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JTH:

--- Quote from: jthhapkido on November 04, 2014, 09:48:13 AM ---And IDPA really doesn't like to make shooters feel bad (in some ways, it reminds me of the push in education for self-esteem, instead of self-respect), so by creating a division so that people who shoot their "real carry guns" won't have to shoot against the best guns for a division choice, those people can now brag that they are shooting "real IDPA" (you can see this happening, can't you?) as opposed to the rest of "those people who should just go shoot USPSA if they want to be gamers."  (You can see people saying that too, can't you?)

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Good lord.  Here's a quote I just read about the IDPA match that several of us went down and shot in Kansas a couple of weeks ago:

"I take a disadvantage by shooting a G19 from under a hoody or T-shirt because that's what I carry...

...with ten stages running, with [sic] I went gamer holster, gun and vest and cut 2-3 seconds per stage I would have taken overall for the whole match."

Considering he would have had to cut four seconds from every single stage run he had, that seems kinda unlikely.  Not anything directly against him (he is a good shooter, with lots of non-competition shooting experience, plus a lot of competition-shooting experience) but that statement is either strongly wishful thinking, or bragging for effect.  (Literally, the match winner could have shot a quarter of the match again and still beaten his score.)

Oddly enough, his comment is both a combination of what I said about gear, AND a whine about how Real Shooters don't use gamer gear.

Anyway, I read that and had to comment about how there is already a section of people talking about the difference between IDPA shooters who are Real Shooters, and those who are gamers, based on their equipment choices for IDPA.  Having a CCP division for those folks will mean that they won't have to compare themselves to those gamers anymore.

You'd think that for a game with results in which people are comparing themselves to others, we wouldn't have issues with people arguing that comparing themselves to others isn't valid.

[sigh]

One of the things I like about local matches here.  Everyone applauds everyone, and everyone makes fun of everyone, and EVERYONE wants the other shooters to do their best.

Well, except for Sean.  Man, that guy has an attitude problem.*







*Kidding!

SeanN:
Sigh. With friends like these...

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