I have read the following sentence on many occasions in regard to state, regional, National and World Championship events...
The shoot had a difficulty as befits a Championship shoot.
Really?
Does the "difficulty" of a shoot make winning it more prestigious?
Or is winning at an "easy" shoot less meaningful?
Let's say (hypothetically) that tomorrow - the board of EoT gets together; looks over their surveys, analyzes the clean shooter percentage and number of procedurals and then decides that next year's event will be "simpler" or closer or bigger or whatever with a goal of 25% clean shooters.
Would EoT become less prestigious?
Would you no longer recognize the category winners as World Champions?
I ask the above because anytime a "challenging" match is criticized - the comments are poo - poo'd and hand waved away with the statement, "difficulty as befits a Championship shoot".
And I'm just curious why?