I have never shot a tournament, but was given a fargo rate by one of my league operators a few years back. He did that when my wife needed a starting fargo rate as she wanted to start shooting some tournaments with some of her friends. I guess he thought we both were going to shoot so he gave us both a starting rating. It was easy for him to do as other shooters in our league, and another league he ran, and who regularly shot tournaments, had league averages similar to both of us.
I looked up the fargo rating of another player on our league that had an almost identical league average as me, and the fargo he gave me matched up, all was how it should be.
Fast forward about 3 years, never have shot a tournament, but my fargo has dropped over 100 points, yet my league shooting has gotten better.
I get occasional offers to shoot with friends to shoot in this tmt or that. I have an idea what my true fargo should be as I know what fargo other similar league players have, and would be totally honest with a tournament operator when registering, as a realistic fargo for me now is about 200 points higher than listed.
While I would like to start shooting some tournaments, it's really tough in my case as my wife has become quite involved with her friends in shooting tournaments, and we have a dog at home that needs to go out every 5 hrs or so, and because of this, if I shoot, my wife can't, and I don't want to have her miss out on what she has.
I'm sure there is reasoning for it, but fail to understand how my fargo could drop so much just because of not shooting.