dukeofurl
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Today I set up and ran my match - I have a contreversy that I could use some other peoples thoughts on.
We had one blind stage set up. I made it fairly single stack friendly with 5 shoot targets, and 3 no shoots.
My first shooter started going at it, caught a procedural and *POP* - he was halfway through his malfunction drill when my squib sense went off. Sure enough he had a bullet stuck in the barrel. I pasted it all back and went to the next shooter.
Ran everyone else through and advanced through the rest of the match. I wasnt sure how to treat a squib so I wasnt about to hold up 10 people in the florida heat for 15 minutes as I pawed through the rulebook.
As the heat wore on we all became more and more insane, which was a good thing on a few stages I set up. Eventually we hit the end and a question was posed - Does someone who squibs get a reshoot?
The answer was for the most part that a shooter catching a squib from their own reloads isnt intentional and in the spirit of the game, the competitor should be offered the chance to run again.
HOWEVER, this was a blind stage. The competitor gets an inherent advantage on the 2nd run as they see everything that is in there - as does the person running the shooter (me). So a decision was made that all the targets would be re-arranged for me and Mr. Squib. I made it known that the target sequence should be changed ONLY and that distance be kept same and that nothing else be moved.
Of course, nobody listened to me. Not only was the target sequence changed, but:
A no shoot was stapled directly onto a threat target (as opposed to the previous position of 2 feet next to) - leaving just a head and thoracic triangle.
A shoot target was shrouded with 50% hard cover (I knew I should have locked up the spray paint) - leaving the head and thoracic triangle.
A non-threat target was positioned at a far distance behind a set of crates, approx 40 feet. The non threat was moved and a threat target positioned in its place.
Therefore, when I ran I still kicked some serious butt - hit a no shoot though. Mr. Squib ran this course as well and both our times were tabulated into the match score.
Item of Debate: Do I throw out the blind stage?
It seems to me that it should be thrown out. If a course is run with X number of targets at X distance for 8 shooters, and then the course becomes more difficult due to the use of new hard cover, new no-shoot placement, and increased distance to one threat target - how is that fair to all the competitors if 2 different standards are being held?
Additionally - My club point series is affected by the fact that my squad didnt listen to me. We had 4 club members shooting, and the difference that I get if I throw out the blind stage is that a shooter who placed 2nd in division today gets bumped to 3rd and vice versa.
Can I get opinions on what your idea of "the right thing to do" is?
We had one blind stage set up. I made it fairly single stack friendly with 5 shoot targets, and 3 no shoots.
My first shooter started going at it, caught a procedural and *POP* - he was halfway through his malfunction drill when my squib sense went off. Sure enough he had a bullet stuck in the barrel. I pasted it all back and went to the next shooter.
Ran everyone else through and advanced through the rest of the match. I wasnt sure how to treat a squib so I wasnt about to hold up 10 people in the florida heat for 15 minutes as I pawed through the rulebook.
As the heat wore on we all became more and more insane, which was a good thing on a few stages I set up. Eventually we hit the end and a question was posed - Does someone who squibs get a reshoot?
The answer was for the most part that a shooter catching a squib from their own reloads isnt intentional and in the spirit of the game, the competitor should be offered the chance to run again.
HOWEVER, this was a blind stage. The competitor gets an inherent advantage on the 2nd run as they see everything that is in there - as does the person running the shooter (me). So a decision was made that all the targets would be re-arranged for me and Mr. Squib. I made it known that the target sequence should be changed ONLY and that distance be kept same and that nothing else be moved.
Of course, nobody listened to me. Not only was the target sequence changed, but:
A no shoot was stapled directly onto a threat target (as opposed to the previous position of 2 feet next to) - leaving just a head and thoracic triangle.
A shoot target was shrouded with 50% hard cover (I knew I should have locked up the spray paint) - leaving the head and thoracic triangle.
A non-threat target was positioned at a far distance behind a set of crates, approx 40 feet. The non threat was moved and a threat target positioned in its place.
Therefore, when I ran I still kicked some serious butt - hit a no shoot though. Mr. Squib ran this course as well and both our times were tabulated into the match score.
Item of Debate: Do I throw out the blind stage?
It seems to me that it should be thrown out. If a course is run with X number of targets at X distance for 8 shooters, and then the course becomes more difficult due to the use of new hard cover, new no-shoot placement, and increased distance to one threat target - how is that fair to all the competitors if 2 different standards are being held?
Additionally - My club point series is affected by the fact that my squad didnt listen to me. We had 4 club members shooting, and the difference that I get if I throw out the blind stage is that a shooter who placed 2nd in division today gets bumped to 3rd and vice versa.
Can I get opinions on what your idea of "the right thing to do" is?
