tseitsei
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On this "not uploading because..." side topic, I think people should focus more in following the regulations and conduct themselves in an ethical manner above all else.
If someone points out that there's an irregularity with your solve and you can agree that something is not right, or even if you see it while watching the video yourself, you should be the first to acknowledge it and want to maintain the consistency of the results.
Being ethical in this sense is to do the right thing even when other people are not looking.
Ask yourself "Would I be ok if I knew a regulation was violated during my attempt but no one else noticed it?"
If the answer is yes, perhaps you should reflect on "Would I be ok with ending up with someone else's property, if no one would ever find out?". Food for thought.
I think one's true character is revealed in these situations.
I don't want to go into a deep ethical debate but I think in this very specific case of judging solves, the "following the regulations" approach should prevail.
There's a proper place to debate and present concrete examples of situations where the regulations don't do what you consider to be the right thing to do, and present sound suggestions to improve and fix the regulations. The regulations are not perfect. But if they are currently active, they should be applied.
Also, I need to point out something that most people are somewhat ignoring:
VIDEO EVIDENCE IS NOT EXCLUSIVELY USED TO DISCARD SOLVES!
It is actually used a lot more times in helping fix judging mistakes and providing evidence that can allow fixing mistakes, than DNFing solves.
Concrete example: Judge writes 12.17 ; score taker understand 12.77. If there's a video, the competitor can present this issue to the delegate, where video evidence is the most definitive way to argue.
What happens is it's a lot more impactful when it's applied to world class competitors than to everyone else.
There's always more attention and scrutiny towards fast people, but that's like in any sport. Consider UK's Primiership football matches with 25 camera angles versus League Two matches. That's just the way things are.
Going back to the OP, it would be great to see a video, as it's always nice to see world class solves, but since apparently only his own camera recorded the solves and no one else did, it's of course his decision to do what he wants with the footage, but hopefully we will be able to see some time.
Ok this isn't the right place for this but I had to answer this (mods feel free to move this discussion somewhere else if you want)
Hypothetical scenario:
At my next comp I will do, let's say, 4BLD NR. Yay! I'm happy and post the video of my solve here. someone notices that it is scrambled wrongly.
The mistake in the scrambling makes the cube look like just a normal 4x4 scramble too. Nothing lucky or exceptional can be seen, but it is still not the scramble it should.
Now if I understood you correctly you would say that my NR needs to be DNFed?
I can't understand how this could be a case because:
1. I didn't do anything wrong AND
2. I couldn't have even known that the scramble should have been different.
3. It didn't affect my solve in any way. It was just another normal scramble. (If my wrongly scrambled cube had something like half the centers solved or else insanely lucky this point is invalid, but this isn't the case here in our scenario).
If you think my solve should be DNFed then please do tell me:
1. What I should/could have done differently during the competition for my solve to be legit or that I would have at least got a new attempt?
2. If answer to the first question is nothing, then tell me how is this situation supposed to be fair? If someone else makes a mistake that I possibly prevent or even know it has happened, and then my solve is DNFed regardless of my actions. Doesn't sound fair to me...