bgdgyfer
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Well, I don`t have much to say either. I don`t know Rowe, I just know he is fast. We forgive you..
As Dumbledore once said: " Soon you will have to make the choice between what is easy and what is right".
I've been to less than 30 competitions and have gotten the same scramble twice in BLD easily over 5 times. The most common reason is that new judges tend to leave the spot blank and just take the card up. Some smaller competitions really need to take the time to teach their staff how to judge correctly.
Hmm... I haven't actually been to any competition yet (but planning to). Is it more likely to get the same scramble twice in BLD than in sighted solves because the judge has to write down "DNF"? I mean, it's more natural to write down the time for a sighted solve but if you DNF a BLD, it's more likely the judge will leave the spot blank?
I can say from experience that the "Competitor must sign +2s and DNFs" regulation is not always followed.New judge forgetting to write DNF PLUS the competitor not signing the scoresheet...
Some competitor attention and maybe even honesty is in there too.
If this "not writing DNF" happens a lot the competitor could deliberately take advantage of it.
Surely, a cube that's just been returned by the judge from a solve with a blank scoresheet should have been a reason for a scrambler (usually a more experienced person) to ask why it's still blank.
Its been killing me for a while and i just decided to tell them and come clean. Its been a major depressing thing for me and the worst part was not being able to talk about it with anyone. I just decided to tell Ron and hope for the best. It's another reason i stopped BLD, i was just ashamed of myself. I'm practicing now hopefully I'll break that 52 and actually deserve a good time.
So since notes taken by judges on the cards obviously aren't reliable (because they are unexperienced, badly trained or for whatever other reasons), scramblers also should have tables to check who already got a specific scramble - this should always have been obligatory.
Rowe:
You regretting and believably apologizing - nice move. But even though I don't worry too much about you, I care about the situation: Cheating in the first place - bad. Better confessing late than never? Sure, but having set several WRs (which naturally goes along with being a role model to other cubers) and still waiting for four years to eventually confess - ridiculous.
WCA:
Considering that Rowe cheated purposely (not just because he wasn't completely sure about the incident) and imposing no punishment [whyever] is ridiculous. If it was because he was confessing and because it's already that long ago, as opposed to getting caught in the act de facto doesn't make a difference, he still cheated. Considering it even was a new set WR back then (as opposed to e.g. a less relevant last place in competition) and still not imposing any punishment at all is even more ridiculous! Handling such a situation like that is basically saying 'When you cheat, simply confess some time later and you won't receive any punishments'.
Cheaters (no matter if competitor or judge) in official events always should receive a reasonable punishment - the worse the misdemeanor the worse the punishment. (And in my opinion - regarding WCA competitions - cheating for most probably setting a World Record is only topped by physically harming others.) So imposing no punishment for such a misbehaviour while appearing as the only "real", respectable (world) association is highly unprofessional and reduces the WCA's credibility massively.
On other things:
This is ridiculous. That judge should never ever be a judge again and also receive further punishments.
So since notes taken by judges on the cards obviously aren't reliable (because they are unexperienced, badly trained or for whatever other reasons), scramblers also should have tables to check who already got a specific scramble - this should always have been obligatory.
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