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![Don't wait: here are the REAL answers to Collins Rating questions](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e09e2_fbc385034f0c46c3908da16b0f9d6a92~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_275,h_170,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/6e09e2_fbc385034f0c46c3908da16b0f9d6a92~mv2.webp)
3 days ago3 min read
Don't wait: here are the REAL answers to Collins Rating questions
It's the...3rd(?) day of Clutchmiss, and I wanted to give a gift to all of you before the IATF fills your head with a bunch of malarky...
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![LOOK OUT For These 6 Axe Scam Texts.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e09e2_5d587734fd4a4138ac57b0cbdceea741~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/6e09e2_5d587734fd4a4138ac57b0cbdceea741~mv2.webp)
Sep 283 min read
LOOK OUT For These 6 Axe Scam Texts.
Only a few know it, but-- contractually-- I'm obligated to make axe throwers aware of current scams and data-mining efforts by nefarious...
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![New IATF Regions: It's All Wrong.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e09e2_bf3d4255ade54a3bbe70117c106179a9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/6e09e2_bf3d4255ade54a3bbe70117c106179a9~mv2.webp)
Aug 173 min read
New IATF Regions: It's All Wrong.
Now, I could start this post by going into a whole discussion about the concept of tribalism and how it is thought that humanity, due to...
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![IATF Secrets: REVEALED VIA INSIDER INFORMANT](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e09e2_e45166aa443d43a2b0728e832387ae57~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/6e09e2_e45166aa443d43a2b0728e832387ae57~mv2.webp)
Aug 155 min read
IATF Secrets: REVEALED VIA INSIDER INFORMANT
I don't talk about it much, but I have a pretty storied past as an investigative journalist. The McCarthy report? Who stole the Lindbergh...
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![The IATF Panel of Throwers: How, and Where, It's Going - with Christina DeGraft-Johnson](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e09e2_af73f3344d134512a42b22e587272e00~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/6e09e2_af73f3344d134512a42b22e587272e00~mv2.webp)
Aug 77 min read
The IATF Panel of Throwers: How, and Where, It's Going - with Christina DeGraft-Johnson
The IATF Panel of Throwers is approaching its one-year marker, and in that time it has had some growing pains in relation to how it...
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![The Next Big Controversy in Axe Throwing: 3 Predictions.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e09e2_2c281b3045ed4119950934267d2a08ec~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/6e09e2_2c281b3045ed4119950934267d2a08ec~mv2.webp)
May 32 min read
The Next Big Controversy in Axe Throwing: 3 Predictions.
We all remember the gnashing of teeth and rending of clothes stemming from the IATF making changes to axe requirements a while back....
![The Siren Song of Axescores.com](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e09e2_745a72ffbd9b4297a537d8aa2ec859b8~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_307,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/6e09e2_745a72ffbd9b4297a537d8aa2ec859b8~mv2.webp)
May 12 min read
The Siren Song of Axescores.com
Hello. My name is Badger, and I've got an Axescores addiction. And I think you might, too. Axescores, that delightful website/app that is...
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![I Don't Understand IATC Qualification and I'm too Afraid to Ask.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e09e2_6db74128341a4365bd70ee0fcaafe960~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/6e09e2_6db74128341a4365bd70ee0fcaafe960~mv2.webp)
Mar 203 min read
I Don't Understand IATC Qualification and I'm too Afraid to Ask.
Okay, listen. I love this sport. I love how quirky a lot of it is, I like that it's not perfect, and I like that we still have lots of...
![IATF Says: "Eff it, everything counts as points, now"](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e09e2_70eee888954c4b2eb24e2bed86057139~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/6e09e2_70eee888954c4b2eb24e2bed86057139~mv2.webp)
Feb 212 min read
IATF Says: "Eff it, everything counts as points, now"
In a startling about face, the IATF has recently announced the debate about Premier vs. Touch Clutch vs. Standard is over: every goddamn...
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![New IATF Rules, Who Dis?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e09e2_b3344c0286e5426898c0930758cf2b20~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/6e09e2_b3344c0286e5426898c0930758cf2b20~mv2.webp)
Feb 34 min read
New IATF Rules, Who Dis?
That's right, dear reader - your friend Badger has all the hot takes on the newest rules the IATF presented to us yesterday here. Let's...
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![Is The IATF Code of Conduct Enough?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e09e2_c41eacfcae8d47bbbff23bec0cf44a11~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/6e09e2_c41eacfcae8d47bbbff23bec0cf44a11~mv2.webp)
Dec 4, 20234 min read
Is The IATF Code of Conduct Enough?
When you really like something, you become more and more willing to ignore when things about it aren't quite right. Axe throwing is, for...
![The Most Important Stat in Axe Throwing](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e09e2_3cfab2a86ac14bd785fe9403f2945eb2~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_355,h_299,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/6e09e2_3cfab2a86ac14bd785fe9403f2945eb2~mv2.webp)
Nov 16, 20233 min read
The Most Important Stat in Axe Throwing
is how many axes you own, amirite? I will tell you something that I suspect many of you have already surmised about your humble narrator...
![Urban Rules: A path forward, or a bumbling step sideways?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e09e2_6142ec3ea91d4f4f8fff6fca81c23abd~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/6e09e2_6142ec3ea91d4f4f8fff6fca81c23abd~mv2.webp)
Aug 15, 20234 min read
Urban Rules: A path forward, or a bumbling step sideways?
For a moment, let's suspend the first rule of axe throwing (throw better) and instead imagine, if we can, that the sport has room to...
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