Yeah, and again, those are divisions you can choose to participate in, or not. There are plenty of "basic scrubs" like me that show up with guns that aren't much different from stuff you get off the shelf.
It was always a game if you don't believe this then you're delusional. At one point, IDPA types thought by changing things up a bit and making it more aggravating that they were making something other than a game, but the reality was all they did was create another game, one that was more aggravating.
You can't compete and keep score without creating a game in the process. It's the nature of competition.
-Mike