I am new to this forum but I had to sign up becouse of a lot of rumors about the HC. The one that I here all the time is shooter moving down to the HC and think that it will help them win. It doesn' t seem to make that much of a difference, I am good friends with the individual that won the world shoot this year and this was his first year that he shot any of the national or word shoots. He has never shot in any other class. Some of the other comments that I have seen I do not agree with either is the type of release and the use of binoculars becouse I use a back tension release with a clicker and binoculars to hunt with. I do agree with the separating the class to include a youth and senores HC. The only change in rules that I would agree with is the speed limit. I have a short draw length and can never reach the 300 fps mark. I currently shoot about 280 fps at 5g per pound. That means if I have to shoot against a person that is of the same shooting ability but they are shoot at or above 300 fps, That means that I have to judge my distance much better than they do. That means that the competition is now decided by equipment and not the ability of the shooter. And this sport is a competition and not hunting. What you do in the woods is up to you but in competition the playing field should be as level as possible so that the best archer can be determined and not the best equipment.