I love this activity to death, it's one of my biggest passions, but one has to remind themselves that it really is just.......Marching Band...... The whole reason marching band has such a hold on my life is because it's fun, to say the least, and part of that fun is the competition. In fact that's what got me hooked. I don't really see anything wrong with sites like hornrank putting the "competition" into perspective, it's all part of the fun. As long as you take whatever anyone says with a grain of salt there really isn't any problem. I feel like a lot of what I love about this activity is forgotten though, in forums and comment sections like this, people just need to remember the fun involved with the art. I really don't think there's anything wrong with hornrank, but the day we turn marching band into football is the day we loose the soul of this activity.