[CQ-Contest] new CQWW scoring rules (100% conjecture)

[Scott Currier]

You're right about the CQ 160 contest. 



Got an idea. A minor change...




Change the word country to multiplier in the scoring. States and provinces are multipliers as well as countries. Work someone in your own multiplier 2 points. Other mults, same continent 5 points. Mults on other continents are 10 points. 



Much more reasonable for North America without adversely affecting others. 



As far as I can tell anyways. 



73 and good contesting.
 Pretty sure I worked you in the contest Doug this weekend. Thanks for the contact. 



Scott Currier KT1B
Haverhill, MA







VI. Points:

		Contacts with stations in own country: 2 points.

		Contacts with other countries on same continent: 5 points.

		Contacts with other continents: 10 points
























> Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 02:09:51 +0000
> From: kr2q at optimum.net
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] new CQWW scoring rules (100% conjecture)
> 
> This topic is right up there with "cut numbers."  :-)
> 
> First, the current rules (points/mults) are well established.  When someone chooses to go
> to a 2 point country instead of a 3 point country, they know that before they make any plans.
> 
> Second, there are a lot of possible ways to change the scoring.  Members of the various
> committees do discuss this, although, as far as I am aware, not in any formal setting; we 
> just like to gab about such things.  AFAIK, There is no formal agenda on this.
> 
> We can change lots of things for "fine tuning" the point structure.  The problem is that "fine
> tuning" is actually means "trying an alternative."  As long as there are population centers in
> the world, some part of the world will ALWAYS end up being a "favored" location (point-wise).
> 
> Using Grid Fields as mults and also using Grid Fields to determine points (same Grid Field = 1 
> point, contiguous Grid Field = 2 points, next "perimeter" of Grid Fields = 3 points, etc) has
> potential appeal for assigning points for DX.  But keep in mind, that means that W2's working
> W6's (and vice versa) would then count.  Boy would THAT change a DX contest.  So if
> one starts fiddling with that, then everything "falls apart" in terms of "leveling the playing 
> field" because now you have established an exception to the rule.
> 
> Remember that as it is now, guys like V47 in NA experience 2 points as an exception to the rule
> already (normally would be 1 point).  You want to see "crazy" rules, check out CQ160.  From NJ
> I can work W6 and get "squat" while a VE3 can work a W2 in NY and "clean up" point-wise.  I can
> blow a VE out of the water in terms of Q's and mults, but they will ALWAYS cream my score by
> simply piling on the W's.  VEs can sit there an run W's all day.  How many VE's are there for me
> to work?  For me, THAT one REALLY needs changing (see..I can "get into this" too).
> 
> Until we all live in equal densities across the globe, nothing will be "fair."
> 
> But I'm all in favor of mental exercises.  Who knows...someone might actually hit upon a
> good one!  Happy conjecturing - it is indeed fun!  :-)
> 
> de Doug KR2Q
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