UK Open 2008?

[Garmon]

I think I'd be able to make it to Sheffield, just depends when it is, since I'm going to be busy for the next few months.

 

[cookingfat]

There is going to be an unofficial Sheffield Open some point.

I really hope so, I don't really have any excuse not to go to that.

 

[Escher]

the itv one is quite hard to find.
i dont have time to trawl through links so ill just tell you...
first go on itvlocal.com then go on yorkshire, then search calender, and it was on tuesday. if the presenters are NOT gaynor and john then you have the wrong one. go back to 'search region' and try a different link to yorkshire. we're on about 18.50. you have to watch it tonight, as it goes off tomorrow.

EDIT
i wouldnt mind helping organise a sheffield open at all. seeing as i live here and this summer i will have plenty of time theres no reason why i shouldnt...
EDIT 2
kolraz, page 24...
EDIT 3 (why cant i just remember to say things all at once?)
can someone link the sky vid? i want to see if i got on... and also i wanna see the interviews etc

 

[CharlieCooper]

There is going to be an unofficial Sheffield Open some point.

I really hope so, I don't really have any excuse not to go to that.

doubt i'd make it up. sheffield is a real mission for me.

 

[MTGjumper]

I want to see if that line of cubers I was in was on TV. I won too!

Sheffield Open would be great. It's closer than Manchester, and reaching Manchester wasn't bad.

 

[joey]

I was talking about an *unofficial* sheffield open, guys. Probably some time in the next few months, I'll hop on a train to sheffield, to hang out with those sheffield guys. Then we can post mini-results here.

 

[Escher]

im good whatever we do

 

[Kolraz]

is the sky one online?
we were on tv in canada too. how strange?!

Nope, My Mam recorded it and I watched it when I got back.

Escher, I have already seen that ITV piece, I was meaning the one they filmed on the day of the UK Open. They said it would be on that night.

 

[MichaelErskine]

UK open item on Dutch TV????

http://www.rtl.nl/components/actueel/rtlnieuws/miMedia/2008/week46/ma_700_kubus.avi_plain.xml

Grrr! Requires M$ Silverlight! Has it been YouTubed yet?

 

[CharlieCooper]

i think it was just the same as the sky news one msemtd... as far as i'm aware sky was the only one to film me...

 

[cookingfat]

I was talking about an *unofficial* sheffield open, guys. Probably some time in the next few months, I'll hop on a train to sheffield, to hang out with those sheffield guys. Then we can post mini-results here.

sound good to me.

 

[Tomarse]

My girlfriend recorded the new broadcast on her phone and sent it to me, i might put it on youtube even though the quality sucks. Is there any chance we could do a competition down near me? I know none of you live this way, but I say London would be a good place as its easy for people to get to due to the public transport and stuff? I don't know, its just an idea

 

[gasmus]

Does anyone know if someone has lost a cube?

I was just going through my big box of cubes and found one that isnt mine that i must have accidentally picked up

I'm pretty sure its a type A with textured tiles

 

[Escher]

not mine

lol i would claim it if i was more immoral

 

[Garmon]

Sounds like a nice cube, but isn't mine.

 

[MichaelErskine]

Not one of mine!

I gained rather than lost a cube, as I'm sure most of the people there did, in the form of the promotional Manchester United cube. At risk of appearing to be a little ungrateful to the event promoters (or perhaps Manchester United ) I've decided to turn mine into a regular cube. The promotional cube is a genuine Rubik's brand and may well be exactly the same as a "store-bought" apart from the stickers of course. Whilst initially very stiff and annoying to work with, I dismantled and lubed it which worked wonders but it really demanded more freedom of movement. When I removed the glued-on caps I found the cube to be riveted, so it's rather limited without replacing the core (unless there's a another way). It is now de-stickered and awaiting a set of CubeSmith stickers which should turn it into a very good teaching cube.

 

[Garmon]

My Manchester cube is also really good (very fast), I took off the stickers also, but I won't get stickers till after Christmas .

 

[MTGjumper]

Yeah, I found it wasn't a bad cube. It took me a while to take off the centre caps (due to the glue, I later found) and I was disappointed to see it was riveted.

Also, no, I haven't lost a cube.

(How is this thread still going )