Baltimore Spring 2010

[fanwuq]

I just started learning full PLL so I will not be ready however, I plan on being there. Looking forward to it!

Don't worry about your times so much. Just go there and have fun! At my first competition, I learned a lot. It's much easier to get faster and you have a greater motivation to get faster after going to a competition.

 

[blah]

What's up with this no BLD deal?

 

[chris410]

I just started learning full PLL so I will not be ready however, I plan on being there. Looking forward to it!

Don't worry about your times so much. Just go there and have fun! At my first competition, I learned a lot. It's much easier to get faster and you have a greater motivation to get faster after going to a competition.

No worries! My first competition (Washington DC Open) the first person I saw speed solve was Rowe, I was his judge and did not know who he was. Needless to say I was pretty shocked because he solved in just over 9 seconds 10.01 (something close to that) That being said, I realize that I will never get to that level however, I do enjoy cubing and it was great fun meeting so many people, talking to some of the top cubers, and getting valuable tips in addition to pushing myself towards improving. I was impressed with how willing everyone was to help.

Looking forward to this, thank you for putting in the effort so that we can all compete and have fun!

 

[fanwuq]

What's up with this no BLD deal?

I considered it, but I don't know if it would fit into the schedule. Look at the schedule. How long would you expect BLD to take?

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

What's up with this no BLD deal?

I considered it, but I don't know if it would fit into the schedule. Look at the schedule. How long would you expect BLD to take?

Depends on what you think is a reasonable cutoff.

 

[fanwuq]

Do you think it is reasonable to cut 30 min from the first round of 3x3 speed to add 3x3 BLD? Suppose we have 10 competitors doing BLD, what would be a reasonable cut off time?

 

[Swordsman Kirby]

Do you think it is reasonable to cut 30 min from the first round of 3x3 speed to add 3x3 BLD? Suppose we have 10 competitors doing BLD, what would be a reasonable cut off time?

At MIT, the 3x3 first round was two hours long, so cutting 60min shouldn't even be that bad. With an hour, I don't think you'd need cutoffs.

 

[fanwuq]

The venue costs $380, I will decrease registration fees when the total registration fee exceeds that amount. The more people that register, the less each individual will pay.

Do you think it is reasonable to cut 30 min from the first round of 3x3 speed to add 3x3 BLD? Suppose we have 10 competitors doing BLD, what would be a reasonable cut off time?

At MIT, the 3x3 first round was two hours long, so cutting 60min shouldn't even be that bad. With an hour, I don't think you'd need cutoffs.

I hope we can get at least 40 competitors. Maybe cutting 45 min from speed for BLD seems reasonable. I'll update the website tonight.
Email me at [email protected] if you want to add BLD

 

[masterofthebass]

I think have may have derived an ingenious scheme to be able to get there.

 

[Dave Campbell]

I think have may have derived an ingenious scheme to be able to get there.

Dan, lay off the pain meds.

I'll probably come. I'd say, though, trying to accommodate everyone's wishes for their events (adding bld, adding two rounds of pyraminx, etc) is a dangerous way to organize.

 

[fanwuq]

I think have may have derived an ingenious scheme to be able to get there.

Dan, lay off the pain meds.

I'll probably come. I'd say, though, trying to accommodate everyone's wishes for their events (adding bld, adding two rounds of pyraminx, etc) is a dangerous way to organize.

Ok, I guess I can't make everyone happy. We only have one round of pyraminx. If we are way ahead of schedule and many people are interested in pyraminx, we might add it. The chance probably isn't very high.
According to what Tim said, the change to add BLD seems reasonable. What do you think? Other than that, this schedule is final.

 

[flee135]

I'll probably come. I'd say, though, trying to accommodate everyone's wishes for their events (adding bld, adding two rounds of pyraminx, etc) is a dangerous way to organize.

Ok, I guess I can't make everyone happy. We only have one round of pyraminx. If we are way ahead of schedule and many people are interested in pyraminx, we might add it. The chance probably isn't very high.
According to what Tim said, the change to add BLD seems reasonable. What do you think? Other than that, this schedule is final.

Yeah, yeah, I'm glad there's at least one round of pyraminx. I actually didn't think you'd take me all that seriously when I suggested another one. I'm perfectly fine with just one (unless, of course, a lot more people want that too, in which case that would be awesome!).

 

[Bob]

Whoa, final sounds so permanent. It is ALWAYS subject to change.

 

[fanwuq]

Registration fee reduced to $3 per event.

 

[masterofthebass]

Why do all comps have rolling registration fees? To punish me? I don't see why you can't just set a flat fee based on the number of competitors to cover your costs. 45 people = $10 a person. 30 people = $15 a person. Its really annoying paying more money for this comp than I have for every nationals I've been to.

 

[Bryan]

Why do all comps have rolling registration fees? To punish me? I don't see why you can't just set a flat fee based on the number of competitors to cover your costs. 45 people = $10 a person. 30 people = $15 a person. Its really annoying paying more money for this comp than I have for every nationals I've been to.

I use rolling fees because otherwise you discourage new people from competing if you're charging them $15 to do just one round of 3x3.

 

[Baian Liu]

Why do all comps have rolling registration fees? To punish me? I don't see why you can't just set a flat fee based on the number of competitors to cover your costs. 45 people = $10 a person. 30 people = $15 a person. Its really annoying paying more money for this comp than I have for every nationals I've been to.

I use rolling fees because otherwise you discourage new people from competing if you're charging them $15 to do just one round of 3x3.

You encourage them to do other events though.

 

[PatrickJameson]

Why do all comps have rolling registration fees? To punish me? I don't see why you can't just set a flat fee based on the number of competitors to cover your costs. 45 people = $10 a person. 30 people = $15 a person. Its really annoying paying more money for this comp than I have for every nationals I've been to.

I use rolling fees because otherwise you discourage new people from competing if you're charging them $15 to do just one round of 3x3.

You encourage them to do other events though.

Which is iffy whether that's good or not. It's good for the competitor because they get to try events they don't often practice in competition; but bad for organizers because there may be too many people competing in a lot of events.

 

[Kian]

Why do all comps have rolling registration fees? To punish me? I don't see why you can't just set a flat fee based on the number of competitors to cover your costs. 45 people = $10 a person. 30 people = $15 a person. Its really annoying paying more money for this comp than I have for every nationals I've been to.

Of note, he did say that prices will go down if enough people come.

 

[Bryan]

Why do all comps have rolling registration fees? To punish me? I don't see why you can't just set a flat fee based on the number of competitors to cover your costs. 45 people = $10 a person. 30 people = $15 a person. Its really annoying paying more money for this comp than I have for every nationals I've been to.

I use rolling fees because otherwise you discourage new people from competing if you're charging them $15 to do just one round of 3x3.

You encourage them to do other events though.

Yeah, it like when my cable company would jack up the prices by $20/month and give me the golf channel. "It encourages me to watch golf."

No, I'll pay for what I want.