[CQ-Contest] Evolving scoring systems

[XV4Y]

Hi Mark,

I like the idea of teams spread over several continents working in turns.

Yan.
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Yannick DEVOS - XV4Y
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Le 3 déc. 2013 à 08:45, cq-contest-request at contesting.com a écrit :

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> Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 11:03:03 +1300
> From: Mark <markzl3ab at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Evolving scoring systems
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> Some interesting comments; some were even on topic ;-)
> 
> All I was trying to say (but perhaps not that well?) is that there is room
> for innovation in contest scoring just like there has been with RBN and
> Skimmer etc.  It does not all need to be number of QSOs plus multipliers
> and it may pull in people who would not ordinarily contest.
> 
> Here are a couple of thoughts.
> 
> How would a contest go where the goal is to work as many DXCC entities as
> you could, a mini DX marathon if you like you in 24 or 48 hours?  What
> strategies would you need to employ to maximise your score?  [As an aside
> could you use the WARC bands since it is not a contest in the traditional
> scoring sense]?
> 
> Or thinking of a team situation, what if you were in a team of six, one on
> each continent, in say a 24 hour contest using traditional scoring but you
> could only operate 4 hours each.  Using instant messaging or voice chat to
> co-ordinate your plans, what tactics would you employ?  Would that be fun
> to try?  Who knows you may even make new friends.
> 
> Sure changing the nature of the game for one or more contests may not
> satisfy the "must work 200/hr for 48 hours" crowd but then contesting is
> about many different types of people.
> 
> Finally as someone else said how would a bunch of gamers design a radio
> contest?  I suspect quite differently to what we have now.
> 
> 73
> Mark ZL3AB