> So I propose a mathematical solution... Change how ALL
> contestants get scored. This would mean breaking the
> records at the point of introduction but might solve a
> great number of problems at once.
This is the core of the issue. Rover scores are calculated differently than all
other categories. Therefore they are incentivized differently and therefore
they act differently.
A first step would be to "normalize" that category's scoring to the method used
by everyone else.
The second step would be to normalize Rover sub-categories to that of others.
Duplicate the S/O and M/O categories, but add the term "Rover" to the
end...allowing station movement.
The third step addressed multi-grid operation. A Rover score would be simple
the sum of the scores from each grid-4 operated from.
With this in place, the arguments would then turn to geographic advantages,
population center advantages, etc. The same things that everyone else
complains about. :)
Ev, W2EV
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