"Top Shot " on the History Channel

[SA Friday]

Its ok to admit to everyone here that the "Professional" shooter sucked donkey balls and can not shoot a rifle to save his life. He really does suck. My kids can shoot better then that tool can.
Are you guys best friends....is that why you defend him so adamantly????

Because I find it ironic that Doc and Cy and everyone else who actually shoots competitively and has an understanding of the various skill levels of shooters out there are the ones defending him, and the keyboard commandos are the ones calling him a choad and saying their 8 year old kid could beat him. Either you have the skill and understanding to back that shit up or your don't. There is a huge difference between thinking that you know and knowing that you know.

Many of you shoot your 400 or 500 rounds a year, read your magazine articles, and think your skills don't stink. Clueless... Push the keyboard away, pack your gear and come out to the range, and take your ass whoopin and start getting a clue, or.... stop posting crap like that and slither back to your tried and untested position of just how great you are...

I'm not defending him more so than calling others on their bullshit. Even he makes no excuses for his shooting that day. But there are more than a few in this thread that once again don't have the ability to think critically about the situation, and quite frankly are clueless about the various shooting skill levels in existance. I've seen it over and over again at every shooting competition I've ever been at. New shooter shows up, watches others shoot, realizes just how outmatched they are, either never comes back or readjusts their view of shooting skills and comes back for more.

So, you can make comments like a keyboard commando, or you can get a clue. Either way I could care less, but don't expect me to just let that crap float by without me calling you on it.

Call out goes to you too DD. Grab your gear, and bring it to the range to see where you rack and stack.

[Elhuero]

the point of the show is to find the best all around marksman. not just with rifles or pistols but with everything. adaptability is key. I can't wait to see them throwing knives and tomahawks.

This is like baseball. The in-shape professional athlete strikes out and gets heckled by the overweight schlub holding a hot dog and a beer.

and that's the nature of the game. superior skill or not, everybody strikes out sometimes.

and you can not deny the epic stature of Mike's failure.

[StagLefty]

I'd like to try the zip line just to find out how bad I am

[mx'r]

[rofl2]

[cysoto]

This is like baseball. The in-shape professional athlete strikes out and gets heckled by the overweight schlub holding a hot dog and a beer.

Nice comparison!!

[Elhuero]

here are spoilers from tonight's show to highlight:


holy moley two guys on the red team fail completely to hit their targets and they still send the young kid to the elimination challenge.

the kid was pissed, and rightly so. I'm glad he won.

[High Altitude]

This is like baseball. The in-shape professional athlete strikes out and gets heckled by the overweight schlub holding a hot dog and a beer.

Can I hit a 90mph fastball from a pro, not a chance. A 60 mph pitch, do it all the time at the cages with my daughter.

The target was only 100yds. Not 400, 700 or a 1000yds.

Not being able to hit that target at 100yds with a rifle is like not being able to hit a paper plate at 7-10yds with a pistol.

Should of been childs play for him, irregardless if he ever shot a rifle before at all. The basics are the basics and the kid that beat him proved that on the next episode shooting pistol.

The guy just plain choked.

[cysoto]

The guy just plain choked.

Mike will be the first to admit his defeat. In fact, he wrote an interesting view of his experience where he borrows a very funny line from Forrest Griffin's book titled "Got Fight?"

I think the point that some of us are trying to make is that, because someone "chokes" and his performance is less-than-stellar, we don't see the need to use insulting epithets.

We have all been in similar circumstances whether it is shooting match (and trust me when I say that I have had quite a few "choke" moments shooting), or one of the many other sports or activities that we enjoy. I have competed in many different disciplines and I have won a few events and horribly crashed and burnt in many others. Yet, people around me have been kind enough to point out that "one bad performance, doesn't make anyone a failure".

No doubt that he failed at this attempt but, a few short weeks later he was back on the saddle winning Production Division in Area 4 (and this is no easy task).

Regardless of his good or bad performance (depending on the event we are talking about) the truth is that the guy is a talented competitor whom, like all other humans, has some good days and some horrible days at work. It so happens that Mike's turn came at a moment when the cameras were rolling and the shooting community/world was watching.

Sometimes (and at times I may have been guilty of this too) we use words to refer to a person which we wouldn't dare use in their presence. We feel empowered by calling someone a "this" or a "that" on the Internet and we forget that there is more to this individual that this TV performance.


http://www.shooting-performance.com/...t_show_98.html
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Forrest Griffin (professional MMA fighter) wrote a funny book called “Got Fight” about his career in the ring. One of the funniest lines I have ever read was one he used to describe how he would respond to the interview question “what happened?” after he got knocked out during a fight. His line was: “Everything was going good, then I just got knocked the f—k out!” I love that line, it is funny and such dry humor.

What happened to me on Top Shot? Everything was going good, and then I just got my ass kicked off the show! Not much else to say! Oops! If you're not first, your last...ha! (yes, forum and computer ranters, that was humor, don't take it so seriously)

[hurley842002]

Mike will be the first to admit his defeat. In fact, he wrote an interesting view of his experience where he borrows a very funny line from Forrest Griffin's book titled "Got Fight?"

I think the point that some of us are trying to make is that, because someone "chokes" and his performance is less-than-stellar, we don't see the need to use insulting epithets.

We have all been in similar circumstances whether it is shooting match (and trust me when I say that I have had quite a few "choke" moments shooting), or one of the many other sports or activities that we enjoy. I have competed in many different disciplines and I have won a few events and horribly crashed and burnt in many others. Yet, people around me have been kind enough to point out that "one bad performance, doesn't make anyone a failure".

No doubt that he failed at this attempt but, a few short weeks later he was back on the saddle winning Production Division in Area 4 (and this is no easy task).

Regardless of his good or bad performance (depending on the event we are talking about) the truth is that the guy is a talented competitor whom, like all other humans, has some good days and some horrible days at work. It so happens that Mike's turn came at a moment when the cameras were rolling and the shooting community/world was watching.

Sometimes (and at times I may have been guilty of this too) we use words to refer to a person which we wouldn't dare use in their presence. We feel empowered by calling someone a "this" or a "that" on the Internet and we forget that there is more to this individual that this TV performance.


http://www.shooting-performance.com/...t_show_98.html
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Forrest Griffin (professional MMA fighter) wrote a funny book called “Got Fight” about his career in the ring. One of the funniest lines I have ever read was one he used to describe how he would respond to the interview question “what happened?” after he got knocked out during a fight. His line was: “Everything was going good, then I just got knocked the f—k out!” I love that line, it is funny and such dry humor.

What happened to me on Top Shot? Everything was going good, and then I just got my ass kicked off the show! Not much else to say! Oops! If you're not first, your last...ha! (yes, forum and computer ranters, that was humor, don't take it so seriously)

GREAT post

[Justin]

Unfamiliar gun.
Unfamiliar situation.
Gun likely not even properly zeroed.
Stress of shooting in a competition for a $100,000 prize.
Surrounded by a camera crew at all times.

Those aren't the best circumstances to be shooting under, and even under the best circumstances, even the best shooters occasionally have a stage that goes epically bad.

Seeklander was willing to risk it all on a show, and things went south. I find it tremendously amusing that all of the cretins on the internet who won't even go out to shoot a local match suddenly start talking about how they're a better shot than he is.