03-24-2023, 08:49 PM
Thanks everyone and I will likely call on several of you to help me with scoring and management of the contest, especially if it starts to get too much to cover...
One thing I think i should mention and for those that haven't ever did the ice challenge may not see right off. There will be certain categories that will have way more entries than others, for instance i expect catfish and trout will have a ton of interest. So it will be very important for those that are wanting to do well in the overall contest to make sure they score well in the big interest categories. This contest is one were non-contenders can have a major play in who wins and who loses the contest, by simply scoring higher than them in one category or another... for example, on the ice challenge this winter I wasn't able to find a good sized trout, so even though I had 3 of 5 first place fish, I ended up in second place by two points. However, if someone would have caught a bass or panfish larger than Brett's fish, they could have dropped him and raised my score, so neither Brett or I would have done anything, but our placement would have changed. So that is one of the wild and fun things this scoring format can add, and I think it will be really interesting if we get more folks actively competing, I really think it will add some excitement to things... But maybe I'm just weird that way... But I kind of like the strategy element that is added to the contest, it's not totally about who has the biggest fish, unless you are able to do really well in all categories, which I think maybe a lot more difficult with more folks involved... I'm really excited about this contest and format, and I hope everyone will enjoy it and keep an eye on things as they evolve even if you're not actively competing it will have a bit of a spectator element to it...
Thanks everyone for your support and great ideas that helped to resolve a lot of things up front before we tried to make it work... I think it's close to a really fun contest if we can just get some cool surprise prizes to roll out I think it will be something all will enjoy... At least I'm hoping it will... Later Jeff
One thing I think i should mention and for those that haven't ever did the ice challenge may not see right off. There will be certain categories that will have way more entries than others, for instance i expect catfish and trout will have a ton of interest. So it will be very important for those that are wanting to do well in the overall contest to make sure they score well in the big interest categories. This contest is one were non-contenders can have a major play in who wins and who loses the contest, by simply scoring higher than them in one category or another... for example, on the ice challenge this winter I wasn't able to find a good sized trout, so even though I had 3 of 5 first place fish, I ended up in second place by two points. However, if someone would have caught a bass or panfish larger than Brett's fish, they could have dropped him and raised my score, so neither Brett or I would have done anything, but our placement would have changed. So that is one of the wild and fun things this scoring format can add, and I think it will be really interesting if we get more folks actively competing, I really think it will add some excitement to things... But maybe I'm just weird that way... But I kind of like the strategy element that is added to the contest, it's not totally about who has the biggest fish, unless you are able to do really well in all categories, which I think maybe a lot more difficult with more folks involved... I'm really excited about this contest and format, and I hope everyone will enjoy it and keep an eye on things as they evolve even if you're not actively competing it will have a bit of a spectator element to it...
Thanks everyone for your support and great ideas that helped to resolve a lot of things up front before we tried to make it work... I think it's close to a really fun contest if we can just get some cool surprise prizes to roll out I think it will be something all will enjoy... At least I'm hoping it will... Later Jeff
When things get stressful think I'll go fish'en and worry about it tomorrow!