[CQ-Contest] on line scores

[N1MM]

I like posting my score to the scores sites.  Why? Because seeing 
another comparable station there provides incentive to compete.  I think 
there is probably more value there than in the spectator benefit that 
Rick is looking for.

A lot of people have objected to requiring connection to a scores site, 
but why not try it in a few smaller contests and see how it affects the 
competition?  Do the participants report staying in the chair longer?

To get to the spectator aspect, I think you would need to do it on a 
very short contest - maybe 30 minutes to 2 hours long.  I was at Dayton 
last year and watched the CW contest with an electronic scoreboard.  The 
scoreboard made the competition far more interesting than in the 
pre-electronic era.

A 30 minute Sprint contest with a web site to record every QSO and a 
video conference room to let the spectators hang out, kibitz and drink a 
beer while watching the contestants duke it out, might be a lot of fun 
on a Thursday night.  A color commentator who could elaborate on the 
strategies being used by the competitors would make it even better.

73,
Tom - N1MM

On 11/26/2013 9:55 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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