Bob
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A contract has been signed for this competition. It will be announced when it is ready.
Northeast Championship
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Is it gonna be on the doc soon?
Loser
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Kit said on a stream that they likely won't be posting comps there anymore.
-RandomCuber-
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Does anyone have any info on a date or location cause it said it was approved on the doc
AidanNoogie
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I've heard some stuff but idk if I should say.
Bob
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It should be announced this week.
-RandomCuber-
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Like posted on the competition page of the wca site?
Loser
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i would assume so
CornerCutter
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Yes.
TipsterTrickster
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https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/NortheastChampionship2018#general-info
Doesn’t have any blind, feet or clock RIP
Doesn’t have any blind, feet or clock RIP
weatherman223
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I’m not from here, but wow, that is one disappointing event list. There isn’t even clock smh.
DGCubes
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No FMC either. Pretty disappointed by the event list. I was under the impression that the point of Regional competitions was to help people qualify for Nationals (and to have a regional champion in every event). I think if anything, some of the more common events should be removed in favor of the ones people actually need to qualify for.
weatherman223
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They could also use that buffer at the end of day 1 for something too, and shorten up some events that are a bit too long.
CornerCutter
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I disagree with the last statement. The Championships should be required to have all the events(except Big/Multi BLD), but have combined finals of the less popular ones. FMC, Clock, Feet, etc. Four rounds of 3x3 and two of of 2x2, etc. doesn't make sense.
TipsterTrickster
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They should be required to have all events.
WACWCA
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Pretty disappointed to be honest, missing many events and not as many rounds as I was expecting. I’ll have to see whether or not I go
cubeshepherd
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Although this does not affect me at all since I can not go to the competition, I will say however that the event list is really sad. I am going to a two day comp next month and although it is not a Regional it still has 17 out of the 18 official events, and I say that because I think that I Regional Championship should at least have most (if not all the events) and a smaller comp with the events that the Northeast Regional has. I do not know in anyway why it is that way, but in general, I think that a Regional should have almost all events, since it is a big competition with a lot of people and a higher registration cost then almost all other competition (other then US Nationals).
AidanNoogie
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1 round of mega?!?! Really disappointing
Loser
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Gonna attempt to defend the organizers here. The hosting of a competition this size is immensely hard, and just saying "why are they not having x event" or "why only y rounds of z event" is just childish. Saying this is just being ignorant of the tens of thousands of dollars that are in the competition. Finding a venue that can fit 1200 people, and being able to use it on a key weekend in June is immensaim hard to find. If they wanted to have fmc and feet and bigbld, they would need to rent the venue for Friday night as well, driving up the cost and making finding the venue harder. They also would need to find a venue with a good enough side room to use. That also would take more coordination, more delegates, and more staff. This would drive the coat of an already pretty expensive competition to even more.
Also, the northeast is a region packed with cubers, so a competitor limit this high is needed, so that the competition doesn't fill up in less than an hour like new Jersey competitions have.
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Also, the northeast is a region packed with cubers, so a competitor limit this high is needed, so that the competition doesn't fill up in less than an hour like new Jersey competitions have.
Responding to what others have said:
Have you ever tried to organize even a small competition, nevertheless one with 350 competitors? Just saying blind statements like this is really ignorant.
Again, a small competition can do this so much easier than an large competition.
Loser
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Sorry for double post, but I accidentally clicked post when I wasn't done and I can't figure out how to insert quotes editing on mobile
What I've heard is that regional competitons are for competitors who can't make it to national championships to be able to experience a large scale competition.
Also in reply to everyone who complains about events and such, find other competitions or host one yourself.
Also barely anyone in the northeast is serious about bigbld, fmc, clock, or feet. And don't bother saying DRL for feet, that's one person. It's a 350 person comp.
Ok first off buffers are a necessity for a competition trying to do this much in two days with this many competitors that doesn't want to fall behind. Also none of these events are too long for a 350 person competition.
What I've heard is that regional competitons are for competitors who can't make it to national championships to be able to experience a large scale competition.
Also in reply to everyone who complains about events and such, find other competitions or host one yourself.
Also barely anyone in the northeast is serious about bigbld, fmc, clock, or feet. And don't bother saying DRL for feet, that's one person. It's a 350 person comp.
