OK, OK...I should qualify "fly blind". I meant that no one knows anything
about anyone else's score until the final results are announced.
I guess there are probably a few other sports - but they're definitely in
the minority.
Back to net...
73, Ward N0AX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kharker@cs.utexas.edu>
To: "Ward Silver" <hwardsil@centurytel.net>
Cc: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Team Competition in the IARU HF
Championship -WRTC-Style
> On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 07:45:26AM -0700, Ward Silver wrote:
> > First - I am all for real-time scoreboards being available to everyone.
I
> > don't know of any other sport where the participants almost always "fly
> > blind" without knowing how the other guys are doing.
>
> I can think of several such amateur sports:
> * orienteering (http://www.orienteering.org/)
> * foxhunting and ARDF (http://www.homingin.com/)
> * fishing tournaments
> * etc.
>
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