Why are speedcubers on SpeedSolving.com so mean?

[rj]

I have been to many comps and I usually talk/sit with the fastest people who are there. This never happens. It's always an encouraging atmosphere, even between the big rivals at big comps. This is such a strange idea, it actually feels ridiculous to me.

On topic: When I first found Speedsolving I felt, as you do, like everything posted here was negative. When you get to know the people here, you realize they are not usually being mean. If someone is being mean they are usually called out for it. What you take to be rudeness is often a more experienced member correcting a less experienced one. After a while of reading this forum (I haven't been on for long at all, but I have lurked for years) you get tired of new members asking the same questions that could easily be answered with 1 simple search. People want to be spoon-fed information. More experienced members usually just tell them to figure it out themselves. It's not mean, just teaching them a lesson.

Same thing happened here.

 

[sneaklyfox]

And you are the nicest.

*blush*

I have been to many comps and I usually talk/sit with the fastest people who are there. This never happens. It's always an encouraging atmosphere, even between the big rivals at big comps. This is such a strange idea, it actually feels ridiculous to me.

On topic: When I first found Speedsolving I felt, as you do, like everything posted here was negative. When you get to know the people here, you realize they are not usually being mean. If someone is being mean they are usually called out for it. What you take to be rudeness is often a more experienced member correcting a less experienced one. After a while of reading this forum (I haven't been on for long at all, but I have lurked for years) you get tired of new members asking the same questions that could easily be answered with 1 simple search. People want to be spoon-fed information. More experienced members usually just tell them to figure it out themselves. It's not mean, just teaching them a lesson.

Yup, totally agree with these observations.

(I'm terrible... thanks to this thread, I haven't gotten anything I wanted to do today done.)

 

[Ton]

I think the forum will need a new link for the >> Forum Navigation << "Mean answers" in this section you can ask any question cube related and answers should be useless.
So a thread of useless discussions, opinions and assumptions can be posted in this section.

 

[rj]

*blush*


Yup, totally agree with these observations.

(I'm terrible... thanks to this thread, I haven't gotten anything I wanted to do today done.)

You're a lot like my mom. There's 6 kids in our family. You are going to love having 5 kids. Seriously.

 

[Yellowsnow98]

Well, this thread calmed down pretty quickly.

Though it was one of the most volatile threads since I joined.

 

[rybaby]

Well, this thread calmed down pretty quickly.

Though it was one of the most volatile threads since I joined.

So maybe someone could fire it up again?
I still think many of yall are underestimating the power of words. Using "blunt" as an excuse to be mean/harsh/rude.....

 

[sneaklyfox]

You're a lot like my mom. There's 6 kids in our family. You are going to love having 5 kids. Seriously.

See pm.

Well, this thread calmed down pretty quickly.

Though it was one of the most volatile threads since I joined.

Yup, somewhat volatile. I've read worse. Everybody chill... it's lunchtime soon (for me anyway).

 

[Yellowsnow98]

See pm.


Yup, somewhat volatile. I've read worse. Everybody chill... it's lunchtime soon (for me anyway).

I read one called "last layer skip?"
I think it was since deleted but it was pretty bad.

I don't like getting involved in volatile threads though.
I have trouble getting people to support what I say because I'm here 5 months and nobody knows me that well. lol.

Mmm lunch. (It's 16:38 where I am but I like to get up in the afternoon)

 

[Hyprul 9-ty2]

Stefan should make a video tutorial titled "How to grow a spine".

 

[sneaklyfox]

I read one called "last layer skip?"
I think it was since deleted but it was pretty bad.

I don't like getting involved in volatile threads though.
I have trouble getting people to support what I say because I'm here 5 months and nobody knows me that well. lol.

Mmm lunch. (It's 16:38 where I am but I like to get up in the afternoon)

I don't remember which threads I've read that I felt have been more volatile than this one. I only get involved if I think I have something to say without getting flamed myself lol.

Yeah, I figured it wasn't your lunchtime, being in Ireland. I have to eat lunch because I didn't eat breakfast.

 

[Yellowsnow98]

Yeah, I figured it wasn't your lunchtime, being in Ireland. I have to eat lunch because I didn't eat breakfast.

Lunchtime or not I've only been up since 1pm so breakfast is at lunchtime and lunch is at around 4 or 5. I pretty much live by your timezone in my country. Lol.

 

[sneaklyfox]

Lunchtime or not I've only been up since 1pm so breakfast is at lunchtime and lunch is at around 4 or 5. I pretty much live by your timezone in my country. Lol.

Wow, haha. Ok, I see. So it IS lunchtime for you, personally. Ok, enjoy your meal.

(Sorry for being so off-topic now! I think I'm going to leave this thread.)

 

[Kirjava]

As for kirjava: telling others that they are the problem sorta proves my point on rudeness/harshness etc. Thus makes me afraid to attend a competition for fear faster guys would just try to intimidate and insult me.....

But you are the problem. Please see This thread

If things like this didn't happen, people wouldn't be mean about them.

These are things that should not happen in the first place, therefore the people acting with this behaviour are the cause of the problem.

How is telling other people their faults rude?

If you read the post I made, it has a comment predicting your current oversensitivity.

There is no evidence ever of faster people insulting people for being slower. You're making things up that are not even true to try and enhance your point.

 

[~Adam~]

I read one called "last layer skip?"
I think it was since deleted but it was pretty bad.

If you need a whole thread to tell you what a last layer skip is how can you possibly use a keyboard let alone a computer? <----- mean, but I still can't believe that it wasn't a joke.

 

[Stefan]

Well, this thread calmed down pretty quickly.

Yeah. I take a nap and that happens? What the hell?!

Note that it is easier to use sarcasm or be a bit harsh in a forum (sitting front of the computer), than in real life, eye-to-eye.
...Except for Stefan. He is exactly the same.

Interesting. That might be a first, usually people say that I'm very different in real life, and I think so, too. In real life I'm rather soft-spoken (literally, as my voice is low and quiet) and introverted, and I'm thinking too slowly to come up with stuff like I can here. Also, in real life I have access to far fewer conversations than here, drastically reducing the chances to even find a reason to get annoyed. But maybe you caught me on a particularly bad/good day.

Except I think Stefan is about my age and I didn't appreciate the comment about OP mispelling his username by leaving out a "c". A sort of joke that you could make but that you don't because it's not nice.

Alright, let me apologize for that joke. With the topic of this thread ("boohoo, people are so mean"), that pun was just too perfect and I couldn't resist. Was one of the light-hearted ones I mentioned in the thread entirely dedicated to me and my meanness, though. Sorry, rybaby, if it went to far, I sometimes overestimate people's ability to take criticism. Look at how Yellowsnow98 responded to my "utterly..." remark (which was actually mostly serious, as I do hate that phrase, particularly the "nuff" version), he playfully took the entire blow out of my comment and gained lots of respect. One more thing I'd like to point out: I think I was pretty much the only "mean" one here (and only with that one joke). Otherwise, I most likely would've been less. I did several times go *against* mobs harassing newcomers here, so I'm not all lost. Oh and I'm 36.

I feel like I respect Minh Thai a lot more than most who try to invalidate his WR and such.

I don't recall anyone else ever doing that.

 

[uberCuber]

I don't recall anyone else ever doing that.

The only thing I can think of to which he might be referring is when people say that those really stiff cubes gave people with higher-movecount methods a disadvantage, but I wouldn't call that trying to "invalidate" the record.

 

[Renslay]

Interesting. That might be a first, usually people say that I'm very different in real life, and I think so, too. In real life I'm rather soft-spoken (literally, as my voice is low and quiet) and introverted, and I'm thinking too slowly to come up with stuff like I can here. Also, in real life I have access to far fewer conversations than here, drastically reducing the chances to even find a reason to get annoyed. But maybe you caught me on a particularly bad/good day.

Then I apologize. We spoke in person many years ago.

 

[Yellowsnow98]

If you need a whole thread to tell you what a last layer skip is how can you possibly use a keyboard let alone a computer? <----- mean, but I still can't believe that it wasn't a joke.

It's a perfect example of why sometimes you need to be a little mean. His reaction was great though

 

[Lchu613]

If you need a whole thread to tell you what a last layer skip is how can you possibly use a keyboard let alone a computer? <----- mean, but I still can't believe that it wasn't a joke.

That thread, I believe, was SnipeCube's "Snipe Method", and was titled "how I get an LL skip every time"
He didn't get an LL skip every time, it was a variant of the beginner's method with an extremely misleading title.

 

[~Adam~]

That thread, I believe, was SnipeCube's "Snipe Method", and was titled "how I get an LL skip every time"
He didn't get an LL skip every time, it was a variant of the beginner's method with an extremely misleading title.

There was a thread within the last two weeks when someone asked 'What is a last layer skip?'.