Second that! I'm pretty sure this has happened to me and pretty sure I know
who. Their aim is to make a class-specific change, whereas a designers
objective is to try to design for the full range of every competitors. I do
know some times it is inadvertent by an amateur set up crew. Many times an
experienced person will come up and tell me they think I have a problem with
an element and I will busy at a different part. I usually tell them to go
out and adjust it because they have the right attitude. Ironically, the
course designer rarely gets a chance to walk the whole course after the
initial setup and trouble shooting. I used to get so jealous of the
Sacramento folks being able to do set up the night before and then just
button it up over night.
Tony
----- Original Message -----
From: <Smokerbros@aol.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 6:04 AM
Subject: Course designs (was: Atwater some more)
> In a message dated 5/12/03 9:10:19 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> lomike@earthlink.net writes:
>
>
> > In practice there are people who feel it is within their
> > purview to walk course late in the process and "adjust" almost any
aspect
> > of courses even after it has been approved for safety.
>
> As a course designer, this REALLY pisses me off. When I design a course
by
> putting the cones down first, I want them specifically where I put them
for a
> reason, not several feet away from where I put them. I think it's pretty
> arrogant to just move the cones. If you want to ask the designer to
consider
> something, fine. The thing I notice is that the cone movers are seldom
> people who sign up to do courses themselves. Ben and I don't always like
> where each other place the cones, but we don't just go and change each
others
> courses.
>
> When I put the lines down first, I usually have a little less invested in
the
> specifics than when I do the cones first. OTOH, it's also a little more
> obvious when I come back through, as a moved cone is farther away from the
> line than where I intended it to be.
>
> Charlie
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