SparkZer00
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I got this great idea today:
I watched a baseball game on Sunday and realized that as I sat there, people at their homes could be watching the same game in real time.
Why can't cubing be like this?
Obviously ESPN is not going to do coverage of cubing events, but my proposal is that on a competition's WCA page, there could be a link or applet that would open of some sort so that a webcam on a laptop/computer used to enter times into a spreadsheet could be accessed by anyone so that they could see people solving in real time.
There are some pros to this:
- No waiting for results to be posted
- If records of some sort are set, people could witness this
- Ideally, If a record is set, the webcam's video could be rewound and trimmed, so that there is always a video of it
Some cons:
- Not everywhere where there is a competition there is also a webcam
(However, maybe a raise in competition entry fee temporarily could generate enough funds for one in the future)
- At larger competitions, not every solving station can be seen with one webcam
(But, again, a temporary competition entry fee raise, or an option for people who own a webcam to allow its view to be accessed through the wca page could solve this problem)
- No one is going to watch the competition all day long, and this might slow down the wca site, etc.
This is just an idea, and please, don't argue fine details right now, just talk about the main concept
I watched a baseball game on Sunday and realized that as I sat there, people at their homes could be watching the same game in real time.
Why can't cubing be like this?
Obviously ESPN is not going to do coverage of cubing events, but my proposal is that on a competition's WCA page, there could be a link or applet that would open of some sort so that a webcam on a laptop/computer used to enter times into a spreadsheet could be accessed by anyone so that they could see people solving in real time.
There are some pros to this:
- No waiting for results to be posted
- If records of some sort are set, people could witness this
- Ideally, If a record is set, the webcam's video could be rewound and trimmed, so that there is always a video of it
Some cons:
- Not everywhere where there is a competition there is also a webcam
(However, maybe a raise in competition entry fee temporarily could generate enough funds for one in the future)
- At larger competitions, not every solving station can be seen with one webcam
(But, again, a temporary competition entry fee raise, or an option for people who own a webcam to allow its view to be accessed through the wca page could solve this problem)
- No one is going to watch the competition all day long, and this might slow down the wca site, etc.
This is just an idea, and please, don't argue fine details right now, just talk about the main concept