Hrvoje,
Deciding NOT to participate in WAE since they dropped the distinction
between assisted and non-assisted is a darn good reason NOT to participate.
I wouldn't either since unassisted automatically goes into the contest with
a built in disadvantage.
To illustrate...Let's put it another way, using a sports analogy.
Substitute the words 'radio contest' with the words 'soccer game'. (Since
both are a competition, both have time limits, both have scoring, points, a
playing field, and there are competitors on both sides., both have rules to
play under, and both involved human AND non-human interactions.
Say you are playing soccer against another team. One team has ONE
player -YOU. You've chosen to enter the game as one player. Normally, you
would ONLY compete for scoring against other teams of ONE player only. BUT!
The league decided they were going to allow teams with MORE than one player
(no upper limit on the number of players allowed) to play against you AND
your score would be counted in ranking against theirs without any
discrimination as to the obvious inequity that exists.
On the day of the game, the other team is able to put 100 people on the
field for most of the game while you have just yourself.
Gee, wonder which team has the advantage - both in the short term and the
long term? Do you think the advantage will be 'just a bit tilted' towards
the team with the greater number of players?
Such it is when you eliminate the wall between single-op unassisted and
assisted categories. I don't believe you will find any contester who would
NOT admit that having thousands of other people over the World spotting
stations to work does NOT provide a built in advantage - at a minimum in
time savings! - over a station without the assistance.
It is true that the HARDCORE contester who has the wherewithal (bux, land,
skills, experience, resources, location) will probably rise to the top BUT
even then.. the advantage still rests with the team with the extra players.
The KEY is effective enforcement of the rules by the Contest Sponsors in
DQ'ing cheats and standing up for the rules.
73
Chuck K3FT
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