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    First IDPA Match & Review

    I recently shot my first IDPA match and I decided to write a review on IDPA as a whole and whether it has any relevance to real life usage of a firearm. As always I'm interested in feedback.

    Here's a link to the article and video from the match: https://gunpowdermeditation.com/2017/05/26/idpa-review/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peally View Post
    Games are there for testing your fundamentals, nothing more.
    I hear they're also fun, or at least, I remember almost every match I've ever shot being fun. (USPSA - I haven't personally tried IDPA, although I assume it's also fun.) YMMV, of course.

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    Quote Originally Posted by olstyn View Post
    I hear they're also fun, or at least, I remember almost every match I've ever shot being fun. (USPSA - I haven't personally tried IDPA, although I assume it's also fun.) YMMV, of course.
    They get less fun the harder you work at them but yes
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peally View Post
    They get less fun the harder you work at them but yes
    Fun diminishes as the frustration level climbs. True for any game I guess.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sterling Archer View Post
    I recently shot my first IDPA match and I decided to write a review on IDPA as a whole and whether it has any relevance to real life usage of a firearm. As always I'm interested in feedback.

    Here's a link to the article and video from the match: https://gunpowdermeditation.com/2017/05/26/idpa-review/
    Good for you young man. I think you'll find IDPA is a big bag of fun.
    EDIT: I read your review. You seemed to have missed that IDPA is a game. Did you lose that badly?

    Games are there for testing your fundamentals, nothing more.
    Thats why I run stages blindfolded (literally, seeing your target is for chumps). Whats more fundamental than walking!
    Plus everyone sees how awesome I am and leaves quickly in utter shame, so I always win. Sometimes they leave so fast they are burning rubber.
    Last edited by Zincwarrior; 05-30-2017 at 02:40 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zincwarrior View Post
    Good for you young man. I think you'll find IDPA is a big bag of fun.
    EDIT: I read your review. You seemed to have missed that IDPA is a game. Did you lose that badly?

    I addressed your comments in the article. Unless you want to follow me around posting the same incorrect information, then feel free. Hope you have a better day and learn to not take an article you weren't remotely involved with personally.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sterling Archer View Post
    I addressed your comments in the article. Unless you want to follow me around posting the same incorrect information, then feel free. Hope you have a better day and learn to not take an article you weren't remotely involved with personally.
    I didn't take it personally. If I did my post would have included four lines worth of insults because I am mean and spiteful like that.
    Also you posted the link so I replied to the link. Don't post the link if you don't want comments.

    Nearly every point you made is easily refuted with the simple admonition that ITS A GAME. Nothing I posted is incorrect.

    To restate:
    *crowding cover is something new shooters do. you are not forced to do that.
    *leaning out is a result of the fault lines which are new and in place to take human variability out of the game (aka cover calls).
    *you complained about getting a call for not wearing cover. You must have missed where everyone else was wearing cover. Its a simple, basic rule and SOs will typically remind you if you come up to the stage without it. You argued it was Texas, well I compete (badly) in Central Texas. And?
    *you complained about ten round counts, when again, its a game and the rule is designed to take variability out of it (same as in production in USPSA).
    *you complained about moving while shooting. Other games have no movement whatsoever (steel challenge/bullseye). It just depends on the game. IDPA / USPSA / three gun have movement.

    The old IDPA/USPSA WILL GET YOU KILLED!!! is an old trope and frankly its tiring. Its a game that is fun and helps you practice some of the basics. Its not designed for anything else. You wouldn't mistake Moto cross as evasion training.
    Last edited by Zincwarrior; 05-30-2017 at 04:27 PM.

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    As I said, I already addressed your comments in the article. I'm not going to engage with you when you continually won't read what's already been posted.

    If you want to have a real discussion I'm more than happy to, I don't think that's what you're all about though. So thanks for your feedback and have a nice day.
    Last edited by Sterling Archer; 05-30-2017 at 04:32 PM.

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