The "I quit / pause / return / change / etc." thread

[PatrickJameson]

I wondered where you went. Glad you're back. Only thing not mentioned which I can think of is the new layout, which I'm sure you've seen.

@Dene: What thread are you talking about? The search terms would be so vague.

EDIT: Oh, the I quit/pause/return thread. Check the first post. "Please no hate if someone posts his own thread instead of in here" - Stefan

I don't think you got the subtle humor that was encased in that post.

 

[StachuK1992]

Hi! You're back!
Basically: wow WRs.

 

[Toad]

COME TO UK OPEN LOL

 

[Edward]

Yeah so like I'm going to try to quit cubing until school is over.
I'm also seeing what happens when I turn off my comp for a while ( >week).
All school related of course (Like I'd do this for no reason lol)
Wish me luck! :O

 

[Toad]

glhf

 

[ChrisBird]

Gone From Cubing for 3 Months

Hello Everybody,
I have been more or less completely absent from the entire cubing community for the past three months or so. After my most recent competition, school work hit me hard, along with real work, girlfriend, and an entire plethora of random assorted problems that needed dealing with.

But to make a long story short, I would like to be caught up in the big news of the cubing world during the time of my absence so I can make some sort of a return without looking like a complete noob.

Of course most would consider this lazy, and... it is. =p Rather than looking through three months worth of threads, posts, and records, would it be possible to have the helpful members of the forums fill me in?

I know about the new BLD World Record, and the 3x3 Singles by Rowe and Faz. But is there anything else I should know? Memes, awesome new members, crazy threads, WRs? Just anything really that one would need in order to be 'current' so to speak, in the current cubing community.

Thanks for your time,
Chris

 

[FatBoyXPC]

Certainly you couldn't have missed the GuHong vs V-Cubes threads. And what ever happened to "I can't get a girlfriend, I'm a fat white kid who posts YouTube videos about Rubik's Cubes!"?

 

[LearningCode]

I bet you his Rubik's cube is what got him his girlfriend ^^

 

[ChrisBird]

I bet you his Rubik's cube is what got him his girlfriend ^^

She didn't know I cubed before we started going out.

 

[Edward]

Yeah yeah, Guhongs getting the hammer and such. The thread is still active, you should check it out.

 

[keemy]

you missed alot.

 

[Kirjava]

I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE

 

[ChrisBird]

I saw the Hyperbole and a Half post with that, so I don't think I missed it. Unless there was something else discussed on it's behalf other than Lucas' post about it, including the link. (I am now obsessed with Hyperbole and a Half now, jeez)

But if you meant I missed "a lot" then yes, I quite agree, which is why I am asking to be filled in.

 

[keemy]

It was a pun

and yes there was a lot of alots made in the avatar thread (so you will see a lot of alots if you look around)

 

[BigSams]

I'm taking a break. Not from cubing but from this forum. It's too distracting. What with exams, final projects, math olympiads (and a lil' cubing project ) coming up, I'll be really busy for a few months. I'm going to block this site and tell my parents to choose a password. See y'all in a couple (or more) months.

P.S. someone seriously has to update these emoticon. ^ My winky face looks like a cocky smile..

 

[StachuK1992]

I'm out for a while.
I'm planning on fixing up some orphaned threads that I made a while ago, but then I'm headed out for a bit. Cubing's boring. Seeya in March.

Except for cubecast. I'm totes listening and doing that when/if the time comes.

 

[musicninja17]

i'm pausing for a day...i'm sick, so yeah

 

[Zeroknight]

Hola... I've been gone for about two years (sad, I know), but I want to get back to one of the loves of my life (Cubing, obviously!). I left when people were trying to figure out how to do ZZ-d algs. What else has been discovered since then? And has ZZ gained any more popularity? I want to know all that I've missed so I can get back into the game

 

[adfoote]

I AM BACK....
I stopped after my first competition in October (Virginia Open), with the promise that I would be CN before the new year. Well, its 2011, and I can say I am officially CN. Before I was on the verge of being sub20, now I'm consistently getting some solid 23's. My lookahead is better, but now I use waaaay to many cube rotations. I got one good habit and lost one. Well, I stopped using F's in my F2l, and that's a good thing.
Also, I'm getting back on my pre-competition practicing schedule, which basically amounts to an ao100 every day. I want to be sub20 by mid-February for the competition in Washington DC.
Finally, I want to learn BLD. I know how to do it, I'm just too lazy to make myself memorize all that. By my brirthday (April 15) I want to be able to do a BLD solve. I don't care about time, just that I can do it. And there's someone at my school who insists I learn to do it handcuffed behind my back and blindfolded, so why not? I've never been one to back down from a challenge like that

 

[FoxWolf]

I decided to post in here, because maybe... just maybe I will actually post on these forums now. So yeah, all that stuff and what not.