Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

[ariasamie]

I read about someone earlier in the convo stating he hates cubing in public cuz he doesnt like the attention.

I cube in public, and i think any cuber should. Surely most questions and comments are "annoying" but thats the whole point of cubing in public, Some people actually ask REAL questions, and want to learn. I've met plenty. I think we should always try cubing in public simply to make cubing more popular, inducing an increase in general cubing knowledge (makes no sense i know) so that perhaps in 20 years, 50% of the world population actually would know about the WCA. like, being at a competition, but anywhere you go, people walking casually as they OH, friends BLDing at mcdonalds and people not giving a **** about it. parents OHing on the freeway as they drive their children to school. Rubik's cube shops on every street corner.... wouldnt that be the awesomenessest thing in the world?

no really, cube in public, it gets you girls.

well, that's heaven you are talking about!

 

[aronpm]

I wouldn't go anywhere near the roads if parents were "OHing [...] as they drive"

 

[Andrew Ricci]

I read about someone earlier in the convo stating he hates cubing in public cuz he doesnt like the attention.

I cube in public, and i think any cuber should. Surely most questions and comments are "annoying" but thats the whole point of cubing in public, Some people actually ask REAL questions, and want to learn. I've met plenty. I think we should always try cubing in public simply to make cubing more popular, inducing an increase in general cubing knowledge (makes no sense i know) so that perhaps in 20 years, 50% of the world population actually would know about the WCA. like, being at a competition, but anywhere you go, people walking casually as they OH, friends BLDing at mcdonalds and people not giving a **** about it. parents OHing on the freeway as they drive their children to school. Rubik's cube shops on every street corner.... wouldnt that be the awesomenessest thing in the world?

no really, cube in public, it gets you girls.

I think that would be a bad thing. Cubing is fine where it is. If more people cubed, then cubers wouldn't be special. Also, who wants a 1000 person US Nationals? 250 is too much as it is.

 

[Edward]

Why do you guys hate it when people say they can solve one side? At least they're somewhat cubers. Somewhat.

Well, usually they're lying and just trying to make themselves look good

I doubt it. I figured out how to do one side as a child. It's pretty easy, I doubt they'd be lying about one side. Now if they say 2 or more i'm doubtful.

Why do you guys hate it when people say they can solve one side? At least they're somewhat cubers. Somewhat.

Somewhat cubers are frowned upon on the speedsolving forum.

Great. That's a fantastic way to get more people in cubing, turning away anyone who's becoming interested.

Someone able to solve a side is not (usually) someone who is becoming interested in speedcubing.

 

[supercuber86]

12 seconds just seems so impossible
Can u teach me
U have to be a genius to solve that

 

[Andrew Ricci]

Why do you guys hate it when people say they can solve one side? At least they're somewhat cubers. Somewhat.

Somewhat cubers are frowned upon on the speedsolving forum.

Great. That's a fantastic way to get more people in cubing, turning away anyone who's becoming interested.

LOL. If they're "interested" enough to solve one side and not interested enough to type 6 words into youtube, they don't want to get into cubing.

 

[ben1996123]

so theres this kid in year 7 at school (going into 8) who claims to have a 7 second BLD solve with 0 second memo when he averages 1:30 on 3x3 notBLD. the annoying thing is that everyone including the teachers all believe it.

 

[~Adam~]

At work solving in a corner of the staff room on break -
Waitress - How many times have you solved that since I've been sitting here?
Me - About once a min with mix and inspection. We've been here about 15 mins right?
Waitress - so about once every 5 mins?
Me - :fp

I don't think she did particular well during maths class. Or any class for that matter.

 

[palmcubes]

i finally relized why evreyone says the world record is 30 seconds some youtuber thecomputernerd claims he holds the record at 30 seconds

also i was teaching some guy and he asked if he could memorize all the positions. i told him its called the gods algorithom and theres to meany. then he asked about one sequence of moves to repeat over and over. i sad it is called the devils algorithom and would take to long. the next day i here him talking to some guy aying "theres 2 ways to solve each position the gods way and satins way"and then kept braging on about how he combinde the.

 

[Ranzha]

i finally relized why evreyone says the world record is 30 seconds some youtuber thecomputernerd claims he holds the record at 30 seconds

also i was teaching some guy and he asked if he could memorize all the positions. i told him its called the gods algorithom and theres to meany. then he asked about one sequence of moves to repeat over and over. i sad it is called the devils algorithom and would take to long. the next day i here him talking to some guy aying "theres 2 ways to solve each position the gods way and satins way"and then kept braging on about how he combinde the.

You were wrong in telling him that. That's wrong information you have.

 

[palmcubes]

i finally relized why evreyone says the world record is 30 seconds some youtuber thecomputernerd claims he holds the record at 30 seconds

also i was teaching some guy and he asked if he could memorize all the positions. i told him its called the gods algorithom and theres to meany. then he asked about one sequence of moves to repeat over and over. i sad it is called the devils algorithom and would take to long. the next day i here him talking to some guy aying "theres 2 ways to solve each position the gods way and satins way"and then kept braging on about how he combinde the.

You were wrong in telling him that. That's wrong information you have.

how was it wrong i taght him begginrs method then he asked these questions

 

[Senkoy]

Why do you guys hate it when people say they can solve one side? At least they're somewhat cubers. Somewhat.

Well, usually they're lying and just trying to make themselves look good

I doubt it. I figured out how to do one side as a child. It's pretty easy, I doubt they'd be lying about one side. Now if they say 2 or more i'm doubtful.

Why do you guys hate it when people say they can solve one side? At least they're somewhat cubers. Somewhat.

Somewhat cubers are frowned upon on the speedsolving forum.

Great. That's a fantastic way to get more people in cubing, turning away anyone who's becoming interested.

Someone able to solve a side is not (usually) someone who is becoming interested in speedcubing.

But it can be, cause i was one of those guys, now i own 30 puzzles. If someone tells you they can do one side, that means they have at least played with it and may not realize how easy it is to learn how to learn how to solve it all on youtube.

When i first searched youtube for a tutorial a few months ago i really didn't expect to actually turn up anything. Ended up being able to solve it within an hr. It's become my primary hobby in the last few months. So if someone tells you they can solve one side, tell them about youtube tutorials and they may become very interested in cubing from there.

 

[Ranzha]

also i was teaching some guy and he asked if he could memorize all the positions. i told him its called the gods algorithom and theres to meany.

Nope.

 

[theace]

i came across this dude who claimed he could solve the 3x3 sub 40. When i handed him the 2x2, he didn't know ****. He said he knows the advanced method, and nodded wildly when i asked if it was the friedrich. Though he was clueless when i used terms like f2l, oll and pll.

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

I read about someone earlier in the convo stating he hates cubing in public cuz he doesnt like the attention.

I cube in public, and i think any cuber should. Surely most questions and comments are "annoying" but thats the whole point of cubing in public, Some people actually ask REAL questions, and want to learn. I've met plenty. I think we should always try cubing in public simply to make cubing more popular, inducing an increase in general cubing knowledge (makes no sense i know) so that perhaps in 20 years, 50% of the world population actually would know about the WCA. like, being at a competition, but anywhere you go, people walking casually as they OH, friends BLDing at mcdonalds and people not giving a **** about it. parents OHing on the freeway as they drive their children to school. Rubik's cube shops on every street corner.... wouldnt that be the awesomenessest thing in the world?

no really, cube in public, it gets you girls.

well, that's heaven you are talking about!

No. The world should not revolve around a toy.

 

[SixSidedCube]

I was talking to someone who thought there was some sort of a cheat. They thought you did the same sequence of moves over and over. He was like, 'It's left up, right sideways, top over. And then you do it again.'

No, it's up up down down left right left right B A select start. Jeez.

Lol, I actually tried that 'cheat', how dumb am I? :fp

 

[Faz]

so theres this kid in year 7 at school (going into 8) who claims to have a 7 second BLD solve with 0 second memo when he averages 1:30 on 3x3 notBLD. the annoying thing is that everyone including the teachers all believe it.

You mean yourself?

 

[Tim Major]

so theres this kid in year 7 at school (going into 8) who claims to have a 7 second BLD solve with 0 second memo when he averages 1:30 on 3x3 notBLD. the annoying thing is that everyone including the teachers all believe it.

Ohnoes... I want attention... why does that kid's fake times get more noticed than mine :'( Don't you just hate it when people lie about their times? Then, even if they're telling the truth in the future, it's hard to trust them.

 

[SixSidedCube]

so theres this kid in year 7 at school (going into 8) who claims to have a 7 second BLD solve with 0 second memo when he averages 1:30 on 3x3 notBLD. the annoying thing is that everyone including the teachers all believe it.

You mean yourself?

Aww, come on Feliks, be nice, we don't even know if its him or not.

Although, I sort of used to do the same thing with algebraic equations in maths..

Teacher used to ask me a question on Algebra, like the following...

Solve the following equation:

3(x-1)=8

Answer: 3(x-1)=8

3x-3=8
3x=8+3
3x=11

I used to take sneek-peeks out of the corner of my eye at my mates work, and I got all the credit for getting the answer right xD

 

[SixSidedCube]

so theres this kid in year 7 at school (going into 8) who claims to have a 7 second BLD solve with 0 second memo when he averages 1:30 on 3x3 notBLD. the annoying thing is that everyone including the teachers all believe it.

Ohnoes... I want attention... why does that kid's fake times get more noticed than mine :'( Don't you just hate it when people lie about their times? Then, even if they're telling the truth in the future, it's hard to trust them.

"The boy who cried wolf" all over again isn't it?