Discussion: Was one of your better ride...
in: Tooms; Tooms > 2008-07-27
Jul 28, 2008 2:03 PM
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Duncan did a great job with a full SI course. You may have had some issues but at least you got to ride.
Jul 28, 2008 2:18 PM
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Evo:
Yes was a well set course and think Duncan did it "all" himself.
Dont think id be going in a lotto syndicate with you at the moment Eoin,though you are due for a change of luck.
Dont think id be going in a lotto syndicate with you at the moment Eoin,though you are due for a change of luck.
Jul 31, 2008 5:12 AM
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Is there more route choice with full SI because you can stick them in the ground anywhere rather than having to find a tree to hang controls on (or tying it to a stick on the ground ala Sarah Dunnage)?
Jul 31, 2008 9:17 AM
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No, with full SI you CANNOT take the controls out of order -which for a gorainer like yourself is bound to be a temptation! Mind you, you kind of proved with your result that everyone's view of you was incorrect...
The other SI bonus is that a good technical area can be used more fully - hence the smaller area of the weekend's map and less of the long boring legs out in the far west of the full map.
It felt like 3000km....
The other SI bonus is that a good technical area can be used more fully - hence the smaller area of the weekend's map and less of the long boring legs out in the far west of the full map.
It felt like 3000km....
Aug 1, 2008 12:52 AM
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You think I cheat do you? Well I never. Never I tell you! I did kick Joe Dowson off his bike on the way past but other than that no cheating whatsoever.
Actually I did come to that conclusion about the not out-of-order SI as being a benefit to orienteering but hadn't applied it to this situation. I believe Evo visited the controls out of order regardless.
Actually I did come to that conclusion about the not out-of-order SI as being a benefit to orienteering but hadn't applied it to this situation. I believe Evo visited the controls out of order regardless.
Aug 1, 2008 1:13 AM
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The main advantage with SI is that you can design good route choice / navigation / orienteering legs and not worry if there is a control from earlier or later in the course in the way, because SI doesn't care how many controls you punch or when, as long as you get all of the controls in the right order.
The problem with Score orienteering which was quite popular in the sixties and seventies (I ran my first one in March 1971) was that the control site becomes more important than the leg, because there are multiple possible combinations of which way to collect controls. Plus every leg becomes a dog-leg because people inevitably go different ways.
The problem with Score orienteering which was quite popular in the sixties and seventies (I ran my first one in March 1971) was that the control site becomes more important than the leg, because there are multiple possible combinations of which way to collect controls. Plus every leg becomes a dog-leg because people inevitably go different ways.
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