[CQ-Contest] GET SCORES or GET SERIOUS

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

Or we wing ourselves out of people to work...........

Jim Neiger wrote:
> Show of hands, please:  How many on this reflector got into contesting 
> because of the real-time scoreboard we had at the 2002 WRTC in Finland?? 
> Thank you. (I'll send you a bottle of scotch, if I can find it).
> 
> Some, here, seem to resent those who try and be the best of the best in a 
> contest.
> 
> For those who do try and win, every possible (legal) advantage is put to 
> maximum effort.  What's wrong with that?  And if a real-time scoreboard, 
> however constructed or used,  gives one scintilla of advantage, would not 
> that advantage be exploited?
> 
> You can hypothesize "what if's, woulda -coulda - shoulda" to the max, and 
> create whatever answer for which you are searching.  Circular arguments with 
> no meaningful utility.
> 
> We can also not count any scores, or have a competition, and just have a 
> good old 48-hour ragchew.
> 
> One thing I learned many years ago, "The top never drags the bottom up.  The 
> bottom always drags the top down".  I guess people don't feel so bad about 
> themselves if everyone's grovelling around at the same  pathetic level.
> 
> As we wing our way towards mediocrity...........................
> 
> Vy 73
> 
> Jim Neiger   N6TJ 
> 
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