If you had to choose only one...

[Rockpiledriver]

Simple....

If you had to choose to either compete or scale which would it be?

Edit: Not scale comps, just out with friends having fun.

[666]

Can I pick both?

[Duuuuuuuude]

What about hanging out with your friends with a comp rig?

[ROCKEDUP RICKY]

This thread sucks, why make us choose ,can't we play with all of them.

[Rockpiledriver]

Originally Posted by ROCKEDUP RICKY

This thread sucks, why make us choose ,can't we play with all of them.

Then don't vote

Of course people can do whatever they want.

But if you had to choose, that is the question.

[roksloski]

Kind of an odd poll for this time..........

when in my area, comp has declined and scale has a very good following..

asked 2 years ago, the out come might be different.........

comp for me......

[stroker613]

What about if u put a scale body on a comp chassis...... that's what I did w my micro and I love it!!!

[Rockpiledriver]

Originally Posted by roksloski

asked 2 years ago, the out come might be different.........

I couldn't agree more. And 2 years ago my answer would be different also. That's why I only listed one or the other.

In my area there are often scale get togethers on the same day as comps. My question is which would you rather do if it was just for the fun of it. Is it more fun to run a comp rig through a set course with judges, or is it more fun to hang out in a casual atmosphere and scale.

[Grizzly4x4]

I have met many of my friends from comps and have always enjoyed the thrill of competing.

However, scale "trail riding" is what got me started in this, if I had to choose I'd go back to that I think.

[EeePee]

Originally Posted by Grizzly4x4

scale "trail riding" is what got me started in this, if I had to choose I'd go back to that I think.

Same.

The difference people explain to me is that they get about 15 to 20 minutes of run time in a 8 hour day competing, compared to multiple hours of scaling out in the woods having fun, only stopping to swap batteries.

I stopped autocrossing once the revelation hit me that I'm standing around for 10 hours a day to run for hopefully 8 minutes on course. That absolutely doesn't make sense in the spirit of having as much fun as you can while doing what you enjoy. And yes, hanging out with friends between runs is fun, but what is even more fun is driving around and hanging out with friends at the same time.

[Die-Laughing]

I prefer the scale stuff

[Robotboy]

Originally Posted by Rockpiledriver

Is it more fun to run a comp rig through a set course with judges, or is it more fun to hang out in a casual atmosphere and scale.

Well our comps are fun and casual so.........

[prusik333]

I voted scale, I still like my comp rig and I still enjoy going to competitions but I just have more fun with scale. I think, I just like the tinkering aspect of it with the scale rigs more

[Rockpiledriver]

Lets face it, to be at the top of a game competing in anything takes a ton of work, and usually a ton of money and time as well. When I started competing things were very different than today. For many people that is what they are after, it was for me anyway. I never really got into scale at all back then. As time went on, competing lost much of the "fun' aspect for many reasons, least of which being my driving skills. I was never a national champion caliber driver, but I could hold my own. It was that the fun aspect became few and far between for me. The cost, effort, and time just to get to a comp only to drive, literally for a few minutes outweighed the thrill of doing well.

I quit crawling pretty much altogether.

Now I am having a blast with the scalers and the FUN is back for me. I no longer have any interest at all in competing. Funny how things change.

[ROCKEDUP RICKY]

Originally Posted by Rockpiledriver

Then don't vote

Of course people can do whatever they want.

But if you had to choose, that is the question.

Just giving you a hard time, I'm voting.

[AX10wannabe]

i dont compete and never will.. if i had to pick one it would be scale, i have a honcho and an ax10.. my friends have ax10's.. a friend of mine has 15,000lbs of rock in his shop so we go there damn near every weekend and do a fun comp, with gates, points and scoring but at the end of the day its only for fun and to improve your driving. example we run at least 2 runs each so you can look back at the first run and compare it to the 2nd run and see where you fawked up. once you know where it is you can go back and practice on that section..

i like it because its very casual, we have a couple beers througho ut the day and just have fun and make fun of each other... usually 3 or 4 of us so its not too big of a crowd.. i'll number my friends for easy explaining. so friend number 1 and i used to work together and friend number 2 worked at a hobby shop, then eventually said see ya and is now working with friend number 1.. so we like to bug each other because we all now how to do the job..

[Duuuuuuuude]

Originally Posted by Rockpiledriver

Lets face it, to be at the top of a game competing in anything takes a ton of work, and usually a ton of money and time as well. The cost, effort, and time just to get to a comp only to drive, literally for a few minutes outweighed the thrill of doing well.

True, but not everyone goes to a comp to be top dog. I certainly don't. I go to hang out with my friends.

And after the courses are run I play around on the rocks until all my batteries dump. Sometimes we'll even play follow the leader. I like chasing moa's.

Originally Posted by AX10wannabe

we go there damn near every weekend and do a fun comp, with gates, points and scoring but at the end of the day its only for fun and to improve your driving.

That's all it is at the end of EVERY DAY of a comp, be it casual or no.

[JeremyH]

Originally Posted by Duuuuuuuude

True, but not everyone goes to a comp to be top dog. I certainly don't.

Same here. It's nice to win, but I dont expect to. I can take either one of my types of trucks (scale or comp) out and just run them for fun all day long and have as much fun as if I entered any type of comp.

Driving these RCs is simply fun to me. Being asked to chose between the two is like being asked to chose which I can live without, air or water.

[ROWDY RACING]

Comp

[papabash]

I voted for comping, but ONLY because the minis have exploded in our area. I was really burned out with 2.2, and considered going to strictly scalers until I got a mini. Now the fun, camaraderie, and casual atmosphere is back and I love it. Scalers are a VERY close 2nd, though!