[CQ-Contest] Top Ten scores & 3830 postings?

[N7mal]

Whoa here: Mark I've been participating in contests longer than you have 
been alive. We used to get by just fine before the advent of computerized 
3830. Up to 20 years ago after a contest, if you felt like it, you got on 
3830 and bragged/cry'd about your score. Today web 3830 is a more convenient 
place to brag/cry about your score, but has no effect on the outcome of a 
contest.
Here is my recommendation: This year for SS or CQDX the contesting community 
do one of 2 things. Number 1 totally boycott 3830 or Number 2 everyone post 
totally outrageous scores. Let us all make Mark's head explode.
My suggestions are as silly as a discussion about a mandatory posting to a 
service that has no meaning in the outcome of a contest. The contesting 
world does not revolve around 3830. 3830 is a service provided by WA7BNM and 
nothing more. I for one enjoy/appreciate his efforts to provide some of the 
scores much earlier than the contest sponsors.
Again just my -2cents worth......:-)
73


MAL
N7MAL
BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
http://www.n7mal.com
Everyone in the world is
entitled to be burdened
by my opinion

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Mark Beckwith
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 12:52
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Top Ten scores & 3830 postings?




Send in your score to 3830.  Do it as fast as you can.  Understand that the
longer you wait, the more you will raise eyebrows about your own personal
integrity.  That's just the way it is whether you think it's right or not.

 If you entered seriously,
and are going to wind up in the top-10, be prepared for a royal, and
DESERVED razzing if you don't submit to 3830 quickly.

Mark, N5OT