World Championships 2013 - Las Vegas

Michael Womack said:
Not if you want to spend 3 days driving all at once or spend $50 for 1 night at a hotel on the way to Vegas and then $100 for a hotel at Vegas for 3 nights. Also it's like $5 for 1 gallon of gas and my car takes 40 gallons. If I ride the airplain I will have to deal with TSA and a way to transfer all 100 of my cubes.
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I wish the gas price was that cheap here in Denmark.
We pay $8.5 pr gallon.

And with 40 gallon in your car I would hope you drive fuel efficient! You could get a long way on 40 gallons! ;)
 
Henrik said:
I wish the gas price was that cheap here in Denmark.
We pay $8.5 pr gallon.

And with 40 gallon in your car I would hope you drive fuel efficient! You could get a long way on 40 gallons! ;)
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holy ****. $8.50 in US currency?! Everyone complains about gas prices here, because even I remember when gas in the US was under $2, and I'm 15, so it wasn't that long ago. Jeez. That's pretty darn expensive.
 
Ickathu said:
holy ****. $8.50 in US currency?! Everyone complains about gas prices here, because even I remember when gas in the US was under $2, and I'm 15, so it wasn't that long ago. Jeez. That's pretty darn expensive.
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Gas is taxed differently in Europe. Taxes even differ in states. For example, New Hampshire has no sales tax, but they make up for it by having to pay higher property taxes (or maybe income tax, idk). His country must just have a different distribution of taxes than the US.
 
Ickathu said:
holy ****. $8.50 in US currency?! Everyone complains about gas prices here, because even I remember when gas in the US was under $2, and I'm 15, so it wasn't that long ago. Jeez. That's pretty darn expensive.
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Heh. Average UK price is more like $10+ a gallon. I think we have it worse out of pretty much everyone :/
(1.6060 USD->GBP, 4.54609 Litres->Gallon, 1.4322 price per litre average of fuel)
 
BlueDevil said:
Gas is taxed differently in Europe. Taxes even differ in states. For example, New Hampshire has no sales tax, but they make up for it by having to pay higher property taxes (or maybe income tax, idk). His country must just have a different distribution of taxes than the US.
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I am pretty sure we have a tax heavy state (at least in top 3 of the world)

If you like you can read more here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Denmark
 
Ickathu said:
holy ****. $8.50 in US currency?! Everyone complains about gas prices here, because even I remember when gas in the US was under $2, and I'm 15, so it wasn't that long ago. Jeez. That's pretty darn expensive.
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Yes I always laugh when I hear US cubers complain about gas prices. A while ago it gas was $9.30 dollar per gallon here in the Netherlands, we still drive though xD. According to this graph we are the 3rd most expensive in the world: http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/5862/oil/petrol-price-per-gallon-around-the-world/
 
Erik said:
Yes I always laugh when I hear US cubers complain about gas prices. A while ago it gas was $9.30 dollar per gallon here in the Netherlands, we still drive though xD. According to this graph we are the 3rd most expensive in the world: http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/5862/oil/petrol-price-per-gallon-around-the-world/
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You and Henrik also live in very dense nations. Driving is of greater importance in the United States due to extended distances in much of the country.

Anyway, $5 a gallon is not really what it is. I paid $3.43 a gallon yesterday, though my area of the US is normally on the low end of the price range.
 
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Erik said:
Yes I always laugh when I hear US cubers complain about gas prices. A while ago it gas was $9.30 dollar per gallon here in the Netherlands, we still drive though xD. According to this graph we are the 3rd most expensive in the world: http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/5862/oil/petrol-price-per-gallon-around-the-world/
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And if I recall, you were able to freely travel around your entire country via train while you were a student. And I remember being able to take the train from one major city to another for a very reasonable price. That sort of public transportation just doesn't exist here.
 
MaeLSTRoM said:
On the website, it has 2 phone numbers for the riviera. Can we only book rooms by phone? If so, thats going to be quite inconvenient for people in other countries.
I've already started looking at flights for the Wednesday before, and the Monday after, and as it is right now, the prices aren't that bad (~£515 return). Is it wise to book now? Or should I leave it for a while?
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Ask and you shall receive:

https://gc.synxis.com/rez.aspx?Hote...epart=7/29/2013&adult=1&child=0&group=SWCAJIB
 
I noticed this on the official website
"The WC 2013 organizational team is financially liable for rooms if we do not meet our quota, so we ask for your cooperation and assistance in making this year's event possible."
What if one were to book a different room than the "classic"? i.e. not using the group code? Could you still advise them that you are part of the comp and therefore be allocated to the quota?
 
masterofthebass said:
And if I recall, you were able to freely travel around your entire country via train while you were a student. And I remember being able to take the train from one major city to another for a very reasonable price. That sort of public transportation just doesn't exist here.
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Lol irrelevant, that's only for students and the new government will no longer provide that :( . FYI taking the car is still cheaper than taking the train, even with these gas prices...
 
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