[CQ-Contest] Assistance & Entry Status

[Paul J. Piercey]

Hi Bob,

Yeah, it isn't going away any time soon.

Personally, and not to swell Gerry's head to much, I think the realtime
scoreboard would be an excellent tool for the casual contester to get a
little "kick in the pants" by seeing other casual guys on there and trying
to keep up with them, pass them, etc. Perhaps a few guys in one area having
a mini-competition between themselves. They don't have to be contest leaders
but can have friendly matches. That's how I see it. I don't expect to be
beating any of the megastations anytime soon but at least I can see how
other guys with similar set ups to me are doing and try to beat, or at least
keep up with, them.

73 -- Paul VO1HE  



> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Robert Naumann
> Sent: November 8, 2007 03:50
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Assistance & Entry Status
> 
> 
> Paul,
> 
> There's a lot to this issue, and perhaps it will take a long 
> time for it to become an "expired equine".
> 
> The big stations spot a lot so they help all the little guys 
> who are helping them. They don't want to be seen as just 
> taking from the cluster, but giving back too.
> 
> I suspect that you won't see too many of the little guys 
> connected to the realtime score website as most of them are 
> not competitive. The cluster allows for "talking" and 
> "announcing" - social activities.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Bob W5OV
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul J. Piercey [mailto:p.piercey at nl.rogers.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 6:08 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Assistance & Entry Status
> 
> Hi Bob,
> 
> I can't believe I've been swallowed up by this topic again 
> (3rd year now I
> think) but here I am :-)
> 
> Point taken but if that were purely the case then why do so 
> many of the big gun stations send so many spots?
> 
> I would suggest the realtime score website to be more a more 
> social element than posting cluster spots. It's neat to watch 
> the scores climb as the contest progresses.
> 
> 73 -- Paul VO1HE  
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
> > [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of 
> Robert Naumann
> > Sent: November 6, 2007 12:51
> > To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Assistance & Entry Status
> > 
> > Paul,
> > 
> > There's more to it than that, and it has to do with 
> participating with 
> > others in a social activity.
> > 
> > Not everyone is competing to win something in a contest. Many just 
> > enjoy participating when not competing. If they can combine 
> > participation with social interaction - all the better.
> > 
> > 73,
> > 
> > Bob W5OV
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > **************************************************************
> > **************
> > I have been trying to understand why a group as seemingly 
> competitive 
> > as contesters would even think of spotting stuff for their 
> rivals to 
> > benefit from. They spend small (or large) fortunes setting 
> up hugely 
> > elaborate stations in order to beat "the other guy" and then turn 
> > around and tell "the other guy" where the points are.
> > 
> > So far, I have narrowed it down to bragging (Hey! Look what I
> > worked!) and back-scratching (I'll spot stuff for you if you spot 
> > stuff for me). Maybe a combination of both.
> > 
> > 73 -- Paul VO1HE
> > 
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