[NSRCA-dist8] scoring

[Tim]

I'm with Ray.  i just enjoy the flying and the people.    Any decision  
you make is fine with me.

On May 7, 2011, at 7:01 AM, Gordon Anderson wrote:

> All,
>
> I would like to hear your thoughts on a couple of issues about the  
> scoring program.
>
> As you all know my scoring program always shows 4 of 6 rounds when  
> the standings are reported during the contest. This means as the  
> event proceeds no rounds will be dropped until we fly the 5th round.
> The guys in D7 that use my program would prefer a different display  
> mode during the event as defined below:
> Rounds flown		Rounds used
> 1					1
> 2					2
> 3					2
> 4					3
> 5					4
> 6					4
> To keep things simple I would like to use the same procedure here in  
> D8, are you all ok with this?
>
> Also I have added three normalization schemes to the scoring program:
> 1.) Normalize to the maximum round score. This is the default mode  
> we always use and the AMA rule book mode.
> 2.) Normalize to the average of all pilots for each round. This is a  
> mode one of the guys in D7 wants to try, interesting!
> 3.) No normalization, use raw scores.
>
> So for fun at the contests we can see what the impact would be of  
> different modes by just selecting each option and printing the  
> results. I am not proposing that we do it any different than before  
> but it will be fun to see the affect. I have heard a lot of  
> speculation about using no normalization so now we can see!
>
> Thoughts?
> Comments?
> Ideas?
>
> --Gordon
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