Alex Lau 3x3 ER - 7.52

Escher said:
No I know, I'm very aware of that, I've never performed even close to the times I get in competition warm-up compared to recorded solves. Even races with other people get my heart rate going insane. Hence the stuff Artic is saying is infuriating, just because I invested so much time and never saw any results for it besides one lucky single simply due to psychological problems.
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This touches part of me inside. I really hope you begin to enjoy solving more as time goes on, you have my full support (whatever that means).

As for all the "congrats" amidst the battlefield, thank you very much guys. I value all yer support.
 
Artic said:
~really intense post~
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Can someone please do a dramatic reading of this and film it? I cannot be the only one who was cracking up reading it.

Also as a sidenote: for Escher and Alex and the like, there are plenty of people on this forum who understand that you don't just "get over" anxiety and support you in doing whatever makes you less anxious and comfortable.
 
my 2 cents about the no-camera topic will not be different from Rowan's, Corny's, Feliks' or Alex', so I won't contribute more, I'll just say epic congratz and yay for having less than a second between #1 and #2 again ;)
 
rowan said:
Can someone please do a dramatic reading of this and film it? I cannot be the only one who was cracking up reading it.

Also as a sidenote: for Escher and Alex and the like, there are plenty of people on this forum who understand that you don't just "get over" anxiety and support you in doing whatever makes you less anxious and comfortable.
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Your wish is my command.
 
This thread went off topic. It went from congratulating Alex to why to complaining about the fact there's no video. Then Artic made long post about how Alex is sacred of camera's. This thread should stay to granulating Alex. Rather than complaining that he didn't film the average.
 
Congratulations on your truly amazing accomplishment! You remain a beacon of hope to Roux-users (and hopeful future Roux-users) everywhere!
 
5BLD said:
This touches part of me inside. I really hope you begin to enjoy solving more as time goes on, you have my full support (whatever that means).
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Thanks, really. As far as cubing goes, I'm much happier nowadays solving purely for pleasure. In terms of aesthetics and efficiency I'm a much better solver now. I might one day try and get back into really practising speedsolving again but for now I don't have the fire nor I think the confidence to become competitive again. We'll see :)

Congrats once again, btw!
 
ninja storm said:
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LOL! I haven't laughed at a cubing video since the first Hitler Cubes. Gj!

Alex, you so deserve this. I was going to post in this thread this morning, as I saw Artic's comments before going to work, but didn't get a chance. Then the whole thread went mental - it's just taken me a while to catch up on what's gone on since.

I think you made a very valid point in your 'rambling excuses' [;)] post, which has been largely brushed over, and that is that there are two issues going on here, one is performance anxiety, the other is specifically performance in front of the camera. Although the two are related (they are two heads of the same beast), they are also very different in that whilst you can control one (i.e. ask for people to turn off the cameras), you can't control the other.

A great example of this would be Usain Bolt. There may be no sports personality on the planet who loves cameras as much as that man; however at the 2011 World Championship, he was under massive pressure to break his own World Record. As a result, he false started. Although nobody in the field was within .2 of a second of him, in the results he was a DNF - dead last. Just shows that even if you LOVE being on camera, the pressure of knowing you are capable of sub-WR performance can be crushing.

I really don't envy you. There's no pressure on me, as a c.19 second cuber, to do anything at all. But with great power comes great rouxsponsibility, and as you've improved, so the expectations of the masses pour on you. I'd love to see you break the WR for either average or single, and know you are more than capable, but I firmly believe that this will only happen when you're comfortable, happy, and confident.

Yeah, it would be nice for the rest of us to be able to see the WR solve, but surely knowing it happened is far more important?

Good luck at Euros, and every comp you go to. I hope people have the courtesy to at least silence their phones in future (maybe delegates/organisers could help with this?), and that you continue to enjoy competing as much as we enjoy watching your progress.

:D
 
Artic is be one of the most rude and emotionally abusive people I've ever seen on this forum. I really, really hope he is a troll.

About cameras, I think even people who say they don't like cameras would not mind filming at competitions if it was done properly. Even politicians and actors, people who are extremely used to being filmed as part of their job, don't like having cameras and microphones shoved in their face, or tons of people clicking devices at them from close range. Really, the problem here isn't filming, it's rude spectators, and I think competition officials (organizers, delegates, judges who are not busy) should do their best to fix the situation. Basically, it's not acceptable for people to crowd near a competitor and make clicking noises with their phones, or take photos with the flash on, or talk about how to get the camera to work. If they can't do it quietly and respectfully, they should get a "excuse me, you're disturbing the competitors, please stop trying to take pictures/video".
 
I'm sorry if I offended anyone. Didn't think I was being rude. Just expressing my opinion. But my apologies regardless.

p.s. I still think being afraid of a camera is silly :)
 
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