Australian Nationals 2012

[aronpm]

What about the clock? Could you tell me the story?

Every hour it chimes and plays a song

 

[god of rubic 2]

Every hour it chimes and plays a song

Oh wow lol, I'm assuming it distracts the competitors a bit?

EDIT: Or just plays a horrible song..

 

[Dene]

Horrible song, very distracting, goes for 10 minutes every hour. (NOTE: Time slightly exaggerated)

I liked the idea of highpoint tbh, but Melbourne Museum is good too.

 

[andojay]

Also the amount of space we asked for wasn't enough. so we couldn't use the chairs we hired

how much space do we honestly need?
for tables w/ timers and displays
Scrambling table
data entry somewhere
seating for competitors during the rounds/events
seating for spectators
area for our stuff?

PLUS the 1.5 meters in front of the stations

 

[TimMc]

how much space do we honestly need?

I've sent Will an e-mail about High Point. We'd need about 10m by 4m for the stage area. The competitor area would be bigger etc...

Melbourne Museum is probably unlikely unless management are convinced.

Tim.

 

[NathanBB97]

Horrible song, very distracting, goes for 10 minutes every hour. (NOTE: Time slightly exaggerated)

I liked the idea of highpoint tbh, but Melbourne Museum is good too.

i like the song lol

 

[cubecraze1]

I'm going to post something that has been annoying me at pretty much every competition that i've been to.
What I don't like is that people who are judging feel that they need to look at every score card and find someone to judge that they "like" or who are "more popular" and I sit next to people on my right who have done four solves. But the person on my left has only done one.

Jack

 

[god of rubic 2]

I'm going to post something that has been annoying me at pretty much every competition that i've been to.
What I don't like is that people who are judging feel that they need to look at every score card and find someone to judge that they "like" or who are "more popular" and I sit next to people on my right who have done four solves. But the person on my left has only done one.

Jack

I agree, we also need to keep the consistent of how many solves a competitor has done.. otherwise the last 3 people have to do 3 more solves each or something.

 

[kirtpro]

^do the fast people so they can help out faster

 

[Dene]

Hey Jack,

While I understand what you are saying, from my experience I believe this situation is rare at our competitions. I am regularly the person scrambling, and I will usually direct judges to take the cube of a competitor that has done less solves, whenever possible. I suspect what you have noticed is the situation when we put through specific competitors at the start of a round. We do this deliberately with competitors that we know will help to judge once they have finished their attempts. This is often necessary when we have a shortage of judges.

I'm not sure how familiar you are with me, but if you've noticed me around at competitions you would probably notice I have very little tolerance for people interfering with the flow of competitions. What you have described is a prime example of that, and I would not tolerate it if I noticed it happening, I can assure you .

Hopefully this has been cleared up for you. If you notice this at any competition please feel free to inform myself or Tim McMahon, and I assure you we will take action against any such behaviour if it occurs.

 

[RCTACameron]

Is it definitely going to be a public venue? Because if not I would definitely be happy with the RMIT cafeteria, with the same kind of setup as we had at MCD2011.

 

[god of rubic 2]

Is it definitely going to be a public venue? Because if not I would definitely be happy with the RMIT cafeteria, with the same kind of setup as we had at MCD2011.

The atmosphere in the cafeteria just feels great, any setup would be fine. Just not somewhere noisy and distracting, also not outdoors where random things can happen.

But it has to be somewhat public........ awwwwwwwwwwww

 

[TimMc]

people who are judging feel that they need to look at every score card and find someone to judge that they "like" or who are "more popular"

I think this problem is isolated to a few judges. I remember telling them to just grab a scrambled cube from the edge of the table a few competitions ago.

Please let me know if you see a judge "looking for a particular scorecard at the front of their competitor station" or "walking back to the scramble table while there are already plenty of scrambled cubes at their competitor station" so that I can stop it immediately.

There are certain exceptions that help the competition run more smoothly (e.g. pushing through a few helpers that will judge the rest of the group or allowing a competitor to stay seated where it's inconvenient for them to get up constantly).

There's one other case where really fast competitors are pushed through because everyone is refusing to judge or compete until they watch someone finish their solves... Would people prefer that I force the judges to judge when this happens and competitors to solve? If the judge refused then they'd be disqualified from the competition (1e2) and if the competitor refused to solve then they'd get a DNS (9f5).

Is it definitely going to be a public venue? Because if not I would definitely be happy with the RMIT cafeteria, with the same kind of setup as we had at MCD2011.

It's not definite. We're currently looking at High Point and the RMIT Cafeteria.

Tim.

 

[David Zemdegs]

Is because it might be hot that the spiritual centre hasnt been considered?

 

[cubecraze1]

Has the date been confirmed?

 

[Tim Major]

Can we please make the finals done one by one? Because everyone wants to watch Feliks, so disqualifying judges and competitors seems ridiculous for this.
I usually choose the person who I'm judging, as priorities. My priorities are 2min+ solvers, so we can get them done before the end (or else they'd be the last ones competing) judges and scramblers.

 

[rock1313]

Horrible song, very distracting, goes for 10 minutes every hour. (NOTE: Time slightly exaggerated)

The song started playing in the second solve right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_oijEIlVzE&feature=g-user-u

 

[CJF2L 1]

Is it definitely going to be a public venue? Because if not I would definitely be happy with the RMIT cafeteria, with the same kind of setup as we had at MCD2011.

i personally prefer the setup at MelbSummer2012 w/ the couches behind the tables/timing area

 

[god of rubic 2]

The song started playing in the second solve right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_oijEIlVzE&feature=g-user-u

Was that Big Ben? lol.

i personally prefer the setup at MelbSummer2012 w/ the couches behind the tables/timing area

Yea, just at RMIT cafeteria would be a fine fine choice.

 

[megaminxwin]

wow ive been out of the loop for too long

Personally, I don't mind too much about the venue, as long as there is one. So I'm fine with an outdoor competition. Apart from that... I don't really have much else to add I suppose. Presumably we haven't confirmed a date yet.