Harold,
I'm assuming you didn't shoot last year's MI State Match, with the dreaded wall. More like a carnival shoot than an IDPA scenario. Anyway, I disagree with the extremely dissapointing part. That is a little harsh isn't it?
Was it disappointing because you shot it poorly? Why is that the fault of the stage? Was it unsafe? Was it unfair? I for one, don't think so. But, this is why we debate.
Dick
Hi Dick.
The stage was bad because it was unfair.. Inconsistent, unfair swinger and poor activator placement. I don't know how the swinger presented itself to you when you shot it but only one shooter in our group got clean hits on the swinging target. Most had cover procedurals and NT penalties. We only need to look at the loads of penalties and time many shooters took on that stage, that tells you and me it was bad. As I said before 11 great stages, one bad one that should have been thrown out.
Dick it is hard when MD's, S0's and staff work hard for no pay then have to take criticism. Harold has been a (IPSC) MD for years, we both are now running CCRC IDPA. I have shot every MI state match, all 10 of them. This was a poorly designed stage. We made this assessment before we shot the stage. It was disappointing because that one stage was costly to so many shooters.
Eric Line