Thankscubing Day Competition - Nov. 21, Columbus, Ohio, USA

[ShadenSmith]

"Dan Cohen vs. everyone else" seems pretty fair

Considering the scores are calculated based on everyone's placement added up (and probably averaged...we're still debating on the actual formula) that would probably be as unbalanced as possible

 

[JBCM627]

Another question about the teams, advancement to the next round is still based on individual performance, right?

I just think some people might worry about being on the wrong team, but I'm guessing it's solely for the prize, nothing else.

Yes, people will still advance normally.

And yeah as Shaden said, we were also thinking summing places isn't the best way to do scoring, since it encourages people to drop out of events. Maybe we'll average places per event or something... so many options.

 

[blah]

Awesome!

May I know how many rounds of FMC will there be?

 

[Dakota]

Ok thats great..have a comp 20 min from my house.... AFTER I MOVE TO FLORIDA!
This sucks......

 

[blah]

Ok thats great..have a comp 20 min from my house.... AFTER I MOVE TO FLORIDA!
This sucks......

They had the first competition in Malaysia, 20 minutes from MY house, after I moved to America. Are you seriously complaining?

 

[Dakota]

umm..yea i am. I thought that what i was doing.

 

[JBCM627]

May I know how many rounds of FMC will there be?

One.

umm..yea i am. I thought that what i was doing.

Hey, we had the Ohio Open last year

 

[Carson]

Ok thats great..have a comp 20 min from my house.... AFTER I MOVE TO FLORIDA!
This sucks......

That was our primary motivation for the competition. We also have super secret alternate plans to have the competition in Florida just in case you move back at the last second.

 

[KConny]

Bryan: It's still an official WCA-competition. So all rules must be followed and the competition will be run like any other?

There's actually no official rules about who advances in a round. I could say that the second round consists of the top competitor named "Bryan" and the top 15 non-Bryan competitors, and that still follows the regulations.

You might be right. And I had the same thought at worlds. I skimmed through the rules and found this:
9g2) Whether a competitor proceeds to next phase of a Combined round, must be decided on position (best x competitors) or on result (all competitors with a best result under x).
So when doing Combined you can't have it "your way" because none of the possible formats of an event is the one you suggested. But I couldn't find the same rule for a normal round...

 

[cubeninjaIV]

that sounds cool, not sure i can go though its my sisters bday party (yay lets celebrate) and i probably cant get a ride because theres like 4 cubers in Michigan

 

[DavidWoner]

While FMC is tempting, I don't think there is a great enough spread of events to justify the trip.

 

[isaacthecuber]

If I went to this competition I would have to leave before 2x2 and 3x3 finals. Would this mess up the team scores or should I still preregister?

 

[anythingtwisty]

If I went to this competition I would have to leave before 2x2 and 3x3 finals. Would this mess up the team scores or should I still preregister?

Gogogogogogogo!

 

[JBCM627]

If I went to this competition I would have to leave before 2x2 and 3x3 finals. Would this mess up the team scores

Not if you told us you were leaving for sure We still haven't decided how to score things yet.

or should I still preregister?

If you are for sure coming (even for part of the time), yes please preregister.

 

[blah]

Just got my Greyhound tickets. Does anyone mind getting me from and to the station before and after the competition? I don't how else to get to Ohio State from there

 

[JBCM627]

Just got my Greyhound tickets. Does anyone mind getting me from and to the station before and after the competition? I don't how else to get to Ohio State from there

Possibly... what time do you get in / leave? Send me that info to me via the contact form on the website if you can.

 

[jms_gears1]

i might be able to come, im pretty sure i preregistered. it will be my first comp im excited ^_^

 

[JBCM627]

3 days left to pre-register! If you are coming, please sign up.

 

[anythingtwisty]

Agh, still 5 whole days.....

 

[JBCM627]

The directors of the firm hired to continue the website after other people have been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been sacked.

The website has been completed in an entirely different style at great expense and at the last minute.