you got that because you killed the fun... but it would be ok if the info you gave was actually good advice.
Competition is th best way to further your skills in anything. the more people involved the better. ive never heard of anyone losing to themselves and then that modivating them to work harder to beat themselves. if you only compete with your own speed and accuracy all youll end up doing is reaching a level your content with and accepting that as the best. in a mall ninja world thats fine...but if you truely want to constantly improve your skills then competition is the way to do it. the more people involved the better because theres a greater chance of having more skilled people involved. theres a reason why professional sports constantly creates new records year after year...the competition gets tougher every year. if koby bryant was playing basketball all by his lonesome all the time i doubt hed be nearly as good as he is through modivation driven by competition. now im not saying just compete in random bullshit... obviously you still want to have the speed and accuracy involved in this competition aswell.
I did give good advice. You don't have to go on at length about the benefits of competition--I [mostly] agree with you. I always advise to go shooting with someone who is significantly better than you in at least some areas. Run competitive drills, have fun, plus you'll learn from the better shooter.
What I was saying is that competition against someone else with a different setup (in this case, a PGO shotty versus a dumb-looking shotty
wielded by two different people) is a piss-poor way to assess how well a particular widget works.
If you want to determine if a product is negative, neutral, or positive, it's best to run drills on the clock like I said.
No Dave you are right, its a horrible add on and a race is never a good way to figure out what works and what doesn't you need the consistency of one shooter doing his/her best.
Well I'm glad someone got it... if no one else did then I might think I wasn't being clear enough.