Speedcubing in Melbourne

New venue? Some overdue changes...

Dene said:
Also, the venue sucks in the crazy heat.
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Yeah, both the cafeteria and spiritual centre are unsuitable during hot weather due to poor ventilation and no air-conditioning. Competitors would've already experienced this at MSO2011 and MCD2011.

There were a few issues that came up at recent competitions:
  1. fake registrations / no-shows
  2. high amount of admin work to get people to help on the day before each round
  3. events aren't always finishing on time due to a packed schedule

I'd like to propose the following changes to address these issues:
  1. online registration (with payment via PayPal)
  2. assign roles to experienced competitors to help judge/run/scramble (in the schedule)
  3. have less events per competition (e.g. 7)

Any feedback or contribution would be appreciated. I'd like to send out a feedback form in the next couple of weeks to try to improve competitions here.

Tim.
 
Yeah it's bad when people don't show up, so the pre-payment would be good.
However in Melbourne we didn't had such a big issue with that compared to the thing that happened with Perth.

For judging and scrambling i think we should kick out the runners and every judge just gets the cube and then goes judging. Many people didn't really understood what a runner should do and many cubes were lying on the tables without getting carried back.

So that the Competition doesn't stock between the events we could say that during the previous event the cubes should be on the tables.
e.g. We have two tables we start with Multiblind and for the next round, which could be 3x3 every body needs to put theire cube on the scorecards on the right table. Then after Multiblind you put the scorecards for 2x2 on the left table and everybody can put their 2x2 on the table.

More time for the Competition. The next Competition in Germany starts at 9:00am (8:45 registration) and ends at 8pm
 
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TimMc said:
I'd like to propose the following changes to address these issues:
  1. online registration (with payment via PayPal)
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This will certainly make people think seriously about attending competitions. The only issue that may arise is for those who don't have an online payment account, but if they're keen on participating, attaining one shouldn't be a problem.
2. assign roles to experienced competitors to help judge/run/scramble (in the schedule)
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I'm very much for this. Besides a lack of assistance, it turns out messy when roles aren't organised. Last competition there weren't enough runners, this resulted in judges doing the running. Competitions would run smoother if judges stayed at their station and always had scrambled cubes available in front of them.
3. have less events per competition (e.g. 7)
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If judging/running/scrambling roles are enforced, hopefully event dropping won't be necessary. There sure are a lot of events/rounds packed in our competitions though.
 
TimMc said:
[*]have less events per competition (e.g. 7)
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Zane_C said:
If judging/running/scrambling roles are enforced, hopefully event dropping won't be necessary. There sure are a lot of events/rounds packed in our competitions though.
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I definitely agree with assigning judging, running and scrambling roles. People could be sent and email with their duties for the competition.

The MCD2011 schedule was pretty packed for a 1-day competition. Even with assigning duties, it would probably be better to go for less events/rounds if MSO2012 happens. If that works out well, the next competition could have a few more events/rounds.

Petezorzz said:
Will Melbourne Central be open 24th December? If so, can we have a meetup? Or will everyone be busy around then.
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Here it says Christmas Day, but not Christmas Eve. I'll probably be away then. The 24th probably isn't a great time for a meetup though, maybe the 17th or 10th would be better.
 
I wasn't at MCD so I can't comment on how that went, but I'm definitely in favour of organising official roles in advance. Seriously, if it's not your first competition then there's really no excuse for not judging/scrambling, it's not that difficult and it makes a huge difference to how smoothly the event runs.
 
In Indonesia, we use "early bird" payment system where competitors must transfer their registration fee to organizers' bank account before the tournament begins. When there are some competitors who want to register on the day of competition, they have to pay more (ex: $10 for early bird, $12 for on-site registration)
 
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