What's the difference IDPA and IPSC

In IPSC, is it a miss penalty, or a penalty for failure to place two shots on the target?

On a Comstock scored stage, I can shoot at (and miss) a target as many times as I want. If I eventually place two shots on that target, regardless of the number of misses I have in trying to accomplish that, there is no penalty.

On a Virginia count stage, I can also miss a target as many times as I want. If I eventually place two shots on target, I will receive penalties for extra shots, but no "miss" penalty.
 
In IPSC, you get a "miss" penalty for not having two scoring hits on the target (unless the stage course of fire says otherwise); if you don't have ANY hits on the target, and the RO says that you didn't fire at the target, then you get 2 "Mikes" (-10 each) AND a "Procedural" penalty for failing to engage that target. I RO and shoot IPSC, but haven't done anything in IDPA.
 
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