G-ManBart Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 http://www.aceshooters.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirveyr Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Where the hell is Bob Vogel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gameplayer Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Where the hell is Bob Vogel! ...or RL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-ManBart Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 Where the hell is Bob Vogel! This appears to be pretty new, and I suspect a lot of the usual suspects will be there before long. I'm curious to see what the format for the big showdown match will be. R, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 (edited) Just a new fraternity I suppose. Peculiar. Jim Edited January 13, 2011 by Jman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Lord Gomer Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 It must be very new since I haven't gotten my invitation, yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gohuskers Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 This looks interesting. I wonder how many total shooters they will pick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Where the hell is Bob Vogel! ...or RL! Or Manny ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Hayden Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 All the guys on the selection committee are in.. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooterready Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 This looks cool. One place to get info and follow the TOP dogs!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinUSA Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I'm hoping they will soon add some of the top women shooters: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZinSC Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 It must be very new since I haven't gotten my invitation, yet. Don't worry Gomer, I heard your invitation was delayed due to the snow storms in the Southeast this past week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-ManBart Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 I'm hoping they will soon add some of the top women shooters: I'm not against that, at all, but until some of them make GM and start placing top-10 or so at Nationals/Worlds, I'm not seeing it in a head to head format. R, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eerw Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 that's grown quite a bit..when I first saw this it was TT, Max, Phil and Dave. Good to see the adds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Merricks Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Yeah lots of folks missing. Chris Tilley to name just one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Nils will crush 'em all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Not to sound sexist (hopefully) but that "place at the top in top-level matches" (or words to that effect) is going to be a real sticking point when it comes to adding many - or any - female shooters to the ACES list, at least if you're using overall match/division win results as your criteria instead of Top Lady, because at the moment there's not a woman on Earth can win Overall, or even in the top few dozen, in any top level "action" shooting sport other than Jesse Abbate in Cowboy Action Shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefcs5 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I think this is a cool sote and cant wait for more guys to be added. would be a fun match to watch also. Maybe we need a site like this for guys who are not aces but look cool trying to shoot like aces..lol.. anyway great idea ill keep following it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjb45 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I think the impetus was revenue generation for the top shooters. Bottom Line. With less than 20,000 members in USPSA and about the same in IDPA it is impossible to have paid professionals in the sport. The prize table is just not sufficient. Everyone has to be sponsored by a major company in order to just survive. Matches are only going to be profitable if there is corporate and television support. Look at sporting clays, trap and skeet. Those organizations have ten times the membership and as a result the vendor sponsorship is there to support them. I wish them well with the endeavor but from an economic standpoint; they have established a monoply but without the ability to set price or create demand. They need corporate sponsorship and better marketing to make this financially viable. IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingchef Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 A website devoted to the best in the sport. Don't each of these guys have a website or FB page? I don't get the purpose of this website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twodownzero Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) Not to sound sexist (hopefully) but that "place at the top in top-level matches" (or words to that effect) is going to be a real sticking point when it comes to adding many - or any - female shooters to the ACES list, at least if you're using overall match/division win results as your criteria instead of Top Lady, because at the moment there's not a woman on Earth can win Overall, or even in the top few dozen, in any top level "action" shooting sport other than Jesse Abbate in Cowboy Action Shooting. There are at least three lady masters that I know of. It's only a matter of time before women are competing at the top levels of our sport. I can't wait for the day, personally. There's really no reason women can't become GMs and beat the men. Certainly not every man at the top of our sport is a young, muscular, athletic, etc., man. Some are, for sure. I suspect that once Sarah Irish is done with college, we're all going to be schooled on women, and their ability. I bet there's going to be a lot of sore men after getting their @#$ handed to them by a 5'4", 120 lb., twenty-something lady, when that day comes, too. Edited January 15, 2011 by Duane Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjb45 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 I was on Sarah's squad in 2009. What a nice person. BUT her Mom and Dad are awesome. What great people. I know of a young man who is an excellent shooter. Often in the top ten in 3 Gun and a Master Class shooter. I doubt he will make GM. He is a college student in engineering (I believe) and working in an excellent research facility. Unless you are really dedicated to allocating the time, it is very hard to make GM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 There are at least three lady masters that I know of.It's only a matter of time before women are competing at the top levels of our sport. That would certainly be nice. But at the moment there are exactly zero female Grand Masters. And "Master" just doesn't cut it when you're going up against high Grand Masters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanky Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZ Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Spanky, this isn't about anyone hating, it's just a fact of the way things are right now. Things over time may or may not change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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