I know how we can make the cubing community EXPLODE

[FenTheGoat]

I found a way to make the cubing community EXPLODE in popularity, but it may not be the best/most favorable way.

Betting. It’ll 100% increase the amount of people that care about cubing. It may be strange to bet on an 8 year old, but I feel like it’s not the worst idea.

Idk, has cube betting ever been thought of before? Do you think it’s a good or bad idea? I feel like, if implemented right, it would be AMAZING. That could also make it so there is a higher prize pool at bigger comps like nats and worlds, and people could live on cubing from comp wins alone.

 

[randomspeedcuber2023]

nah that makes cubing worse (will be categorized as a gambling sport)
instead, we focus on cubing hardware

maybe a cubing innovation might be used by nasa (rare but not 0%)

 

[CatSharked]

It's fine if you are "betting" (without money) on records or something, but there shouldn't be a way to gamble and make money off of who will win competitions. Like @randomspeedcuber2023 said, it's not a gambling sport, and this would ruin competitions and make it way too competitive.

maybe a cubing innovation might be used by nasa (rare but not 0%)

If NASA hosted speedcubing competitions on the Moon or Mars it would be cool, and there could be Moon WRs and Mars WRs.

 

[randomspeedcuber2023]

by "cubing innovation", i meant hardware modifications that might be used by nasa (example: dnm-37 lube for engines)

 

[JDAW6]

Amazing, let’s start gambling it is such an amazing idea let’s give children gambling addiction!

 

[Caden Fisher]

by "cubing innovation", i meant hardware modifications that might be used by nasa (example: dnm-37 lube for engines)

Maglev rocket doors

 

[JDAW6]

NASA doesn’t give a damn about the cubing community, it has better things to do.

 

[CatSharked]

NASA doesn’t give a damn about the cubing community, it has better things to do.

True, but if a speedcuber goes to space, that would be a start

 

[JDAW6]

True, but if a speedcuber goes to space, that would be a start

Instead of a speedcuber going to space, an astronaut should become a cuber that is easier

 

[CatSharked]

Instead of a speedcuber going to space, an astronaut should become a cuber that is easier

If an astronaut starts cubing, they should host a competition in space for other astronauts to compete in.

 

[JDAW6]

If an astronaut starts cubing, they should host a competition in space for other astronauts to compete in.

That is possible but probably won’t happen

edit: how will delegates come.

 

[CatSharked]

That is possible but probably won’t happen

edit: how will delegates come.

NASA will fly delegates there. It won't happen anytime soon, but if more people start going to space, it is possible.

At this point this thread is not even about gambling or making cubing more popular, it's just about bringing speedcubing to space lol.

 

[Clock_Enthusiast]

I bet that wouldn’t work too well.

I wouldn’t feel good about solving cubes if it meant my results could influence the status of someone’s home ownership.

WCA = World Casino Association?

 

[FenTheGoat]

I’m not saying I want it to happen (I don’t), but I know it would grow the community.

 

[JDAW6]

I’m not saying I want it to happen (I don’t), but I know it would grow the community.

How

 

[CatSharked]

I’m not saying I want it to happen (I don’t), but I know it would grow the community.

How

Gamblers would become cubers. Something we don't want to happen.

 

[JDAW6]

@pjk delete this thread it is going nowhere, it basically is about gambling.

 

[CatSharked]

@pjk delete this thread it is going nowhere, it basically is about gambling.

yeah, this needs to get removed, we don't want any gambling in the speedcubing community

 

[siwoo]

this is the funniest thing ive seen all day

 

[Billabob]

Horrific idea, it won't "grow" the community, just continue the trend of turning everything into a business sucking the soul out of everything. Gambling is a terrible thing and it would be a huge mistake to center our hobby around something like that