mrpotatoman14
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you could say money corrupted sports in some ways but I'm not going to go in to that. Also I mentioned sports specifically as an exception.
Can SpeedCubing be made a career?
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Stefan
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Lol, I don't think anybody earns money with WCA work. Ron might actually "lose" money with it (at least to pay the web hosting).
Don't be ridiculous, please?
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No, but they aren't as "close" as the speedsolving community.
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Hershey
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Many people are beginners at basketball, but they are not unmotivated because they think they will never be as good as Michael Jordan. Eventually, Rowe and Feliks will quit cubing after some amount of years and then new cubers will come and start to win competitions.
What do you mean?
Cool Frog
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If you potentially came in first in all the events at world. Could you live a year off of the money? (Homeless traveling to next worlds by foot and practicing on the way?)
I could see A SINGLE professional, only if they won all the events at worlds and lived a much different lifestyle.
I could see A SINGLE professional, only if they won all the events at worlds and lived a much different lifestyle.
Robocopter87
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(Cool Frog, your Avatar makes me want to get a blind fold and put googly eyes on it)
On topic, The only money being made off of speedcubing is the producing and distributing of cubes. Or to be more specific, the only money that could support a life is the distribution of cubes. Sure you could make a few bucks solving at competitions. I said yes because I thought he meant any aspect of cubing which includes the making and distributing.
Thats my opinion.
However, I'm unsure about the conditions of moneymaking as being part of the WCA. No idea if thats a paid job or simply a volunteer thing., I'm sure many volunteer simply because the community is nice and has lots of integrity.
Speedcubing is different because it has more homelike feeling because you can't make money off of it.
People shake hands in Cubing, not fists.
On topic, The only money being made off of speedcubing is the producing and distributing of cubes. Or to be more specific, the only money that could support a life is the distribution of cubes. Sure you could make a few bucks solving at competitions. I said yes because I thought he meant any aspect of cubing which includes the making and distributing.
Thats my opinion.
However, I'm unsure about the conditions of moneymaking as being part of the WCA. No idea if thats a paid job or simply a volunteer thing., I'm sure many volunteer simply because the community is nice and has lots of integrity.
Speedcubing is different because it has more homelike feeling because you can't make money off of it.
People shake hands in Cubing, not fists.
RNewms27
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Yes, Hershey. Lockouts are caused by greed over money. Football brought it back because the players wanted game. Basketball is a joke to ask for money until the season is half over to start.
bigbee99
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I think that to make a full time job out of just solving the cube would be extremely difficult, unless competitions got really big and had prizes for runner ups, top 4, etc.
And making a full time out of retail is still extremely difficult right now because the market for rubiks cubes just isn't that big right now.
And making a full time out of retail is still extremely difficult right now because the market for rubiks cubes just isn't that big right now.
AgentKuo
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The poll should have more options...it currently has two 'no' options.
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Petition to add Worcestershire Sauce as an option.
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Anyone wanna sign?
Lol, no, I'm serious. There should be like a "maybe" answer or something.
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It's gotten him in some trouble with the WCA (due to some of the specific things he did in pursuing it), but in a way, I think it might be appropriate to consider Haiyan as having done this, for a short time, anyway. He used his appearances at competitions as opportunities to generate further interest and therefore further sales of his cubes.
For many entertainment careers, it's all about finding a way to package your skill so that you can sell it. Professional jugglers are all about this sort of thing. But at the moment, it's pretty clear the only way you could make a career out of cubing is to turn it into some sort of salesmanship.
For many entertainment careers, it's all about finding a way to package your skill so that you can sell it. Professional jugglers are all about this sort of thing. But at the moment, it's pretty clear the only way you could make a career out of cubing is to turn it into some sort of salesmanship.
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Compare this to how difficult it is to be a professional bowler. It's very similar to professional golf. Highly individual sports, no contact. Golf is popular enough that it made Tiger woods rich. But do you know who the champion bowler is this year? Me either. The PBA is really a tough way to make a living, and it's on ESPN! Cubing is a few rungs below this--too small to attract any kind of sponsors other than some cube manufacturers. No cuber is going to appear on a cereal box anytime soon, and that's where the real money is.
Selling cubing software perhaps. But again...the market is tiny. Ask Dan Cohen. Books and DVD's...same issue.
I do wonder what might be possible if the right evangelist were to come along...
Selling cubing software perhaps. But again...the market is tiny. Ask Dan Cohen. Books and DVD's...same issue.
I do wonder what might be possible if the right evangelist were to come along...
mycube
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I think the only chance to make a career is open a SpeedCubing shop. But it´s just indirectly.
Stefan
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Again: I don't think anybody earns money with WCA work. WCA board, delegates, organizers, website developers... all unpaid volunteers, as far as I know.
tozies24
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It takes money to make money I guess. Investment in something will yield results. That's why people go to colleges and universities and spend a lot of money so that they can have a career that will make them a lot of money after their schooling is done. Cubing does not cost anything at all to do. With less than 100 dollars, you can buy yourself a nice speedcubing set of cubes and practice and get good but the amount of money that you will get back is barely anything unless you win competitions that offer money. Whereas with school, you go there and learn about a lot of things and then you can go apply them to real world problems. Cubing is just a simple puzzle for fun. Golf courses are too, but many people would rather want to go play 18 then to sit around and time themselves playing with some silly puzzle. I could see it happen in maybe 20 years but certainly not now.
TheAwesomeAlex
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it would be hard to make speedcubing be made a career
abunickabhi
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It is interesting to see how people thought a decade back.
Speedcubing definitely has gotten bigger now. It is a viable career in US and China to top players.
Speedcubing definitely has gotten bigger now. It is a viable career in US and China to top players.
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