Petition against useless "race" threads

[StachuK1992]

Note the irony:

Over the past few days, these useless threads have been really starting to get to me.
It started off with 4x4 BLD, something reasonable, but then went to extremes, like ZBLL memo at one end, and sub-3 4x4 solves.

I'd like to log in one day and not have to see these useless threads, and I'm sure many of you do as well.

If you agree, please post below saying so.

I know that this is ironically "useless" to some, but I think it is for the good of cube-kind.

 

[masterofthebass]

I deleted all the pointless threads. If you want to race people in pointless things, do that privately. I view this stuff as spam, and I'm removing it.

 

[StachuK1992]

Thank you, Dan.
I really appreciate it.
I guess this can be deleted as well.

 

[Gparker]

i dont think there all a bad idea. the 4x4 is a terrible idea though.they might as well have a race to see whos thread gets deleted first. the only good ones i like were the race to sub 2(in blind) since it was the first. the race to sub 20( good motivation). and the race to 4x4 blind.

EDIT: Dan, why did you get rid of the sub 20 thread? that was a really good motivation, so was the sub 15 one

 

[mcciff2112]

I disagree with your arguement, though some, like you said are ridiculous, others are the complete opposite and may be the inspiration people need to reach their speed cubing goals.

 

[MistArts]

This is a "cold war" in cubing.

 

[soccerking813]

I don't find it spam really. It is just people trying to get themselves and other people motivated to reach a goal. The first one was a good idea, but some of the more recent ones are not so good.

I would suggest leaving the ones that already made, but give a warning that any future races will be deleted.

 

[Gparker]

I don't find it spam really. It is just people trying to get themselves and other people motivated to reach a goal. The first one was a good idea, but some of the more recent ones are not so good.

I would suggest leaving the ones that already made, but give a warning that any future races will be deleted.

most of them were already deleted

 

[qqwref]

The first thing to do is to stop taking this so seriously.

The second thing is to keep a race as a personal thing. It's not like an all-out forum competition. Think of the sub-20 race... while it might have been good motivation the truth is that there are a very small number of people (like, 5 active users?) who are in a position to do that race in the first place. If you want to do a competition between a few friends that is fine but it shouldn't be on the forum where everyone else has to see it. Try doing it via some kind of chatroom, or on Facebook. A lot of the race topics are really somewhat similar to making a topic saying "I'm going to the movies on Friday, does anyone in my area want to come along?" It's just clutter that most people will have to ignore.

Incidentally, if a group of people really does want to help each other to sub-2 BLD or sub-20 or whatever it is, they should really consider getting a chat channel or chatroom and talking to each other as motivation. It's not difficult at all, especially if you add each other to AIM or Google Talk or whatever it is people use nowadays. And a chatroom really is the best thing if it's going to be a small group of people just talking to each other.

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

Lol I though this was about racism when I read the title, then I remembered the threads *facepalm*

 

[shoot1510]

ok, no more race threads. what the deal now, a clean happy place.

If you hate people deleting threads. use http://www.bored.com/destroysites/
and destroy their site.

P.S: Not actually permanent destroy your site. We just don't like your site.

 

[qqwref]

Can you please learn to English? Thanks.

 

[StachuK1992]

ok, no more race threads. what the deal now, a clean happy place.

If you hate people deleting threads. use http://www.bored.com/destroysites/
and destroy their site.

P.S: Not actually permanent destroy your site. We just don't like your site.

All your base are belong to us?

 

[Escher]

Can you please learn to English? Thanks.

Its been mentioned before that he has a disability, I'd say that was enough to excuse his grammar/spelling.

 

[qqwref]

Can you please learn to English? Thanks.

Its been mentioned before that he has a disability, I'd say that was enough to excuse his grammar/spelling.

I literally can't understand what he's posting. Couldn't he get someone to help him out or something?

 

[shoot1510]

Can you please learn to English? Thanks.

Its been mentioned before that he has a disability, I'd say that was enough to excuse his grammar/spelling.

I literally can't understand what he's posting. Couldn't he get someone to help him out or something?

How come no one can understand me what I say?
I can't have my life to have poor grammer/spelling. And grammer/spelling is important to my life. How come jcuber and my classmates can understand at school? And in the internet, no one can understand me. It getting more harder for me to say words every time. And I'm forgetting words, even 4 letter words.

 

[shoot1510]

i understand without any problems... i don't know what the big deal is about.

My grammer/spelling. It where people talk about my disability.

 

[IamWEB]

Can you please learn to English? Thanks.

Its been mentioned before that he has a disability, I'd say that was enough to excuse his grammar/spelling.

I literally can't understand what he's posting. Couldn't he get someone to help him out or something?

How come no one can understand me what I say?
I can't have my life to have poor grammer/spelling. And grammer/spelling is important to my life. How come jcuber and my classmates can understand at school? And in the internet, no one can understand me. It getting more harder for me to say words every time. And I'm forgetting words, even 4 letter words.

Speaking =/= Typing

 

[shoot1510]

Can you please learn to English? Thanks.

Its been mentioned before that he has a disability, I'd say that was enough to excuse his grammar/spelling.

I literally can't understand what he's posting. Couldn't he get someone to help him out or something?

How come no one can understand me what I say?
I can't have my life to have poor grammer/spelling. And grammer/spelling is important to my life. How come jcuber and my classmates can understand at school? And in the internet, no one can understand me. It getting more harder for me to say words every time. And I'm forgetting words, even 4 letter words.

Speaking =/= Typing

What does Speaking =/= Typing mean?

 

[shoot1510]

i understand without any problems... i don't know what the big deal is about.

My grammer/spelling. It where people talk about my disability.

i know lol, i was just trying to say people are making such a big deal out of something i think they shouldn't..

I think some people are trying to be sarcastic telling the world in the speedsolving forum that I have poor English. But I don't!! I don't even get it how I got poor grammar/spelling.:confused: