Random Blindfold Cubing Discussion

[RyanReese09]

Oh, and I currently need more roman rooms. I only have 11, 12th cube can be done normal BLD style.

Here are my rooms.

My bedroom
Erics bedroom
Brandons bedroom (older older brother)
Basement
Living room
Kitchen (6)

Now I go to the places I work, from first to present
KFC lobby
Dairy queen lobby
Anytime fitness "lobby" (9)

Now to where I workout
Model A gym lobby

Now to my grandmas basement (11).

I was thinking, for those of you who know, the super mario 64 (Nintendo) main castle entrance room for my 12th room (courtesy of Statue)

I need 3 more ideas though. Any suggestions? Video games even, whatever.

 

[MaeLSTRoM]

Super Mario Galaxy observatory? got 6 easy places for items in the main level sectinos just there.

 

[RyanReese09]

As reference here are the games I've played.

Starcraft Brood War
Diablo I and II
Zelda Link to the past
Super smash bros (n64)
Super Mario 64 (n64)
Golden Eye (N64)
Mario Kart (n64)

Some other random N64 games.

 

[MaeLSTRoM]

You could do the circular 2nd floor corridor on SM64, maybe the castle from LTTP. not really sure what to use from those games...

 

[RyanReese09]

It doesn't haveto be video games, I just figured I'd throw it out there.

Other places would be nice. I spent a good portion of tonight trying tothink of good ideas but in the end the only one I'm going to end up using is the super mario castle entrance.

 

[Zane_C]

I need 3 more ideas though. Any suggestions? Video games even, whatever.

You can use your school, and the path you take to your current locations. The routes don't literally need to be 'rooms'.

 

[riffz]

But yeah, what is vocalizing? I'm interested.

I think vocalizing is referring to describing with words (in your head) the interactions between your images instead of only visualizing it. It would definitely slow you down if you use images, but the reason it helps aron is that he uses sentences, so he isn't visualizing anything.

Also, someone (can't be bothered to scroll up and check) was commenting on the fact that associating sentences with rooms instead of images seems strange, but if you understand why rooms work so well, it's really not curious. Associating a room with images OR a sentence simply creates an association and opens more neural pathways to the same memory.

 

[RyanReese09]

I vocalize right now. I imagine it in my head but I also say the sentence associating with each location in my head. It's part of how I drill it. I don't see anything wrong with it, I actually think I'd be worse without it.

 

[tim]

The "sub-vocalization" Chris mentioned is, when you first say the associated word of a piece/number/card/whatever in your head before you see the associated image. It's definitely faster if you'd see the image immediately. This has nothing to do with those noob sentence methods some people use.

 

[riffz]

Ah ok.

This has nothing to do with those noob sentence methods some people use.

Yea. Aron and Bill are such nubs.

 

[blah]

Thanks for ruining it.

 

[riffz]

Thanks for ruining it.

What?

 

[RyanReese09]

What?

I have a feeling Tim was being sarcastic .

 

[tim]

I have a feeling Tim was being sarcastic .

I wasn't totally sarcastic. "Sub-Vocalizing" is a term often used by the "professional" memory athletes. And these guys use pure images* (at least I haven't heard anything else yet). So, I tried to draw a clear line by using the word "noob" (in contrast to "professional") for other methods based on words or sentences. But, of course, it wasn't meant as an offense, since some of these methods have proven to be super-awesome.

* Some people mention that they feel, hear or smell their images. That still counts as imagination, though.

 

[qqwref]

"Noob" isn't the same thing as "beginner"/"newbie"/"amateur", though. It has a connotation of someone who is so incompetent that nobody is even close to respecting them. If you want a contrast with "professional", I'd say "amateur" is the best word to use.

 

[riffz]

I have a feeling Tim was being sarcastic .

Yes, I was 99% sure of this, but my worry on forums like this are that some actual noobs won't detect the sarcasm and get a wrong impression. So I added to it.

 

[riffz]

Are the lunhui or Zhanchi any good for BLD?

Currently I still use an F2 because I tend to overshoot with a guhong. I just got an A5 recently but I haven't had time to mod it.

 

[evogler]

Does anyone do one-handed BH? After learning BH, I don't feel like using any other blind methods, but all the slice moves feel really awkward.

 

[Mike Hughey]

Does anyone do one-handed BH? After learning BH, I don't feel like using any other blind methods, but all the slice moves feel really awkward.

Yes, I do one-handed BH. I find it works really nice to do an M' move by pushing at FU with my thumb, with my second finger at BLU, my third finger at BRU, and my fifth finger along the bottom (DLF, DL, DLB). I guess it's not going to win any speed records, but it's fast enough for me.

M is a little harder and definitely not fast, but still not terrible - fifth finger still in the same place, thumb and palm of hand/base of thumb holding FLU and FRU, pulling with index finger at BU. I do wonder sometimes if I shouldn't do (M')x3 instead, though - it seems like it might be faster, because M' is really quite good.

 

[evogler]

Thanks, Mike! It took me a minute to figure those positions out, but now after some more experimenting I'm finding my M' speed picking up a bit.
I guess I will work on OHBH.