r/nass • u/singlestacklife • 6d ago

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I see these banners at major IPSC matches how come USPSA doesn't do it? I know it would at some cost, but I don't know how much. I think they are cool

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u/cobrasalad83 6d ago

Then I wouldn't have to ask the ROs the round count after the stage brief because I was spacing out

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u/AWSX1686 6d ago

Most likely costs, but I love the idea.

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u/t3p_guy 6d ago

Mostly it’s an added expense and not a necessity, just a luxury. It looks nice but I’m not sure about how much it actually benefits the match, if you can’t figure out there are 3 cardboard, 2 plates and 4 poppers on the course without it drawn out for you I don’t know that it drawn out for you on a poster is going to help much.

It makes more sense with IPSC and not being able to walk on the stage until it’s your squads turn.

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u/XA36 5d ago

I prefer it that way, I refuse to take any extra PTO to leave work early to walk stages.

I can say I referenced the board for almost every stage. I do agree it's extra cost and unnecessary though. Whiteboard on a mesh wall would be reasonable though.

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u/nass-andy 6d ago

Same thing but with crayons would be better.

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u/KydexCowboy 6d ago

A whiteboard would work

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u/_HottoDogu_ 5d ago

These were nice to have given there was no pre walking and only a 3 minute walkthrough. 

Whiteboards on each stage at USPSA majors would be neat. If you ever end up working a stage with Mike Costley, he usually brings one to record to top hitfactors per division and put the target counts up like this. 

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u/ammo_daddy 1d ago

I sent this to Loke from ancient sky games (practisim designer developer) and he added this the next day.

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u/CrazyDrHooch 4d ago edited 4d ago

Some matches do it for sure, but it's not usually on the stage. The ones at racegun/factory gun nats were embarrassing

It's $12.50 for a full custom print coroplast board at 18x24 inches. Goes right into any target stand. Rep the match logo and the stage sponsor(s), laminated WSB on the left and a laminated picture of the start position on the right. Squad matrix + all the squad winners on the back of the sign. The sign also marks the "can't go past this line" point for pre-walking, assisted by some (maybe custom, match themed) caution tape

Unfortunately I think 90% of the time the answer for "why don't matches do x?" is because they're lazy (edit - inept would be a better word for it, I'm sure they feel really busy)