Watch this video, then read the comments.
I used to shoot IDPA. I won some local matches, but never did well at state. I originally got into IDPA because I wanted to improve my skills in more realistic conditions than simple static targets at a standard range. I liked the shooting, and I liked some of the people. I got to meet some shooting celebrities, including Mas Ayoob.
What I hated were the people who were gaming it. I used to call it “the rules committee.” They would stand there with the rulebook as they disputed and debated nearly every single thing that happened. A couple of them figured out that it was faster to shoot magazines empty by dumping than it was for them to keep partially full mags. They were called on it, and debated for almost ten minutes that IDPA rules only said they have to keep partially full mags, but didn’t prohibit firing extra shots.
It was debates like this, and the ones in comments to the above video, that make shooting not fun. To those people, it isn’t about shooting, it’s about winning. It’s about debating and getting your way. It scares off new shooters who don’t want to deal with the bullshit. It’s tedious. I avoid people like that, so I stopped shooting IDPA almost 20 years ago.
0 Comments