Potential Threat to Top BLD Cubers

[sneaklyfox]

The fish avatar wasn't originally supposed to be an Ichthys, but it can be, because I am a Christian, and proud of it too.

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek." - Romans 1:16

Awesome, bro! (And I CAN call you bro now, hehe.)

116! Obviously, it's not necessary that you like Reach Records and the 116 Clique, but most of the time when people quote that verse, it's because of Reach. So - what do you think of Reach Records?
Also, have you heard Social Club? I always laugh when I say this, but Social Club is the best. There's a link in my sig to one of their songs (Marty Mar is in Social Club).

Totally lost me with Reach Records and 116 Clique and Social Club. I'm not into Christian rock.

 

[Ickathu]

Totally lost me with Reach Records and 116 Clique and Social Club. I'm not into Christian rock.

I think it's pretty cool. I'm rather obsessed with music, I can hardly do anything without some sort of music in the background. So this way I get the music style I like (hip-hop/rock/generally-up-beat) without having to listen to people talk about how awesome they are, doing drugs, buying fancy cars, and all that, which I don't agree with (philosophically, morally, financially, etc.).

Also, it's probably aimed more towards the under-30 crowd with the style of it (personally, I don't know anyone over the age of, say, 50 who likes rap/hip-hop music). I don't know how old you are (I'm not saying you're over 50, or anywhere near there. To be honest, I'd probably put you 30s or 40s, because 5 kids is a lot. Also, my mother is 40-something, and I'm one of four children) or what sort of music you like, so yeah.

Anyway, I'm rambling because of the whole age thing. Such a tricky topic. Hopefully I didn't offend anyone.

 

[JemFish]

A top blder in Sydney?

I should warn you, you have some way to go before you're even the best in Australia, let alone the world.

The more the competition, the more the competitiveness, that's what I say.

I know a lot of people who talks a lot and does a little. But hopefully it's not about you.
The bad news is that it's impossible to achieve Maskow's or Oliver's level at BLD in a short amount of time.

I'm a pianist, and I know what practice is, trust me. And becoming pro at cubing is nothing compared to becoming pro at piano, because 3 years of piano practice is only worth about 1 year of cubing practice.

Awesome, bro! (And I CAN call you bro now, hehe.)

Absolutely, sis!

I think it's pretty cool. I'm rather obsessed with music, I can hardly do anything without some sort of music in the background. So this way I get the music style I like (hip-hop/rock/generally-up-beat) without having to listen to people talk about how awesome they are, doing drugs, buying fancy cars, and all that, which I don't agree with (philosophically, morally, financially, etc.).

Also, it's probably aimed more towards the under-30 crowd with the style of it (personally, I don't know anyone over the age of, say, 50 who likes rap/hip-hop music). I don't know how old you are (I'm not saying you're over 50, or anywhere near there. To be honest, I'd probably put you 30s or 40s, because 5 kids is a lot. Also, my mother is 40-something, and I'm one of four children) or what sort of music you like, so yeah.

Anyway, I'm rambling because of the whole age thing. Such a tricky topic. Hopefully I didn't offend anyone.

Yep, you're rambling. No offence, but I don't like loud music like rap, rock, dubstep, etc. My favourite music artist is Jon Hopkins, who by far is the most incredible musician I've ever listened to. (Check out his two best albums Immunity and Insides - they're amazing.) I don't like LeCrae, but more worshipful music like Jon Thurlow. OK I better stop before I start rambling.

~ JemFish

 

[penguinz7]

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek." - Romans 1:16

yeyeyeah!!

 

[sneaklyfox]

Also, it's probably aimed more towards the under-30 crowd with the style of it (personally, I don't know anyone over the age of, say, 50 who likes rap/hip-hop music). I don't know how old you are (I'm not saying you're over 50, or anywhere near there. To be honest, I'd probably put you 30s or 40s, because 5 kids is a lot. Also, my mother is 40-something, and I'm one of four children) or what sort of music you like, so yeah.

Anyway, I'm rambling because of the whole age thing. Such a tricky topic. Hopefully I didn't offend anyone.

Didn't take offence to anything so no worries there. It was funny how you said you thought I was in my 30s or 40s because of the kids. Yeah, it probably means I'm not that young, but I could be anything older than that. I'll still have 5 kids when I'm in my 80s, you know. But yeah, I'm actually 33. My music tastes are very conservative though. Classical music is my thing though I can appreciate other styles of music too. Even rap has rhythm to it (though unfortunately the words are often distasteful). I just can't stand heavy metal which doesn't even classify as "music" in my books. Now, hopefully I didn't offend anyone. Sorry for being so off topic!

 

[JemFish]

Classical music is my thing though I can appreciate other styles of music too.

Piano comes before cubing, for me, and classical music is pretty much all I play. My three favourite Classical composers are Chopin, Mozart, and Debussy, although in general I just like any thoughtful music, usually when it's quiet or gentle (like Jon Hopkins). I admit, though, stupid music like pop and some electronic music can be fun too.

Sorry for being so off topic!

Ah, don't worry. This thread is all about me, and music is my life, so feel free to post about music here.

 

[Dene]

I'm a pianist, and I know what practice is, trust me. And becoming pro at cubing is nothing compared to becoming pro at piano, because 3 years of piano practice is only worth about 1 year of cubing practice.

Oh boy are you in for a surprise.

I just can't stand heavy metal which doesn't even classify as "music" in my books. Now, hopefully I didn't offend anyone

Consider me officially offended. Metal is the most involving form of music around. It requires the most skill, the most rhythm, and the most musical ability in general to be good at it.

 

[JemFish]

Oh boy are you in for a surprise.

"Successful people will always tell you you can do something. It's the people who have never accomplished anything who will always discourage you from trying to achieve excellent things." - Lou Holtz

Should I now assume that you're a person who has never accomplished anything?

Consider me officially offended. Metal is the most involving form of music around. It requires the most skill, the most rhythm, and the most musical ability in general to be good at it.

Goodness me; you might as well listen to a pig squealing and think it music.

 

[Tim Major]

"Successful people will always tell you you can do something. It's the people who have never accomplished anything who will always discourage you from trying to achieve excellent things." - Lou Holtz

Should I now assume that you're a person who has never accomplished anything?

He's accomplished heaps! http://i.imgur.com/yYlsLki.png

But see my signature, because right now nobody imagines anything from you.

 

[ottozing]

"Has Anyone Really Been Far Even as Decided to Use Even Go Want to do Look More Like?" - Dr Phil

 

[Tim Major]

"Has Anyone Really Been Far Even as Decided to Use Even Go Want to do Look More Like?" - Dr Phil

"That was a dank meme" - Einstein

 

[CriticalCubing]

After reading everything, I must I have taken an interest in you. You optimism and determination far exceeds mine. You are also a pacifist which is really great in my book Welcome to the forums and have a great cubing journey, It is also interesting that you have prioritised your cubing hobby. Dont get discouraged and walk the path you chose Lets be friends (maybe best friends?)

 

[JemFish]

After reading everything, I must I have taken an interest in you. You optimism and determination far exceeds mine. You are also a pacifist which is really great in my book Welcome to the forums and have a great cubing journey, It is also interesting that you have prioritised your cubing hobby. Dont get discouraged and walk the path you chose Lets be friends (maybe best friends?)

Thanks for your encouragement! And about being friends, I don't know how that'll work but I badly need some cuber friends right now; no one I know is interested in cubing.

 

[tseitsei]

So arrogant and cocky guy...

You clearly have no idea how hard it is to be a world class (BLD)cuber.

I say more actions/results and less talk.

Also

I'm a pianist, and I know what practice is, trust me. And becoming pro at cubing is nothing compared to becoming pro at piano, because 3 years of piano practice is only worth about 1 year of cubing practice.

WTF?! What does this even mean? Why would practising piano have different "value" than practising cubing or football or anything else? Of course it is harder to be world class at something that has much more people practising the event (for example at soccer) but still I don't understand how 3 years of practising something = 1 year of practising something else...

 

[Ickathu]

Didn't take offence to anything so no worries there. It was funny how you said you thought I was in my 30s or 40s because of the kids. Yeah, it probably means I'm not that young, but I could be anything older than that. I'll still have 5 kids when I'm in my 80s, you know.

Excellent point...
But I remember a while back when you cubed during labor. And I'm pretty sure that there aren't any 80 year olds giving birth

Consider me officially offended. Metal is the most involving form of music around. It requires the most skill, the most rhythm, and the most musical ability in general to be good at it.

Ehhhh, I disagree. I'm not a fan of it. To be perfectly honest, I rather despise heavy metal. That being said, I would still call it music because it does have harmony, rythm, etc.
But does it really require the most skill, rythm, and musical ability? I'd say instrumental (piano and violin in particular) or orchestral music requires the most skill, rythm, and musical ability.

WTF?! What does this even mean? Why would practising piano have different "value" than practising cubing or football or anything else? Of course it is harder to be world class at something that has much more people practising the event (for example at soccer) but still I don't understand how 3 years of practising something = 1 year of practising something else...

I kind of wondered that too. I think he just meant what you said - becoming world class. For example, when speedcubing first became "a thing," people could become world class in a matter of months, sheerly because there weren't many people to compete against. A 17-second average was world class, but today, it's mediocre-to-decent (I'm saying this as a person who averages slower than 17 sec).

But yeah, if I cube for 10 hours, and I play piano for 10 hours, I'm still 10 hours better at both of them.

 

[Berd]

Less talk more work...

 

[sneaklyfox]

Excellent point...
But I remember a while back when you cubed during labor. And I'm pretty sure that there aren't any 80 year olds giving birth

Ok, you got me there...

But yeah, if I cube for 10 hours, and I play piano for 10 hours, I'm still 10 hours better at both of them.

I think what JemFish meant in his original post about 3 hours piano practice to 1 hour cubing practice is like saying he thinks that getting good at piano is three times harder than getting good at cubing. Just think of something relatively easy to learn, like doing a somersault (I mean the way kids do it, not flipping in the air). It's simple so it doesn't take 10,000 hours to learn how to do it well.

 

[tseitsei]

I think what JemFish meant in his original post about 3 hours piano practice to 1 hour cubing practice is like saying he thinks that getting good at piano is three times harder than getting good at cubing. Just think of something relatively easy to learn, like doing a somersault (I mean the way kids do it, not flipping in the air). It's simple so it doesn't take 10,000 hours to learn how to do it well.

How do you compare being good at piano and being good at cubing or some sport or whatever it is that you decide to practise?
IMO that's impossible.

Also I think doing somersaults is a bad example for comparison. More accurate would on that category be something like doing gymnastics or tricking. Because somersault is just one simple move needed in those sports. Kind of like doing one algorithm quickly in cubing (that would be more comparable to somersaults IMO).
So can you tell me how many cubing hours does one hour of gymnastics practise equal?

 

[Dene]

Ehhhh, I disagree. I'm not a fan of it. To be perfectly honest, I rather despise heavy metal. That being said, I would still call it music because it does have harmony, rythm, etc.
But does it really require the most skill, rythm, and musical ability? I'd say instrumental (piano and violin in particular) or orchestral music requires the most skill, rythm, and musical ability.

dyk
- lots of metal utilises classical instruments, full choirs, and full orchestras?

"Successful people will always tell you you can do something. It's the people who have never accomplished anything who will always discourage you from trying to achieve excellent things." - Lou Holtz

Should I now assume that you're a person who has never accomplished anything?

Figure what you want. I'm just trying to give you a reality check.

 

[Randomno]

I know a lot of people who talks a lot and does a little. But hopefully it's not about you.
The bad news is that it's impossible to achieve Maskow's or Oliver's level at BLD in a short amount of time.

Spoiler

considering short amount of time as one year of hard training

Heh I don't know anyone who talks too much and practices too litt.. wait.

I'm a pianist, and I know what practice is, trust me. And becoming pro at cubing is nothing compared to becoming pro at piano, because 3 years of piano practice is only worth about 1 year of cubing practice.

Since you aren't really a pro at cubing, are you sure you're in a position to say that?

But maybe you'll end up as Kennan LeBLDJeune.