Melbourne Spring Open 2009 (Unofficial)

[TimMc]

my mum is like, scared that strangers will rape/kill either me/sister/my bros 19, but she's still scared for him too. everything she sees on the news, she thinks happens to everyone.

Yeah, it's fair enough. I wouldn't recommend that a child or young teenager go on their own to a competition or meetup due to the possibility of encountering some crazy/twisted person on the way to the venue. At the very least, they'd need a trusted adult to be supervising them after being dropped off.

It's better to be up front and honest about these things with your parents. Later on, when your old enough to: vote, buy a car, buy a house etc, you'll be able to make such decisions about safety yourself.

If the competition date/time/venue is inconvenient for them then you could always ask if you can come along to another one (i.e. the official one) - hopefully with a month or two notice. If they don't want you cubing - period - as studies are being affected, then so be it. You can resume cubing after completing your education. I only picked up cubing after finishing high school

Tim.

 

[Tim Major]

Scramblers:
- 222
- 333
- 444 (ZB_FTW!!!)
- 555 (Tim, ZB_FTW!!!)
- 333oh (Matt)
- 333bf (Tim)
- pyram (Tim)
- minx (Matt)
- sq1 (Matt)
- magic (Matt)

i just did ten official 5x5 scrambles, and only 7 matched the pictures, so maybe i shouldnt be a scrambler for 5x5. i can still do 2x2 3x3 4x4 and pyra though

 

[Faz]

Dw, with events 5x5 and higher - it is up to the judge whether a rescramble is required. Seeing as this is just casual, it doesn't really matter.

Oh no, I need to resticker my 5x5.

 

[Tim Major]

my mum is like, scared that strangers will rape/kill either me/sister/my bros 19, but she's still scared for him too. everything she sees on the news, she thinks happens to everyone.

Yeah, it's fair enough. I wouldn't recommend that a child or young teenager go on their own to a competition or meetup due to the possibility of encountering some crazy/twisted person on the way to the venue. At the very least, they'd need a trusted adult to be supervising them after being dropped off.

It's better to be up front and honest about these things with your parents. Later on, when your old enough to: vote, buy a car, buy a house etc, you'll be able to make such decisions about safety yourself.

If the competition date/time/venue is inconvenient for them then you could always ask if you can come along to another one (i.e. the official one) - hopefully with a month or two notice. If they don't want you cubing - period - as studies are being affected, then so be it. You can resume cubing after completing your education. I only picked up cubing after finishing high school

Tim.

the earlier i start, the longer ill have to beat fazrulz1

 

[Faz]

Okay...

 

[Tim Major]

Oh no, I need to resticker my 5x5.

lol about the stickers. my mefferts 4x4 just arrived, and 3 tiles had fallen of in the mail, even though it had 2 sheets of plastic, bubble wrap, and 2 boxes

 

[TimMc]

the earlier i start, the longer ill have to beat fazrulz1

lol, you could spend 5 years learning full ZB

Just learn 2 algorithms a week? j/k

The effort to learn full ZB would be better spent on studying something that interests you/career-related

Tim.

 

[Kiongku]

I concur.. Earlier is better..

 

[Tim Major]

the earlier i start, the longer ill have to beat fazrulz1

lol, you could spend 5 years learning full ZB

Just learn 2 algorithms a week? j/k

The effort to learn full ZB would be better spent on studying something that interests you/career-related

Tim.

im not going to learn zb, i gave up on that idea almost as soon as i got it

 

[TimMc]

I concur.. Earlier is better..

Well, yeah >.< kids can learn cubing a lot quicker when young. But they can spend that time learning other fundamental things too

Tim.

 

[RainbowBoy]

No
I'm not coming.

I'm definitely coming to the one in December. Hopefully its gonna be at Melbourne Central. Feliks, that is gonna be the last time I am ever gonna ask my mum again .

Shes gone mad now that I have asked her like 5 times, once every hour.
I'm not coming.

 

[edw0010]

Well who didnt see that coming? Anyone? I didn;t think so BTW ZB, ill beat faz before you do! ;p

 

[boredommm23]

Hey guys, quick question.
What lubricant do you guys use?
Would it be alright if someone brought some lubricant on Saturday?
Thanks

 

[TimMc]

CRC808... Yup

Tim.

 

[sbloom]

Scheduling

Hi,

I was quite interested when I heard about the competition and was looking forward to it. However, I am a modern orthodox Jew and can't get compete on Saturday (Sabbath). I can't see how the dates could be changed now, nor why you would do it for one person, but in future could competitions tried to be scheduled on Sundays.

Regards,

Samuel Bloom

 

[Kiongku]

Then it will be trouble for me because I'm a christian and I got church on Sundays

 

[sbloom]

Is it possible to do it after church?
And no it isn't possible for me to do it after synagogue because it is a matter of Jewish law not scheduling.

 

[TimMc]

It's possible to have it on Sunday in the future, for other meetups and competitions. However, we wouldn't be able to use the same venue on Sunday.

I'm happy for meetups/competitions to be on any day of the week, and it usually comes down to how many people can attend. If one day will yield more than another, then we'd opt for that day.

Last week it was inconvenient for quite a few to come on Saturday so we had a meetup on Sunday. And this week we've gone with Saturday because that's the most convenient day for the venue.

Tim.

 

[Kiongku]

Generally Sunday I'm not free till 1 pm...

 

[Tim Major]

ill judge, even if i am only 13 XD. ill be getting there around 11:30, kk?