DesertWolf
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So i've had this random idea which can be pretty stupid, but i thought would be worth sharing. So with the discussions around Events being removed/added that surround the community lately i thought of a way of how events can be recognised in the WCA. This may not be too clear but i'll develop a bit.
The idea i came up with is a sort of tier system for wca events. What i mean is the following:
-Permanent events (6-10 events, but up for debate)
-Non-Permanent events (All other current official plus maybe some new events )
Now to be clear all events in both categories would be officially recognised events. Where the permanent/non permanent events thing would come into play would be for Championships, notably the World Championship.
The permanent events would be those held in Every world championship where as the non-permanent events would rotate which would be included every iteration of the World's. The rotation wouldn't be random though, these events would be classified within separate groups and atleast one from every group would be present at a world championship.
Here's an Example using only current official events:
Permanent Events: 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, OH, 3BLD, FMC
Non-Permanent:
BLD Events: 4BLD, 5BLD, MBLD
Big Cubes: 6x6, 7x7, Megaminx
Side Events: Pyraminx, Skewb
Other events (can't think of a name): Clock, Feet, Square-1
World Championship 1:
Events: Permanent events + 4BLD, 6x6, Pyraminx, Clock
World Championship 2:
Events: Permanent events + 5BLD, 7x7, Skewb, Feet
etc,...
This said every event would still be considered official during the year they are not part of worlds, which means that they would still be competed in during other comps in that year if the organiser chooses to have them.
This with the current official events would make worlds + other championship comps if they choose to follow that system (Note: if they wish they can have a different rotation for National Champs/ Continental Champs so that the gap between having an event in a major comp isn't too big) have a lot less events which in return allows for events held to have more rounds therefore giving them more importance. And would allow for other events to be added to the WCA without causing too much problems. I'd suggest that the groups remain at a max of 3 events so in the event that they are filled up a new group is formed to still keep events from disappearing for too long from worlds.
Let me know what you think of this random idea. I'm open for discussion.
Edit:
The cool side of this thing would be that new events could be added and removed with more ease. The only thing I see could be problematic would be the controversies there'd be behind some events being included or excluded in the permanent events group. Although that could be based on the popularity of the event.
The idea i came up with is a sort of tier system for wca events. What i mean is the following:
-Permanent events (6-10 events, but up for debate)
-Non-Permanent events (All other current official plus maybe some new events )
Now to be clear all events in both categories would be officially recognised events. Where the permanent/non permanent events thing would come into play would be for Championships, notably the World Championship.
The permanent events would be those held in Every world championship where as the non-permanent events would rotate which would be included every iteration of the World's. The rotation wouldn't be random though, these events would be classified within separate groups and atleast one from every group would be present at a world championship.
Here's an Example using only current official events:
Permanent Events: 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, OH, 3BLD, FMC
Non-Permanent:
BLD Events: 4BLD, 5BLD, MBLD
Big Cubes: 6x6, 7x7, Megaminx
Side Events: Pyraminx, Skewb
Other events (can't think of a name): Clock, Feet, Square-1
World Championship 1:
Events: Permanent events + 4BLD, 6x6, Pyraminx, Clock
World Championship 2:
Events: Permanent events + 5BLD, 7x7, Skewb, Feet
etc,...
This said every event would still be considered official during the year they are not part of worlds, which means that they would still be competed in during other comps in that year if the organiser chooses to have them.
This with the current official events would make worlds + other championship comps if they choose to follow that system (Note: if they wish they can have a different rotation for National Champs/ Continental Champs so that the gap between having an event in a major comp isn't too big) have a lot less events which in return allows for events held to have more rounds therefore giving them more importance. And would allow for other events to be added to the WCA without causing too much problems. I'd suggest that the groups remain at a max of 3 events so in the event that they are filled up a new group is formed to still keep events from disappearing for too long from worlds.
Let me know what you think of this random idea. I'm open for discussion.
Edit:
The cool side of this thing would be that new events could be added and removed with more ease. The only thing I see could be problematic would be the controversies there'd be behind some events being included or excluded in the permanent events group. Although that could be based on the popularity of the event.
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