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Ive never done BLD in a competition before. Is it quiet? I know they tell you to be quiet, but how much quieter does it get? Are people whispering? Also, I have to bring my own blindfold correct? Also, anybody here have noise blocking head phones I can borrow? Thanks.
 
TheMachanga said:
Ive never done BLD in a competition before. Is it quiet? I know they tell you to be quiet, but how much quieter does it get? Are people whispering? Also, I have to bring my own blindfold correct? Also, anybody here have noise blocking head phones I can borrow? Thanks.
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People are usually pretty good at being quiet. They dont get down to a whisper but they get pretty quiet. You have to bring your own blindfold.
 
cuber952 said:
TheMachanga said:
Ive never done BLD in a competition before. Is it quiet? I know they tell you to be quiet, but how much quieter does it get? Are people whispering? Also, I have to bring my own blindfold correct? Also, anybody here have noise blocking head phones I can borrow? Thanks.
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People are usually pretty good at being quiet. They dont get down to a whisper but they get pretty quiet. You have to bring your own blindfold.
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It is quiet enough. But I can bring my earplug things from my mindfold, if you want. I can solve with almost as good efficiency with very little sound (Like general noise pollution) as opposed to right below someone talking to me. I might be a little better in a completely silent room though, but that won't happen at a comp. I would be more worried about temperature control for my hands, sleep deprivation and the scramble difficulty.
 
Cyrus C. said:
I just registered. Why are we doing 6x6x6 and 7x7x7, but not easy stuff like Pyraminx, or Magic? Can we only do puzzles the store sells?
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We could probably add stuff beyond what the store sells, but considering they're sponsoring it, let's try our best to support them. They started carrrying V-Cubes and I think V-Cubes is going to send them some stuff.

Also, having 6x6 and 7x7 is nice since we usually don't have those in the area. I like to spread some of the less popular events around so that they are available to people.

As for Pyraminx and Magic, they were at Chicago, Iowa, Minnesota, and will be at Nebraska. A single competition without them isn't the end of the world.

But the most important thing is to make sure we can contain the competition. A good starting point is "Can we do what the sponsor has?" And after that, it pretty much fills it up. If we have extra time, we can always fill with extra rounds.
 
Bryan said:
Cyrus C. said:
I just registered. Why are we doing 6x6x6 and 7x7x7, but not easy stuff like Pyraminx, or Magic? Can we only do puzzles the store sells?
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As for Pyraminx and Magic, they were at Chicago, Iowa, Minnesota, and will be at Nebraska. A single competition without them isn't the end of the world.

But the most important thing is to make sure we can contain the competition. A good starting point is "Can we do what the sponsor has?" And after that, it pretty much fills it up. If we have extra time, we can always fill with extra rounds.
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Indiana and Lexington and Ohio too.
 
TheMachanga said:
How's the lunch going to work out again? I remember they ordered pizza for Chicago Open, but I forgot who and how we paid for it...
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At the Chicago Open, you paid extra at registration for lunch. But I don't think the library is going to let us have a bunch of pizza brought in (and we can't collect money either). But there is a Subway across the street (according to Google Street view), and other restaurants around.
 
Bryan said:
TheMachanga said:
How's the lunch going to work out again? I remember they ordered pizza for Chicago Open, but I forgot who and how we paid for it...
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At the Chicago Open, you paid extra at registration for lunch. But I don't think the library is going to let us have a bunch of pizza brought in (and we can't collect money either). But there is a Subway across the street (according to Google Street view), and other restaurants around.
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So people can just leave during the comp. and get a sub, but we can't eat in to library I assume.
 
TheMachanga said:
Bryan said:
TheMachanga said:
How's the lunch going to work out again? I remember they ordered pizza for Chicago Open, but I forgot who and how we paid for it...
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At the Chicago Open, you paid extra at registration for lunch. But I don't think the library is going to let us have a bunch of pizza brought in (and we can't collect money either). But there is a Subway across the street (according to Google Street view), and other restaurants around.
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So people can just leave during the comp. and get a sub, but we can't eat in to library I assume.
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There's a lunch break at 12:00. Granted, if you aren't in an event you can leave while it's going on, but you might miss something.
 
cuber952 said:
I am just wondering what you guys will be selling or trading?
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I'll be selling:

A maru 4x4 with all the pieces (granted, it is disassembled :( )
Gigaminx
GuHong with cubesmith stickers (For the right price; I may hate it, but I'm running out of good 3x3s)
Super Squirrel
 
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