US Nationals 2012 (Las Vegas)

[Andrew Ricci]

Of course it will! It'll just be more fun for those of us that are over 21

Nah... Drinking, gambling, and showgirls really aren't my thing. #sourgrapes

 

[Tyson]

I'm not exactly sure if I am doing this right but if I leave from toronto on the 2nd and come back on the 6th the cheapest price I could find was 569, I checked on kayak, expedia and travelocity. Where do you get 400 from

Can you be more specific in terms of the airport you're departing from?

 

[Stefan]

Use kayak.com. I will feel no sympathy for you if you pay $600 for a plane ticket.

Where do you get 400 from

Where did you get 400 from?

 

[Mike Hughey]

Where did you get 400 from?

Here:

Plane tickets outside of the United States and North America are expensive, and if you book in a timely manner, no one in North America should be paying more than $400. (Canadians, if I'm wrong on this, let me know.) On the other hand, a flight from Europe will easily come close to $1000 or more. Since running this event in 2004, we've always enjoyed the company of international competitors, and as a thank you to them, we are waiving their registration fee since they'll already be spending much more than a competitor from North America.

 

[Tyson]

Here:

$400 is my estimate from major airports in North America. Obviously, if you're flying from a really small airport that requires three connections, price will be higher.

 

[Stefan]

Here:

Ah, ok. He should have quoted that. And ha, I just realized I probably misunderstood Tyson. I thought his "no sympathy if you pay $600" meant "if you only have to pay $600" but now I guess it was "if you're just too stupid to find something under $600"?

 

[Cheese11]

What about all those flights Kayak finds for around $500 from Winnipeg?

Edit: And it's not like Kayak finds only obscure flights. Air Canada on its own website is much cheaper than you claimed as well (starting at $484). Or am I missing something? Where/how do you get 800-1000?

Thats for there and back. I found that for my whole family to go it's cheaper and we could go for $2800. But sadly, my mom's work is working on releasing faster internet so she can't get holidays anymore.

Now everyone gets to miss me not going! (Not that anyone would)

 

[Stefan]

Thats for there and back.

Why you make it sound like my $484 wasn't for there and back?

 

[masterofthebass]

so.... would booking now be a timely manner? It seems that flights from philly are over $400 today. Not the greatest price :/

 

[Divineskulls]

so.... would booking now be a timely manner? It seems that flights from philly are over $400 today. Not the greatest price :/

You're flying from Philly? I was wondering the same thing, actually... I think Bob said something about booking a month and a half in advance, because they'd be cheaper, but I can't be sure.

 

[RaresB]

Can you be more specific in terms of the airport you're departing from?

Toronto Pearson international YYZ

EDIT: I'm not doing this to try and get the registration fee waived I'm more then happy to pay it, I just didn't want to get ripped off, just to clear things up

 

[Kian]

so.... would booking now be a timely manner? It seems that flights from philly are over $400 today. Not the greatest price :/

Bing says to wait for me. As a BillGatesian I obey all of Bing's commands.

 

[Bob]

You're flying from Philly? I was wondering the same thing, actually... I think Bob said something about booking a month and a half in advance, because they'd be cheaper, but I can't be sure.

I did not say that.

 

[shelley]

We've just opened signups for the mosaic competition. Get a group of up to three people together to design and build a mosaic out of 300 Rubik's cubes. Registration is limited to 12 teams and all team members must be confirmed registered competitors.

http://www.cubingusa.com/usnationals2012/mosaics.php

 

[AustinReed]

Quick question. Are the cubes provided? I'm assuming they are.

 

[Ranzha]

I'm not registered yet and have a finished mosaic design already. =3
I'd assume that they'd provide the 3600 cubes lol

EDIT: Second mosaic done. This is actually a tonne of fun =)

 

[Tall5001]

Quick question. Are the cubes provided? I'm assuming they are.

Well this is what it says in the email "Should you wish to participate, you will need to find a team of 3 people to compete with. There will be 12 teams total, each team receiving 300 cubes to work with." So i assume they are provided!

 

[Bob]

Well this is what it says in the email "Should you wish to participate, you will need to find a team of 3 people to compete with. There will be 12 teams total, each team receiving 300 cubes to work with." So i assume they are provided!

Indeed. You will not have to supply your own cubes for the mosaic.

 

[sa11297]

I filled out the form to register but have not paid. Also, I would like to add 6x6 as one of my events. How can I pay, I do not want to have to do this after May 1st and pay extra.

 

[BlueDevil]

I filled out the form to register but have not paid. Also, I would like to add 6x6 as one of my events. How can I pay, I do not want to have to do this after May 1st and pay extra.

Go back to the registration page, check the 6x6 box (all your other events should already be checked), then hit 'submit'. At this point it should say that registration is not complete until you pay and then prompt you to pay.

It may be slightly different, but that is what I recall from signing up for pre-pay competitions.