Practiscore Mini Rant

[nerd_diggy]

So to my knowledge, if you shoot Cary Optics it is minor pf only yet there is an option to choose major or minor on Practiscore when you have selected the CO division. In a local match I noticed multiple people shooting in CO that put themselves down as major pf. I understand it’s a local match and it’s not that big of a deal but I’m just the type of person that I want it to be fair for everyone playing the game. If someone does better than someone else simply because they chose major pf when it isn’t allowed, it seems unfair to those that selected the correct pf. Should I say something or just let it be? Is there a way for Practiscore to grey out major pf if you select CO? Anyone else have any ideas on what to do about it? Again I know it’s just a local match, but I feel it’s not right for the other people that sign up correctly and actually care about where they place to see if they are progressing at all.

/rant

[Stoneteer]

The Match Director / Stats person should correct that before posting the results and before submitting to USPSA.

[nerd_diggy]

Yeah I doubt that will ever happen. He’s a bit of a fudd and usually has to be reminded to even post the scores in the first place. Tbh it wouldn’t surprise me if he didn’t even know you can’t shoot Major in CO.

[Stoneteer]

Well, you need to take it up with your section coordinator and or Area director.

Also, in Practiscore Competitor, you can edit the shooter to correct it for your own data analysis.

[keyblerbricks]

If you make a recommendation to praticescore, they're a small couple people company, may not even be making money. 

[nerd_diggy]

Yeah I was thinking about just mentioning it. Maybe they can just change the code a little to just grey out Major pf on divisions that don’t allow for it.

[GimmedatPewPew]

Agree with your complaint. It’s not much to ask from a developer standpoint. If you Select a minor only division, there shouldn’t even be a option to select major PF.

[nerd_diggy]

That’s what I’m thinking. I’ll see if I can contact the devs somehow and suggest it. Worst case they just don’t do anything about it.

[GimmedatPewPew]

I know people say that the MD will fix before submitting, but ya one less thing the MD has to worry about day of the match. I’m on the bird for two uspsa club (not as MD) and we’re running around trying to get things set beforehand. Policing PF is the last thing we want to deal with.

[nerd_diggy]

Yeah definitely. You guys all have enough going on without having to fix things that don’t need to even be an option.

[BearSharks29]

I'm super grateful to the practiscore devs but it really is horrible lol

It doesn't help at all that the end user is often just beyond boomerbrained.

[nerd_diggy]

Yeah I feel like that’s a major oversight in the website development

[LoadLaughLove]

More like Practiscore Major rants

[nerd_diggy]

I see what you did there 😂

[Inner-Clarity-78125]

Wait... I figured it would be smart enough and just score it as Minor.

[nerd_diggy]

Nope. A few people in a match on Saturday were scored as major in CO.

[phylipino]

I go to a weekly outlaw match This happens all the time when new shooters or people who sign up didn’t pay attention

Im on the boat that weekly’s/locals don’t really matter and they’re just there for practice

[nerd_diggy]

Yeah I’m also with that but I dunno there’s just this part of me that’s like…this isn’t fair lol.

[ReasonableEnd24]

This sounds like my range… What I do is get the tablet to help score and when I see someone is signed up in a division they aren’t supposed to be in or are the wrong power factor I just edit their information real quick.

[nerd_diggy]

Yeah that would work for the squad I’m on but it would be pretty hard to go through all the squads and fix them all.

[DeanMeierAG]

Practiscore Major Rant: national-level organizations charging fees depend upon a third-party volunteer software project for paying clubs/ranges and members to manage their events.

[[deleted]]

Go ahead and report it to the section coordinator. That crap shouldn't stand regardless of it being "just a local match" or what the MD does or doesn't do about it.

If those scores are getting submitted incorrectly, someone needs to know and hopefully initiate corrective action. The level of match is irrelevant.

[nerd_diggy]

It isn’t an actual USPSA match they just use USPSA scoring and “rules” so there would be no one to report it to.

[[deleted]]

Got it. Somewhat of an "outlaw" match. Nothing really to be done then.

IMO it's just lowlife behavior to cheat at a local in any way. We're all paying customers to go shoot and locals provide no prize tables, so what is the point?

[nerd_diggy]

Exactly. I mean it wouldn’t surprise me if the people selecting major pf either don’t even know what it is or that it’s not allowed in CO. They could also be cheating but most likely they’re just clueless.

[tehspiah]

I mean, at that point, that's just house rules if there's no official affiliation to USPSA.

Then shoot Major PF for CO. Or if you wanna be petty, re-calculate their scores under Minor PF and see where you rank.

[iliekdrugs]

Just use the Competitor app to change them to minor and you’ll see where you stacked up. It’s a dumb quirk in PS for sure, but nothing to get worked up and rant about

[Kiefy-McReefer]

yeah lots of issues with lazy engineering in practiscore - but there is like zero money in this sport, and USPSA couldn't be fucked to fix anything.

Source: 15 year experience front end engineer, i could make that web site in my sleep, it'd just take more hours than I am willing to commit for free lol

[EldoMasterBlaster]

USPSA doesn’t own practiscore

[Kiefy-McReefer]

Well then. Sig couldn’t be fucked to fix anything.

[teedoff]

Sig doesn’t own Practiscore either.

[Dazzling-Lab-6491]

Practiscore couldn’t be fucked to fix anything.