[CQ-Contest] Online scoreboard usage stats (was Re: I watch Contestonlinescore but I don't post my own score)

[robert beaudoin]

         Good Morning Joe and All

             I certainly agree.  One thing tho and this has happened to 
me a couple of times,

             it can also be a real let down  when you notice you have no 
chance to

             overcome a competitor in your entry class and just lose 
interest in the contest.

                 In my case I use onlinescoarboard in about 50% of my 
contest efforts.

             I will probably use it in this years ARRL DX ........see 
you there.

                     73 BoB WA1FCN

On 1/30/2024 11:40 PM, Joe wrote:
> I find the online live scoreboard a GIANT thing to keep my Butt in The 
> Chair!
>
> Many times I would be just about to stop for a while and see another 
> station just barely ahead of me so decide to try to pass them.
>
> Or even more often when you are in a horse race with someone else 
> where you are constantly trading places.
>
> Without the scoreboard I'd be sleeping, eating or who knows what 
> instead of keeping going!
>
> Joe WB9SBD
> .
>
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> On 1/30/2024 10:24 PM, Tim Shoppa wrote:
>> Some stats:
>>
>> CQWWCW 2023 had 8058 logs submitted to the contest sponsor.
>>
>> 1122 of those contesters, or 14% of them, submitted their score to
>> 3830scores.com.
>>
>> 893 of those contesters, or 11% of them, listed their score on
>> contestonlinescore.com, almost all of them in real-time.
>>
>> Almost all contestonlinescore users were also 3830 users, not 
>> surprisingly.
>> contest.run stats are very very similar to contestonlinescore.com 
>> because
>> most users post to both simultaneously.
>>
>> For many "regular" weekly events (e.g. CWT, NS FT4), 3830 usage is 
>> nearly
>> 100%, but online scoreboard usage is still not much more than 20%.
>>
>> It is important to not discount the 80%+ of worldwide contesters who did
>> not use 3830 or online scoreboard. They are still very much real 
>> contesters
>> and I'm sure lots of them read 3830 or watch the scoreboard while not
>> posting to them.
>>
>> Online score reporting is quickly growing and just in the past couple 
>> years
>> I watched the dominos fall as first K3LR then immediately after the 
>> other
>> big guns started using it. Everyone posting to the scoreboard knows the
>> world (including those who are serious about contesting but not posting)
>> can see it and they are all OK with it. The scoreboard certainly 
>> drives up
>> "water cooler" talk steering more hams towards contesting.
>>
>> Tim N3QE
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