US Nationals 2012: What do YOU want to see?

[IMSLOW1097]

I think that the guy who did the "Less over the top" oskar van deventer parody should do some stand up - he was frickin' hilarious!
Also, i might be able to do some stand-up cubing comedy....i've got some alright one-liners.

 

[blade740]

Team Blindfold should definitely be an unofficial event. The staff did it last year, but I'd like to see it as an open event (and hopefully, in the future, move toward making it official).

What I'd really like to see, though, is slow-motion instant replays and reconstructions/commentary on high-level official solves. A good commentator could making cubing a lot more accessible to spectators, and I think something like this could really be what we need to get more sponsors into the sport (which would mean more prizes, better venues, and lower registration fees).

 

[blackzabbathfan]

Everything that was said sounds great. 2x2 BLD, Speed BLD, TeamBLD, OH boxing, head to head. I would love to see Rowe or Dan or even Andrew Ricci give a seminar on getting sub-15/12/10. I would really love to see a seminar on BLD given by Mike Hughey or a competition holding seminar by Tim Reynolds. And for cubing stand up you could do an open mic where anyone who wants to do it can get like five minutes.

 

[flee135]

Everything that was said sounds great. 2x2 BLD, Speed BLD, TeamBLD, OH boxing, head to head. I would love to see Rowe or Dan or even Andrew Ricci give a seminar on getting sub-15/12/10. I would really love to see a seminar on BLD given by Mike Hughey or a competition holding seminar by Tim Reynolds. And for cubing stand up you could do an open mic where anyone who wants to do it can get like five minutes.

I like the idea of the open mic, but my only problem is that there won't be enough people who do it, and the event will have to be stopped. I think the cubing stand up would be great if we could just get a few people who can maintain an act for a longer period of time.

 

[rowehessler]

Id like to see Feliks there. Any chance of a sponsor - Trump, Rockefeller, Gates, Romney?

He should totally come. Can I be his babysitter again????

 

[Weston]

OH and armwrestling at the same time. yee.

Anthony wins this.

 

[DaveyCow]

Any idea as to what night(s) this would happen? coz I'd LOVE to attend but I also wanna "experience vegas" which happens nighttime (cirque de soleil etc...)

 

[jla]

Would there be any chance that you can tape the seminars and then upload them? Las Vegas is soo far away....

 

[flee135]

Any idea as to what night(s) this would happen? coz I'd LOVE to attend but I also wanna "experience vegas" which happens nighttime (cirque de soleil etc...)

I believe it's Thursday through Sunday. We will have different events going on on different days, so once we put together a schedule, you can plan which days you would want to show up.

Would there be any chance that you can tape the seminars and then upload them? Las Vegas is soo far away....

We'll see what we can do, but I can't make any guarantees.

 

[masterofthebass]

Anthony wins this.

you sure?

 

[Vincents]

68 competitor Head-to-Head Single Elimination Unofficial competition, March Madness style.

 

[Weston]

you sure?

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[Tyson]

you sure?

Yeah, could he even move David Gomes' arm?

 

[FatBoyXPC]

Not to be a party pooper or anything, but is anybody else realizing that a good bit of the staff is over 21 and this is in Vegas?

OH nerf sword fighting was a pretty big hit at UIndy 2011. John Brechon vs Ethan Crislip should be an interesting match.

 

[Stefan]

OH and armwrestling at the same time. yee.

What are the rules, how do you win/lose a match?

 

[pjk]

What about doing a beer mile relay (4 people per team), or a pop mile relay for those under 21?

LMAO. I just watched the one where I boxed a child.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpvRJK92HBE!

That is awesome. We should do this at Nats for sure.

how about ping pong tournament followed by a head to head. That'll be pretty ridic

Count me in on both.

 

[flee135]

68 competitor Head-to-Head Single Elimination Unofficial competition, March Madness style.

I really really like this idea! We can have people creating their own brackets and predicting who will win!

Not to be a party pooper or anything, but is anybody else realizing that a good bit of the staff is over 21 and this is in Vegas?

Yes, but what's the issue? We don't need every staff member present every day for this to go through.

 

[Mikel]

68 competitor Head-to-Head Single Elimination Unofficial competition, March Madness style.

This sounds awesome. I'm guessing the 68 people would be the top 68 from round 1 of Nationals?

 

[flee135]

This sounds awesome. I'm guessing the 68 people would be the top 68 from round 1 of Nationals?

Well the problem with that is that there is likely people who would not want to participate out of those 68. I guess we could always just keep running down the list until we get a confirmation from 68 people that they will participate.

 

[StachuK1992]

Maybe I'm not getting this - where are you getting 68 from? As far as I can tell, 2^n != 68, but maybe you mean 64? I may be missing something about the bracket system..