[CQ-Contest] How many hours do SOAB entrants actually operate?

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

The purpose it not to force people to sit in one spot for 24 hours 
regardless when you start.  The purpose is to encourage those that do 
get on to operate more than they are thus providing more contacts for 
everyone.

I guess this point keeps getting lost.

What exactly does operating 24 hours straight show?  Why force this on 
anyone.  If you let people pick and choose the 24 hours they want to 
operate they will pick the hours that they feel will provide them the 
most fun.  If they are serious about winning they are going to have to 
pick day and night times to maximize their score.  If they want to 
maximize their fun they may want to operate during the day or night or 
some combination.

I see the same issues in online gaming.  The game devs try over and over 
to to FORCE the players to play a certain way when the data just does 
not back up what they want.  Instead of understanding why players play 
the game differently than designed, the devs continue to change the game 
to FORCE people down their path.  I am not talking about exploiting, 
cheating, etc.  What happens is that the players simple stop playing.

I am curious why the 2 percenters are the ones so vocal against this.  
The suggestion does nothing to the way you operate and might actually 
increase your scores if more people will operate longer.  Are the 
contest sponsors going to ask for our medical records too, to see if we 
can even operate in a contest.  This sounds eerily similar to death 
panels for health care.............

Mike W0MU

  On 4/5/2013 7:37 AM, Steve London wrote:
>
>
> On 04/04/2013 04:36 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
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>>
>> Some vocal big guns would like us all to operate the 1st 24 hours and
>> then go away. I guess they would prefer to have nice quiet Sundays
>> listening to their CQ machines?
>
> You must be reading a different contest reflector. Operating 24 
> consecutive hours, beginning whenever you want, is not the same as 
> operating the first 24 hours.
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
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