- I didn't like the rules. You can't talk about anything Brian Enos and his moderators don't like, such as politics. I can't talk about guns and shooting, even in a competition context, without politics entering the picture at some point. The forum is his property, so much as I would if I was attending a party at someone's house and didn't like their house rules, the appropriate and polite thing to do was to leave the premises.
- I do not appreciate that the rules and policies are not enforced uniformly for all. The "special" people can do as they wish there, while others can not. For the most part, the special people are GM shooters or have some other shooting distinction, which apparently means something that escapes me. I actually got a little special treatment toward the end (in my favor), and I thought it was inappropriate, as most others would not receive the same consideration.
- My interest in belaboring the minutae of practical shooting competition has waned considerably. It's not that I think I have nothing to learn, it's that I just don't care that much about it anymore, especially the talking about it part. I am especially disinterested in the obssession that some demonstrate over the "mental aspects" of the game, often to the point where they spend excessive time overthinking when they'd be better served by doing.
- It wasn't very much fun anymore.
In addition, I find that I start a message, and reconsider before I commit it to the forum's database far more often these days than in the past. My brain operates more slowly since I am constantly rotating so many more tasks in it lately that I seem to have more deliberation than in the past. Before, my fingers were typing and clicking the button to submit the post often before I was fully aware of what I'd just typed.
For what it's worth, this forum now occupies virtually all of my recreational online time.
Haven't heard that in about 9 years
's" to quality, beneficial posts?
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