First comp vs. Joining the forums

[shadowslice e]

Just wondering if the majority of people on here went to a comp, heard about the forums and joined or if they were googling stuff, found the forums then went to their first comp.

 

[Cale S]

Both early 2014, forums in January, comp in March

 

[Jaysammey777]

A little bias as you can't ask people not on the forums...

 

[GenTheSnail]

I first found out about the site, but didn't join. (iirc I was disgusted by it not being called, "speedcubing.com")
I went to my first competition soon after, and then joined about a month later.

 

[shadowslice e]

A little bias as you can't ask people not on the forums...

I did say the majority of people on here.

Besides, the question was asking the people who have come across the forums how they found out about it.

 

[Ordway Persyn]

Joined Forums September 23rd 2014. First comp was Jan 2nd 2016.

 

[pglewis]

I joined the forums a couple weeks after my first comp, found it searching for other old timers.

 

[turtwig]

I started cubing because there was a comp near me, so I went to my first comp after only cubing for around 3 weeks and I found the forums a little bit after that.

 

[AlphaSheep]

Good question. Short answer is I joined the forum and went to my first official competition in the same month (November 2014). I joined the forum after registering for the competition, but 2 weeks before the competition took place.

I found the forum in May 2013 while Googling to see if there were any other South African cubers and came across this thread. Things seemed kind of hopeless back then. I didn't think of myself as a speedcuber back then so I didn't bother joining the forum or the facebook group at that stage. I did browse the forum a bit. I discovered the ZZ method in a thread and learned it in July 2013. I don't know when I stopped visiting the forum, but I distinctly remember this thread being posted, so it must have been August or later.

I went to my first unofficial comp in June 2014. It was at a shopping mall near my girlfriend's house. I didn't actually want to go, but she convinced me to at least try it. After the comp, the organiser said I should join the Facebook group, so I did.

I went to another unofficial comp in October 2014 (a kind of dry run for the huge comp the following month). I met @DonnyStar there and he spoke about his efforts to find other South African cubers and mentioned making the forum post. A week or so later, I went back to the speedsolving forum again, and actually signed up. I did quite a bit of lurking, but didn't post anything though.

Two weeks later, I took part in my first comp, and then a couple weeks after that, I started posting here.

TL;DR
- Found forum May 2013, lurked until August
- First unofficial comp June 2014
- Signed up November 2014
- First official comp November 2014
- First post December 2014

 

[GoldCubes29]

First comp: May 30, 2016
Joined forums: June 5, 2016

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[CJK]

I first found out about the site, but didn't join. (iirc I was disgusted by it not being called, "speedcubing.com")
I went to my first competition soon after, and then joined about a month later.

That's exactly the same way I did it, only that the time between first comp and joining was about half a year.

 

[Daniel Lin]

my first comp was about half a year after joining the forums

basically i was interested in methods and stuff so i signed up

 

[Tycubing]

I joined this sight in Feb 2016 and went to my first comp in Nov 2015

 

[WACWCA]

First comp 2012 joined forums 2015

 

[Chree]

I at least KNEW about the forums back like 2007ish. Didn't join til June of 2013. First comp was 3 months later.

 

[1973486]

Originally joined Dec 2013, first comp Nov 2014.

 

[Rocky0701]

I joined the forums September 2013 a few days after my first solve without notes
My first comp was November 2014. Don't really cube much anymore, but I love the community.

 

[aybuck37]

I went to comp first. But i knew about the forum lol

 

[Meow]

forums in like January or February 2014, first comp was nats 2015(Georgia did not have comps for a long time)

 

[1973486]

forums in like January or February 2014

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