The "I quit / pause / return / change / etc." thread

[Ollie]

Finding it hard to find any motivation to practice anything, inc BLD. Perhaps a long break is in order.

 

[ketchuphater999]

I'm back, what now?

Hey y'all! I'm back after a ginormous 6 month break from cubing, and I definitely have forgotten some things. I ordered a new cube and a little extra lube, but what do you guys recommend I do to get back into the groove of things and get right back into cubing?

EDIT: Also, are there any big events that I may have missed (other than the WR being broken)?

 

[Noahaha]

I recommend that you practice and go to competitions.

the WR

What a narrow view of the world.

 

[uniacto]

Hop back into your tardis, relive the 6 months, then come back

Well, alot of WRs were broken.

alot of new cubes came out.

A LOT.

 

[ketchuphater999]

what kind of cubes? anything I should be interested as a mainly 3x3 and "exotic cube" solver?

 

[kcl]

what kind of cubes? anything I should be interested as a mainly 3x3 and "exotic cube" solver?

Uh.. Moyu Weilong and Fangshi Shuangren have taken the world in a storm. Weilong is becoming the new zhanchi.. Exotic cubes.. I think that's kind of an oxy moron since exotic cubes usually aren't cubes xD. In reality I don't do those much so I can't help there.

 

[TDM]

I change to CN for OH. From now on, I'll throw the cube in the air and solve on whatever orientation it lands on. When I get to sub-40 (i.e. faster than I am now), I'll start looking for whichever orientation is best. For now though, I'll just do this.

 

[KongShou]

i quit practising 3x3 and trying to sub 10, its not working

also i quit gta cos i finished everything

im gonna start playing fifa now

 

[TDM]

I'm going to start practising 4x4 again. Also, within the last week, I've just changed methods for most events I do (not 2x2):
3x3: CFOP -> ZZ
OH: OB -> YB
4x4: Reduction -> Yau/Hoya w/ 3-2-3
3BLD corners: Boomerang -> OP
3BLD edges: M2 -> TuRBo

 

[CubezUBR]

Im in a sort of stupid teenage depression thing and have lost motivation to do anything other than eat crap food and sleep. Im behind at school and want to get a few things sorted out but if i take a break from cubing i fear i wont get back in. Im just going to play it by ear and hopefully i can get my life sorted out. Cya

 

[SirWaffle]

I have decided I am taking a month long break form cubing. I will not be doing any solves, checking the forums or anything cubing related at all. If for whatever reason anyone need to contact me PM on YouTube or Facebook, or send me an email at [email protected] . I will still be checking these sources but just not doing anything cubing related on them. I hope you all understand and I will see you in one month with another avg of 12

Meh I return to lazy to make a vid atm

 

[kunparekh18]

Will change to ZZ after my Jan 4-5 comp. Totally. No going back. Seriously. Even though my EOLine sucks right now, I'll make sure to better it. And use less than 15 seconds for inspection.

 

[SketchCuber]

A Comeback?

So yeah, sorry if this is the wrong sub-forum.

anyway, haven't really cubed in 5 or 6 months and was thinking about getting back into it. Especially since I had a youtube channel.

http://www.youtube.com/user/SketchCuber/videos

My PB was 19.26 using Roux and I was getting better, but I got busy doing other things.

So what do you guys think? Should I start back up with cubing and posting videos?

 

[Ollie]

Do what you want? You don't need to ask anyone's permission...

 

[sneaklyfox]

Go for it.

 

[TDM]

3x3: CFOP -> ZZ Changed back
OH: OB -> YB Haven't done OH much, but I've stayed with this when I have
4x4: Reduction -> Yau/Hoya w/ 3-2-3 Don't like Hoya (well I do, I just suck at it) so just Yau
3BLD corners: Boomerang -> OP Actually did this one
3BLD edges: M2 -> TuRBo No. I fail at remembering the setup moves

Well... that went well.

I'm going to quit cubing until after school on Tuesday. I have too much work to do. If anyone sees me on the forums, tell me to get off. Don't be nice. Being nice won't help. Just tell me to go away. I'm getting too distracted from important things.

 

[TMOY]

If anyone sees me on the forums, tell me to get off. Don't be nice. Being nice won't help. Just tell me to go away. I'm getting too distracted from important things.

Well, if you actually have an addiction problem, a better solution would probabvly be to ask the mods to ban you for the duration of your choice. It's the same logic as people with a gambling problem applying for casino exclusion: protection against oneself.

 

[Wassili]

Oh god... I haven't done a proper average session in 3 months, and now my times are so much worse (3x3 average from 12 to 16, 4x4 1:00 to 1:15...) Now I'm even more uninspired to cube Screw you League of Legends.

EDIT: Any of you got bored/something distracted you of cubing, but after a while got back into it?

 

[hkpnkp]

So yeah, sorry if this is the wrong sub-forum.

anyway, haven't really cubed in 5 or 6 months and was thinking about getting back into it. Especially since I had a youtube channel.

http://www.youtube.com/user/SketchCuber/videos

My PB was 19.26 using Roux and I was getting better, but I got busy doing other things.

So what do you guys think? Should I start back up with cubing and posting videos?

you are the roux - fu master ! a master never quits !

 

[CRO]

Took my old Zhanchi after over a year, did a few solves, and that an average of 100. It's 14.17, which I think is not that bad considering I was just under 12 seconds when I stopped.

Anyway, I think I'm back!