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Re: [VHFcontesting] Win at all Cost mentality

To: vhfcontesting@contesting.com, Todd Sprinkmann <sprinkies@excel.net>
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Win at all Cost mentality
From: John Geiger <aa5jg@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 15:06:15 -0700 (PDT)
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I was referring more to the "let's make strategy X illegal because they won and 
I didn't" mentality.

73s John AA5JG

--- On Wed, 5/27/09, Todd Sprinkmann <sprinkies@excel.net> wrote:

> From: Todd Sprinkmann <sprinkies@excel.net>
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] Win at all Cost mentality
> To: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
> Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 3:09 PM
> Snipping K4GUN (with >) and
> AA5JG's comments... 
> 
> > If you fail to see why grid circling is not a problem,
> 
> 
> I understand the argument of why it is a problem, I just
> don't agree with 
> that argument. 
> 
> > The rovers know the problem.  We may disagree on
> the 
> > solution, but there is 
> > consensus on the problem. 
> 
> 
> I am one rover who doesn't agree that it is a
> problem.  I guess if you have a 
> "win at all cost" mentality, it might be a problem. 
> If you do out for fun 
> (heaven forbid a hobby is fun) then who cares what the
> other guy does. 
> 
> 73s John AA5JG 
> 
>    Todd KC9BQA says, 
>    John, let's not be confused or
> deceived.  The "win at all cost" mentality 
> is embraced by a very small group of stations that
> consistently craft a 
> strategy that creates a huge score without working as many
> amateurs as 
> possible.  Nor do they use antennas that are capable
> of working beyond the 
> range they determined as optimum for their strategy. 
> If more rovers decide 
> to imitate this strategy, it will be a bad thing for V/UHF
> Contesting. 
> 
>    So a most impressive outlay of $$ and
> equipment, and planning all goes 
> toward an effort that turns its back on the rank-and-file
> contesting 
> community.  What a waste.  But hey, they're
> winners... <spit> 
> 
>    Folks, John's right about one
> thing.  You'd better do it for fun, first 
> and foremost.  If it's not fun, what's the point? 
> 
>    73, 
>    Todd 
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