While Mobile Scoring is not an all or nothing approach. Some of the appraisers could score using the Mobile Client while others continue to score using paper.  This approach has been used over the years to have Mobile Scoring replace paper more gradually.  A mixed approach these days is discouraged for the following reasons:

  • paper score rooms used to have red dots used to point out errors appraisers made
    Such errors are virtually eliminated by the Mobile Client.
  • getting scores back to the team is better with Mobile Scoring
    With paper, scores needed to take a round-trip to the score room before scores could be returned to the team.  With Mobile Scoring, the challenge room no longer needs to wait for the Score Room.
  • the number of people in the Score Room is greatly reduced
    You don't need date entry personnel.  Using Mobile Scoring, a score Room might have just one person, the Scoring Challenge Master.


However, if a tournament does choose a mix of paper and Mobile Clients, 

  • mobile scores are imported from the Mobile Clients and 
  • paper score are entered the old fashion way by data entry folk keying in scores from score sheets


You can note the approach being used by each appraiser by picking the Appraisers by Room pane on Tournaments=>mobile scoring. In the screen shot below we picked the Team Challenge Engineering room (LOP (tc-E)). This information is in the Kind column.  You have the following choices:

  • using paper
  • using mobile: the default
  • dropped mobile: to indicate someone using mobile dropped back to paper


The choice made does not effect how the Mobile Client works, however, it lets others know what to expect.