Vlad Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Someone brough up a theoretical question today. What if a shooter gets DQ'ed for a safety issue (lets say an AD) during the course of fire and then he contests the stage? The stage doesn't meet the course design rules( lets say round count, or stage procedures), but it doesnt force a safety issue. The shooter wins the contests and the stage gets thrown out. Does the DQ stand? My opinion is that the DQ stands as the shooter broke a safety rule, and not all safety rules address things that can only happen to courses of fire. Where it happened doesnt matter. Everyone else seemed to agreed but we did wonder .. If the stage gets thrown out, then it is not part of the match. Is the DQ then part of the match? What to you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfinney Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 (edited) DQ stands, he still violated safety rules regardless of the stage it happened on. You can get DQ'ed for many things AT a match, not in a specific stage (dropping an unloaded gun and picking it up, handling ammo in a safe area, etc). Edited March 27, 2006 by sfinney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry White Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Stage and shooter both gone.-----Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory_k Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 DQ stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shred Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Sometimes you'll see shooters gaming the system-- somebody will want a stage thrown out, but somebody else will want to arb a DQ on that stage. Usually they try and let the DQ arb complete before trying to get the stage tossed. I'm not sure exactly why, but I guess it stops people from tearing down the stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38supPat Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 If he is DQ'd from the match, then why would you even entertain his protest of the stage (based on procedure not safety) he's gone and no longer has any standing in the match, his protest is invalid, same as if he never entered the match in the first place. If it gets tossed later, so be it, but he still does not get back in the match. Similar to if he DQ'd in one part of a three gun, he does not get to compete in the other matches. It all boils down to a safety issue, it was obviously demonstrated that the competitor was unsafe, not only is the DQ a punishment for unsafe actions but it prevents another occurance by a competitor who is marginal safetywise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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