Jesse Tischauser said:
I've never shot a match unfortunately. So I don't follow. but somebody told me they increased the penalty for down 1 to be +1 second rather then only +.5 seconds. I keep seeing ridiculous posts about fault lines that aren't useable too. That added penalty is going to kill any speed. You can't afford to get and +.5 second now.
I still think trying to pretend you're in a self defense situation is a bit ridiculous as a sport rather then just focusing on shooting faster and accurately using your self defense gun.
In a real works self defense situation my first instinct will always be to retreat fast AF. They never do that in IDPA.
Have yet to shoot a match under the new rules yet but I don't see what all the fuss about the fault lines is about it should work just like it does in USPSA with a fault line coming from a barricade.
As far as the points down it will kill some people's speed that can't shoot fast and accurate. Since it is a defensive shooting sport the idea is to force you to be accountable for every round that leaves the chamber. I've seen it all too many times in USPSA where you can miss fast enough and still win a stage, you can't do that in IDPA especially now. In almost every major IDPA match I've seen the match winner is the fastest and most accurate.
Not trying to call you out or anything, but not sure how you can say what IDPA never does but have never shot a match? I've shot plenty of stages where I was retreating, but that's not always an option in all self defense situations.
IDPA is different than USPSA if it wasn't it would just be USPSA and then what would we have to argue about?