Competition for attention is the issue, not lack of another specialized
category.
Immediate feedback. Real-time scoring. More dynamic team play. This is what we
need to be developing to attract a new generation of contesters.
We are competing with online gaming. That's the way we need to think about how
to attract the next generation.
Many ideas that have been floated by many individuals along these lines. The
recent series in NCJ on game design was great. N0AX's talk at Visalia was spot
on.
Kudos to CQWW for moving in the right direction, but as long as print magazine
publishing dates drive results posting, don't count on the radical innovation
we need from the major contests.
73,
Steve
W1SRD
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From: "Shane Mattson-->K1ZR" <k1zr@comcast.net>
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 8:55 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Will there be anyone to work in 20 years?
Fellow contesters,
We have a much bigger problem than the top 5 topics discussed on this
reflector ad nauseam.
Open the CQWW presentation Randy presented during Dayton this year:
http://cqww.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CQ-WW-for-Dayton-Contest-For
um-2013.pdf
Go to slide 15. Look at the data in the first 3 columns. The future does
not look good for this sport unless we find a way to attract more youth to
ham radio and contesting, especially in the US.
Something to ponder during the off-season. At the very least I recommended
adding a special category in CQWW to recognize competition amongst the
youth.
-Shane K1ZR
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