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Inspired by your thread, I propose a competitive game.
Any certified diver can go out on any charter trip with strangers, using any of the suggestions in the thread. If a stranger, haven't not seen this thread, reacts to your get-up, you get points. I suggest scoring might look something like this -
1.) Someone politely asks about, or brings up the topic of, your gear choice, trying to gently sway you away from it, or at least to question it. 1 Point.
2.) Someone refused to buddy with you. 2 Points.
3.) Boat staff or any dive progressional customer on the trip uses your gear as an example of how not to dive.3 Points.
4.) Someone posts on ScubaBoard who witnessed your dive, griping about how this reflects on the awful state of modern dive training. 4 Points.
5.) Someone actually posts a video of you on ScubaBoard as a warning to others about how not to dive. 5 Points.
Ideally you should wear some distinctive item that people will refer to when referencing you. Perhaps a favorite team mascot on your dive gear, neon lime green fins, etc...
Richard.
P.S. - For 1 point extra credit, do your dives with a t-shirt that says 'I shark dive with Randy on the Emerald!' (See recent shark feeding debate thread if there's anyone on ScubaBoard who isn't already aware of the situation).
Is it possible to get one of each ? just to cover my bases
What you really need is an Air II
Inspired by your thread, I propose a competitive game.
Any certified diver can go out on any charter trip with strangers, using any of the suggestions in the thread. If a stranger, haven't not seen this thread, reacts to your get-up, you get points. I suggest scoring might look something like this -
1.) Someone politely asks about, or brings up the topic of, your gear choice, trying to gently sway you away from it, or at least to question it. 1 Point.
2.) Someone refused to buddy with you. 2 Points.
3.) Boat staff or any dive progressional customer on the trip uses your gear as an example of how not to dive.3 Points.
4.) Someone posts on ScubaBoard who witnessed your dive, griping about how this reflects on the awful state of modern dive training. 4 Points.
5.) Someone actually posts a video of you on ScubaBoard as a warning to others about how not to dive. 5 Points.
Ideally you should wear some distinctive item that people will refer to when referencing you. Perhaps a favorite team mascot on your dive gear, neon lime green fins, etc...
Richard.
P.S. - For 1 point extra credit, do your dives with a t-shirt that says 'I shark dive with Randy on the Emerald!' (See recent shark feeding debate thread if there's anyone on ScubaBoard who isn't already aware of the situation).
Inspired by your thread, I propose a competitive game.
4.) Someone posts on ScubaBoard who witnessed your dive, griping about how this reflects on the awful state of modern dive training. 4 Points.
5.) Someone actually posts a video of you on ScubaBoard as a warning to others about how not to dive. 5 Points.