"Top Shot " on the History Channel

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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.


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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.

[StagLefty]

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.

Amen-Internet quarterbacks.

[eerw]

next competition is there a keyboard division I can sign up for?

[SA Friday]

next competition is there a keyboard division I can sign up for?

SURE!, but since you are already a GM, you have to start out in M class. Same goes for Hoser.

[BigBear]

next competition is there a keyboard division I can sign up for?

SURE!, but since you are already a GM, you have to start out in M class. Same goes for Hoser.

Damn, don't have the equipment for a real match and now I can't even compete in a cyber match .... unless it's during working hours M-F cause the onyl computer I have is the one at work! HAHA... or the library.. this might work! Sign me up for the "limited keybaord" division! HAHA.

[Hoser]

Damn, don't have the equipment for a real match and now I can't even compete in a cyber match .... unless it's during working hours M-F cause the onyl computer I have is the one at work! HAHA... or the library.. this might work! Sign me up for the "limited keybaord" division! HAHA.

Do you have a pistol, holster and a few mags?

Do you have a rifle and a sling/bi-pod?

Step away from the keyboard and show us how its done.

[BigBear]

Do you have a pistol, holster and a few mags?

Do you have a rifle and a sling/bi-pod?

Step away from the keyboard and show us how its done.

I have a pistol. I have a concealed holster (would that work?) and I have 3 mags...

Do I have a rifle?! Yes Sir, she's my baby! There's a pic of her floating around here somewhere. But it's a bolt action, is that okay?

Show you how it's done? No Sir. I can hit what I'm aiming at but I can't do no nano-second draw/reloads and .00000021 MOA groups like it seems y'all do, lol.

I have fun at the range, just doin' my thing... though, I STILL think another obstacle course would be FUN.

Biggest problems for me is time and money. With my and my wife's schedules, it's hard to find time for the two of us. Money is really non-existent at this point as we are going pay check to pay check (can we say PB&J and Mac n cheese?! lol). I doubt she'd let me go out and buy 100+ differnet rounds for a match.

You've tried to get me out to a match and "one of these days" I'd LOVE to do it... however, for the forseeable future, it's work, work, work with an occasional clay day on a saturday and lots of dreaming of computers and firearms I wished I owned.

[gnihcraes]

I aint saying anything until they screw up on the Archery portion of the show...