No I did not. Kir, Dene, and Stefan have been making "rude" responses in and out of the forums since...well forever. We've just gotten used to it by now and they really aren't serious. Do I agree with it...eh, it depends and honestly, I don't care. It's just something they do. Yes, they can get out of hand, but for most of the part, their comments aren't worth getting your panties all worked up for. Not theirs or anybody else's for that matter are worth getting mad over. And if you've met them in real life, they're actually really nice guys. Not mean at all and considered very helpful.
Usually when I am rude I am serious. Also, I doubt we have met because I am not a "really nice guy" by any stretch of the imagination. Also, definitely not "very helpful".
When i said even though i am quiting cubing for 2 years, Dene Bea....sly said (similar):
Dene: "The two years of peace i have been waiting for"
Not what I said, and considering you could easily check and quote me word for word I'm not sure why you decided to just go off memory and end up getting it wrong. Why edit out my name? Everyone knows it, or can find it with one click of their mouse (literally).
Well, my comment to you is back off, leave me alone. The reason i joined the Australian WCA Competitions was to have fun, i don't really care about the times anyway. And you suddenly think that i am there just to waste your time because i can't reach the cut-off limit. Oh, so what you are saying is that only if you can reach the cut off limit, then you can participate in those events. And so much more i could see your UNKINDNESS.
Cut offs have absolutely nothing to do with you. I think you are being way too egocentric. I hope you will notice that in the 3x3 event we have been trying to go with the absolute upper limit, that is only taking out 25% of competitors in each new round as required by the regulations. In other events we set cut offs based on what we
know is reasonable (I stress the point that we do know what times count as reasonable by current standards).
The reason we have cut offs is to ensure that we can keep to schedule, so that we can have as many events as possible, and so that we can have as many rounds as possible. If a cut off is set based on what we know any cuber could reach with a decent amount of practise. Some are harsher than others because they take up more time, for example 5x5+ sized cubes. In all fairness though, some of us (for example myself or Feliks) worked our butts off to reach the times that we are at so that now we are able reach the cut offs set (at least, Feliks can reach all of the cut offs; I can reach the ones that I care about). If you choose not to put in that same effort to reach the cut offs that is no fault of ours.
Also I never said that you were there to waste our time. I have no idea where you came up with this idea; I assume that in your anger you made a up a whole lot of negative ideas in your head, thinking that everyone is out to get you or something. I can assure you that this is not the case; we want as many people as possible to come to competitions. You further say that "i am there to waste your time because i can't reach the cut-off limit". I have no idea what you think cut offs have to do with anything, but the reason cut offs are there is for the exact opposite to what you think. We have cut offs to avoid people wasting our time, as in, the cut off is there so that you won't waste our time if you can't reach it.
As to your next statement, again I would encourage as many people to compete in as many events as possible. I do have certain exceptions to this statement, however. They are not unreasonable exceptions. For example, I would encourage people to compete in 6x6 and 7x7 only if they were likely to reach the cut off. The reason for this is that if a cuber were serious about either of these events they would be able to reach the cut off (therefore the cuber should not mind if they do not compete in the event) and also the fact that it wastes considerable time and resources (scrambler and judge) for someone that does not care about the event and is going to take a long time to get through.
Of course I am unkind. I never tried to convince you or anyone else of the opposite. I am glad that we are now on the same page.
Now would you like me to explain why I made the comment that I did in the original thread? I will do so anyway so hopefully you can at least understand my point of view. I do not care whether you agree with my point of view or not.
The first and obvious reason is that you made a silly thread. This has already been explained in detail below and I need not say anymore other than for some reason you take this personally, when really most people do not know who you are nor care at all. All that matters is that people see a silly thread and then some decide that it is their responsibility to inform you of this. Usually they choose to inform you in an indirect manner (insults or rudeness or whatever) and therefore it might not come across as polite, but where is the fun in being polite?
The second reason is somewhat more specific to competitions. I will not go into detail in a public place due to privacy issues but if you wish for me to give you my specific reasons I would be happy to send you a PM.
Finally, you ask me to "back off". I would like to know at which point I "backed in", so to speak, as I have no idea what you are talking about.
