World Championship 2015 - São Paulo, Brazil - July 17-19, 2015

[DuffyEdge]

I've always wanted to visit Brazil/South America. It'll be expensive, but I'll try my best to make it.

 

[uberCuber]

Reading this thread I could only think about one thing.

What exactly is that? All I see is a world map with some random countries colored red and some percentages that I don't know what they are referring to :confused:

 

[Stefan]

What exactly is that? All I see is a world map with some random countries colored red and some percentages that I don't know what they are referring to :confused:

Apparently (try Google image search), red marks areas with cocoa trees or cocoa production. No idea why he thinks (North)Americans see the world as a cocoa map.

 

[Matheus]

This thread makes me really sad... i was thrilled when i got to know about the WC being here, since we have a lot to share with and show to the speedcubing community. But by reading this i am starting to think people won't give us a chance . I really wish to see a good championship here. Will hope for the best.

 

[teddyman1331]

I was really looking forward to going to worlds, and i was willing to travel pretty far (out of U.S.).

But Sao Paulo is too big of a stretch. Not going.

 

[hcfong]

I was really looking forward to going to worlds, and i was willing to travel pretty far (out of U.S.).

But Sao Paulo is too big of a stretch. Not going.

If you say that you are willing to travel pretty far (out of US) but think Sao Paolo is too far, I'm afraid there is no way that any of the other alternatives would be close enough. With the last worlds being in the US, there is no way that the next one would be in North America, so Sao Paolo is probably as close as it would have got for you.

 

[TMOY]

This thread makes me really sad... i was thrilled when i got to know about the WC being here, since we have a lot to share with and show to the speedcubing community. But by reading this i am starting to think people won't give us a chance . I really wish to see a good championship here. Will hope for the best.

OTOH, all those whiners are not exactly the people we will miss the most. Don't worry, you will still see a great championship with lots of good cubers attending.

 

[Carrot]

If you say that you are willing to travel pretty far (out of US) but think Sao Paolo is too far, I'm afraid there is no way that any of the other alternatives would be close enough. With the last worlds being in the US, there is no way that the next one would be in North America, so Sao Paolo is probably as close as it would have got for you.

How did you exclude Europe as an alternative?

Spoiler

 

[hcfong]

How did you exclude Europe as an alternative?

Spoiler

Nice one. I was assuming that when he said that Sao Paolo was too far, Brazil in general would be too far. In that case, In that case, there wouldn't be much left of Europe which is within reach. Although Greenland is part of Denmark, but you already have Euro next week. O yeah, and of course Iceland.

 

[rowan]

Brazil seems like a nice place to have it, not sure why everyone's so upset. And of course, I'm sure what determines a lot of this are what organizers are willing to host such large comps so it's not like you can just say "host it in x location!"

As a side note: I'm not sure why anyone is arguing that we should only host in places convenient for the top 100 cubers. I don't think World's should be about what's most convenient for such a small group of the community (albeit an important one). Competitions should be about more than just world record holders setting more world records. I skimmed the rest of the last few pages, hope no one said that already.

 

[JackJ]

It's really not *that* far from the English speaking community. Plane tickets are around $1000 round trip, about the same as Europe. Besides, those in Europe and North America have Nats and Euros. Those are also very big competitions as well. This is a huge deal for South America and I'm glad they get a chance to host it. I hope Gabriel gets on podium!

 

[osrubikmo]

Apparently (try Google image search), red marks areas with cocoa trees or cocoa production. No idea why he thinks (North)Americans see the world as a cocoa map.

LOL nope, it's the scale of the world... North hemisphere is much bigger than south, anyway not important...

 

[MineKB]

I would honestly go if it wasnt for the ~2000 dollar roundtrip price.

 

[LucidCuber]

For the argument about raising the status, why not hold a South American Championships first? That will certainly be a step up from local competitions, it will motivate people to attend. Someone said that people won't travel far for a small comp, but will for a large comp, and that applies for continental championships too. I think that worlds should be held to get the most top class available, and ideally I think the top 8 seeding should have full travel/accommodation paid for if financially viable.

 

[cubernya]

For the argument about raising the status, why not hold a South American Championships first? That will certainly be a step up from local competitions, it will motivate people to attend. Someone said that people won't travel far for a small comp, but will for a large comp, and that applies for continental championships too. I think that worlds should be held to get the most top class available, and ideally I think the top 8 seeding should have full travel/accommodation paid for if financially viable.

This I can agree with. North America, Europe, and Asia have all held continental championships prior to hosting Worlds (Nats for NA). I wouldn't mind seeing South America do the same to show it could do such a large competition (and see the turnout).

 

[Evan Liu]

This I can agree with. North America, Europe, and Asia have all held continental championships prior to hosting Worlds (Nats for NA). I wouldn't mind seeing South America do the same to show it could do such a large competition (and see the turnout).

Peru held one last year. There was only one out-of-country competitor (José Garrido of Chile).

 

[hcfong]

This I can agree with. North America, Europe, and Asia have all held continental championships prior to hosting Worlds (Nats for NA). I wouldn't mind seeing South America do the same to show it could do such a large competition (and see the turnout).

Technically, US Nats is not a continental championship. It's the national championship for the US. Although of course, for all intends and purposes, it's probably regarded by most as the North American continental championship.

 

[Ranzha]

If I don't end up marching next summer, count me in!

I understand that the expense and/or travel time may be too much for some. In that case, see if a large-scale regional competition is an option for you.

To that one guy way earlier in the thread who suggested a "NOT Worlds 2015", that suggestion not only is completely disrespectful to the Brasilian cubing community (and likely others), but it completely undermines how the organisation team, delegates, staff, and WCA are trying to enact the spirit of the WCA by holding Worlds in Brasil in the first place.

The travel time for me looks like 18 hours either way, and the expense looks like $1200 for round-trip flights out of Los Angeles. Not impossible.

 

[TimMc]

I don't see what the big deal is.

BRAZIIIIIIIL!

 

[Kian]

This is one of my least favorite threads ever.

Congratulations to the burgeoning South American cubing community! I am excited to visit a new continent next year!