[RCSE] Monkeying with Contest Tasks.
I see we are in for another round of proposals to improve the tasks flown in contests. So far, I haven't seen anything that hasn't been tried at least once in the last 30 years. Usually, someone becomes unhappy with whatever is giving them trouble at contests and sets out to improve the system by remove whatever is causing them trouble. Reminds me of something that I saw almost 30 years ago. A CD was unhappy with Triathalon because he was always landing on the odd minutes losing all precision scores. He decided to run a contest with his version of Triathalon where maximum scores are achieved by landing on odd minutes. Of course everybody knows what happened. He landed on the even minutes every round. Chuck Anderson RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
Re: [RCSE] Monkeying with Contest Tasks.
That being said, we're running a contest Saturday in Houston. It's a stairstep contest and there are no landing points. That doesn't mean there are no landings. The landing zone must be made or the flight must be repeated. We're flying 2 classes, Novice and Expert. Novice will have a larger landing zone. Expert will start 2 minutes higher in the time category. But the landings have to be made. If I'm whining, what are you doing? If I'm Monkeying, it's about time someone did. If I held a 10 minute duration contest with 100 point landings, we'd get about half what I expect to see this Saturday. I've done this before, and it's fun, the contestants like it, and feel like they have a chance. 10 minutes with a 100 point landing, ho-hum, probably not... Man-on-man is great if you have enough flyers to mix the groups up good. It's by far the most challengeing and rewarding format I've seen. I think you have to have 30+ flyers to accomplish it in groups of 4 or more. Jack Womack --- Chuck Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I see we are in for another round of proposals to improve the tasks flown in contests. So far, I haven't seen anything that hasn't been tried at least once in the last 30 years. Usually, someone becomes unhappy with whatever is giving them trouble at contests and sets out to improve the system by remove whatever is causing them trouble. Reminds me of something that I saw almost 30 years ago. A CD was unhappy with Triathalon because he was always landing on the odd minutes losing all precision scores. He decided to run a contest with his version of Triathalon where maximum scores are achieved by landing on odd minutes. Of course everybody knows what happened. He landed on the even minutes every round. Chuck Anderson RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
RE: [RCSE] Monkeying with Contest Tasks.
Well if something can't be improved, then it is perfect, the problem is there is no such thing. There is always room for improvement of a system, especially after 30 years. Sounds so much like it was good enough for me so it has to be good enough for my children The real problems are the sacred cows that no one has the courage or energy to get rid of. Change promotes growth, without change and legitimate evolution of a system, it dies. People (those with the ability to actually change things) have too much invested in the status quo, nothing will likely change in TD anytime soon. JD Endless Mountain Models http://www.scalesoaring.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Chuck Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 6:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RCSE] Monkeying with Contest Tasks. I see we are in for another round of proposals to improve the tasks flown in contests. So far, I haven't seen anything that hasn't been tried at least once in the last 30 years RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
