ichcubegerne
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We should remove some useless events along with that tho^^
I would like so see some fast cuboids
I would like so see some fast cuboids
What useless events? All of them aren’t useless by any means. The closest to useless any of these are is 3x3 match, and I find that one to be quite funWe should remove some useless events along with that tho^^
I would like so see some fast cuboids
we have too many nxn only relays. Maybe get rid of 2-6 if we need the roomWhat useless events? All of them aren’t useless by any means. The closest to useless any of these are is 3x3 match, and I find that one to be quite fun
You can't run out of room for an online competition. If you don't want to do it, don't do it. It's not like it's filling up a schedule or anything.we have too many nxn only relays. Maybe get rid of 2-6 if we need the room
We should remove some useless events along with that tho^^
I would like so see some fast cuboids
Relays are ****ing useless. Its just who is the best at the biggest puzzle. And we have these puzzles anyway^^What useless events? All of them aren’t useless by any means. The closest to useless any of these are is 3x3 match, and I find that one to be quite fun
Then why dont we just introduce every single event, no matter how stupid it is? Its about keeping the people that participate in an event at a high level and not add useless stuff thats useless.You can't run out of room for an online competition. If you don't want to do it, don't do it. It's not like it's filling up a schedule or anything.
Language, Big GuyRelays are ****ing useless. Its just who is the best at the biggest puzzle. And we have these puzzles anyway^^
I wasn't talking about adding anything, I was talking about not removing anything.Then why dont we just introduce every single event, no matter how stupid it is? Its about keeping the people that participate in an event at a high level and not add useless stuff thats useless.
I would rather only add events that will generate meaningful participation. Adding too many more events will spread people's time too thin to participate in events they like, which already seems to be happening for many events in the weekly competition. There are many events I have in mind that deserve consideration to be added (like FTO), but I think it would be reasonable to consider taking out events that are not generating meaningful participation and competition.
lets all get dnfs in curvy copter! we need it to stay!I agree. Perhaps add a participation count that a event has to meet in order for it to stay?
I think that all of this discussion is worthwhile. I do intend to add a couple of discussion threads (one for adding events, one for removing events) sometime over the next few days to begin this discussion.
I do feel that it was a mistake last year to add 4 events. That was too many; a maximum of 2 per year is plenty, and I will not go over that again in the future. The main reason I did it last year was because I got personally invested in the two that were losing. I won't make that mistake again. I suppose it can be argued that the third and fourth events being added were actually of some value. Curvy copter allowed an actual jumbling event to be held. If the hardware were not so bad, I suspect there would be a lot more participation there. And speed fewest moves was useful to run in that it showed the event wasn't quite as good an idea as it initially seemed. But I do find it somewhat aesthetically unpleasing to remove events - it gives a sense of imbalance to the database somehow. Still, I have mechanisms for doing it, so it can be done.
My goal will be to have discussions over the next couple of weeks, and then polls to determine the actual changes that finish about a week before the end of the year, so that I have time to implement the changes. I will definitely increase the amount of support required to add new events this year - I think I have been too lenient in the past. I'm still not sure how to handle removing events, but I will at least start the discussion this year, and we can see where that goes.
I say we keep 2-5 and 2-7 but scrap 2-4 and 2-6. Maybe keep 2-4 actuallyI agree removing cube match and just keeping one relay (2-7) since they overall have low participation.
why Mts?I agree removing cube match and just keeping one relay (2-7) since they overall have low participation.
One reason I am hesitant to make changes to the relays is that we have already had churn on this in the past, and I prefer continuity in the weekly competitions if possible. From 2010 through 2016, 2-6 and 2-7 relays were discontinued, and by popular demand, they were brought back in 2017. I wish we had simply left them in place during those years; I certainly don't want this sort of thing to happen again if possible. I feel it's better to move slowly on such changes, especially since the weekly competition doesn't really hurt anyone by being too many events. I prefer to be somewhat slow to add new events, and extremely slow to remove them.
I think we should keep 2-5, but remove speed FMCMy opinion is that we drop:
2-4 Relay
2-5 Relay
2-6 Relay
3x3 Match
The rest either seem really fun to me personally or I just think are something good for the comp to have