[CQ-Contest] on line scores

[David Gilbert]

Sorry, but that's a really silly analogy.  Golf is a paid spectator 
event ... CQWW is not.   And what possible relevance does the use of 
Skimmer or packet assistance have to your proposed paranoia?

What you are asking is more akin to requiring poker players to have all 
their cards in plain view for everyone to see, or for chess players to 
explain each of their moves as they make them.  I see no correlation in 
the slightest between "honesty and frankness" and posting real time 
scores, and I challenge you to identify a single example of dishonesty 
that would be prevented by your proposal that would not be caught by the 
normal log checking procedures.

And you do realize that making logs publicly available AFTER the event 
(which I totally support) is not the same as requiring operating 
activity to be tracked and made public DURING the event, right?   
Apparently not ....

Dave   AB7E




On 11/26/2013 7:55 AM, Rick Dougherty wrote:
> Soap Box- I want to commend the teams that took the time to post their
> scores
> on the cqcontest.ru site. Our friends in UA have dove an excellent job in
> making the site easy to use and very accurate. On a different note I will
> propose a change to the CQWW Rules to include some sort of rule that if a
> station uses skimmer, packet or any other means of gathering information
> they
> will be obligated to post their scores. Here is a classic example given to
> me
> by KY4F.
>
> "You and your wife are huge Golf fans, and save, and finally buy tickets
> to the Master's Golf Tournament (CQWW CW is much like the Master's). In the
> process of your attendance, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson decide that they
> will not allow their scores to be listed on the leader boards and that they
> will keep their score cards in their pocket and not allow any fans or other
> competitor to see their score. Their score cards will not be available until
> after every participant has finished the Tournament".
>
> I see no discernible difference in the above case, and our current leaders
> in
> CQWW who refuse to participate in posting their scores online. It is done in
> the Golf world to openly and frankly show what the score is at every
> stroke. It
> is a display of honesty and frankness and is a requirement for entry in any
> golf
> tournament. I call upon all of the contesting community to request...no
> require... that all participants who use any method of information
> collection
> to post their scores!
>
> As the contesting community has adjusted to the requirement for logs to be
> sent
> in and posted for all to see, it is now time to change this unnecessary
> behavior
> and openly post your score for all to see. Not posting your score equals non
> entry in the contest.
>
> de Rick NQ4I
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