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Ottawa said:
Oh and IPSC safety is not the same as real world safety. People do put guns on pockets, they conceal guns in fanny packs, holsters have buttons, "near" is not "on" and its also not a reason to waste someone'a $500 on a Blackbadge weekend.
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To me, IPSC is just a shooting game (now anyway, not sure what it was during the inception, wasn't born yet!), just like golf, it comes with a number of rules for the game. I do hope people didn't join IPSC (especially in Canada!) to train for any real world scenario! Else they'll be waiting for the buzzer forever before the first draw, shoot only 2 rounds per target, and dump half-full magazines on the ground. :p
I shoot the game to compete and of course to have fun. I'm just a D class shooter, probably when I get to an A I'd join the drama queen club and start bickering about classification. :cheers:
 
rising_sun said:
To me, IPSC is just a shooting game (now anyway, not sure what it was during the inception, wasn't born yet!), just like golf, it comes with a number of rules for the game. I do hope people didn't join IPSC (especially in Canada!) to train for any real world scenario! Else they'll be waiting for the buzzer forever before the first draw, shoot only 2 rounds per target, and dump half-full magazines on the ground. :p
I shoot the game to compete and of course to have fun. I'm just a D class shooter, probably when I get to an A I'd join the drama queen club and start bickering about classification. :cheers:
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It's interesting that you made that comparison. Back in the day, Nick Alexakos was asked by a reporter if IPSC was real-world training and he compared it to golf too. Very perceptive young Jedi.
Have fun and play safe!
 
I couldn't have seen this thread BEFORE going out and buying a belt/rig.... FFS I can take my wife and a couple of her gossipy girlfriends to the range with me whenever I want, there's eye candy, and It only costs me a couple of lattes. I don't need to get together with a bunch of dudes that act like high school girls :)
 
OPA Extreme said:
Things happen, things get discussed and things change for the better. :)
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On a public forum you are always going to get people who put their 2 cents in and think we are always fighting in IPSC. They really have no clue and are missing out big time. I have been involved in many sports throughout my life. IPSC ranks at the top for all around enjoyment and fulfilment. Sometimes the passion gets the better of you. Cheers!
 
I may be incorrect, but I think that he is being misquoted, and what he meant is not what may have come out.

A volunteer for an organization does what the BoD requests in terms of this: If the board says, "We'd like you to do task A and implement this feature on the website", then you are obligated to do task A, and not say, "I think task B would be a better use of my time and I don't want to do task A at all". I know that as a volunteer in my own organization, I will run ideas by people before I start doing actual work on projects, because my volunteer time is really valuable. In truth, I don't know where Eugene found the time to do all of the things that he has done, but I applaud his efforts in doing so.

I don't know all of the inner squabbles and conflicts in IPSC Ontario that have led to this thread growing to 13 pages in just a couple of weeks, but I do know that we are also only hearing one side of the story; there are always two sides and I know that your BoD is likely not willing to air dirty laundry in a public forum where individuals with no stake in the matter can throw in random comments to inflame the situation and stir the pot. All of those anonymous, faceless individuals hiding behind an online alias that use this thread as an excuse to pipe up with "This is why I don't shoot IPSC" should be ashamed of themselves. If you don't have something constructive to say that works to a resolution, then you should just leave it alone.
 
Wow, I just read through the rules of the IPSC Ontario forum and given the restrictiveness I think that it is impossible to contain debate to that forum. If the BOD is trying to manage the IPSC Ontario brand, I think it would be better off with the forum being a less controlling environment so that frank discussions can happen within that forum rather than spilling to external venues such as CGN. The low posting and participation rates on the IPSC Ontario forum may be indicative of an issue.

Personally I'm just getting in to IPSC and think that it is a fabulous sport/discipline and would love to see more competitions (rifle and pistol) and events. Thin skinned and egocentric personalities (and I've only encountered a few) would steer me away from volunteering and from devoting more of my time to the sport. It's a small sport in a big market with many alternative forms of entertainment - even in shooting sports.

Can't think I'm alone in this and it would be unfortunate for those who love the sport and have committed way more than have I.
 
hungrybeagle, at lest two ontario board members already commented here - colt45gunner (aka opaexreme) and simar. The former one was also on the board in 2015. That is not really any secret and if board member finds it appropriate to comment here, I don't see any reasons to not tell my side of the story
 
j_06 said:
x2. Every trip to an actual range leaves me with a bad taste, nothing's brings out an ego like shoot sports. The crap you hear is amazing. I've met some great people but some like to act like high school jocks who don't realize sports don't really matter in the real world, like at all.
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This sounds like you are the type that think they will win the first match they shoot. So they do get into it
 
Ontario, always Ontario. Why do we have to listen to this BS. I have been out of it for some time and this comes like a boomerang.
Split the f forum from website Eugene has created and get rid of those moderators/BOD members who do not follow the rules but rather be partial and protect their friends who are the real problem.
Those moderators can be used for what they got elected not for monitoring the IPSC/Eugene forum.
 
Peter, it's the same all over, even in BC, our new code of conduct that was implemented without a vote by the membership allows the BOD to sanction you for pretty much anything they decided is against the rules they made up.
 
Slavex said:
Peter, it's the same all over, even in BC, our new code of conduct that was implemented without a vote by the membership allows the BOD to sanction you for pretty much anything they decided is against the rules they made up.
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I am sorry I lost my cool
IPSC is a great activity, there are so many great ppl involved in this sport, and all we do is arguing on little issues. Eugene or Babes, maybe they are aholes, but they should be consider our brothers before anything else. Banning them is a shame. We all together in this ####.
 
PeterPan said:
I am sorry I lost my cool
IPSC is a great activity, there are so many great ppl involved in this sport, and all we do is arguing on little issues. Eugene or Babes, maybe they are aholes, but they should be consider our brothers before anything else. Banning them is a shame. We all together in this ####.
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Hopefully I'm more heavily weighted on the brother side.


BTW when I read why I was banned it says this....
"Posting complaint against IPSC Ontario forum on other forum.This ban is set to expire April 28, 2016, 09:02:48 AM."

Not because I called them a bad name. Nice rule. lol
 
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PeterPan said:
I am sorry I lost my cool
IPSC is a great activity, there are so many great ppl involved in this sport, and all we do is arguing on little issues. Eugene or Babes, maybe they are aholes, but they should be consider our brothers before anything else. Banning them is a shame. We all together in this ####.
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Enough people considered Jesus an ahole to get him crucified!
 
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