[CQ-Contest] Online scoreboards

[Mats Strandberg]

Very valid comment Holger!

Cqcontest.net is an excellent platform. WWROF might already have supported
it financially? If not, that is an excellent platform to consider
supporting.

I have not always been using online scoring, but when changing to DXlog
contest logging software, it became so easy I decided to use it as much as
possible.

This "internal competition" that Holger so well described is my main driver
to achieve more in contests. I will with my equipment setup never be in
top, but with online scoring, my participation will still create some flow
of adrenaline when managing to bypass some friend I know normally has
better score than me. The same adrenaline pumps when someone from below
come closer and eventually "overtake" me.

If we can make one online scoring platform the "standard", this would make
things even more interesting. Also if major contests in some category
(Assisted?) strongly recommend or "demand" online logging for top (or all)
competitors. This would be as exciting as following WRTC online from the
"sports bar with a pint of refreshing beer" ;)

Online scoring will only be in its ultimate form when majority of users
connect, but even before that happens, this is cool stuff!

As Holger so correctly states, our new younger contesters will never accept
"scores some months later". They demand quick action. If not, the will
perceive contesting as Stone Age. Simply we have to understand that fact -
otherwise contesting will repeat the era and "development" of the
dinosaurs...

73 de Mats RM2D (SM6LRR)


On Mon, 5 Jun 2017 at 05:44, Holger Hannemann <holger at 9h3m.com> wrote:

> Hi Randy
>
> We use www.cqcontest.net. Doing a full contest without makes it much more
> boring. I found this to be "THE TOOL" to motivate my daughter to go the
> extra mile. As you know contesting from the South Pacific and especially ZL
> offers only a limited number of high rate hours versus many slow to medium
> hours where one need a lot of patience to stick to the radio.
>
> Try to motivate a kid to spend the weekend on the radio and then wait half
> a
> year or longer for the results! In today's world this is not accepted and
> in
> its own a no show decision. The online scoreboards give a feeling of a race
> and some immediate feedback how you are doing against your competition. Two
> weeks ago Xenia (ZL4YL) did the WPX CW as a SB40 entry. The contest starts
> at noon time here so she had to wait a few hours for 40m  to open. When she
> did her first QSO there were stations that already had a few hundred
> logged.
> From the start she had an eye on the scoreboard. She virtually went hunting
> working her way up to the top! Of course we discussed strategy and
> potential
> new record setting up front. But for her the scoreboard was the real driver
> and motivator. When she finished her first shift she was on the top of the
> 40m SB HP scoreboard. By that time she had been 18 hrs in the chair except
> for some bathroom breaks!  She took  a six hour break and when I woke her
> up
> her first question was after her current position on the scoreboard! We're
> talking about a 16 years old girl here. She is interested in radio but
> she's
> not the radio fanatic like me!
>
>  I enjoy the scoreboard and it helps me to stay committed and focussed. For
> my daughter and I bet for all kids it is essential to get an immediate
> feedback! This is the motivation tool! It is not about being number one but
> having a race between three or four others and enjoying the contest.
>
> 73 Holger, ZL3IO/ZM4T
>
>
> Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2017 00:00:37 -0000
> From: "Randy Thompson K5ZD" <k5zd at charter.net>
> To: "'CQ Contest Reflector'" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Online scoreboards
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> I am writing an article about online scoreboards for contesting.  Looking
> for comments both from those who use scoreboards (why?  Any good stories?)
> and those who don't (why not?). What scoreboards are out there?
>
>
>
> Replies can be direct, or you can reply to the reflector and drive a
> discussion.
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Randy, K5ZD
>
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