Golf battery 1,223 Posted July 27, 2014 Just got a response from jim. All good. I love bad weather. Makes it more fun. Thanks folks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alec.mc 180 Posted July 27, 2014 We be on like the donkey kong ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kingsoverqueens 10 Posted July 27, 2014 How did the match go? The weather seemed to get progressively worse I got closer to the range and I literally turned around at the entrance and headed home. I didn't want my wife to have to drive to and from Toms River in what I was expecting to be really shitty thunderstorms. Figured the whole way down the parkway that we'd be turning around and coming home. Get there and the ski's cleared. Nary a drop of effing rain. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AS350Driver 56 Posted July 28, 2014 Mike it was great, I even found a buyer for that Titegroup i've been holding for you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vlad G 345 Posted July 28, 2014 It got a bit warm later in the day, but the weather held. Stages were excellent, had a blast. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Howard 538 Posted July 28, 2014 It was a fun day, even if the fastest I could move was a mid-speed walk on my sprained ankle. I also learned that bullets can go at least 45 yards. I had never experienced shooting over 35 yards until today. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kingsoverqueens 10 Posted July 28, 2014 Mike it was great, I even found a buyer for that Titegroup i've been holding for you. Not Funny. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kingsoverqueens 10 Posted July 28, 2014 It got a bit warm later in the day, but the weather held. Stages were excellent, had a blast. I'd like to say that makes me feel better but it really doesn't. I was really looking forward to shooting today. Argh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hops 0 Posted July 28, 2014 Are they posting scores on obcats or practiscore? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2Alpha 6 Posted July 28, 2014 It was a fun match, good stages, I thought stage 5 was particular well designed, lots of risk vs reward on that stage. But as the day dragged on, eating pizza and drinking beer won out over waiting to shoot the last stage. Sorry to my squad for making you clean up shorthanded. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alec.mc 180 Posted July 28, 2014 Likewise, Sorry I didn't say goodbye to everybody,but the heat and 3 squad backup to shoot the last stage had me sitting in my truck with the A/C on full blast driving home. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AS350Driver 56 Posted July 28, 2014 Likewise, Sorry I didn't say goodbye to everybody,but the heat and 3 squad backup to shoot the last stage had me sitting in my truck with the A/C on full blast driving home. How'd they manage to get a 3 squad backup? Holy Crap! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alec.mc 180 Posted July 28, 2014 How'd they manage to get a 3 squad backup? Holy Crap! Exaggerating, 2 squads, match always bottlenecks back in pit 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hops 0 Posted July 28, 2014 match always bottlenecks back in pit 3 Its hard to move along at a decent pace when you have 9 guys sitting around and two guys taping and resetting stages. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alec.mc 180 Posted July 28, 2014 Its hard to move along at a decent pace when you have 9 guys sitting around and two guys taping and resetting stages. Sure, that doesn't help. But logistically it always usually happens at pit 3. Pits 1 and 2 are on the small side, which means small stages - quick to shoot, quick to score, and quick to reset. Pit 3 is pretty big, and again - big stage , longer shoot, longer scoring, etc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vlad G 345 Posted July 28, 2014 In some ways the only way to fix that is to make 1 and 2 slower. Which means you need to make 7 slower, etc. Or you can make 3 faster but now you are baking up into 4. It is what it is with unequal sized pits. You can do SOME things to speed thing along but unless you turn all stages into really fast ones that shoot as fast as 1 or 2 you can never really fix it. One of the great advantages of the OB unequal pits is that you can do really diverse stages which is nice. It is also a drawback. It has been this way since ever. The only time you don't have backups is when you have 5-6 squads and you start with an empty slot in pit 2 which you hope it will amortize the backup over the length of the match. However with 90 people at the match, there is no way you won't end up with a backup and you can't have empty pits. I suppose Jim could set the signup limit to 70 but then people will be mad because they can't shoot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Howard 538 Posted July 28, 2014 Guess I was lucky, as we started in pit 1 so when we got to 3 we only had to wait for one last person to shoot. Perhaps the solution is to announce to people to minimize chit-chat and try to move things along as fast as possible in pit 3. That also includes things like using a piece of paper and pencil to write scores down if a Nook acts up and then enter it later. I must have been the cause of the backup since on my bad ankle I could only shoot and walk not shoot and run - and running is the best part of my game too Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vlad G 345 Posted July 29, 2014 You can ask people to hurry, but it is a social event so people want to socialize. Being all german about the entire affair is not likely to make it more pleasant. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Howard 538 Posted July 29, 2014 I agree , but to move fast on one stage won't harm thing and if it Prevents others from waiting it makes the entire day better Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vlad G 345 Posted July 29, 2014 You will then back up in pit 4 Trust me, we've chewed on this for a decade, we've tried all sorts of things. There are little things that can make it better and if everyone helps it does work smoother, but on a hot day with 90 or so shooters, you will have backups. Its like complaining that it is hot. It is true, but it just is. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2Alpha 6 Posted July 29, 2014 People just need to shoot faster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vlad G 345 Posted July 29, 2014 People just need to shoot faster Squad of 15. Average stage for average shooter .. lets say 40 seconds. Cutting in half that means 5min savings. For a whole match, 35 min if you are lucky. I certainly want to cut my times in half, but I doubt that will make the match go MUCH faster. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2Alpha 6 Posted July 29, 2014 We could run fix time every stage, its always faster to score a FTE, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AS350Driver 56 Posted July 29, 2014 If the average shooter were to shoot faster they would likely have more misses. With fewer holes in the target, the time taping will be reduced. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heavyopp 167 Posted July 29, 2014 I guess our squad got lucky -- We really didn't have much wait at all at 3 We did have a small wait on 4 and 5 but 6 was empty for awhile before we got there -- I don't recall anyone really waiting for us either The tapers did get a little lazy at times It was still a great day but my head got sunburned... forgot my hat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alec.mc 180 Posted July 29, 2014 People just need to shoot faster Eliminating revolver division is a start Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Howard 538 Posted July 29, 2014 If it started earlier it would finish earlier. Just sayin. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hops 0 Posted July 29, 2014 Eliminating revolver division is a start That is true. But you were the only one. And at least you had the decency to use an 8 shot revolver. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heavyopp 167 Posted July 29, 2014 Alec -- How did you like the qualifier? How many shots did you get off? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
