IPSC Stage Design
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Yes. Wasn't that clever?
See how IPSC works on so many levels?
There is nothing new under the sun. I have been to matches all over the world and kept the match books for all.
When I do stage designs I just take stages I have shot from all over that were 1/ fun 2/ challenging 3/ without loopholes 4/give you a rush feeling when you soot it well 5/ make you think ie have more than 1 way to shoot it 6/ fun, and make them fit the range it will be shot on. This has worked well for many matches where I was the stage designer.
A final thought, as far as getting things to run on time without prop failure is that " less is often better", and carnival or novelty stages seem great to some but anytime how good you are at prop maniplation is more important than shooting shill you are no longer at an ipsc match.
Mike
When I do stage designs I just take stages I have shot from all over that were 1/ fun 2/ challenging 3/ without loopholes 4/give you a rush feeling when you soot it well 5/ make you think ie have more than 1 way to shoot it 6/ fun, and make them fit the range it will be shot on. This has worked well for many matches where I was the stage designer.
A final thought, as far as getting things to run on time without prop failure is that " less is often better", and carnival or novelty stages seem great to some but anytime how good you are at prop maniplation is more important than shooting shill you are no longer at an ipsc match.
Mike
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There I fixed that for you..........I have seen stages that satisfy 2-7 but totally BLOW #1 out of the water.
stormbringer
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Well that will have to wait at least 30 days as Uncle Vinnie just suspended me for disagreeing with him over Multigun rules.
Not to mention anyone posting on my behalf will be banned........
Gotta love that place.
It would be funny if it weren't so sad........he is a petty, petty man!
From the sound of things his majesty should be run outta dodge but that seems to be an impossible thing to do. But back to stage design. One addition that has opened up more possibilities for us at eesa when designing stages are our portable bullet trap backstops.They make target placment on the indoor range far more flexible.
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I absolutely LOVE the new designs.......
Not to mention the two single ones we made. You missed this weeks match but they REALLY opened up new possibilities that karl took advantage of.
We will put these new ideas to work in our Feb match...
kind of a double standard on that, I caught flack for having a mannequin on a stripper pole at the first Sin City and that years World Shoot had little natives with spears all over one stage
I asked him and he said "Scenarios have never been banned. In fact, a good course design attempts to accurately simulate a realistic scenario, which often helps to prevent silly target arrays. The only thing we don't want to see are offensive stage names".
Happy New Year.
Well, that isn't too subjective is it
.......seems to me what I might find offensive, is completely different than what Vince finds offensive....actually, he has proven that on more than one occasion!If you know a way to make the decision objective, I'll be happy to pass it on.
stormbringer
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A defined rule set is a good place to start along with checks and balances to prevent a monopoly on power.
OK. If you write those rules, I'll pass them on (or you can contact Vinny directly on pinto@ipsc.org)
Not trying to start an argument or pick a fight...just a question based on the "we" statement.
Do you have a formal role on one of the committees related to sanctioning or the rule book?
Cheers
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Well seein that Vince has suspended me from GV for the crime of being "argumentative" I am not really certain that would be a good idea.
You see if one can be BANNED for disagreeing with the grand pooh bah I would imagine that doing so over email would result in an Airsoft Hitsquad being sent after me and I do so hate welts.
Anyone believe that would work? For pointing out a silly hole in the rules I got called dummy and leasseser intellectual denominator by Vince personally and then got banned permanently for pointing out to him that he violating his own rules written on the web site. But of course he can't ban himself, can he?
