[CQ-Contest] Online scoreboards

[Chuck Dietz]

I have never tried online scoreboards. I use the rate meter for motivation.
I will look at it. It seems like it would add an extra layer of enjoyment
if enough people participated.

Chuck W5PR

On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 2:51 AM, Mats Strandberg <sm6lrr at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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