Unofficial Competition: Houston Spring 2009

[Rubikgenius]

Houston Spring 2009 Rubik's cube competition!


Venue: T.B.A

Date: June 13,2009

Fees: $5 (total)

Send an email to [email protected]

· Name

· Age

· Events you would like to participate in ( Events are 3x3 Speedsolve, 4x4 speedsolve, 5x5 speedsolve, 3x3 Blindfold solving, 3x3 One-handed, and 2x2 speedsolve)

· Your WCA id (if you have one)

· Are you willing to help judge in the competition? Yes or No

So yeah register now so the Houston Cubing Association has an idea of how many people are coming.

 

[IamWEB]

O_O!

I AM GOING! maybe...

Personal Matters meant I couldn't go to the Austin Spring, which would have been my first comp... but this... !!!

Wait a second, Ill be in Michigan then... NOOOOOOOOO!

 

[Bryan]

Why are you collecting ages instead of birthdates? Also, why is the venue TBA, but the date is firm?

 

[Rubikgenius]

Bryan,

The date is firm because that is the Saturday the comp is going to be on. The venue is TBA because I need to look at the number of people who register and get a venue based on that.

 

[IamWEB]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you don't have a venue than it's still possible to change the date accordingly, no?

Although I might be able to make it there still, about a week after I start summer break...

 

[Bob]

Houston Spring 2009 Rubik's cube competition!

This will be a WCA competition

Who approved this?

 

[Tyson]

Houston Spring 2009 Rubik's cube competition!

This will be a WCA competition

Who approved this?

I would recommend to the moderators that they should shut down threads that advertise fraudulent WCA competition. Threads like these can confuse the public about what is an official competition, and what is not an official competition. Anyone can simply post on this forum and say they're running an official WCA event. But only events listed on the WCA list of competitions are recognized by the WCA.

I know nothing about this event, and the current organizational quality of this event makes it very unlikely I would approve anything by this organizer.

*edit*

Thank you to the moderators for fixing the first post. But I still think the fraudulent nature of the post in its original form warrants that this thread either be closed, or moved to another category.

 

[IamWEB]

If it's not official...

-I probably can't go, because it takes 4-5 hours and I'm only going that far for official comps. No offense, I just can't go to unofficial ones unless they're closer by.

-WCA IDs aren't a registration requirement...

 

[Rubikgenius]

Guys, no no don't take this the wrong way. It isn't official yet. but it will be soon. Sapan said he was going to come and delegate the competition.

So yeah the reason I started this thread was to get people to register, and with at least 12 people and a venue, this could become an offiicial competition.

 

[Ethan Rosen]

Guys, no no don't take this the wrong way. It isn't official yet. but it will be soon. Sapan said he was going to come and delegate the competition.

So yeah the reason I started this thread was to get people to register, and with at least 12 people and a venue, this could become an offiicial competition.

(this part edited out because I'm an idiot), and only Tyson has the power to approve this competition, and if you read what he wrote, he has no plans to.

 

[Rubikgenius]

His name is Sapan Upadhyay. I asked Ron already, and he said yes.

 

[Bob]

Unfortunately there is no delegate named Sapan

Wrong. Who delegated Austin Spring 2009?

 

[Rubikgenius]

Sapan Upadhyay did

 

[Bob]

Sapan Upadhyay did

That was rhetorical.

 

[Ethan Rosen]

Thats odd, he isn't on the delegate list...

 

[Rubikgenius]

Sorry


Yeah he isn't on the list. I find that weird as well.

 

[Bob]

Sorry


Yeah he isn't on the list. I find that weird as well.

There are quite a few USA delegates missing from that list.

 

[Rubikgenius]

Anyway I don't get why Tyson won't approve the competition. Is it because I don't have a venue or because I don't have enough people registered?

 

[Bob]

Anyway I don't get why Tyson won't approve the competition. Is it because I don't have a venue or because I don't have enough people registered?

Or because the organizer is 14 with little competition experience?

 

[Rubikgenius]

What? How did you know I am 14? I have been to 2 Official competitions. So I think i have enough experience. Plus, Sapan can help me out and stuff

Are you saying that young people shouldn't organize competitions?