[VHFcontesting] Sports vs. Radiosports

[Ev Tupis]

> Ken is right that WRTC "real-time" scoring is a much different situation 

I hope I haven't misstated something along the way.  I used WRTC2002 simply as 
an example of "out of the box" thinking only.

The system that is being envisioned has participants logging-in and 
authenticating to a site that would handle all of the logging and dupe-checking 
for the contestant.  There's nothing to misinterpret or mis-state.

> I believe Ev's proposal 
> could also exclude rovers, portables, DX stations and others who are not 
> connected to the Internet while operating the contest.

Not at all.  Participants could be "always connected" (real-time logging), 
"intermittantly connected" (batch-interactions periodically throughout the 
event) or e-submitted (just like logs are right now via emailing of Cabrillo 
logs, except with a compressed submittal timeframe).

> On-line PC gaming servers can be and are often "hacked." Players  
> commonly use "cheats"  to get the advantage while playing on-line games. 
> In fact there is a program called "punk buster" used to combat cheats. 
> This is a significant problem with on-line gaming and amateur radio 
> contesting "on-line" would have to consider and address potential "cheats."

The idea is to expose as many of the hacks or cheats as possible and build a 
system that is resistant to them...and provide a penalty that befits the crime, 
should it be committed and uncovered.  No "deal killers" yet...but lots of 
useful discussion.

Ev, W2EV