Cube Club: What to do?

[Brian Le]

Hey all,

I'm the president of my cube club at school (w00t!), and I need some ideas on what I should do as events. I plan to host a competition (unofficial), but I have no ideas on how to get the members hooked into cubing. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

-Brian

 

[waffle=ijm]

bribes...aka prizes
I'm not sure if this will work but a nice shiny new whatever is always nice to win.

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

The prize could be like 10 or 20 bucks or something really cool. Good luck!

 

[CAT13]

Give them a free cube? Then they would sit there staring at their cube with agonizing pain thinking, "This needs to be solved!!!" then they learn how and join your club

 

[badmephisto]

free food? if you can get some funding?
dont know, maybe some teachings into interesting stuff? commutators? discussions on lowest number of moves to solve the cube and stuff?

 

[Lotsofsloths]

You can't get anyone hooked on cubing.
How ever hard you try, they have to be the ones that want to cube.
My neighbor I got started on cubing, he learned the Fridrich 3LLL and averaged 25, and then he got addcited to RuneScape now he forgot all the algs. And what really sucks is that RuneScape is a horrible game. I keep on telling him he will have no life and won't make any friends or do any sports and he still is like RuneScape rocks.

 

[nitrocan]

I opened a Cube Club too, it starts tomorrow.
I'm going to make a "Who's going to figure out how to make a cross first?" competition

 

[PCwizCube]

You can't get anyone hooked on cubing.
How ever hard you try, they have to be the ones that want to cube.
My neighbor I got started on cubing, he learned the Fridrich 3LLL and averaged 25, and then he got addcited to RuneScape now he forgot all the algs. And what really sucks is that RuneScape is a horrible game. I keep on telling him he will have no life and won't make any friends or do any sports and he still is like RuneScape rocks.

Yes I used to be addicted to Runescape. Then after like 6 months it got boring. It's no fun anymore.

 

[Vulosity]

My brother quit cubing for Runescape. After a month, he's back to cubing.

 

[Crickets]

haha runescape brings back the old days of fishing (on the game) and cubing haha i was such a noob.

 

[DavidWoner]

You can't get anyone hooked on cubing.
How ever hard you try, they have to be the ones that want to cube.
My neighbor I got started on cubing, he learned the Fridrich 3LLL and averaged 25, and then he got addcited to RuneScape now he forgot all the algs. And what really sucks is that RuneScape is a horrible game. I keep on telling him he will have no life and won't make any friends or do any sports and he still is like RuneScape rocks.

lol thats funny i used to play runescape all the time then i quit because i got too serious about cubing. of course, runescape kind of ruined it for itself by ruining staking, so instead of 10 mil an hour i could only make 100k.

but yeah about the club, daniel's right- they have to already want to cube. you should find people who are interested first, then start the club.

 

[fanwuq]

You can't get anyone hooked on cubing.
How ever hard you try, they have to be the ones that want to cube.
My neighbor I got started on cubing, he learned the Fridrich 3LLL and averaged 25, and then he got addcited to RuneScape now he forgot all the algs. And what really sucks is that RuneScape is a horrible game. I keep on telling him he will have no life and won't make any friends or do any sports and he still is like RuneScape rocks.

How?

I only played runescape back in the old days when only pacman and minesweepers existed. Even then, it's not as fun as minesweepers most of the time. Cubing is definitely the best activity ever.
Getting a 25s average is not easy. My friend has been seriously cubing for almost a year and still at 40s. Sub-25 was a difficult barrier for me too.
addcited?
I did have another friend who lost his cube, so all he can do is playing various boring games on the internet and refuses gabbasoft and ryanheise sim, but he still gladly solves if he actually sees a real cube.

Get people interested in easy, but real puzzles. I recommend pyraminx and 2x2. Square-1 is difficult, but also very addicting.

 

[MistArts]

free food? if you can get some funding?
dont know, maybe some teachings into interesting stuff? commutators? discussions on lowest number of moves to solve the cube and stuff?

Fewest Moves Club? That'd be rare.

 

[Lt-UnReaL]

Hey all,

I'm the president of my cube club at school (w00t!), and I need some ideas on what I should do as events. I plan to host a competition (unofficial), but I have no ideas on how to get the members hooked into cubing. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

-Brian

Why did they become members if they don't wanna get hooked into cubing? :/

 

[Brian Le]

Hey all,

I'm the president of my cube club at school (w00t!), and I need some ideas on what I should do as events. I plan to host a competition (unofficial), but I have no ideas on how to get the members hooked into cubing. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

-Brian

Why did they become members if they don't wanna get hooked into cubing? :/

Here is my theory of why people signed up for my club (this is the second year of its existence).
1) They are genuinely interested in learning how to solve the cube.
2) They already know how to solve the cube, and they want to get faster.
3) They want something on their college application.
4) They think the idea of the club is funny, and signing up makes it funnier.

Yeah, that's my theory. Anyway, I made this thread because I really need ideas. Last year was our first year, and we didn't do so well. So this year, I'm hoping to make the club better.

 

[MistArts]

Hey all,

I'm the president of my cube club at school (w00t!), and I need some ideas on what I should do as events. I plan to host a competition (unofficial), but I have no ideas on how to get the members hooked into cubing. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

-Brian

Why did they become members if they don't wanna get hooked into cubing? :/

Here is my theory of why people signed up for my club (this is the second year of its existence).
1) They are genuinely interested in learning how to solve the cube.
2) They already know how to solve the cube, and they want to get faster.
3) They want something on their college application.
4) They think the idea of the club is funny, and signing up makes it funnier.

Yeah, that's my theory. Anyway, I made this thread because I really need ideas. Last year was our first year, and we didn't do so well. So this year, I'm hoping to make the club better.

You could start a cubing shop.

 

[Vulosity]

My school doesn't have a cubing club. If it had one, the only reason I'd join is that I can solve it, but I want to get faster. I am averaging 22 seconds.

 

[fanwuq]

My school doesn't have a cubing club. If it had one, the only reason I'd join is that I can solve it, but I want to get faster. I am averaging 22 seconds.

make one!
I did. But so far, I only use it as an excuse to try out cube combos and buy puzzles I don't have. :rolleyes:

 

[MistArts]

My school doesn't have a cubing club. If it had one, the only reason I'd join is that I can solve it, but I want to get faster. I am averaging 22 seconds.

make one!
I did. But so far, I only use it as an excuse to try out cube combos and buy puzzles I don't have. :rolleyes:

Combo FMC pens?

 

[Brian Le]

My school doesn't have a cubing club. If it had one, the only reason I'd join is that I can solve it, but I want to get faster. I am averaging 22 seconds.

make one!
I did. But so far, I only use it as an excuse to try out cube combos and buy puzzles I don't have. :rolleyes:

Buy puzzles you don't have? What do you mean?