UK Open 2009

jamesdeanludlow said:
Has anyone any cheap hotels within a 10 mile radius f old trafford. I'm struggling here people.
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I just booked two nights in the Etap hotel, at Salford Quays. (about 1 mile from Old Trafford).

Etap are pretty cheap @ £35 per room per night (3 ppl per room). It also includes private car parking. I've used them in Glasgow and Newcastle before and they're pretty decent for the price.
 
People who are foriegn, and might want a place to stay, PM me. I won't be able to accomodate everyone.. and you will be cramped/maybe sleeping in the kitchen, but I'll see what I can work out.
 
Oh my that sucks, only two rounds of 3x3 but two of 5x5? That's really excessive. Including as many people as possible in 3x3 is the best way in my opinion as so many more people will do that event. I doubt I'll even practise if there is no semi to aim for. I will not make finals.

Combined final is much better. The way it was last year was a vast improvement on this! Anyway, that's their decision, we could maybe email and suggest an additional 3x3 round instead of the 5x5. There aren't that many big on 5x5 people in the UK compared to 3x3. Maybe we could politely suggest to the organisation team or something. They might appreciate the feedback.

In accommodation news, is anybody looking to share a room at the hotel opposite? Lars and I will probably share and it would be cool to have a few people in a family room or something as it will be cheaper.

EDIT: I just sent Dan a message suggesting that a 3x3 semi would be a more universal use of time as opposed to an additional round of 5x5.
 
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And you average what? Adam is really, very good. Also, Dan hates Magic.

Also, really sucky silver lining: I have no need to practice sq-1 excessively at the moment, so I'll try to get better at some other events.
 
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MTGjumper said:
And you average what? Adam is really, very good. Also, Dan hates Magic.

Also, really sucky silver lining: I have no need to practice sq-1 excessively at the moment, so I'll try to get better at some other events.
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Yeah Dan does hate Magic, and the schedule is very tight already. I think really the main priority is 3x3 and other cubes if you are having a one day competition. These are the most available and popular puzzles, which is naturally the priority when organising a competition, you want to appeal to as many people as possible. The events are right but the rounds are a bit strange. Even the 360 I think is a good idea because it's a new puzzle that needs to be given a bit of a show. It was included at Worlds and a lot of people competed. If there was going to be something which wasn't a cube at the UK Open, this is definitely the best choice. After that, if you pick anything other than the standard events it's always going to upset somebody. Simon wants square-1, I want pyraminx and Adam wants magic but for those events to all be included you need two days really, which unfortunately the UK Open is not.

@Ben
You have to consider that it's not just a case of you doing your solves and that being the time needed for the round, you have to remember that there are only x amount of tables and each person has to wait to use the table. They also have to have score cards printed, and times entered into the computer etc etc. So while you might think you can do your magic solves/warm up in under 5 minutes, the whole round might take 20 minutes+, which is the length of the 4x4 final for instance and in my opinion a better use of time.
 
I'd love a round or 2 of magic, the current records suck, but i'd rather it was at a 2 day thing where it was relaxed rather than just shoved in and everyone was rushed. That was a big thing at WC, huge lines of people waiting to do magic meant it was all a bit manic.

Fingers crossed there'll be a nice 2 day UK comp soon with everything :)

Like simon said, if there's no other events It's a good enough reason to practise the main cubes.
 
Seventowns and Dan organise this competition. They fund the venue and other costs as far as I'm aware, whereas I didn't have that for the Masters. Despite that, Seventowns helped me masses but understandably they can't fund more competitions. That restricts venue choices and means I have to pay for it until I get the money back from registrations. That's also why in Swindon you paid but at thw Uk Open it's free. Bristol should still happen. I'll know for certain in two weeks, I'm having trouble finding an affordable venue I.e. Under £400 for the weekend....
 
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