Lawrence Spring Open 2015 (Kansas, USA)

biscuit said:
ohh well than if not for time that would be sweet. We should get this to a huge comp and get it multiday ;)
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If luck is on my side, I'm still cubing, and if there's enough interest, I would actually like to host a multi-day comp in Summer 2016. I already know what to call it: Midwest 2016.

Although, I would basically have to convince a hotel to let me rent it out, and convince everyone to stay at said hotel for the comp. I would probably start planning in Winter 2015 or something :P

Oh well, that's far into the future.
 
biscuit said:
If we could make this one of the bigger comps in the country that would be awesome! Being in the center of the country really helps as people are willing to drive this far
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Oh, no no no. Lawrence Spring 2015 probably won't be a huge 80+ people comp, and I would prefer it to be that way. It's much, much harder to manage 80+ competitors, especially with a tight schedule like this. If I can get 50-60, then it would be fairly manageable, and it would still be pretty big.
 
shadowkiller168 said:
Oh, no no no. Lawrence Spring 2015 probably won't be a huge 80+ people comp, and I would prefer it to be that way. It's much, much harder to manage 80+ competitors, especially with a tight schedule like this. If I can get 50-60, then it would be fairly manageable, and it would still be pretty big.
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I am talking about 2016 (I think you said summer)
 
biscuit said:
I am talking about 2016 (I think you said summer)
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Good, because I'm not ready to organize a multi-day comp yet. Shonathon Collins even said I need another year or two before I can even consider hosting it. Hell, I don't think the comp would take place in Lawrence. I can't think of anywhere in the city that I could reasonably host it, not to mention how inconvenient it is to get here. I would likely end up doing it in Kansas City and have Zachary Henry or someone help me organize it :P
Rocky0701 said:
The comp that he hosted a couple months ago was on cubecomps so I assume it will be.
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Aussie said:
Hey Shadow, will this competition be displayed on the cubecomps.com site?
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Yeah. Unless I forget for some reason, it should be on cubecomps.
 
shadowkiller168 said:
Good, because I'm not ready to organize a multi-day comp yet. Shonathon Collins even said I need another year or two before I can even consider hosting it. Hell, I don't think the comp would take place in Lawrence. I can't think of anywhere in the city that I could reasonably host it, not to mention how inconvenient it is to get here. I would likely end up doing it in Kansas City and have Zachary Henry or someone help me organize it :P
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I live in KC to so I would love that... Maybe I could help find a venue. (my dad works in entertainment)
 
biscuit said:
I live in KC to so I would love that... Maybe I could help find a venue. (my dad works in entertainment)
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The venue is without a doubt the hardest part to get for a multi-day comp. There would have to be a hotel nearby, or the venue could just be a hotel or something. The expense is what I'm worried about. My school is a great venue for a one-day comp as it is large and I can have it for free, but I doubt I could rent it out for 2 days.

If you could find me somewhere that would be a suitable venue, please let me know!
 
shadowkiller168 said:
The venue is without a doubt the hardest part to get for a multi-day comp. There would have to be a hotel nearby, or the venue could just be a hotel or something. The expense is what I'm worried about. My school is a great venue for a one-day comp as it is large and I can have it for free, but I doubt I could rent it out for 2 days.

If you could find me somewhere that would be a suitable venue, please let me know!
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It would probabley be downtown which would leave the hotel as a non problem... We have a while until then if it happens. I will look
 
I have looked a tiny bit... Right now I am looking at either the plaza library or one of the mid continent public library (MCPL) branches. The problem with the plaza library is that it is very expensive so we would definitely need to get a deal to use that space. The problem with MCPL is that it is also pretty pricey and you can only rent it for 2 hours at a time (you can get it back to back but not necessarily). I use MCPL and am friends with a few of the librarians so it may work but only if we could get a very steep price drop. As they are library's we may be able to come up with a way to show that the Rubik's cube corresponds with learning (spatial awareness and all that) Which may help but not to hopeful about these venues. One that I started looking into was maybe getting some space from UMKC if the have some club that would help sponsor something like this. I will keep looking so hopefully we can find an ideal place. (one other idea was to look at KC high schools and see if any would be willing to let us use space but with it being potentially multi day that may not work).
 
I've checked with a local community church and they said if the Saturday is available, they will give me the space for a deep discount. Unfortunately, it might not be idea since it's in Olathe, which is 45min from the airport. But who flies to these comps anyway? It's right by i-35 with quite a few hotels nearby. Not to mention near a bunch of fast-food joints like BWW and Freddie's. I'm have a meeting with ZH this Friday to talk more in details and if anyone else is interested in some cubing practices, come on by. We will be meeting at LaMar's Donuts near the KU Edwards campus around 3PM this Friday the 2nd.

I definitely think that KC is more ideal than Lawrence, since we are a metropolitan area. Cubing is slowly coming back. My son has already planned the seeds in his middle school. Maybe someday, cubing will be more fun than video games, not!
 
danchoi955 said:
I've checked with a local community church and they said if the Saturday is available, they will give me the space for a deep discount. Unfortunately, it might not be idea since it's in Olathe, which is 45min from the airport. But who flies to these comps anyway? It's right by i-35 with quite a few hotels nearby. Not to mention near a bunch of fast-food joints like BWW and Freddie's. I'm have a meeting with ZH this Friday to talk more in details and if anyone else is interested in some cubing practices, come on by. We will be meeting at LaMar's Donuts near the KU Edwards campus around 3PM this Friday the 2nd.

I definitely think that KC is more ideal than Lawrence, since we are a metropolitan area. Cubing is slowly coming back. My son has already planned the seeds in his middle school. Maybe someday, cubing will be more fun than video games, not!
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Speaking of which, what is the progress on your comp? Did you contact a delegate yet or something? I messaged Zach Henry, but I haven't gotten a response yet.
 
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