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Sports should be live, exciting, and interactive. Shooting deserves the same level of spectator engagement as any other sport. Many national level organizations in the United States still find it acceptable to announce the winners of their match five, ten, or even sixty minutes after the last shot is fired. Instead, here at Scopos, we believe shooting should have the same level of live updates as basketball, football, or baseball, and we’re building a system to do just that. With the latest version of our suite of products, Orion Scoring System, Athena Electronic Scoring Targets, and Rezults, we’ve introduced new technologies to bring shooting closer to the state of the art shared by the other sports. We are pleased to now introduce:
“Scopos already has shooting’s most advanced Result List system. With today’s announcement we take the state of the art and advance it even further, making online Result Lists more engaging for spectators and the whole of the shooting sports.” - Dr. Erik Anderson, Chief Architect at Scopos.
Rank Trends
Rank Trends are our new way to graphically track which marksmen are moving up or down the rankings. They appear alongside each participant's rank while they are shooting if there is a recent change to their projected finish, showing an arrow with numeric superscript to show the marksmen’s movement.
We initially developed Rank Trends for our new final presentations. In a final, they help commentators tell the story of the event. It gives commentators and spectators alike a way to easily track marksmen’s movement from the previous series. We liked how well Ranked Trends work in our final presentations, such that we decided to implement them in qualification too. In qualification, Rank Trends work slightly differently. Instead of comparing rankings between the current and the last commentary point (because there are no commentary points in qualification), Rank Trends compare the current rankings with the rankings one minute ago.
Last Shot
Last Shot is a new feature that shows the score of the last shot fired, by each marksman, as part of the result list. This play-by-play brings you closer to the live action of the sport.
Last Shot is currently available for matches scored by Athena Electronic Scoring Targets. Where available, result lists now include a “LS” column, short for Last Shot, as in the score of the last shot fired. Shot values are updated for both sighters and competition shots, and usually updated within about 15s of when the marksmen fires their rifle or pistol.
Watch Current Marksmen
Watch Current Marksmen is Scopos’ new feature to show only the athletes shooting on the current relay. Hiding athletes who were shooting on previous relays keeps result list information relevant to both coaches and spectators.
Watch Current Marksmen works for EST, paper target, and manual entry scores. It is available on all competition types, but only while the competition is ongoing and may be seen online on Rezults. Rezults continues to rank participants by their predictive scores and shows the gap between each participant and the leader of the event. The top three scores, regardless of the relay they were on, are always shown.
Conclusion
If shooting is going to grow in popularity, we must find ways to attract not just top athletes, but crowds of spectators to cheer them on. At Scopos, our mission is to use technology to turn shooting into a spectator sport. The advances introduced today take us three steps closer to achieving that goal. Spectators can now more easily see which participants are moving up or moving down the rankings, watch the marksmen currently shooting, and get live shot-by-shot updates.
About Scopos
Scopos, located in Manassas, VA, is the maker of the Orion Scoring System, Athena Electronic Scoring Targets, and the Rezults website. Our mission is to use leading-edge technologies to improve marksmanship in athletes, and turn shooting into a spectator sport, inspiring coaches and engaging spectators along the way.
For more information about Scopos and our products, visit Scopos at www.scopos.tech and Rezults at https://rezults.scopos.tech. For additional questions, please contact us at support@scopos.tech.