German Open?

[Yes We Can!]

I signed up for everything but clock and FM
I can't wait and I am already extremely happy, that I am going

Your comma in that sentence is SO German, it's great

I'm going and doing everything I think? Can't wait, especially to kick Karsten's ass at square-1.

Hehe.
I have gotten soooo many comments on my commas recently
I should work on it.

No big cubes BLD? ;_;

No, compared to other competitions we have several hours less during the day. Also, on Saturday the competition runs relatively slow because many people want to walk around the puzzle market.
Benjamin is looking for a good place for Friday night and Saturday night. If he succeeds, then maybe we can have these events while we are also having 6x6 and 7x7.

Yes!! Please, please, please!
I have practiced 4x4 BLD a lot for getting a official success.
Even if it was just 'Best of 1', I would be so glad!
I don't care for 6x6 and 7x7 too much anyway.

I´ll going to go there too
I´ll have to compete without practice, because of bursitis on both elbows

But, yay I can meet David again
Happy to see you once again after WC.

Wow! 134 people registered in less then 3 days! (Registration closed for saturday in a day.) That must be some kind of record!

Yeah, it's going crazy!
At Aachen Open we already had a new registration NR, but now... That's just mindblowing.
Crazy, how many new German competitors came into the community

 

[coolmission]

Sadly, I will not attend this competition I've decided to go back to Luxembourg that weekend, to catch up with a friend who I rarely see anymore.

Good luck and have fun to all those who registered! See you at Belgian Open hopefully

 

[kinch2002]

I go away for 4 days...and registration manages to open and close during that time

 

[macky]

I'm going!

I'm flying into Dortmund on the morning of Thursday, 15th. I'll be in Gütersloh by Friday evening, but I'm hoping to explore a city or two nearby.

Is there anyone in this area (Essen, Düsseldorf, maybe as far as Köln?) going to the competition that I can stay with on Thursday night or get a ride from on Friday?

 

[Kidstardust]

hey macky, nora(eriks girlfriend) lives near cologne. also erik lives in enschede. not that far away from dortmund. also i live in münster also near by....ask per pm if you need help...

 

[Ron]

Hi all,

The good news:

- on Friday night we will have an informal meeting in Holiday Inn Express
Before that anyone can eat in groups in the restaurants in the area. Most people will not arrive at the same time that night.

- on Saturday night we will have a very nice room, with help of Benjamin Brundzats. We are waiting for confirmation but the plan is:
= 18:00pm have dinner together in the restaurant
= 19:45pm go upstairs to the big room and have the 6x6 and 7x7. Drinks will be available upstairs, no food.
Hopefully everyone will join!

- I booked a room in the Holiday Inn Express for Friday and Saturday.
http://www.hiex-guetersloh.de/
Price is 55 EUR for 2 persons, including breakfast.
I have a spare bed, so if you want to share and don't mind some tree sawing...

The bad news is that I received some nasty and some dishonest e-mails from people who are disappointed/mad that they cannot register anymore.
Some remarks about this:
1) We have been combining the German Open with the German Cube Day since 2004. This combination was always interesting and successful.

2) Because we combine we hardly have influence on the location and the number of competitors that we can manage.

3) On Saturday the room is filled with lots of puzzle collectors and designers, so there is less room and thus access for fewer competitors and guests.
I CANNOT HELP THAT! The only thing I can do is disconnect German Open and German Cube Day. Which is one thing I am not going to do. The combination works great. Maybe next year we can find a bigger place.
Also, the number of competitions in Germany is growing, so I hope next year you will be less depending on going to specifically German Open.

4) On Sunday we can use the full room, but still there are limitations to the number of competitors and guests that we can manage.

So basically you cannot blame anyone if you cannot register anymore or are on the waiting list. We are welcome guests at the German Cube Day, but only in limited amounts.
I am happy with the high number of registrations, but I also feel sad that we cannot have more people. I do not want to get killed by our success. We should work on it by organising more competitions.

Have fun,

Ron

 

[CharlieCooper]

Sorry to hear you have had some mad e-mails Ron.

Macky, Lars, Joey and me will all stay at the Holiday Inn too, so we'll see you there

 

[Radu]

Thanks Ron for the organization. It will be fun.

I'll be staying at the Center Hotel, 5min away from Inn. Anyone else there?

 

[Olivér Perge]

Macky, Lars, Joey, Brúnó, Olivér and me will all stay at the Holiday Inn too, so we'll see you there

Fixed.

 

[CharlieCooper]

Macky, Lars, Joey, Brúnó, Olivér and me will all stay at the Holiday Inn too, so we'll see you there

Fixed.

Awesome I was hoping we'd end up in the same place!

 

[robindeun]

3 weeks left

 

[Yes We Can!]

Hey Ron!
I think you really really don't deserve these e-mails, because you are organizing this competition once a year here in Germany and you aren't even citizen of Germany. People should thank you for that!


Nice, that we have the big room for saturday night!
Can we have a 4x4x4 Blindfolded event? It would be awesome!
Maybe (if there's not enough time) the format could be best of 1.


Cornelius

 

[lorki3]

Hey at the German open website
http://www.speedcubing.com/events/gcd2010/ it still says
Venue To be announced to registered competitors/guests
So where wil the competition be held or wil it be canceled??

 

[Ron]

@Cornelius: our room for SATURDAY night has been booked. We are waiting for a confirmation of the dinner. Then I will decide on 4x4bf and 5x5bf on Saturday night.

@Thijs: I am not allowed to announce the location in public. We do not want to have uninvited/unregistered guests. You will receive an e-mail with the exact location.

@all: I was just informed that the food on Sunday will be more expensive. So I am afraid I have to raise the entrance fee for Sunday from 5 to 8 EUR.
The good news is that Jumbo Germany (Maik! and Kristina!) are sponsoring some prizes.

 

[robindeun]

can you please send the e-mails with the adress as fast as it can?
I still haven't booked a hotel

 

[Ron]

@ALL: OK, we updated the news on the competition website:
- we added a 4x4bf and 5x5bf event for Saturday night (e-mail me if you want to compete)
- we found a very nice room for Saturday night events (thanks to Benjamin Brundzats(
- we added some more competitors on Sunday
- we will not be able to add competitors or guests for Saturday
- price for Saturday events 1 EUR per competitor (to cover service cost of the venue)
- price for Sunday events 8 EUR per person (to cover extra cost and service for food and drinks)
Sorry for the inconvenience.

We will inform all competitors via e-mail later this week. You will always have to reconfirm your participation.

@Robin, the location of the venue is not relevant for booking your hotel.
Just select one of the places on the website. Did you already think of how you are travelling to Gütersloh?

 

[Yes We Can!]

- we added a 4x4bf and 5x5bf event for Saturday night (e-mail me if you want to compete)
- we found a very nice room for Saturday night events (thanks to Benjamin Brundzats

YES! I am so happy to hear that
Ron, you are great! (As well as Ben )

 

[robindeun]

@Ron

I'm going with the train
but its nice if I can reserve a hotel close to the competition

 

[Crazycubemom]

I'll take Arno Van Gallen with me

 

[robindeun]

@ron

we still don't know the adress, when are you sending the mails with the adress?