ktm300 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 So what do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthumb Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cslafrain Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I Dont Participate Anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktm300 Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 I Dont Participate Anymore I see a USPSA number do you still shoot USPSA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motosapiens Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I think it's an improvement in clarity in many areas. It needs a couple small tweaks tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Guapo Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 This took 18 months? What a joke. I could have rewrote it in less than a day and it would have been a lot better than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehorn Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I Dont Participate Anymore That's funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xd1977 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 This took 18 months? What a joke. I could have rewrote it in less than a day and it would have been a lot better than this. +1 on that! This is why they say.."If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul-the new guy Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 I shoot a lot of IDPA at several different clubs including many big sanctioned matches and I am having a hard time seeing any improvement with the draft rule book. I agree with the poster who said, 18 months, seriously... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerslayer Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 I was going to vote "back alley coat hanger abortion" but I didn't see that option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cslafrain Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 I was shoot USPSA pretty much exclusively with a few IDPA matches in between until I read a copy of the draft "rules". After that I no longer wish to participate in there game. Don't get me wrong - rules are a necessary part of the sport, but when they are no longer based in LOGIC I have a hard time seeing the purpose. I started off shooting IDPA and really loved the game. However as my game improved I found out rather quickly is that the objective of IDPA is to find a way to discourage Master level shooters from participating so that it becomes a game for "New" shooters and "retired" shooters. No disrespect is meant to either as they are also a vital part of the shooting sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfine Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 The slightly worse and much worse options were missing. I would have voted slightly worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktm300 Posted May 16, 2013 Author Share Posted May 16, 2013 The slightly worse and much worse options were missing. I would have voted slightly worse. I was trying to be nice. I have been accused of "misrepresenting the issue to suit your personal agenda.", and "badmouthing the organization". I think I am just trying to figure out what people think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 "I found out rather quickly is that the objective of IDPA is to find a way to discourage Master level shooters from participating so that it becomes a game for "New" shooters and "retired" shooters" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWFAN Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 "I found out rather quickly is that the objective of IDPA is to find a way to discourage Master level shooters from participating so that it becomes a game for "New" shooters and "retired" shooters" Are you agreeing, or picking that statement out for a particular reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planorick Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 After our club in Louisiana shut down, I moved to South Alabama and was not happy that there was no IDPA club in the area. Now, it doesn't bother me as much because of the new rules. Once I get things straight with my new job, I will be shooting strictly USPSA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktm300 Posted May 16, 2013 Author Share Posted May 16, 2013 However as my game improved I found out rather quickly is that the objective of IDPA is to find a way to discourage Master level shooters from participating so that it becomes a game for "New" shooters and "retired" shooters.I have noticed some very good local IDPA shooters coming to our local USPSA shoots. It took a few times for them to figure out what they could do but they are getting a lot better quickly. One is already a USPSA master in production and ended up 4th overall and 1st master at the SC State match. He was 10th overall production at Area 6 as well. He has a few buddies he brought with him that are doing very well. There is a sanctioned IDPA match this weekend, I wonder if I will see him there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanniek71 Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 I shoot both, and while I love IDPA.......is it really a "real life scenario" when I can't load my mags to capacity LOL Sorry I know I'm beating a dead horse here. The new rules.....meh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who Knew Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 I shoot both when time allows and from what I've read there isn't much, if any improvement in the rule book. I'll continue shooting IDPA because I enjoy the "game". The way I see it is every game has a set of rules and if I don't like the rules I don't play. What I find hard to believe/understand is how IDPA can have a set of rules for a competitive game and then say don't use competition equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel1212 Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 (edited) Hopefully in October they will rewrite the rewrite...more rightly :-) Edited May 29, 2013 by steel1212 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhgunguy Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 The new holster rules are ludicrous. How am I supposed to find a holster online that conforms to the dowel rule? Just keep ordering and returning different holsters until I find one that works? I'll see you at the range sometime next year. To compensate for this I demand a rule that subtracts a half a second for every ten pounds under 200 that the shooter weighs to account for the fact that we skinny people are harder to hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z Sr Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 I was shoot USPSA pretty much exclusively with a few IDPA matches in between until I read a copy of the draft "rules". After that I no longer wish to participate in there game. Don't get me wrong - rules are a necessary part of the sport, but when they are no longer based in LOGIC I have a hard time seeing the purpose. I started off shooting IDPA and really loved the game. However as my game improved I found out rather quickly is that the objective of IDPA is to find a way to discourage Master level shooters from participating so that it becomes a game for "New" shooters and "retired" shooters. No disrespect is meant to either as they are also a vital part of the shooting sports. well said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z Sr Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 The new holster rules are ludicrous. How am I supposed to find a holster online that conforms to the dowel rule? Just keep ordering and returning different holsters until I find one that works? I'll see you at the range sometime next year. To compensate for this I demand a rule that subtracts a half a second for every ten pounds under 200 that the shooter weighs to account for the fact that we skinny people are harder to hit. nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 "I found out rather quickly is that the objective of IDPA is to find a way to discourage Master level shooters from participating so that it becomes a game for "New" shooters and "retired" shooters" Are you agreeing, or picking that statement out for a particular reason? Agreeing, lately it seems to me more and more stages I shoot are geared toward attempts at slowing down the faster shooters, rather than speeding up the slower ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregg K Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 The options that I would have choosen in the poll were not available choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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