Some people I've met that hate contests feel that way because they had incidents with bad contesters and they assume all contesters are lids. There are so many "haters" in ham radio. There are the contest haters, the ssb haters, the AM haters, the VHF/UHF haters, the 75 m haters, the ____________ (fill in the blank) haters. Everyone seems to think their way of doing things is the BEST and ONLY way. That is one reason why I like things that don't have to involve people. People are overrated.