We see a lot of that these days - knowing the rules going in and
complaining about the results later. If you land out, you're not gonna
win the contest. Note: I did NOT hear Sean complain about this and do
not intend to imply such.

On 1/18/2017 12:44 PM, Andy Blackburn wrote:
Well, the difference between 66% and 75% is 9%, so it's a matter of degree. I've seen speeds less than half the winners on occasion (and complaints about the resulting score). Lowering the percent does focus on relatively small numbers of points between pilots who have already dropped 250 point to the winners. Dropping 340 points to the winners instead of 250 so you can claim a few dozen points against another pilot who is waaaay out of the money seems like it might be worthy of re-thinking as it only solves an ego problem with very slow finishers wanting to feel like they did better than a long landout or another very slow finisher. You pay a price in more important parts of the scoring formula (because math!) to create points spread at the bottom of the daily scoresheet. We need to look at all of this holistically. You can't push on the ballon on one side and expect it not to bulge out somewhere else.

A little adjustment to 75% doesn't matter as much as the assymetry of devaluation that BB describes, but it does create tension for other considerations.

9B

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Dan, 5J