boo radley Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Congrats to you, and the other Forum members who did well! Looks like you had a pretty tight battle with Seeklander and Strader. So...I'm puzzled and don't know much about international events, but if there are over NINE HUNDRED shooters at this event...where are all of the US shooters, specifically those sponsored super-GM's? Not an "Us vs Them" thing, but I'm thinking more along the lines of product exposure and what has to be a desire to shoot against the world's best. Where's Sevigny to shoot agains Tyc? The Army team? Max and Chris to challenge Eric? If the European championship is pulling in close to 1000 shooters from countries who make New Jersey's gun laws look like Sadr City's, and our USPSA Nationals is getting a couple hundred, I think something is "off." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Boit Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 There were close to 1200 shooters including the pre match. So far, I believe it was the biggest IPSC match in the World regarding number of competitors. This is nice that some US shooters came to the match, as well as people from Australia, South Africa, Namibia, Canada, New Zealand, Thailand, Philippines etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinUSA Posted September 23, 2007 Author Share Posted September 23, 2007 If the European championship is pulling in close to 1000 shooters from countries who make New Jersey's gun laws look like Sadr City's, and our USPSA Nationals is getting a couple hundred, I think something is "off." Correct. There is no reason why we could not have a 900+ Nationals, and we probably could if we merged all the Nationals into a single event rather than splitting them up as we do now. I think I mentioned this in another thread. Combining all the Nationals into a single event is cheaper than hosting 2 or 3 separate ones. You can negotiate cheaper rates at the hotels and lower the entry fee as well. I think this should be USPSA's goal. Increase Nationals to 1000+ competitors by 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookieglocker Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 congrats to all the Italian teams especially the Modified! they really rocked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 They should probably announce the dates like....now...if that is going to work. That has always been USPSA's downfall - there is no planning ahead for matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinUSA Posted September 23, 2007 Author Share Posted September 23, 2007 (edited) They should probably announce the dates like....now...if that is going to work. That has always been USPSA's downfall - there is no planning ahead for matches. No argument there. I see Angus finished 3rd in Production, pretty impressive considering what he's been through lately. Adam Tyc finished 68 points ahead of the 2nd place finisher. Eric finished 114 points ahead of his nearest rival, nearly 6% difference . Edited September 23, 2007 by BritinUSA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Meek Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 They should probably announce the dates like....now...if that is going to work. That has always been USPSA's downfall - there is no planning ahead for matches. That and remove the slot policy so people would not have to worry about a slot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Boit Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Eric has been impressive. He shot 2 deltas on the whole match, both on a swinging target on the first cycle of it, where all other shooters decided to shot one round at each cycle ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Dunlop Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Great result Julien, congratutatons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Guy Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Any links to match videos??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinUSA Posted September 23, 2007 Author Share Posted September 23, 2007 (edited) Any links to match videos??? I didn't see any. Usually Saul Kirsch puts together a DVD of the big matches that he attends. Also, you may wwant to keep an eye on YouTube, some shooters may post some videos there. Edited September 23, 2007 by BritinUSA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJPoLo Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 (edited) It looks like our very own shred took 38th place and was the highest ranking American in Open division. Congrats! Also... CompetitionDVD.com's European Team Member in tha house: -Chet Edited September 24, 2007 by DJPoLo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Any links to match videos??? There are some headcam movies from 13 stages, taken by a shooter during the Pre match IIRC, over on IPSC GV if you are registered there. http://ipsc.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=6144 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Boit Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 There was a (stupid) policy forbidding any cam shooting on the stages. No camcorder or camera were allowed on the stages. There will be a pack of DVD available in a month or so with four discs. 2 will be pictures of shooters, 1 will be a video of the stages, and the 4th should be about Eric shooting the match and will be called "How to shoot to win". As soon as more infos are available, i will post the link. BTW : Thank you Phil, and It's on a good way for me to see you again in Bali ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJPoLo Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 East Meets West: Shred and IceDragon finally meet for the first time. Shred in his CompetitionDVD.com colors: -Chet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThompson Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 There was a (stupid) policy forbidding any cam shooting on the stages.No camcorder or camera were allowed on the stages. There will be a pack of DVD available in a month or so with four discs. 2 will be pictures of shooters, 1 will be a video of the stages, and the 4th should be about Eric shooting the match and will be called "How to shoot to win". As soon as more infos are available, i will post the link. BTW : Thank you Phil, and It's on a good way for me to see you again in Bali ! Sounds like they wanted the only video so they could sell more.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Boit Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 There was a (stupid) policy forbidding any cam shooting on the stages.No camcorder or camera were allowed on the stages. There will be a pack of DVD available in a month or so with four discs. 2 will be pictures of shooters, 1 will be a video of the stages, and the 4th should be about Eric shooting the match and will be called "How to shoot to win". As soon as more infos are available, i will post the link. BTW : Thank you Phil, and It's on a good way for me to see you again in Bali ! Sounds like they wanted the only video so they could sell more.... You're not far from truth I believe ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Sounds like Eric wants to dominate more than just the shooting. I wonder what would have happened had he NOT won the match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolduckboy Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Sounds like Eric wants to dominate more than just the shooting.I wonder what would have happened had he NOT won the match ummm.....ummm.....*whispers* Is that possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 OK, ya got me there ............ LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Boit Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 AFAIK, Eric is not the producer of the official film. He'll be starring in it of course . One of the other DVD is supposed to feature all the shooters on site. Dunno if it's gonna be the case but I spoke with the crew and they got 600 gigas of film ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Capizzo Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 I noticed in Saul's DVD from the last World Shoot, there was no footage of Eric. I wouldn't be surprised if the video from this match is the same way. I think if you want to see Eric shoot, you must pay Eric. I don't blame him, it can't be easy makin' a living from this stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 .........but I spoke with the crew and they got 600 gigas of film ! Are those METRIC gigas ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThompson Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 .........but I spoke with the crew and they got 600 gigas of film ! Are those METRIC gigas ? Good one Krispy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Rub it in while you can ...... I won't be Krispy for much longer! B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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