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I agree with the idea that I am in this to have fun and find that the competition comes last to me. I comment on my flying as I fly and my callers keep telling me to shut up and not give away that bungled a maneuver. I always say "cripes" when I flop a stall turn much to my callers chagrin. ( and I have had flopped stall turns scored) Some folk dont see it this way. Sure they are there to have fun but the competition is more important to them and thats cool. They are there for fun and flying but the thrill of victory is more important to them than it is to me and I can dig that. From another perspective...has an offensive lineman ever gone to the official and told him he was holding on a play? Have you ever seen Shaq call a foul on himself? A baseball player argue that a pitch was a strike instead of a ball? Until there is a way to remove the human element from judging there will be errors.
It was once well known that golfing legend Bobby Jones called a penalty stroke on himself during a tournament even arguing with officials. He subsequently lost by one stroke. Back then, there used to be this thing called "honor". My 2cents worth.