Comments on: Comment: Is mass start the future for orienteering in WOC? http://news.worldofo.com/2011/02/10/comment-is-mass-start-the-future-for-orienteering/ Fri, 09 Jan 2026 09:51:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.39 By: Samo http://news.worldofo.com/2011/02/10/comment-is-mass-start-the-future-for-orienteering/#comment-73135 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:32:47 +0000 http://news.worldofo.com/?p=2879#comment-73135 Similar ideas about Mass start with combinaton of some kind of score/goat race and Knockout system here
http://www.attackpoint.org/discussionthread.jsp/message_444070

]]> By: fromPlanetZorg http://news.worldofo.com/2011/02/10/comment-is-mass-start-the-future-for-orienteering/#comment-73134 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:02:09 +0000 http://news.worldofo.com/?p=2879#comment-73134 Yeah. Masstart is boring unless you add …
Knockout-Decisions! :-)

Example: http://o-zeugs.blogspot.com/2011/02/woc-2014-langdistanz-mit-massenstart.html

Let them run a system of butterflies, and every time a branch of the forking system resolves, kick out the second half of the runners (sprint decisions!!). Do this until you got the six best runners, then let them run a longer unforked loop against eachother.

What a thrill! ;-) One single mistake and you are out…

]]> By: fromPlanetZorg http://news.worldofo.com/2011/02/10/comment-is-mass-start-the-future-for-orienteering/#comment-73131 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:16:08 +0000 http://news.worldofo.com/?p=2879#comment-73131 In my country the delegates to the IOF are elected and instructed by the national board. There is no way somebody else then a member of the national board can influence the position of my federation. International politics are not discussed with the members of my federation. So maybe they are not ‘old men in suits’, but ‘pepole, who know what’s best for orienteering’ with little legitimation from the base. (see the poll above)

]]> By: Tyfus http://news.worldofo.com/2011/02/10/comment-is-mass-start-the-future-for-orienteering/#comment-73118 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:16:31 +0000 http://news.worldofo.com/?p=2879#comment-73118 Oh, fast answer.
Maybe a control that everybody on all three small courses out in the forest, is a way to get spectators, even on the TV. This maybe not has to be on o bigger path to get spreading in the running. But maybe that is more fair. But the whole metod is’nt fair.
But anyway, maybe something like that, but it has to be developed.

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