Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2012 - October 13, 2012

I plan on going to this comp. Its not official yet but it will be my first, so of course I will be quite slow (26ish seconds) and I am really excited! Hope to see you there
 
ducttapecuber said:
I plan on going to this comp. Its not official yet but it will be my first, so of course I will be quite slow (26ish seconds) and I am really excited! Hope to see you there
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This is official...
Or did you mean that it's not official that you'll be going?

As for me, still not sure... Every time I mention it to try to get an answer, I get in trouble.
Sigh...
 
Ickathu said:
This is official...
Or did you mean that it's not official that you'll be going?

As for me, still not sure... Every time I mention it to try to get an answer, I get in trouble.
Sigh...
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Your parents are being unreasonable. I'm sure they're perfectly willing to take you to any other sort of events you have (sports?), so why won't they take you to a competition that's decently close every once in a while? Just use that argument, see what they say.
 
BlueDevil said:
Your parents are being unreasonable. I'm sure they're perfectly willing to take you to any other sort of events you have (sports?), so why won't they take you to a competition that's decently close every once in a while? Just use that argument, see what they say.
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lol ;)
I can try that, but I've never really done anything like that for sports. I do karate now, and we are going to our first one in October (20th, week after this) and it's only 2 hours away. I used to do lacrosse, but the farthest game for that was like 45 minutes... What they think though is that this is incredibly often. When I mentioned this one to them the first time they got all angry at me for being greedy because I'd "gone to two competitions in the past year! That's a whole lot more often than most people do!" blahblahblah "quit being greedy" blahblahblah "We'll consider it."
They don't understand that a lot of you people go to multiple comps a year, really whenever there is one within, what, 6 hours? Seriously, they thought that it was a lot when I asked them about RH summer 2012 because I had "just" gone to Harvard fall 2011 8 months before. This will be 4 months after RH was, which is really not that often, if you ask me :( I'll try it tonight when they get home, depending on whether or not they're in a good mood.
 
BlueDevil said:
Your parents are being unreasonable. I'm sure they're perfectly willing to take you to any other sort of events you have (sports?), so why won't they take you to a competition that's decently close every once in a while? Just use that argument, see what they say.
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Ya, it's like a 8 hour drive, but I really want to go. My dad will not take me because he hates that I cube and is mad that I don't do a sport. My mom is trying to take me but funds are short, so I may not be able to. I hope to go since it would be my first comp.
 
ducttapecuber said:
Ya, it's like a 8 hour drive, but I really want to go. My dad will not take me because he hates that I cube and is mad that I don't do a sport. My mom is trying to take me but funds are short, so I may not be able to. I hope to go since it would be my first comp.
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Take up Ping Pong! Or just show your parents that if PINGPONG is an OLYMPIC sport that cubing can be considered a sport.
Anyway,
Merriam Webster said:
Definition of SPORT

1
a : a source of diversion : recreation
b : sexual play
c (1) : physical activity engaged in for pleasure (2) : a particular activity (as an athletic game) so engaged in
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Or
Dictionary.com said:
noun
1.
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
2.
a particular form of this, especially in the out of doors.
3.
diversion; recreation; pleasant pastime.
4.
jest; fun; mirth; pleasantry: What he said in sport was taken seriously.
5.
mockery; ridicule; derision: They made sport of him.
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You can argue that OH is good for hand strengthening, and that blindsolving is a brain exercise (the brain is a muscle). Or even that it improves finger dexterity or flexibility.
:p
 
Guess who's coming? This guy!!
This is official this time, right?

Goals:
2x2: lol how about sub8 avg
3x3: sub25 average? It's probably not gonna happen, but I'll go for it anyway. If I get my OLLs and PLLs faster, I might do that instead of Roux, in which case my goal will be sub23 avg and sub20 single
4x4: sub1:20? 1:30? Don't really know/care
5x5: make cutoff :) should be able to do it fairly easily.
OH: Eek. Make cutoff?
Bld: success
magic: don't care
mm: learn how to solve one and borrow somebody's :P (i.e., inb4removed)
Pyra: I'll try for sub6. I should get practicing again...


[insert happy face here]


EDIT: What's this "Competition Survey" thing?

EDIT2: Number of guests: I don't know. My whole family is coming (parents, 3 sibling) I know 2 of my siblings are competing, possibly the other one too. I may have friends come (4) as well. What should I put?
 
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Ickathu said:
Take up Ping Pong! Or just show your parents that if PINGPONG is an OLYMPIC sport that cubing can be considered a sport.
Anyway,


Or


You can argue that OH is good for hand strengthening, and that blindsolving is a brain exercise (the brain is a muscle). Or even that it improves finger dexterity or flexibility.
:p
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thanks! I have tried to prove that to him, but because its not "physical" he doesn't like it. (he expects me to be like my 10 year old sister who loves veggies, and go and runs 5 miles for fun) I sit in my room and cube. He doesn't realize the intellectual capacity and perservernce to do BLD or learning dozens of algs
 
Ickathu said:
Guess who's coming? This guy!!
This is official this time, right?

EDIT: What's this "Competition Survey" thing?

EDIT2: Number of guests: I don't know. My whole family is coming (parents, 3 sibling) I know 2 of my siblings are competing, possibly the other one too. I may have friends come (4) as well. What should I put?
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Yeah, it official this time :P

I use the survey to collect feedback. I passed them out at the unofficial one as well. It's pretty much my way of seeing the overall rating of the competitors view of the competition. It includes stuff like: Did you like the timing/schedule, what events would you like to see next time, If you could add something to the competition what would it be?, etc.

I too had the same problem. My brother is competing, so I divided the guests in half and we each submitted some.

mrpotatoman14 said:
I'm signed up. Ishmam, do you know how many will qualify for the 2nd/3rd rounds?
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For 3x3:
Round 2 - Top 24
Final - Top 12

For 4x4:
Final - Top 12

For 2x2
Final - Top 12

If we become super ahead of schedule (which is unlikely) I may extend it, or add another round of an event. *coughmagicscough* ;)
 
Goals:
2x2:Sub 4.5 average (I just finished learning CLL and have no idea what I'll average)
3x3: Sub 13 single/sub 15 average
4x4:lol
OH:Sub 28 average
Magic:Not break my magic.
5x5:Sub 2:15 single/comp PB average
Pyra: Sub 8.5 average
 
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