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World Championships 2013 - Las Vegas

scotzbhoy

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Many congratulations to Felik's, a thoroughly deserved title, but I feel so sorry for Mats. To come so close and lose out on a +2 (and a pretty close one at that) seems like the worst way to lose out on a title which he too would have wholeheartedly deserved.
 
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Thanks to everyone who worked on that stream! You guys did a great job(although stream 2 going off seconds before the finals gave me a heart attack).
Thanks to all the people who organized the event, including those I'm good friends with :D
Also, big shoutout to Ishmam for popping his 7x7 on stream with my entire house of "friends who couldn't go to Worlds" watching ;D

What about Halczuk's 7x7 rage? xD
 

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Massive thanks to Chris and Austin for running the live stream all weekend, I know we in the chat probably ruined the experience for you :p but it was excellent to watch and talk to other cubers, albeit about BS half the time. You did a great job in the finals especially considering that we could see each solve with poor quality cameras.


Thanks so much! I don't think people realized how crazy difficult it was to run this thing, especially when the room is packed with ~600 people, crappy internet, and last-minute materials. We really did try our hardest with what we had. I think people need to realize that we both still had to compete and everything, so we couldn't be on the camera all the time. However, I am very happy the second half of the 3x3 finals went with few hitches.

Special thanks to Tyson for dealing with us and everything. I know it was a bit chaotic, but I think it turned out fine.
 
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Thanks so much! I don't think people realized how crazy difficult it was to run this thing, especially when the room is packed with ~600 people, crappy internet, and last-minute materials. We really did try our hardest with what we had. I think people need to realize that we both still had to compete and everything, so we couldn't be on the camera all the time. However, I am very happy the second half of the 3x3 finals went with few hitches.

Special thanks to Tyson for dealing with us and everything. I know it was a bit chaotic, but I think it turned out fine.
You did a great job, I was very happy to be able to watch the championship. And I'm sorry you had to deal with all those annoying guys from Mexico and their Martin jokes. Sometimes I'm really ashamed of my country...
 

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DYK...

Brest temporarily deleted the Worlds thread by accident.
Oedipus Complex is kid tested; mother approved.
I made $40 off a drunk guy for solving a cube.
I'm Brest's second favorite female cuber.
In the middle of Faz vs Mats final, someone started whistling the theme to "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly."
Tyson's voice crack during the awards ceremony was the best thing ever.
There are a lot of things you can do with escalators and a cube.
Skewb was the best unofficial event to never happen.
Xu won feet.

That's all I have for now. I'm really too tired to come up with better ones.
 

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DYK...

Brest temporarily deleted the Worlds thread by accident.
Oedipus Complex is kid tested; mother approved.
I made $40 off a drunk guy for solving a cube.
I'm Brest's second favorite female cuber.
In the middle of Faz vs Mats final, someone started whistling the theme to "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly."
Tyson's voice crack during the awards ceremony was the best thing ever.
There are a lot of things you can do with escalators and a cube.
Skewb was the best unofficial event to never happen.
Xu won feet.

That's all I have for now. I'm really too tired to come up with better ones.

I LedOL a few times XD

I'll do my own later.
 

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I knew I should have posted earlier. Andrea stole a bunch of the DYKs I was going to write. :p

Did you know...

- No flash photography was allowed?
- Nick Vu was spreading love in the form of stickers?
- Chris Wall and I got a 19.xx skewb team BLD single?
- He actually pronounces sq-1 "skwun" in real life?
- I judged Evan Liu's clock WR average during the staff competition, and I didn't even know he broke the WR until the day later?
- Xu (pronounced "shoe") won feet?
- Andrea Javier is the shortest 24-year-old I have ever met?
- I'm still taller than Joey Gouly?
- Lots of people know a lot about flags?
- Cards Against Humanity is the best game ever?
- No flash photography was allowed?
- Both Andy Smith and Andy Smith 2 attended?
- Brandon Delacruz and Justin Mallari are the same person?
- Jashmin Tin hugs EVERYONE?
- Bob takes the side stage very seriously?
- He also uses the mic very seriously?
- He's also very pro at pronouncing Chinese cubers' names?
- Running for 4x4, OH, 5x5 and 6x6 is probably the most fun I had while on staff duty?
- It was also the most amount of exercise I've had this summer?
- Chris Olson was "Famous Asian Rubik"?
- Sebastian and Philipp Weyer are brothers?
- No flash photography was allowed?
- During FMC round 2, Andrew Ricci suddenly said "Why am I even here?", after spending 10 mins on a 2x2x2 block, and walked out?
- I unintentionally DNF'd clock average for the third time this month?
- After the megaminx event took 50 mins longer than it was supposed to, we miraculously caught up during clock?
- After Unofficial Skewb got cancelled, a bunch of us got together and had a "Unofficial Unofficial" Skewb competition?
- Dene is actually super nice in real life?
- Henrik Aagaard took 2x2x2 finals very seriously?
- Nurym Kudaibergen actually came from Kazakhstan?
- He had DP all five times during 4x4x4 finals?
- No flash photography was allowed?
- During BLD finals I was supposed to judge Feliks, but he dropped out so I judged an invisible competitor (and even held up the laminated BLD paper) for a while?
- Tyson's voice crack at the end of awards was the funniest thing that happened all weekend?
- No flash photography was allowed?
 
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Did you know...

- JAY MCNEILL?!
- She's 24?
- Do people even think you're an adult?
- I was given a daughter?
- I look like Matt Smith?
- FWP is the only event that matters?
- Scrabble is now an official event?
- Cube Towel© is black magic?
- Davey Cow is best cow?
- IT IS JAY MCNEILL!
- Dammit, I got Abramowitzed!
- Breaking Bad?
- Ribbit?
- Do you <3
- Fehliks Zermdargs?
- Supeh sped pechee?
- I can do a reaaaaally good cup song?
- ARM-ograph?
- Pizza is the worst?
- I hate the food court?
- I need to hire a hooker just to slap her?
- Ottozing and I are single twinsies?
- I'M FWP WORLD CHAMPION!
- Don't mind her, she's just Australian?
- Cubers United won mosaic in spirit?

comp was good and stuff
 
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