arm wrestling. I would but I am too scared of getting called a "fa**ot" for sending out invites to something other than a deathmatch, race or mission.

Edited March 31, 2014 by Jolly SWAGman

[Johan]

I always play golf with my crew every time we meet up in Los Santos, only played the others once just to get the trophy related to completing those specific minigames.

[Stephen]

Occasional arm wrestler. I get more of those invites than anything else.

[Coin]

The only one I've tried online is tennis. It was horribly laggy and I never repeated the experience again.

[Fail_At_GTA]

Where is the "I don't play any of these" option? I actually never played darts or did any arm wrestling. I played tennis and golf once.

[GTA-Freak-Vi]

Sometimes I even forget there's activities like this because they don't interest most people. I mean, sure R* put so much effort in making them (especially the mechanics in tennis which is much better than actual tennis games) but they always make activities that rarely gets people interested in them. I swear if they had an activity like basketball, I'd be playing it with crew/friends pretty much all the time

 

So far online I've played

 

>Tennis once

>Golf - None

>Arm wrestling - twice

>Darts - none

[Killzone3265]

arm wrestling is hilarious knowing the other person is making a constipated face while flicking the sticks in a jerk off fashion

[DeezyGaming]

I use to. Golf is fun so is darts.

[RowanSane]

Golf mainly. A little bit of darts. I once tried getting tennis and arm wrestling opponents without success. I think there's an achievement (or award?) for 'experiencing everything LS has to offer'...and one for winning every competitive mode...

[Stephen]

Darts in GTA IV was much better, now its like trying to throw them in the last stages of Parkinson's disease.

Edited March 31, 2014 by SteveNYC81

[KoingWolf]

The only one I've tried online is tennis. It was horribly laggy and I never repeated the experience again.

Ugh. f*ck tennis. Played a full set with a friend. Never. Again.

 

That said, Golf is awesome, if any of ya'll feel like playing right now on PSN, hit me up. Same name as on here.

[budcat]

I tried golfing a bit very early in the launch to get my strength up, but I think my stats say I only did it twice, could've sworn I'd done it a lot more, maybe those characters went into the abyss. I tried arm wrestling once but got destroyed before I even knew what was going on, don't know if it was tied to my new characters tiny strength stat or if I just sucked royally, never really tried it again because I didn't want to embarrass myself.

 

Off topic tip for people who want to max out their strength: go into a solo or invite session whatever, get a chopper, land at the end of the pier. Run down the pier clocking whatever fools you come across down to the end of the pier. The cops only spawn in the city so you can see them coming from a mile away. Run back to your chopper when they get close and fly up 'til your stars go away, rinse and repeat.

Edited March 31, 2014 by budcat

[Is this The Guy?]

Play golf all the time

[98 in 1]

Like most have said already, it's a rare occurrence to play any of the mini games because of the lack of interest from most players. In the off chance that someone does wanna play any one of them, I usually accept and it goes one of 3 ways:

 

1. I kick their ass into next Sunday (this always happens in arm wrestling for some reason)

2. They kick my ass into next Monday (this always happens in golf & tennis)

3. They leave mid game.

 

Hitting you up right now Koing. Feel like getting my Tiger Hoods on.

[HirsuteDave]

Golf is surprisingly fun - it makes for horrible TV but I can sort of see the appeal of playing it now.

 

Tennis I've had maybe four games of, none actually competitive, just to get the win one of everything award. Ditto darts and Arm-wrestling. Way too much button-mashing in arm wrestling to do it again.

[KoingWolf]

Like most have said already, it's a rare occurrence to play any of the mini games because of the lack of interest from most players. In the off chance that someone does wanna play any one of them, I usually accept and it goes one of 3 ways:

 

1. I kick their ass into next Sunday (this always happens in arm wrestling for some reason)

2. They kick my ass into next Monday (this always happens in golf & tennis)

3. They leave mid game.

 

Hitting you up right now Koing. Feel like getting my Tiger Hoods on.

 

Sweet. See you on the golf course.

[Jolly Swagman]

 

Off topic tip for people who want to max out their strength: go into a solo or invite session whatever, get a chopper, land at the end of the pier. Run down the pier clocking whatever fools you come across down to the end of the pier. The cops only spawn in the city so you can see them coming from a mile away. Run back to your chopper when they get close and fly up 'til your stars go away, rinse and repeat.

If you're gonna do this you would be better off starting a mission where there are no wanted levels and cops don't spawn then round around knocking people out. The primary purpose of the mechanic was for punching in order to level up your strength. I dont know why they removed this

Edited March 31, 2014 by Jolly SWAGman

[budcat]

 

 

Off topic tip for people who want to max out their strength: go into a solo or invite session whatever, get a chopper, land at the end of the pier. Run down the pier clocking whatever fools you come across down to the end of the pier. The cops only spawn in the city so you can see them coming from a mile away. Run back to your chopper when they get close and fly up 'til your stars go away, rinse and repeat.

If you're gonna do this you would be better off starting a mission where there are no wanted levels and cops don't spawn then round around knocking people out. The primary purpose of the mechanic was for punching in order to level up your strength. I dont know they removed this

 

Even better. Wish you told me before I knocked out 860 people and maxed out my stat

Edited March 31, 2014 by budcat

[OTF_Crow]

Arm wrestling and Darts

[REVENGE777]

Golf is alright.

Tennis is vomit

Darts was better in gta IV, but it's still kinda ok

Arm wrestling is ultra easy.

 

I want basketball tho...

[Legit Complainer]

hell yeah. theyre my favorite activities in the game, right after basket weaving, cherry picking, and watching grass die. good move rockstar. who the hell needs cops n crooks or drug dealing in gta when we can have golf?

[Rammer2k]

No option for All of the Above? I love playing Golf, and Tennis. My record should be a lot better than what my stats say thanks to everyone that quits out. Golf is pretty simple, and fun to do once you get the timing down. Also not bad for RP if you get at least 5 under par.

 

Tennis is pretty fun too. Laggy at times though. The key to that game is to mix your type of shots up, and location.

 

Darts isn't bad. They say the more you play, the steadier your aim gets, but I haven't really noticed anything. Had a few 6 Dart Checkouts though.

 

Arm wrestling is pretty much a controller breaker.

[budcat]

hell yeah. theyre my favorite activities in the game, right after basket weaving, cherry picking, and watching grass die. good move rockstar. who the hell needs cops n crooks or drug dealing in gta when we can have golf?

Man I want to run a corner so bad. Why no dealing, R*, why?

 

Or pimpin' hos.

[lalilulelo]

I've tried to play Darts, but daaaamn it took me a bit too long and at the end I was stuck... then i realized I suck at darts.. >:[

[Killing Babelyy]

I have not played any of them.

 

Yea, I don't know why they didn't add things people would actually play.. Pool? Bball out sideah school?

 

I'd play pool in my apartment with people. Bet money, bet cars etc.

 

I don't know who is in charge of decision making on that part of gta but daaaaamn son..

[beanzinapot]

Arm wrestling: 5 times. Not that fun.

 

Darts: 2 times. I was drunk as f*ck irl when I played. Like others said, better in IV, but still fun.

 

Tennis: 1 time. I've tried playing again, but people will leave after 5 min.

 

Golf: 24 times. Real fun. I've been starting to play once a day whenever I play as a "nightcap" before I shut off my console.

[Jolly Swagman]

I want to know when the cricket DLC is coming. I know that Rockstar were talking to The Admiral about adding it but I dont have a date yet. I will play the sh*t out of that.

[Legit Complainer]

I want to know when the cricket DLC is coming. I know that Rockstar were talking to The Admiral about adding it but I dont have a date yet. I will play the sh*t out of that.

it isnt. most americans dont even know or care what that is.