US Rules change needed for devaluation of contest day

On Tuesday, August 12, 2014 8:22:25 PM UTC-4, John Cochrane wrote:
A last thought. Thanks to Ron Gleason, Nephi was ready to experiment with "drop a day" (or, more accurately, "get the winner's score for a day") scoring. That scoring system is designed explicitly to devalue really bad luck that doesn't get picked up by other parts of the rules. It means if you land out before the start, do a lawn dart, or decide that flying in storms just ain't for you, the contest is not over for you. It would have achieved exactly the devaluation on this last day that Tim is calling for. I gather the vote did not go positively, but perhaps in retrospect those of you who voted no might have changed your minds!

John Cochrane

When we adopt "drop a day", it's the AAT with 30 mile radius circle problem writ extra large. Now we won't even be scoring guys and gals on the same *days* let alone on similar tasks.

I'd rather take my lumps, thanks.

Evan Ludeman / T8