
Originally Posted by
putterman
I'm not saying the system is perfect, right, or accurate. Far from it. There are a LOT of things that are either inconsistent, or cause false results. Everything from differences in toughness of the hills used, to gate sets, to pacesetters, to not resetting a new Daily Nastar when times get to fast, to repacing, to timer issues, to sandbagging, to Nationals being too different from Daily Nastars, to Nationals being too difficult, to resorts that make it too easy to get Platinums, to resorts that make it impossible to get Platinums, to this system being too darn difficult to figure out for anyone but those of us who have been racing it for years. Did I miss anything? I'm sure I did. The point is, even with all its faults, the way it is set up works. It works because we all keep coming back. THAT is what makes it successful. That said, it is ever changing and HQ does listen. If we didn't keep coming back, THEN the program would be broken, THEN it would need fixing...to bring people back to it. In my opinion, it isn't broken. Could it use a polish? Yeah, but it doesn't need revamping.
I am NOT slamming anyone for their thoughts on this (or any other) subject. I totally agree that the State handicap can be misrepresent a person's ability. I totally agree that the National handicap system will most definitely put you in the wrong division if you race enough. But, unless you race Nationals type hills/courses, you will likely be in the wrong division anyway. So, it only matters IF you go to Nationals. Otherwise, your handicap is right in line with a Daily Nastar racer. And IF you go to Nationals, just EXPECT to be amongst sandbaggers that care only about winning.