Sean, I guess you would get even more sympathy from other competition
pilots if you removed your cameras and spent more effort on flying safely
and lookout.

The massive amount of stuff you have stuck around your panel obscures your
view ahead, you rarely look out properly before making turns and levelling
out, and you seem to have a habit of flying thermals in the other pilots'
blind spot.

The problem with filming your flights (as I have done, and no longer do) is
that others are able to tell how well or badly you fly! The lesson I
learned from the exercise was to work harder on my lookout.

Did you see the other aircraft before it flarmed you? You had not looked in
that direction for a turn. As the other aircraft set off flarm, then he
would probably have been alerted to you even if he hadn't seen you at that
point. I doubt you were in great danger from the other pilot.

Jim