Random Blindfold Cubing Discussion

[drewsopchak]

Heh, thanks. Just to clarify, before I waste a lot of time, I enter the letter (AE) into the "front" box, and the image (aeroplane) into the "back" box. Will I be able to test myself backwards and forwards, given either the pair or the image, and having to provide the other?

You have your boxes correct. You don't test backwards or forwards it's just gives you a group each day. You'll understand once you finish. It will give you the letter pair.

[aronpm]

Will I be able to test myself backwards and forwards, given either the pair or the image, and having to provide the other?

Settings -> Deck Properties -> select Basic model and click Edit -> select Reverse and click Enable (this will make all future cards in the deck be both forwards and backwards)
go to Deck Browser, select all, Actions -> Generate Cards -> click OK (this makes pre-existing cards both forwards and backwards)

[Julian]

Settings -> Deck Properties -> select Basic model and click Edit -> select Reverse and click Enable (this will make all future cards in the deck be both forwards and backwards)
go to Deck Browser, select all, Actions -> Generate Cards -> click OK (this makes pre-existing cards both forwards and backwards)

Thanks Would you recommend it, or should I just stick to giving the image from the pair?

[PianoCube]

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I'll do it anyway.

I have done blindfolded for some time now and want to get a better memory system, but I'm not sure about which language I should use. I have to choose between Norwegian and English. I'm from Norway, so my Norwegian vocabulary is better than my English, but the letters C, Q, W, X and Z is almost never used in the Norwegian language.
Any tips?

[bobthegiraffemonkey]

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I'll do it anyway.

I have done blindfolded for some time now and want to get a better memory system, but I'm not sure about which language I should use. I have to choose between Norwegian and English. I'm from Norway, so my Norwegian vocabulary is better than my English, but the letters C, Q, W, X and Z is almost never used in the Norwegian language.
Any tips?

You could always use a mixture, and end up only using 'nice' letters. Not sure how well this would work for you, I'm not bilingual so I can't really judge the difficulty or awkwardness.

[Cubenovice]

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I'll do it anyway.

I have done blindfolded for some time now and want to get a better memory system, but I'm not sure about which language I should use. I have to choose between Norwegian and English. I'm from Norway, so my Norwegian vocabulary is better than my English, but the letters C, Q, W, X and Z is almost never used in the Norwegian language.
Any tips?

Definitely use your own language, it will make your stories more logical / flow better
As you only really need 23 letters you can ditch the three most difficult letters.
Another tactic for difficult letters is to assign categories; starting letter is the category, 2nd letter is an image withing the category

example (copied from Chris Hardwicks list) : X are superheroes / action figures
XT = Terminator
XS = spiderman
XD = daredevil

or Q = cars
QC = camaro
QM = mustang

etc
etc

this way you do not have to make up 23 words with a difficult starting letter

[tseitsei]

I use bilingual memo. Finnish and english. and I don't think it's slowing me down. My memo is 20-30seconds usually.

[PianoCube]

Definitely use your own language, it will make your stories more logical / flow better
As you only really need 23 letters you can ditch the three most difficult letters.
Another tactic for difficult letters is to assign categories; starting letter is the category, 2nd letter is an image withing the category

example (copied from Chris Hardwicks list) : X are superheroes / action figures
XT = Terminator
XS = spiderman
XD = daredevil

or Q = cars
QC = camaro
QM = mustang

etc
etc

this way you do not have to make up 23 words with a difficult starting letter

Thanks, I will give the category-thing a try.

[qqwref]

I have done blindfolded for some time now and want to get a better memory system, but I'm not sure about which language I should use. I have to choose between Norwegian and English. I'm from Norway, so my Norwegian vocabulary is better than my English, but the letters C, Q, W, X and Z is almost never used in the Norwegian language.
Any tips?

You could try replacing them with more common Norwegian letters:
A B D E / F G H I / J K L M / N O P R / S T U V / Y Æ Ø Å

[PianoCube]

You could try replacing them with more common Norwegian letters:
A B D E / F G H I / J K L M / N O P R / S T U V / Y Æ Ø Å

Yeah, but I don't really want to move the letters around. It will probably confuse me more than it will help :/