it's going to be years before I feel confident enough to go and still make a fool out of myself

I watch the TV footage and I know I'm not ready for most of those matches yet.
What you see on TV are the "professional shooters"... The vast majority of participants are just regular Joe's.
'Like this regular Joe who completely f**K's up a stage at last years FNH...
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Well, I can tell you that timing out is pretty discouraging. When that par time beeps, it's like someone holding up a big blinking red sign that says FAIL.
Dude... You're far too sensitive.
I think the goal of the par time should be to keep the match moving, not to differentiate good shooters from bad shooters.
That IS the goal of par time... At least that's why we've started using it. Generally we guess-timate the average to slowest time it should take and then add in a buffer.... Believe me we're as generous as is practical. Like I mentioned befor... Shooters "time out" because they waste time shooting at targets they are having trouble with. It's not the par time that's the problem... It's the shooters inability to manage his time.
I think the stage should be designed so that a high proportion of people won't time out.
Then we're back to dumbing down stages... Again par time isn't the problem...
I'll give an example.
At the 2012 TH3GC.. Yes, several shooters timed out on stage 3.
Y'wanna know why...?
Because like I've already mentioned... They just wouldn't give up on targets they couldn't hit... Mind you the target was an MGM autopopper at a whopping 40 yards with a rifle.
Also... many people have difficulty dealing with stoppages and reloading... As MD's are we supposed to factor in
every lacking skill when calculating a par time..?
I think we can probably agree it's nicer if most people get a chance to shoot at all the targets.
Well if they'd f***in' hurry up they would..

Unfortunately we don't have the luxury of the time it takes. If you want to limit sign ups to ten shooters per match... Great, everyone can take 15min, to shoot a stage....
Yeah I know... no worries, I don't take offense at that. I expect it
It's gonna get worse....


