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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I suppose you're right Bob, I was thinking more of
the 6 or more that you see down here in D6, under normal
circumstances.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 14, 2007 1:36
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Points
system</DIV>
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<DIV>If a person finished 1st or 2nd at every contest, and there were only 3
people in the class, there is not as much of a need for this person to
advance. OTOH, if this person consistently finished 1st out of 20, I'd say it
is time for this person to move up. Isn't that the way the point system is
structured now?</DIV>
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<DIV>Bob R.</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Ken Thompson <<A
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Point system or not, if someone is finishing in
the top 1 or 2 at every local event, it's time to move up.
And like you said, the heckling would be unbearable ;-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ken</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=atwoodm@paragon-inc.com
href="mailto:atwoodm@paragon-inc.com">Mark Atwood</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 14, 2007 11:13
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion]
Points system</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">You must have missed my earlier post...copied
here...<BR><BR><BR>Why do we have one? (point system)<BR><BR>Not to play
devils advocate but do we really have that many people trying to “cheat”
to take home an extra plaque? Yeah, some people hang around a class
a little longer than others, but I don’t ever recall someone staying
beyond the point where peer pressure failed, and we had to rely on an
un-enforced point system to get the job done.<BR><BR>I mean lets face
it...if there’s a guy just tearing up the advanced circuit...winning
everything in his path, A) he’s going to get pretty bored with that at
some point B) he’s going to get heckled to DEATH at some point from the
Master’s guys calling him chicken since he’s clearly afraid to compete
against kids his own size :) and C) and this is a big “C”...
Who cares?? If I’m flying Advanced against him and continually
having my A$$ handed to me...then apparently there’s room for my flying to
improve. I can choose to improve it staying in Advanced until either
the aforementioned sandbagger moves up and I can claim victory with my
inferior flying against now inferior competition, OR I can choose to
bypass all together and move to Masters and get a new challenge having
never won the pinnacle of the previous class, but feeling confident in my
own abilities.<BR><BR>MORE importantly...if I fly for fun? Which I
really think about 50% of the flyers in pattern do, then I can hang at
whatever level challenges me, provides me with the best “reward” level for
my time and investment, and maximize my “fun”. <BR><BR>I think the
“point” system should be little more than a guideline for the avid
competitor who’s goal is to move through the classes, gain proficiency,
and who’s target is winning in FAI. It’s a guideline to know when
it’s maybe time to move up, to prevent moving too early, and yet stay on a
good course for becoming the best.<BR><BR>For the rest, I think it’s a non
issue.<BR><BR>I’m an avid golfer...I suck, but I’m avid. My handicap
says I should be playing from the blue tees on most courses... But
on a given day, I’d much rather go out and shoot an 82 from the whites,
than post an 86 from the Blues. Just my preference...it’s more fun.
<BR><BR>My .02<BR><BR>-Mark<BR>
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<BR><BR>On 8/14/07 11:16 AM, "twtaylor" <twtaylor@ftc-i.net>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Just to break this issue out to a thread of it’s
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better system?<BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT
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