-JCN- Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Hello, planning matches for the year and was thinking of trying to go to Nationals. Unfortunately I won’t have many participation “points” this year and was wondering how likely is it that I’ll get into the match? I have to request vacation super early in advance so wanted to get a sense of how easy or hard it would be to get into the match with only 1 participation point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racinready300ex Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 (edited) I heard last year people got in with out any points. It's likely you'll get in, but you might get stuck shooting with staff or something. How many points do you have? I see, one point. Edited March 27, 2023 by Racinready300ex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racinready300ex Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Also, there is still time to get points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarilynMonbro Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 17 hours ago, Racinready300ex said: I heard last year people got in with out any points. It's likely you'll get in, but you might get stuck shooting with staff or something. How many points do you have? I see, one point. Ewwww shooting with staff!!!! Lol jk. I worked Nationals last year. Shooting with staff can be fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racinready300ex Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 27 minutes ago, MarilynMonbro said: Ewwww shooting with staff!!!! Lol jk. I worked Nationals last year. Shooting with staff can be fun I've shot as staff at plenty of matches that part is fine. It will mean a little more work for everyone, but not a huge deal. It also means that instead of shooting over two days you shoot it all in one day and it'll probably be in the middle of the week. Which for me would mean more time off work. Shooting a split schedule over two days I think is easier then shooting them all in one go. Plus if you have any interest in the awards banquet you'd have to stick around for a couple more days. If I shot staff day I'd skip awards even if I thought I might win something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarilynMonbro Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 7 minutes ago, Racinready300ex said: I've shot as staff at plenty of matches that part is fine. It will mean a little more work for everyone, but not a huge deal. It also means that instead of shooting over two days you shoot it all in one day and it'll probably be in the middle of the week. Which for me would mean more time off work. Shooting a split schedule over two days I think is easier then shooting them all in one go. Plus if you have any interest in the awards banquet you'd have to stick around for a couple more days. If I shot staff day I'd skip awards even if I thought I might win something. I'm not able to make it to World's this year, but usually the staff shoots over two days as well. I think that depends on the schedule though. There is one day when the paid competitors shoot the whole thing. Usually it's Thursday. That's a long day for everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racinready300ex Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Checking PS, it does look like Staff must shoot 1st. The Thursday all day is what I was thinking of as being what the low points people will get stuck with. Staff must shoot And CMP makes you watch a silly video so you need to be there the day before if you shoot in the morning. That adds another day to the match essentially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JCN- Posted April 2, 2023 Author Share Posted April 2, 2023 As a follow up… does anyone know if you have to have points in the same division you compete in at Nats? Or are points just points and not attached to a division… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racinready300ex Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 20 hours ago, -JCN- said: As a follow up… does anyone know if you have to have points in the same division you compete in at Nats? Or are points just points and not attached to a division… Just points, doesn't matter what division you shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JCN- Posted April 3, 2023 Author Share Posted April 3, 2023 9 hours ago, Racinready300ex said: Just points, doesn't matter what division you shot. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JCN- Posted June 12, 2023 Author Share Posted June 12, 2023 Well, I'm 146th on the waitlist.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooter.860 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 2 hours ago, -JCN- said: Well, I'm 146th on the waitlist.... How can you tell ? i got an waitlist email today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JCN- Posted June 17, 2023 Author Share Posted June 17, 2023 I saw the published blurb that 9 points was the cutoff for the first tier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JCN- Posted July 9, 2023 Author Share Posted July 9, 2023 I dropped my waitlist spot. I’m sure I could have probably waited and still gotten in, but decided to use the vacation time and flight credits to go shoot a Fall charity match with a buddy out of town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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